World Photography Organisation
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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
- Andrew Bailey, United Kingdom
- Sean Batten, United Kingdom
- Marcus Bayer, Germany
- Simon Butterworth, United Kingdom
- Alexandre Manuel, Portugal
- Simon Martin, United Kingdom
- Holger Schmidtke, Germany
- Max Von Son, Netherlands
- Vassilis Tangoulis, Greece
- Sandro Tedde, Italy
Arts and Culture
- Vuk Adzic, Serbia
- Ngai Bun Wonh, China
- Artur Gutowski, Poland
- Li Hao, China
- Colin Hogan, United Kingdom
- William Kass, Brazil
- Andrea Menozzi, Italy
- Joyce Le Mesurier, Singapore
- Valerie Prudon, Australia
- Frank Trimbos, Netherlands
Enhanced
- Angelo Abate, Italy
- Vanessa Aeschbach, France
- Kristan Akerman, United Kingdom
- Olga Astratova, Latvia
- Murat Germen, Turkey
- Jose Maria Perez, Argentina
- Sobhan Reazay, Iran
- Francesco Romoli, Italy x 2
- Kylli Sparre, Estonia
Low Light
- Panayis Chrysovergis, Greece
- Iñigo Cia Da Riva, Spain
- Ashley Cunningham, United States
- Vlad Eftenie, Romania
- Samantha Fortenberry, United States
- Jim Grover, United Kingdom
- Pedro Londoño, Colombia
- Nicholas Roemmelt, Austria
- Holger Schmidtke, Germany
- 加杰潘, Malaysia
Nature & Wildlife
- Hasan Bağlar, Cyprus
- Chin Boon Leng , Singapore
- Anthony Fernandez, Philippines
- Jameel Hamidou, Singapore
- Tomasz Kosiorek, Poland
- Nicolas Reusens, Spain
- 麗珊張(Bonnie Cheung), Hong Kong
- lessy Sebastian, Indonesia
- Helga Urban, Hungary
- Gert van den Bosch, Netherlands
Panoramic
- Alf Bailey, United Kingdom
- Roibu Grigore, Romania
- Ari Ari Irawan Pinem, Indonesia
- Maria Luisa Sanchez Hidalgo, Argentina
- Ivan Pedretti, Italy
- Goran Popovic, Serbia and Montenegro
- Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji, Iran
- Fabian Sixtus Körner, Germany
- Myrto Stenou, Greece
- Mandy Watts, United Kingdom
People
- Guillermo Barquero, Costa Rica
- Marcus Bayer, Germany
- Majlend Bramo, Italy
- Arup Ghosh, India
- Bogdan Ivan, Romania
- Paolo Mezzera, Italy
- Juan Carlos Ruiz Duarte, Spain
- Louise Porter, United States
- Muhamad Saleh Bin Dollah, Malaysia
- Tina Signesdottir Hult, Norway
Smile
- Mateusz Baj , Poland
- Diego Cedeno, Panama
- Alpay Erdem, Turkey
- Yovcho Gorchev, Bulgaria
- Amir Hamja, Bangladesh
- Igor Kryzhko, Russia
- Anurag Kumar, India
- Luis Angel Martínez Hernández,Spain
- Nick Ng Yeow Kee, Malaysia
- Anastasia Tyuleneva, Russia
Split Second
- 耀崇王(Yao Wang Chong),Taiwan
- Hairul Azizi Harun, Malaysia
- Yvon Buchmann, France
- Alison Crea, Australia
- Allan Gichigi, Kenya
- Ata Mohammad Adnan, Bangladesh
- Kazi Mushfiq Hossain, Bangladesh
- John Stanmeyer, United States
- Igor Visotskiy, Ukraine
Travel
- Sergio Carbajo, Spain
- Mihails Ignats, Latvia
- Neville Jones, Australia
- Li Chen, China
- Simon Morris, United Kingdom
- Eddie New, Australia
- Bartosz Rozalski, Poland
- Farid Sani, Iran
- Wolfgang Weinhardt, Germany
- Minwei Yan, China
Youth competition
- Rules: Open to photographers aged under 20 year old and judged by the World Photography Organisation.
Culture
- Emanuel Jicmon, Italy
- Francesco Macaluso, Italy
- Borhan Mardani, Iran
- Randy Martinez, United States
- Serafima Orlova, Russia
- Aashish Rajesh, United Arab Emirates
- Iringo Simon, Romania x 2
- Anastasia Zhetvina, Russia
Environment
- Ben Bass, United States
- Axel Boberg, Sweden
- Edward Bonnevie, Norway
- Turjoy Chowdhury, Bangladesh
- Chrystian Figueiredo, Brazil
- Ramin Krause, Germany
- Avnish Kumar, India
- Tobin Meyers, Switzerland
- Michael Theodric, Indonesia
- Anna Vadász, Hungary
Portraits
- Валерия Ерза (Valeria Erza), Russia
- Reuben Foong, Singapore
- Sabbir Hasan, Bangladesh
- Danuta McPherson, United Kingdom
- Paulina Metzscher, Germany
- Agata Mroczel, Poland
- Sara Pavic, Serbia
- Fanni Putnóczki, Hungary
- Laura Schmid, South Africa
- Ishan Siddiqui, India