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Sony World Photography Award Winners Shortlist Revealed

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Allessandra Bello-Italy

The 2015 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards, the world’s biggest photography competition, today announces the shortlists for its Professional, Open and Youth categories.

Recognizing and rewarding the world’s best contemporary photography from the last year, the 2015 competition received the highest number of entries in its eight year history – 173,444 images from 171 countries – and a 24% increase on 2014.

For more information about the winners and photography visit  www.worldphoto.org

The photographers will now compete to win their category and to receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony. The winners of the ten Open and three Youth categories will be revealed on 31 March and the thirteen Professional category winners will be announced on 23 April at an awards ceremony in London.

At the same ceremony, the recipient of the coveted L’Iris d’Or/ Professional Photographer of the Year title plus a $25,000 prize will be revealed along with the winners of the Professional categories, overall Youth and Student winners plus the Open Photographer of the Year, who receives a $5,000 prize.

The shortlisted photographers will have their images shown as part of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition in London’s historic Somerset House from 24 April – 10 May. The exhibition includes a special display of the still images, films and books of Elliott Erwitt, recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize at the Sony World Photography Awards.
Tickets for the exhibition can be booked at www.worldphoto.org/2015exhibition.

 

2015 Honorary Jury

Taken from the World Photographic Academy, the judges of the professional category were:

  • Sasha Erwitt, Photography Editor and Researcher, US
  • Xingxin Guo, Vice Director of New Media, Xinhua News Agency, China
  • Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Photographer, VII Photo, UK
  • Matthew Leifheit, Photo Editor, VICE Magazine, US
  • Joanna Milter, Deputy Photo Editor, New York Times Magazine, US
  • Maria Pieri, Editorial Director, National Geographic Traveller, UK
  • Oliver Schmitt, Deputy Director of Photography, Spiegel Online, Germany
  • Sue Steward: writer and photography curator, UK
  • Enrica Viganò, Curator and Writer, Italy

 

Shortlisted photographers

 PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

Photographers were invited to enter a series of between 3 and 10 images into any of the following 13 categories.  Judges were asked to select up to 10 photographers for the shortlist.  Photographers are listed alphabetically

 

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Architecture

  • Joanna Bałaś, Poland
  • Cosmin Bumbutz, Romania
  • Jonathan Carvajal, Colombia
  • Antonio La Grotta, Italy
  • Massimo Siragusa / Agenzia Fotogiornalistica Contrasto Galleria del Cembalo, Italy
  • Vadim Sivak, Ukraine

 

Arts & Culture

  • Alessandra Bello, Italy
  • Maurizio Beucci / Leica Camera Italia, Italy
  • Aristide Economopoulos, United States
  • Dennis Fung / DF Photowork, Hong Kong
  • Olaf Schuelke / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo, Germany
  • Koh Soon, Malaysia
  • Brent Stirton, South Africa
  • Pierre André Transunto, Italy
  • Rich Wiles / Invision – Images, United Kingdom
  • Gili Yaari, Israel

 

Campaign

  • Jonathan Banks, United Kingdom
  • Katamura Fumihito, Japan
  • Eduardo Leal / 4SEE Photographers, Portugal
  • Amit Madheshiya, India
  • Sebastian Gil Miranda, France
  • Fei Maohua, China
  • Jonathan Syer, United Kingdom

 

Conceptual

  • Alejandro Almaraz, Argentina
  • Kursad Bayhan / Zaman Newspaper, Turkey
  • Meike Fischer, Germany
  • Lisa Gimenez / KLÖN Gallery, Argentina
  • Daesung Lee, South Korean
  • Jordi Pizarro, Spain
  • Katia Platonova, Russia
  • Rahul Talukder, Bangladesh
  • Julie van der Vaart / 44 Gallery, Netherlands

 

The last Samurai

Brent Stirton/South Africa

Contemporary Issues

  • Corentin Fohlen, France
  • Shah Newaz Khan / Photobank Gallery, Bangladesh
  • Lisa Krant, United States
  • Annalisa Natali Murri, Italy
  • Brent Stirton, South Africa
  • Boguslawa Trela, Poland
  • Scott Typaldos / Prospekt, Switzerland

 

Current Affairs

  • Valery Melnikov / Rossia segodnya, Russia
  • John Moore / Getty Images, United States
  • Vladyslav Musiienko / UNIAN, Ukraine
  • Herman Verwey / Media24, South Africa

 

Landscape

  • Peng-Chun Yen / NEPO Gallery, Taiwan
  • Laia Abril / Institute Artist, Spain
  • Armando Avallone, Italy
  • Simon Butterworth, United Kingdom
  • Simon Norfolk, United Kingdom
  • Rudi Sebastian, Germany
  • Eva Skalak, Czech Republic
  • Giulio di Sturco / Reportage by Getty, Italy
  • Danila Tkachenko, Russia

 

