World Photography Organisation Announced 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist

For the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, World Photography Organisation recently announced the Professional, Open and Youth shortlist “representing the very finest in international contemporary photography.”

Here are the highlights.

Record number of entries – 139,554 images from 166 countries worldwide.
Fresh and ground-breaking contemporary imagery by international photographers.
The winners of the Open and Youth categories will be announced on 18 March.
Winners of this year’s Awards will be revealed at the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Gala Ceremony on 30 April in London.
- 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.
  - The L’Iris D’Or winner will receive $25,000 (USD).
- 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.
Shortlisted work to go on show at Somerset House in London from 1 – 18 May as part of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition.
- Tickets are now available for the exhibition at www.worldphoto.org/2014exhibition.

“Experience the very best contemporary photography from around the world with the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. Showcasing the winning and shortlisted photographers from the awards, the exhibition spans photojournalism, fine art and commercial photography.”

The winning and finalist images will also be published in the 2014 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book.

Please click here to view the images of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist.

SHORTLIST

Professional Competition.

The Professional categories were judged by the Honorary Jury made up of: W.M Hunt, Strategist, US (Chair); Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, CNN Digital, US; Poorna Bell, Lifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post, UK; Hannah Brenchley, Picture Editor, Tatler, UK; Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography, GEO, Germany; Harry Hardie, Panos Pictures/ HERE Press, UK; Guy Harrington, Director, Soho Management, UK; Isabella Icoz, Art Advisor, Turkey; Johanna Neurath, Design Director for Thames & Hudson Publishing, UK and Matthew Pillsbury, Photographer, US.
Rules: Open to all photographers entering a body of work (minimum of three and maximum of 10 images per category). Judges were required to choose up to three finalists, from which one winner will be selected, and up to seven shortlisted photographers per professional category.
The winners of the 14 Professional categories will be announced on 30 April 2014.

*Photographers are listed alphabetically

Architecture
Finalist

Sungseok Ahn, Korea
Ludovic Maillard/Babel Photo, France
Herman Van Den Boom, Belgium

Shortlist

Peter Bucko, Slovakia
Axel Fassio, Italy
Nick Frank, Germany
Jakub Skokan, Czech Republic
Jan Stel, Netherlands
Gesche Wuerfel, United States

Arts & Culture
Finalist

Chloe Bartram, Australia
Viviana Peretti, Italy
Elisa Sturaro, Italy

Shortlist

Marcelo Del Pozo, Spain
Glenna Gordon, United States
Suvra Kanti Das, Bangladesh
Reiner Riedler, Austria
Mary Turner, United Kingdom

Campaign
Finalist

Morten Germund, Denmark
Spencer Murphy/4Creative, United Kingdom

Shortlisted

Martin Brent, United Kingdom
George Logan, United Kingdom
Gonzaga Manso, Spain

Conceptual
Finalist

Thomas Brummett, United States
Hao Li, Taiwan
Frauke Thielking, Germany

Shortlist

Salvatore Calafato, Italy
Xutong Huang, China
Marcel van Nieuwenhuijsen, Netherlands
Yoshiharu Ota, Japan

Contemporary Issues
Finalist

Alejandro Cegarra, Venezuela
Stanislav Krupar/LAIF, Czech Republic
Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, United States

Shortlisted

Javier Arcenillas, Spain
Kate Geraghty, Australia
Kacper Kowalski, Panos, Poland
Moritz Kuestner, Germany
Annalisa Natali Murri, Italy
Hiroto Sekiguchi, Japan
Christian Werner, Germany

Current Affairs
Finalist

DanKitwood/Getty Images, United Kingdom
Guy Martin/Panos, United Kingdom
Salvatore Esposito/Contrasto,Italy

Shortlist

Mohammed Alshaikh, Bahrain
K. M. Asad, Bangladesh
Melissa Golden, United States
Mark Henley/Panos, Switzerland
Stacy Kranitz, United States
Ramin Mazur, Moldova
Mikhail Mordasov, Russia

Landscape
Finalist

Matthew Baum, United States
Roei Greenberg, Israel
Kacper Kowalski/Panos, Poland

Shortlist

Yukari Chikura, Japan
Emmanuel Coupe–Kalomiris, Greece
Axel Fassio, Italy
Jeremie Lenoir, France
Alma Photos, Italy
Arjen Schmitz, Netherlands
福生刘, China

Lifestyle
Finalist

Myriam Meloni, Italy
Mikhail Petrov, Russia
Salvatore Esposito/Contrasto, Italy

Shortlisted

Jean-Marc Caimi, Italy
Viktor Lyagushkin, Russia
Viviana Peretti, Italy
Iveta Vaivode, Latvia

Nature & Wildlife
Finalist

Tony Hertz, United States
Michael K Nichols/National Geographic Society, United States
Christian Ziegler, Panama

Shortlist

Richard Garvey-Williams, United Kingdom
Palani Mohan, India
Paul van Schalkwyk, Namibia
Wang Yizhong, China

People
Finalist

Vinicio Drappo/Parallelozero, Italy
Stacy Kranitz, United States
Mario Wezel, Germany

Shortlist

Denis Dailleux, France
Arko Datto, India
Ana Fernandes, Brazil
Ivor Prickett/Panos, Ireland
Matilda Temperley, United Kingdom
Ed Thompson, United Kingdom
Giorgia Tobiolo, United Kingdom

Portraiture
Finalist

Anna Di Prospero, Italy
Sophie Gamand,France
Ken Hermann, Denmark

Shortlist

Valerio Bellone, Italy
Carlotta Cardana, Italy
Fabrizio Cestari, Italy
Marc Erwin Babej, United States
Vova Pomortzeff, Russia
Celia Suarez, Spain

Sport
Finalist

Salvatore Di Gregorio,Italy
John Quintero, United Kingdom
YongSheng Zheng, China

Shortlist

Roberto Bragotto, Italy
Nikolai Linares, Denmark
Adam Pretty/Getty, Australia

Still Life
Finalist

Kai-Uwe Gundlach, Germany
Amanda Harman, United Kingdom
Matteo Mezzadri, Italy

Shortlist

Elena Prokofieva-Friess, Germany
Filipe Condado, Portugal

Travel
Finalist

Wilfred Berthelsen, Norway
Ricardo Teles, Brazil
Christian Vizl, Mexico

Shortlist

Sharon Derhy, Israel
Robert Frachette, Canada
Valerie Leonard, France
Filippo Mutani, Italy
Mikolaj Nowacki, Poland
Stefan Wermuth, United Kingdom

Open competition

Presiding Chair: Nigel Atherton (UK), Group Editor, IPC Photo
Rules: Open to photographers of all abilities and judged on a single shot.
Judges were asked to select up to 10 shortlisted images per category.
The category winners will be announced on 18 March and one Overall Open Photographer of the Year revealed on 30 April 2014.

Architecture