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February 23, 2016
Sony World Photography Awards 2016 Shortlists Announced
Photo: The bridge to Mandalay. The U Bein bridge in Myanmar. Photographer Copyright © Lesley Hall, UK, Shortlisted, Open Competition, Travel, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Protection. Photographer Copyright © Mohammed Yousef, Kuwait, Shortlist, Professional Environment, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Running Away with the Circus. More than 300 people in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, representing 25 different countries, spend 44 weeks of the year traveling an average of 20,000 miles from coast to coast in a train. Photographer Copyright © Stephanie Sinclair, US, Shortlist, Professional Daily Life, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards / National Geographic Creative.
Photo: Tajiks on the Pamir Plateau. The life of Tajiks living in the Tashkurghan Autonomous County in Xinjiang, China. Life is hard in this cold place on the Pamirs where there are vast stretches of the Gobi Desert. Tajiks have been living a semi-nomadic life here for generations, mainly relying on livestock raising for a tenacious survival. Photographer Copyright © Fan Li, China, Shortlist, Professional, Candid, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Yuxian County village, China. Photographer Copyright © Maoyuan Cui, China, Shortlist, Professional, Landscape, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Worshipping the Sun. Every year in the month of January, devotees come to Gangasagar fair in West Bengal, India. Devotees worshipping the Sun just after their bath. Photographer Copyright © Abhijit Banerjee, India, Shortlisted, Open Competition, Travel, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Farming the Sea. A fisherman is farming the sea in between the bamboo rods constructed for aquaculture off the coast in southern China. Photographer Copyright © Tugo Cheng, Hong Kong, Shortlisted, Open Competition, Travel, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Love at First Sight. The very first eye contact of a mother with her newborn baby. Photographer Copyright © Hernan Churba, Argentina, Shortlist, Professional, Campaign, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: Vienna, Austria architecture. Photograph inspired by a quote by famous architect Le Corbusier — “Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” Photographer Copyright © Werner Elmer, Austria, Shortlist, Professional, Architecture, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Photo: The environment we live in. Photographer Copyright © Kumail Rizvi, Pakistan, Shortlisted, Youth Competition, Environment, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
The 2016 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards, the world’s biggest photography competition, organised by the World Photography Organisation, today announced the shortlists for its Professional, Open and Youth competitions.
This year’s shortlist is defined by its sheer internationality, with over 270 photographers from nearly 60 countries being represented.
A record-breaking 230,103 images were entered into the Professional, Open and Youth competitions from 186 countries.
Recognising the best contemporary photography from 2015, the Honorary Jury, chaired by Dominque Green (Consultant, UK) and Sue Steward (Writer/ Curator, UK), have identified exceptional work by both emerging talent and seasoned photographers from all corners of the world.
SHORTLISTED PHOTOGRAPHERS
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Photographers were invited to enter a series of between 3 and 10 images into any of the following 14 categories. Judges were asked to select up to 10 photographers for the shortlist. Photographers are listed alphabetically.