Lifestyle

  • Dovile Dagiene, Lithuania
  • Julia Fullerton-Batten, United Kingdom
  • Ramil Gilvanov / Rimma Gilvanova, Russia
  • Alvaro Gomez Vidal, Spain
  • Chen Jian, China
  • Fan Li / Lon Gallery, China
  • Jiangsong Li / Reuters News Agency, China
  • JM Lopez / AFP, Spain
  • Yoko Naito, Japan
  • Mahadev Rojas Torres, Venezuela

 

People

  • Johan Bavman, Sweden
  • Carla Kogelman, Netherlands
  • Sabine Lewandowski, Germany
  • Tali Mayer & Janos Chiala, Italy
  • Cecila Meller, France
  • Jennifer Osborne / Upper Orange, Canada
  • Liza Van der Stock, Belgium
  • Giovanni Troilo / Institute Artist, Italy

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Portraiture

  • Christian Berthelot, France
  • Rodrigo Illescas, Argentina
  • Jens Juul, Denmark
  • Tomasz Lazar, Poland
  • Kerry Mansfield, United States
  • Ruben Salgado Escudero, Spain
  • Dougie Wallace / Institute Artist, United Kingdom

 

Sport

  • Salil Bera / The Week, India
  • Riccardo Bononi / IRFOSS, Italy
  • Irina Dainakova / La Dolce Vita Magazine, Belarus
  • Sascha Fromm, Germany
  • Guorong Jia, China
  • Anthony Kham, Cambodia
  • Marcin Klocek / Traveller.pl, Poland
  • Clas Kristensen, Norway
  • Ronaldo Land, Brazil
  • Jonathan Yeap Chin Tiong, Singapore

 

Still Life

  • Peter Franck / Schacher- Raum für Kunst, Germany
  • Kirill Golovchenko / Agentur Focus /dymchuk gallery, Ukraine
  • Kimmo Metsäranta, Finland
  • Vova Pomortzeff / Agentur Focus, Russia
  • Emanuele Satolli, Italy
  • Mong-Yong Sim / Mysim Design, Malaysia
  • Krishna Tummalapalli, India
  • Donald Weber / VII Photo Agency, Canada

 

Travel

  • Nazir Azhari Bin Mohd Anis, Malaysia
  • Nadia Maria Dias, India
  • Andrea de Franciscis, Italy
  • Peter Franck / Schacher- Raum für Kunst, Germany
  • Zbynek Hrbata, Czech Republic
  • Bernhard Lang, Germany
  • Yoko Naito, Japan
  • Vasilis Ntamplis / “Eleftheria”, Greece
  • Adhi Prayoga, Indonesia
  • Farid Sani, Iran

 

 

OPEN CATEGORIES

Presiding Chair: Sam Barzilay, Creative Director, United Photo Industries (US)

Judged on a single shot and open to photographers of all abilities, judges were asked to select up to 10 shortlisted images per category.

 

Architecture

  • Gina Alderson-Hicks, Australia
  • Armin Appel, Germany x 2
  • Marcus Bayer, Germany
  • Goran Erfani, Iran
  • Michiel Hageman, Netherlands
  • Cesar March, Spain
  • Andrea Rossato, Italy
  • Jürgen Schrepfer, Germany
  • Klaus Wäscher, Germany

 

Arts and Culture

  • Aprison Aprison, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Berkati, Indonesia
  • Kai Heimberg, Germany
  • David Martin Huamani Bedoya, Peru
  • Hector Muñoz Huerta, Mexico
  • Adrian Jaszczak, Poland
  • Partha Sen, India
  • Alessandro Spiga, Italy
  • Elangovan Subrmania, India
  • Marius Vieth, Germany

 

Enhanced

  • Lione Bakker, Netherlands
  • Ceslovas Cesnakevicius, Lithuania
  • Antony Crossfield, United Kingdom
  • Lisa Griffin, Ireland
  • Nenad Martic, Croatia
  • Daniel Necula, Romania
  • Manh Ngoc Nguyen, Germany
  • Milad Safabakhsh, Iran
  • Zoltan Toth, Hungary
  • Theo de Witte, Netherlands

 

Low Light

  • Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharjee, India
  • Katja Gragert, Germany
  • Rodrigo Jardon, Mexico
  • Tsang Kam Man, China
  • Alexander Kitsenko, Ukraine
  • Nick Ng Yeow Kee, Malaysia
  • Darren Nisbett, United Kingdom
  • Iskra Parvanova, Bulgaria
  • Zol Straub, Australia
  • Ian Thuillier, Ireland

 

Nature & Wildlife

  • Seyed Babak Musavi, Iran
  • Gal Gross, Israel
  • Harfian Herdi, Indonesia x 2
  • Melissa Little, Australia
  • Peep Loorits, Estonia
  • Yasuyuki Oono, Japan
  • Yvonne Spane, Germany
  • Jassen Todorov, United States
  • Antoine Weis, Switzerland/ Luxemberg

 

Panoramic

  • Marcio Cabral, Brazil
  • Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji, Iran x 2
  • Wojciech Kruczynski, Poland
  • Markus Kuhn, Germany
  • Mike MacKinven, New Zealand
  • Pierumberto Pampanin, Italy
  • Norman Quinn, United Kingdom

 

