The World Photography Organisation Reveals the Shortlists for 2013 Sony World Photography Awards

©Meaghan Ogilvie, Canada, shortlisted in the Fashion & Beauty category in the Professional Competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2013

The World Photography Organisation today revealed shortlists for the Professional, Open and Youth categories of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.

Canadian Professional photographer Meaghan Ogilvie has been shortlisted in the Fashion & Beauty category in the Professional Competition, in addition to four Canadian photographers commended in the Open Competition and five Canadian photographers commended in Youth Competition.

10 Canadian Photographers in the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards categories include:

Professional Competition
- Meaghan Ogilvie, Into the Depths, Canon 5D Mark I and II, Fashion Category

Open Competition
- Catherine Dumont, Under the Highway, 5D Mark II, Enhanced Category
- Shawn Reynolds, Night Light, Sony NEX-7, Low Light Category
- Julie Hahn, On the Taku 2, D700, Panoramic Category
- Fang Tong, Symphony, Nikon D700, Split Second Category

Youth Competition
- Yi Xu, City Anatomy: Stomach, Canon EOS 7D, Culture Category
- Whyishnave Suthagar, Vesti la giubba, Nikon D5000, Culture Category
- parham karimi, Sky and Earth conjunction, D80, Environment Category
- Natasha Comeau, Nikon D5100, Portraits Category
- Tyler Zheng, a330, Portraits Category

PRESS RELEASE

2013 Sony World Photography Awards Professional and Open shortlists announced

Highest ever number of entries – over 122,000 from 170 countries
Originality and quality shine through
Images available for publication at press.worldphoto.org or via Image.net

Toronto, 5 February, 2013: The World Photography Organisation today reveals the shortlists for the Professional, Open and Youth categories of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.

In a year that saw over 122,000 entries from 170 countries – the highest number of submissions to date – the judges have selected a shortlist of photographs that stood out beyond all others for their impressive high quality, originality and modern appeal. Topics ranged from haunting shots of the Syrian conflict to the Obama presidential campaign; an intimate study of cinema-goers in Kabul to quirky and witty shots of the animal kingdom.

Bringing together the very best international contemporary photography, the shortlist offers a unique insight into 2012 through the eyes of some of the world’s best emerging and established photography talents. Photographers returning to the awards include: Javier Arcenillas (Spain); Robin Hammond (New Zealand) and Paolo Pellegrin (Italy). Exciting up-and-coming photographers new to the awards include Ed Kashi (USA) and Andrea Gjestvang (Norway).

The Honorary Jury, which selected the Professional shortlist, was chaired by Catherine Chermayeff, Director of Special Projects at Magnum Photos. She comments: “What an invigorating three days – which resulted in lively and passionate debates. I think we, the jurors, all began this process and felt overwhelmed. I am delighted to say that by day three, each group proudly presented and argued for our respective shortlists and found surprising strength in the shortlist submissions across all categories.”

Astrid Merget, Creative Director of the World Photography Organisation, adds: “The World Photography Organisation is dedicated to finding the best international contemporary photography from across the world. The shortlist is a clear indication of the exciting photography which is out there and, as we do every year, we are looking forward to presenting this collection of photographers to a global audience.”

The work of all the shortlisted photographers will be exhibited at Somerset House, London, from 26 April – 12 May as part of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. The images will also be published in the 2013 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book.

The Open and Youth category winners will be announced on 19 March.

Professional category winners and the coveted L’Iris D’Or/ Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year title will be announced at a gala ceremony in London on 25 April. The L’Iris D’Or winner will receive $25,000 (USD) and the Open Photographer of the Year will receive $5,000 (USD). All winners, including category winners, will receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony.

For further information and for access to the WPO press centre please contact:

Jill Cotton at World Photography Organisation
+44 (0) 20 7886 3146/ + 44 (0)7557 261 537 / jill@worldphoto.org

SHORTLIST

Professional Competition

Honorary Jury

Presiding Chair: Catherine Chermayoff (USA), Director of Special Projects at Magnum Photos

Chairs: Edmund Clark (UK) Photographer; Tim Paton (UK), Managing Director, Balcony Jump; Francesca Sears (UK), Director, Panos Profile at Panos Pictures and Monica Suder (Germany) Photographic Consultant and Coach

Additional Jury: Juana de Aizpuru (Spain), Gallery Director, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru; Chien-Chi Chang (Taiwan) Magnum Photographer; Brandei Estes (France), Assistant Director, Galerie Nelson Freeman; Macduff Everton (USA), Photographer; Caroline Metcalfe (UK), Director of Photography, Conde Nast Traveller: Andrew Sanigar (UK), Commissioning Editor, Thames & Hudson and Fiona Shields (UK), Picture Editor, The Guardian.

The Honorary Jury were required to choose a minimum of three and a maximum of 10 photographers per category. Photographers entered a minimum of three and maximum of 10 images per category and were judged on a body of work. All images must have been taken in 2012 or first published in 2012. One winner per category will be chosen from the finalists and announced on 25 April 2013.