Architecture
- Petr Antonov, Russia
- Jonathan Carvajal, Colombia
- Werner Elmer, Austria
- Amélie Labourdette, France
- Paul Störm, Australia
- Jonathan Tan, Singapore
- Hui Zhang, China
- Stephan Zirwes, Germany
Candid
- Valerio Bispuri, Italy
- Yvonne Brandwijk, Netherlands
- Giancarlo Ceraudo, Italy
- Liu Chengliang, China
- Fan Li, China
- Nick Ng, Malaysia
- Alexandre Pruvost, France
- Andrea Rossato, Italy
- Kirstin Schmitt, Germany
- Constantinos Xenoulis, Greece
Conceptual
- Alejandro Beltran, Venezuela
- Simon Brann Thorpe, United Kingdom
- Kate Davis, United Kingdom
- Vladimir Frumin, United States
- Barbaros Kayan, Turkey
- Julien Mauve, France
- Poya Raissi, Iran
- Lawrence Sumulong, Philippines
- Manuel Velasquez Tobar, Honduras
Landscape
- Maoyuan Cui, China
- Peter Franck, Germany
- Max Knight, United Kingdom
- Maroesjka Lavigne, Belgium
- Aurélien Maréchal, France
- Florian Mueller, Germany
- James Reeve, United Kingdom
- Stefan Schlumpf, Switzerland
- Prakash Singh, India
Portraiture
- Dmitri Beliakov, Russia
- Marcello Bonfanti, Italy
- Ruben Salgado Escudero, Spain
- Fauzan Ijazah, Indonesia
- Corinna Kern, Germany
- Armand Tamboly, Egypt
- Patrick Willocq, France
Staged
- Pierre Adenis, France
- Alberto Alicata, Italy
- Juliette Blanchard, France
- Kristoffer Eliassen, Norway
- Julia Fullerton-Batten, United Kingdom
- Dina Goldstein, Canada
- Photographer Hal, Japan
- Kumi Oguro, Japan
- Oana Stoian, Romania
- Cristina Vatielli, Italy
Still Life
- Francesco Amorosino, Italy
- Ilva Beretta, Sweden
- Kiliii Fish, United States
- Simone da Lima, Netherlands
- Daniele Robotti, Italy
- Julien Roubinet, France
- Oliver Schwarzwald, Germany
- Hiroshi Watanabe, Japan
- Bibiana Omar Zajtai, Spain
Campaign
- Antoine Repessé, France
- Christian Aslund, Sweden
- David Chancellor, United Kingdom
- Hernan Churba, Argentina
- Giles Clarke, United Kingdom
- Rob Gregory, United States
- Jetmir Idrizi, Kosovo
- Ed Kashi, United States
Contemporary Issues
- Laura Aggio Caldon, Italy
- Yong An He, China
- Kevin Frayer, Canada
- Simona Ghizzoni, Italy
- Asghar Khamseh, Iran
- Fan Li, China
- Kiki Streitberger, Germany
- Marielle Van Uitert, Netherlands
Current Affairs
- Andrew Burton, United States
- Gabriele Micalizzi, Italy
- Amnon Gutman, Romania
- Brendan Hoffman, United States
- Jason Koxvold, United Kingdom
- Aleksandra Kulak, Russia
- Andrea and Magda Micelli, Italy
- Alessandro Penso, Italy
- Angelos Tzortzinis, Greece
Daily Life
- Jean-Marc Caimi, Italy
- Peter Dench, United Kingdom
- Sandra Hoyn, Germany
- Espen Rasmussen, Norway
- Tiplea Remus, Romania
- Stephanie Sinclair, United States
- Anton Unitsyn, Russia
Environment
- Kevin Frayer, Canada
- Li Feng, China
- Lucy Nicholson, United Kingdom
- Alexander Semenov, Russia
- Mohammed Yousef, Kuwait
- Zhe Zhu, China
People
- Alessandro D’Angelo, Italy
- Daniel Berehulak, Australia
- Denise Felkin, United Kingdom
- Francesco Fratto, Italy
- Kevin Frayer, Canada
- Liz Hingley, United Kingdom
- Jordi Pizarro, Spain
- Filippo Venturi, Italy
Sport
- Antoine Bruy , France
- Annick Donkers, Belgium
- Matthias Hangst, Germany
- Michael Hanke, Czech Republic
- Jens Juul, Denmark
- Nikolai Linares Larsen, Denmark
- Patrick Sinkel, Germany
OPEN CATEGORIES
Judged on a single shot and open to photographers of all abilities, judges were asked to select up to 10 shortlisted images per category.
