02.02.12
Sony World Photography Awards 2012 Shortlist announced
Today, Thursday 2 February, the World Photography Organisation announces the shortlist for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards. The Awards celebrate the very best in photography from around the world, from the next generation of emerging photographers through to the established masters of the art.
The 2012 competition has garnered increased worldwide interest with over 112,000 entries from 171 countries, with the shortlisted images depicting the stories of extraordinary lives from around the world. The Professional competition reflects a turbulent year of global events with the war in Libya; the Greek and European economic crisis; the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and the fall of Gaddafi, in the Photojournalism & Documentary categories. The shortlist for the Fine Art and Commercial categories gets to the very heart of daily life - a small sheep-farming community in Iceland; the rice harvest in South China; a religious pilgrimage in Poland and gold diggers in Chile.
This year the honorary jury found the quality of work exceptionally strong across all categories, discovering many photographers new to the Sony World Photography Awards roster. Manuel Geerinck (Belgium); Lee Chee Wai (China); Alejandro Cartagena (Mexico), Irina Werning (Argentina); Gwenn Dubourthoumieu (Republic of the Congo) and Simon Norfolk (UK), are but a few of the new names to place as finalists and shortlisted photographers.
Returning photographers from previous years, include 2010 Professional Landscape winner, Peter Franck (Germany); who this year is a finalist in three categories; 2011 Professional Contemporary Issues and Current Affairs winner, Javier Arcenillas (Spain); and Chan Kwok Hung (Hong Kong) whose stunningly dramatic image ‘Buffalo Race’ won the Overall Open Competition in 2011.
In being shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards, photographers can now look forward to the invaluable support of the World Photography Organisation, which includes having their work exhibited at a major exhibition at London’s Somerset House, to coincide with the award ceremony in April 2012.
The annual Sony World Photography Awards ceremony and gala dinner will take place on 26 April at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Park Lane. The awards celebration will once again take place alongside World Photo, London, a month-long event which brings an eclectic mix of photographic events for all to enjoy. The opening weekend of World Photo London will be held at Somerset House from 27 - 30 April with selected events including portfolio reviews, workshops, symposiums and the Sony World Photography Awards winners’ exhibitions, which continue through to 20 May 2012. Honorary Judges for the 2012 Awards and other international industry experts will be leading many of the festival events.
Professional shortlisted photographers
Honorary judging committee:
Presiding Chair: W. M. Hunt (USA) Photographic Consultant.
Chairs: Michael Benson (UK) Director, Prix Pictet; James Reid (UK) Photography Director of Wallpaper*; Claudia Hinterseer (Netherlands) Managing Director and co-owner of NOOR.
Additional Jury: Jodi Bieber (South Africa) Photographer; Jon Jones (UK) Director of Photography Sunday Times Magazine; Rebecca Lewis (US) Vice-President and Senior Agent for Art+Commerce; Prabuddha Dasgupta (India) Photographer; Shizuka Yokomizo (Japan) Photographer.
In each category the judges could select up to three finalist photographers and up to seven additional shortlist photographers. From the finalists, the winners plus 2nd and 3rd place will be chosen and announced at the awards ceremony on 26 April.
Photographers are listed alphabetically.
