the 2016 edition of the Sony world Photography Awards , the world’s largest photo competition organized by the world Photography Organisation , announced the winners of the Open and Youth competitions.
this year, the three powers of the awards (Professional, Open and Youth) registered a record number of entries: 230 103 photographs from more than 186 countries . The ten winners of open competition and the three winners of the Youth competition were selected from a total of 103,005 photographers. Each winning image was selected as the best single dose of its category, evaluated by a panel of experts chaired by Jael Marschner, former picture editor of Time Out London / Sunday Times Travel.
In the ten categories of Open competition can participate photographers with different skills. The Youth competition consists of three categories and is open to young people between 12 and 19 years.
The amount of competition they faced these winners thirteen was amazing, mainly considering that many of the winners are simply amateur photographers, and no industry professionals. . There are winners from all over the world and the youngest is just 12 years
The winners are:
Open Competition
Architecture – Filip Wolak, Poland
Art and culture – Oh Swee Choo, Malaysia
Revamped – Pedro Díaz Molins, Spain
Low light – Kei Nomiyama, Japan
Nature and wildlife – Michaela Šmídová, Czech Republic
Landscapes – Markus van häuten, Germany
People – Alexandre Meneghini, Brazil
Smiles – Alex Ingle, Scotland
Split second – Chaiyot Chanyam, Thailand
Travel – Andrej Tarfila Slovenia
Junior Competition:
Culture – Sepehr Jamshidi Fard, Iran (17 years)
environment – Anais Stupka, Italy (12)
Portraits – Sam Delaware, United States (18)
the winner of each category will receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony. In addition, all images will be displayed in the sample of the Sony World Photography Awards 2016 at Somerset House in London from April 22 to May 8, and published in the edition 2016 yearbook awards.
the winners will now compete for the title of Photographer of the Year of all categories of the Open and Youth competitions, which will be announced at the gala awards Sony World Photography awards on April 21 in London.
All of these winners will travel to London to receive their awards and the Photographer of the Year competition will receive Open also US $ 5,000. . The winners of the awards of the Professional competition and Photographer of the Year of the competition will be announced on April 21
The President of the jury of the Open competition, Jael Marschner said: “Photography is a binary talent. Combines conceptual art technical capabilities, thanks to technological advances, is accessible to everyone. As Chairman of the Open competition, I have had the pleasure of participating in the selection of a variety of images, and the privilege of spending days looking beautiful photographs from around the world.
Various categories allow open competition presentation of an unlimited number of topics, resulting in a variety of styles and photographic techniques that make my job very enjoyable. The picture quality was amazing. It was more difficult than I had imagined choose my favorite.
Evaluate among so many incredible photographs was a wonderful but almost impossible task.
I hope you enjoy the works of the winners as I do. “
Scott Gray, CEO of the World Photography Organisation added “Caring and support photographers is one of the main objectives of the Sony World Photography Awards. These objectives are more present in the Open and Youth competitions than any other, as they concentrate on identifying and promoting amateur and amateur photographers. “
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