People

  • Saeed Barikani, Iran
  • Amitava Chandra, India
  • Sergio Diaz, Spain
  • Raquel Lopez-Chicheri, Spain
  • Simon Morris, United Kingdom
  • Agus Purnomo, Indonesia
  • Saleh Rozati, Iran
  • Peter Voss, Germany
  • Hui Hua Wang, Singapore

 

Smile

  • Tzu-Hsun Fang, Taiwan
  • Mohammad Amir Hamja, Bangladesh
  • Ummu Kandilcioglu, Turkey
  • Christine Kapuschinsky Johnson, Austria
  • Kiatthaworn Khorthawornwong, Thailand
  • Wilson Lee, Hong Kong
  • Joseph Makeni, Kenya
  • Steffen Rothammel, Germany
  • Peter Voss, Germany
  • Umair Wadood, Pakistan

 

Split Second

  • Ata Mohammad Adnan, Bangladesh
  • Panom Archarit, Thailand
  • Uwe Hennig, Germany
  • Small Monte Lee, China
  • Cesar March, Spain
  • Jaime Massieu, Spain
  • Eko Prihariyanto, Indonesia
  • Lessy Sebastian, Indonesia x 2
  • Tarek Touma, Lebanon

 

Travel

  • Kumar Bishwajit, Bangladesh
  • Ioulia Chvetsova, France
  • Byron Dilkes, United Kingdom
  • Jorge Fernandez, Spain
  • Yasen Georgiev, Bulgaria
  • Kok Keong Na, Malaysia
  • Enrico Madini, Italy
  • Ismail Abdul Mutalib, Indonesia
  • Vladimir Proshin, Russia
  • Massimo Rumi, Italy

 

YOUTH COMPETITION

Open to photographers aged 19 and under, judged by the World Photography Organisation.

 

Culture

  • Mohammad Baggale Asghari Baghmishe, Iran
  • Gaurang Bhatt, India
  • Zhu Lin Ch’ng, Malaysia
  • Pnar Efe, Turkey
  • Reuben Foong, Singapore
  • David Pereira, Singapore
  • Beatriz Rocha, Portugal
  • Andres Felipe Caicedo Sierra, Colombia x 2

 

Environment

  • Krishan Bansal, India
  • Alex Foden, United Kingdom
  • Fernando Henrique, Venezuela
  • Nihal Koppath, India
  • Daniel Malikyar, Afghanistan
  • Sepehr Razmju, Iran
  • Jacopo Sironi, Italy
  • Yong Lin Tan, Malaysia x 2
  • Ivan Turukhano, Russia

 

Portraits

  • Adi Dekel, Israel
  • Daniil Maksyukov, Russia
  • Marco Toc, Guatemala

 

WPO is a home where photography is celebrated and the art of the photographer is recognised.  Working with professional , enthusiast and student photographers alike, the World Photography Organisation provides a global network across the photographic industry to not only to raise the level of conversation around the subject, but to increase awareness and appreciation of this artform.  WPO hosts a year-round portfolio of industry and public events including: Sony World Photography Awards, the world’s largest photography competition and accompanying global exhibition; the World Photography Student Focus Programme, inspiring and working with the next generation of photographers, and Photo Shanghai, Asia Pacific’s premier art fair dedicated to photography.   In addition, WPO has a thriving online presence via its website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and addresses the industry’s latest issues in its monthly online publication, The Magazine.  For more information please visit www.worldphoto.org

 

Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and online businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world.  Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $75 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.  Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/

 

 About Somerset House

A unique part of the London cultural scene, Somerset House is an historic building where surprising and original work comes to life.

 From its 18th century origins, Somerset House has been a centre for debate and discussion – an intellectual powerhouse for the nation. Somerset House is today a key cultural destination in London in which to experience a broad range of artistic activity, engage with artists, designers and makers and be a part of a major creative forum – an environment that is relaxed, welcoming to all and inspirational to visit while providing a stimulating workplace for the cultural and creative industries.

Since its opening in 2000, Somerset House has built up a distinctive outdoor public programme including Skate, concerts, an open-air film season and a diverse range of temporary exhibitions throughout the site focusing on contemporary culture, with an extensive learning programme attached.

 

It is now the home of London Fashion Week in February and September each year and probably the biggest community of creative organisations in London including the The Courtauld Gallery and Institute of Art, King’s College London Cultural Institute and over 100 other creative businesses.  We currently attract approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.

 

Theprintspace

theprintspace was launched in 2007 and has quickly grown to become the UK’s leading professional photo and art printing service. They offer printing, mounting and framing, both online and in-house in Shoreditch, London. A firm favourite with creative artists and photographers, theprintspace’s award-winning service offers gallery-standard quality at affordable prices, which is why they are consistently chosen by Turner Prize-winning artists and National Portrait Gallery award-winners.

 

theprintspace has recently launched thehub, a new online ordering system which allows users to store their images online for easy reprints and create customised, branded online art stores to sell prints of their work directly to the public. This service is another demonstration of theprintspace’s commitment to providing creatives with the tools they need to succeed and prosper in the art and photography world.

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