PHOTOJOURNALISM & DOCUMENTARY
Current Affairs
Finalists:
Fernando Alfonso Brito Lizárraga Mexico
(El Debate de Culiacan)
Rémi Ochlik (IP3 Press) France
Donald Weber (VII PHOTO) Canada
Shortlisted:
Javier Arcenillas Spain
Fabio Bucciarelli Italy
Pietro Masturzo Italy
Giorgos Moutafis Greece
Goran Tomasevic United Kingdom
Contemporary Issues
Finalists:
Kasia Bielska Poland
Alessandro Grassani Italy
Gustavo Jononovich Argentina
Shortlisted:
Francesco Giusti Italy
Sebastian Liste Spain
Ivor Prickett Ireland
Jose Luis Rodriguez Maldonado Columbia
Natasha Shulte Ukraine
Anastasia Taylor-Lind United Kingdom
Donald Weber (VII PHOTO) Canada
People
Finalists:
Alejandro Cartagena Mexico
Maja Daniels Sweden
Simon Norfolk United Kingdom
Shortlisted:
Philippe Leroux France
Kerry Mansfield United States
Francesca Oggiano Italy
Huage Shang China
Salvi Danés Vernedas Spain
Sport
Finalists:
Pawel Kopczynski (Thomson Reuters) Poland
Andrew McConnell Ireland
Palmer + Pawel United Kingdom
Shortlisted:
Delfosse Colin Belgium
Alvaro Deprit Italy
Mikhail Domozhilov Russian Federation
Adam Pretty Australia
Scott Robin Barbour New Zealand
Robin Utrecht Netherlands
Nature & Wildlife
Finalists:
David Chancellor (Institute) United Kingdom
Jacek Kusz Poland
Palani Mohan India
Shortlisted:
Salil Bera India
Terence du Fresne Switzerland
Barbara Leven United States
Suren Manvelyan Armenia
Tapash Paul Bangladesh
Arts and Culture
Finalists:
Rob Hornstra Netherlands
Anastasia Taylor-Lind United Kingdom
Mattia Vacca Italy
Shortlisted:
Javier Arcenillas Spain
Jacek Swierczynski Poland
Yannick Cormier France
Alvaro Deprit Italy
Susana Girón Spain
Davide Monteleone Italy
Andrea Santolaya Spain
COMMERCIAL
Campaign
Finalists:
Javier Arcenillas Spain
Peter Franck (Büro stoltenhoff) Germany
Laura Pannack United Kingdom
Shortlisted:
Michael Blann United Kingdom
Felipe Cantillana Chile
Jan von Holleben Germany
Miguel Navarro United Kingdom
Michelle Siu Canada
Roberto Soares-Gomes Brazil
Daniele Testa Italy
Travel
Finalists:
Jan Brykczynski Poland
Luis Henry Agudelo Cano Colombia
Peter Franck Germany
Shortlisted:
Giancarlo Ceraudo Italy
Andrea Hamilton United Kingdom
Cristina De Middel Spain
Yurian Quintanas Nobel Spain
Gianluca Pulcini Italy
Lisa Wiltse United States
Fashion
Finalists:
Peter Franck Germany
Elizaveta Porodina Germany
Jayden Tang United Kingdom
Shortlisted:
Michelle Beatty United Kingdom
Susi Belianska Italy
Romano Decker Dejan Kutic Croatia
Filippo Del Vita Italy
Alice Pavesi Italy
Dasha Ketsko Ukraine
Frauke Thielking Germany
FINE ART
Architecture
Finalists:
Igor Chirikov Russian Federation
David Ibernón Boria Spain
Simon Norfolk United Kingdom
Shortlisted:
Robin Broderick Canada
Riccardo Budini Italy
Tamas Bujnovszky Hungary
Alejandro Cartagena Mexico
Paula Gortazar United Kingdom
David de Jong Netherlands
Michael Joseph United States
Portraiture
Finalists:
Lei Liu China
Paolo Marchetti Italy
Irina Werning Argentina
Shortlisted:
Gwenn Dubourthoumieu The Democratic Republic of Congo
Lavinia Parlamenti Italy
Johann Rousselot France
Javier Arcenillas Spain
George Mayer Russian Federation
Landscape
Finalists :
Rona Chang United States
Lee Chee Wai Malaysia
Mitch Dobrowner United States
Shortlisted:
Regis Boileau France
Ximena Etchart Argentina
Jeroen Hofman Netherlands
Zhang Kechun China
Matthias H. Risse Germany
Chaoliang Shen Taiwan, Province of China
Stephen Wilkes United States
Still Life
Finalists:
Renan Cepeda Brazil
Rena Effendi (INSTITUTE) Azerbaijan
Helen Thompson United Kingdom
Shortlisted:
Michal Cole United Kingdom
Peter Franck Germany
Martina Geccelli United Kingdom
Miri Mor Israel
Song Nian Ang Singapore
Gicheol Shin Republic of Korea
Conceptual
Finalists:
Manuel Geerinck Belgium
Luis Mallo United States
Cristina De Middel Spain
Shortlisted:
Carlo D'Orta Italy
Photographer Hal Japan
Giuseppe Parisi Italy
Carlos Henrique Reinesch Brazil
Sanne Maloe Slecht Netherlands
Frauke Thielking Germany
Patricia van de Camp Netherlands
Open shortlisted photographers
In each category judges were able to select up to ten images.
