Sony World Photography Awards top competition shortlist announced February 24, 2016 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fifteen American photographers were named on the shortlist of the world’s biggest photography competition, the Sony World Photography Awards. They are now competing to win their category and the over all Professional, Open and Youth photographer of the Year titles plus a share of the $30,000 (USD) prize, the winners will be announced at a Gala Ceremony in London 21st April, Art Daily reports. In addition to the fifteen American photographers, additional seven photographers of other nationalities, based in the U.S., are named on the shortlist. Selected by an expert panel of judges the shortlisted photographers are: Professional competition Rob Gregory, Campaign / Ed Kashi, Campaign / Vladimir Frumin, Conceptual / Andrew Burton, Current Affairs / Brendan Hoffman, Current Affairs / Stephanie Sinclair, Daily Life / Kiliii Fish, Still Life / Giles Clarke (British), Campaign / Jason Koxvold (British), Current Affairs / Lucy Nicholson (British), Environment / Max Knight (British), Landscape / Zhe Zhu (Chinese), Environment / Lawrence Sumulong (Filipino), Conceptual / Julien Roubinet (French), Still Life Open competition Vincent Frascello, Low Light / Mark Fulinara, Split Second / Anasuya Mandal (Indian), Travel / Swee Choo Oh (Malaysian), Arts and Culture / Filip Wolak (Polish), Architecture / Mickael Szymanski (French), Enhanced Youth competition Lake Lewis, Environment / Charlie Burr, Environment / Sam Delaware, Portrait / Gina Ienopoli, Portrait / Aaliyah Snider, Portrait / Arno Goetz, Portrait / Leena Meyers (German), Culture The shortlisted images were selected from a record-breaking 230,103 entries from 186 countries, the highest number of entries in the awards’ nine year history and 33% increase on 2015. The total number of entries received by the Sony World Photography Awards since its launch in 2007 has now surpassed 1 million images, reinforcing the awards’ position as one of the most respected and influential photography competitions in the world. Photo: Stephanie Sinclair   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