*Photographers are listed alphabetically

Architecture
Finalist

Fabrice Fouillet, France
Reinis Hofmanis, Latvia
Christof Pluemacher, Germany

Shortlist

Dilip Bhatia, India
Yannic Bartolozzi, Switzerland
André Ferreira, Brazil
Julia Anna Gospodarou, Greece

Arts & Culture
Finalist

Myriam Meloni, Italy
Niccolo Rastrelli, Italy
Danish Siddiqui, India

Shortlisted

Yannick Cormier, France
Fausto Podavini, Italy
Daniele Tamagni, Italy

Campaign
Finalist

Christian Aslund, Sweden
Spencer Murphy, UK
Scout Tufankjian, USA

Shortlisted

Satirat Damampai, Thailand
Tomoe Hayakawa, Japan
Brooks Kraft, USA
Andreas Meichsner, Germany
Tine Poppe, Norway
F. Scott Schafer, USA
Michael Schnabel, Germany

Conceptual
Finalist

Edurne Aguinaga, Spain
Florian Ruiz, France
Roman Pyatkovka, Ukraine

Shortlisted

Julia Borissova, Russia
Maia Flore, France
Gail Albert Halana, USA
Jenny Magruder, USA
Sergey Varaksin, Russia

Current Affairs
Finalist

Paolo Pellegrin, Italy
Ilya Pitalev, Russia

Shortlisted

Fabio Bucciarelli, Italy
Colin Delfosse, Belgium
Ed Kashi, USA
Andrew Lubimov, Ukraine
Angelos Tzortzinis, Greece
Oliver Weiken, Germany
Alexander Junior Zemlianichenko, Russia

Contemporary Issues
Finalist

Valerio Bispuri, Italy
Samuel James, USA
Daesung Lee, Republic of Korea

Shortlisted

Javier Arcenillas, Spain
Adam Dean, UK
Robin Hammond, New Zealand
Justin Jin, Hong Kong
Peter Muller, USA
Altaf Qadri, India

Fashion & Beauty
Finalist

Thierry Bouët, France
Alice Pavesi, Italy
Klaus Thymann, Denmark

Shortlisted

Rory Carnegie, UK
Rafal Milach, Poland
Filippo Mutani, Italy
Meaghan Ogilvie, Canada
Dominik Tarabanski, Poland

Landscape
Finalist

Regis Boileau, France
Arjen Schmitz, Netherlands
Nenad Slijic, Croatia

Shortlisted

Sandra Herd, Australia
Li Fan, China
Bernhard Winkler, Germany
Kechun Zhang, China

Lifestyle
Finalist

Alice Caputo, Italy
Fausto Podavini, Italy
Kuni Takahashi, Japan

Shortlisted

Aleksey Myakishev, Russia
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, Bangladesh

Nature & Wildlife
Finalist

Hudson Garcia, Brazil
Ernest Goh, Singapore
Satoru Kondo, Japan

Shortlisted

Regis Boileau, France
Walter Fogel, Germany
Mehmet Karaca, Turkey
Jose Ramon Moreno, Spain

People
Finalist

Balazs Gardi, Hungary
Andrea Gjestvang, Norway
Pete Muller, US

Shortlisted

Adam Dean, UK
Ivan Kashinsky, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Jacek Świerczyński, Poland
Michela Taeggi, Italy
Paul Wenham-Clarke, UK
Lisa Whiltse, US

Portraiture
Shortlisted

Marcco Ceccaroni, Italy
Maxim Dondyuk, Ukraine
Li Fan, China
Jens Juul, Denmark
Davide Monteleone, Italy
Agnieszka Rayss, Poland

Sport
Finalist

Isabela Pacini, Brazil
Ryan Pierse, Australia
Adam Pretty, Australia

Shortlisted

Fernando Borges, Brazil
Michael Löwa, Germany
Yusuke Murata, Japan
Alma Photos, Italy
Vilhelm Stokstad, Sweden
Rob van Thienen, Belgium
Robin Utrecht, Netherlands

Still Life
Shortlisted

Rastislav Čambal, Czech Republic
Vanessa Colareta, Peru
Nick Todak, USA

Travel
Finalist

Daniel Duart, Spain
Johannes Heuckeroth, Germany
Gali Tibbon, Israel

Shortlisted

Matteo Butturini, Italy
Agurtxane Concellon, Norway
Scott Stulburg, USA
Val Proudkii, USA

Open competition

Judging committee:

Presiding Chair: Damien Demolder (UK), Editor of Amateur Photographer magazine

Additional Jury: Astrid Merget, Creative Director, World Photography Organisation

Judges could select up to 10 shortlisted images per category and photographers were judged on a single snapshot in any category. All photographs must have been taken in 2012. One winner will be chosen per category and announced on 19 March 2013. The overall Open winner will be announced 25 April.

Architecture