Architecture
Babul Bhatt India
Patrice Carré France
Filippo Di Rosa Italy
Fabrizio Intonti Italy
Francisco Mendes Portugal
Rui Nunes United Kingdom
Fulvio Pellegrini Italy
José Ramón Montes Spain
Thai Son Huynh Vietnam
Arts & Culture
Dovile Dagiene Lithuania
Levi Fanan Brazil
Kushal Gangopadhyay India
Antonio Iubatti Italy
Sanket K India
Klaartje Lambrechts Belgium
Oliver Mezger Germany
Tan Nono Rahardian Indonesia
Samanta Sollima Italy
Paul Störm Australia
Enhanced
Alexandr Afonin Russian Federation
Sandra Cifo United States
Paul Irving United Kingdom
Milan Makarský Czech Republic
Frank Martin Eisele Germany
Rodolfo Mejías Venezuela
Jochen Resch Germany
Oren Shved Israel
Victor Vargas Villafuerte Canada
Antonios Vlachou Slovakia
Low Light
Elmar Akhmetov Kazakhstan
Edoardo Brotto Italy
Ignasi cunill Spain
Teng Hin Khoo Malaysia
Sergey Kochmak Russian Federation
Christoph Krüger Germany
Belentsova Natalia Russian Federation
Pansiri Pikunkaew Thailand
Derrick Woo Hong Kong
Heng Zee Kek Singapore
Nature & Wildlife
Nadav Bagim Israel
Anita Erdmann Canada
Handri Fitrido Indonesia
Felicitas Frei Switzerland
Giovanni Frescura Italy
Peter Krejzl Czech Republic
Chan Kwok Hung Hong Kong
William Lee United States
Kuntal Paul India
Petar Sabol Croatia
Panoramic
Pramiga Aditya Indonesia
Ionut Hrenciuc Romania
Istvan Nagy Netherlands
Noel Plaszkó Hungary
Matthew Post Australia
James Rider United Kingdom
Terry Soo Australia
Ian Taylor United Kingdom
Steve Williams United Kingdom
Denise Worden United States
People
Victoria Bolshemennik Israel
Tommy Braxton United Kingdom
Thomas Dymond United Kingdom
Mehmet Fatih Yaldiz Turkey
Ana Gregoric Slovenia
Paul MacKinnon United Kingdom
Christine Pearl United States
Fulvio Pellegrini Italy
Zulkifli Thalib Indonesia
Smile
Ricky Alexander Indonesia
Nguyen Duc Tri Vietnam
Gerold Guggenbuehl Switzerland
Arnold Jumpay Philippines
Anom Manik Agung Indonesia
Kivera Mara Réunion
Diana Mrazikova Slovakia
Meghann Prouse United States
Nick Redman United Kingdom
Piotr Stasiuk Poland
Split Second
Cemhan Biricik United States
Tobias Bräuning Germany
Samuel Chan China
Andrzej Chrobot Poland
Alessandro Falco Italy
Don Horne Ireland
Johnny Joo United States
Gustavo Magnavacca Argentina
Greg Parker United Kingdom
Peter Prazenka Slovakia
Travel
Krzysztof Browko Poland
Krzysztof Browko Poland
Marco Lachmann-Anke Germany
John Lai Teck Kee Malaysia
Carlos Macedonio Brazil
N S Ng Singapore
Keith Pace Malta
Suprijanto Suprijanto Indonesia
George Turnbull United Kingdom
Malte Wittmann Germany
Youth shortlisted photographers
Culture
Hanne Grannestad Norway
Lam Ka Ho Hong Kong
Sahil Lodha India
Merijn Mulder Netherlands
Carolina Paltrinieri Italy
Adrian Pelegrin Bonet Spain
Kolyaskin Sergey Russian Federation
Benedek Varga Hungary
Environment
Alla Aliokhina Ukraine
Kolyaskin Sergey Russian Federation
Thamyres Matarozzi Brazil
Adrian Pelegrin Bonet Spain
Bernard Pieterse South Africa
Imanuel Thallinger Austria
Kazi Sudipto Bangladesh
Kseniya Sovenko United States
Portraits
Tertious Alio Russian Federation
Hadi Asgari Iran
Lidia K United Kingdom
Darya Kasyanova Russian Federation
Samujjwal Sahu India
Karina Sembe Ukraine
Kolyaskin Sergey Russian Federation
Felicia Simion Romania
Marina Tkhorzhevskaya Russian Federation
Berta Vicente Spain
Key dates 2012
07 February Student Focus finalists announcement
20 March Open (amateur) category winners announced
26 April Sony World Photography Awards, gala ceremony held London Hilton
27 April Sony World Photography Award Winners and World Photo, London exhibitions open at Somerset House London
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