Architecture
- Laurian Ghinitoiu, Romania
- Rados?aw Go?dzielewski, Poland
- Attila Balogh, Hungary
- Javad Rooein, Iran
- Martin Seraphin, Germany
- Max van Son, Netherlands
- Nils Olof Wendel, Sweden
- Filip Wolak, Poland
- Zoltan Kasza, Hungary
Arts and Culture
- Kyaw Bo Bo Han, Myanmar
- José Alberto Sotomayor Jiménez, Peru
- Amir Hoosein Kamali, Iran
- Swee Choo Oh, Malaysia
- Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Bangladesh
- MD Tanveer Rohan, Bangladesh
- Nader Saadallah, Egypt
- Minh Ngo Thanh, Vietnam
- Kamil Wojty?a, Poland
- Longxiang Xie, China
Enhanced
- Nathalie Capitan, Switzerland
- Seandel Edwards, Trinidad and Tobago
- Sang Kill Kim, South Korea
- Luca Laghetti, Italy
- Pedro Diaz Molins, Spain
- Aslan Nahich, Iran
- Dan Novak, Germany
- Christian Spreng, Switzerland
- Mickael Szymanski, France
- Salvo Bombara, Italy
Low Light
- Theng Sin Chong, Malaysia
- Yiorgos Doukanaris, Cyprus
- Vincent Frascello, United States
- Stefan Liebermann, Germany
- Lijun Wang, China
- Sai Aung Main, Myanmar
- Egor Nikiforov, Russia
- Kei Nomiyama, Japan
- Sanghamitra Sarkar, India
- Tino Solomon, United Kingdom
Nature and Wildlife
- Valter Bernardeschi, Italy
- Nick Kontostavlakis, Greece
- Eric Madeja, Switzerland
- Christian Massari, Italy
- Andrey Narchuk, Russia
- Imre Potyó, Hungary
- Michaela Šmídová, Czech Republic
- Simona Tedesco, Italy
- Dennis Vandermeersch, Belgium
- Steiner Wang, Taiwan
Panoramic
- Maurizio Casula, Italy
- Daniel Fleischhacker, Germany
- Stefano Guerrini, Italy
- Markus van Hauten, Germany
- Dikky Oesin, Indonesia (shortlisted twice)
- Christian Ringer, Germany
- Grant Ritchie, United Kingdom
- Claude Roy, Canada
- Carlos F. Turienzo, Spain
People
- Karolis Janulis, Lithuania
- Elie Kauffmann, France
- Michele Liberti, Italy
- Borodkina Mariia, Russia
- Alexandre Meneghini, Brazil
- Daniel Arranz Molinero, Spain
- Lewis Outing, United Kingdom
- Nikunj Rathod, India
- Marius Vieth, Germany
Smile
- Gultekin Alkurt, Turkey
- Atif Amin, Afghanistan
- Jaydip Bhattacharya, India
- Alex Ingle, United Kingdom
- Jack Lawson, United Kingdom
- Kajan Madrasmail, Singapore
- Hendra Permana, Indonesia
- MD Tanveer Rohan, Bangladesh
- Julien Taub, France
- Peter Voss, Germany
Split Second
- Khairel Anuar Che Ani, Malaysia
- Chaiyot Chanyam, Thailand
- Mark Fulinara, United States
- Dmitry Ivanov, Russia
- Philip Joyce, United Kingdom
- Franck Tridon, France
- Petra Van Borm, Belgium
- Cheung Yin Fang, Malaysia
Travel
- Abhijit Banerjee, India
- Tugo Cheng, Hong Kong
- Simone Cmoon, Switzerland
- Ralph Gräf, Germany
- Lesley Hall, United Kingdom
- Nick Kontostavlakis, Greece
- Anasuya Mandal, India
- Adriano Neves, Portugal
- Andrej Tarfila, Slovenia
- Tan Jia Yi, Malaysia
YOUTH COMPETITION
Open to photographers aged 19 and under, judged by the World Photography Organisation.
Culture
- Zhu Lin Ch’ng, Malaysia
- Sepehr Jamshidi Fard, Iran
- Julia Golubov, Canada
- Anna Jolly, United Kingdom
- Jason Liu, Canada
- Leena Meyers, Germany
- Ramadhan Sinclair, Malaysia
- Zohaib Tariq, Pakistan
- Agung Krisna Wibawa, Indonesia
Environment
- Charlie Burr, United States
- Giorgio Granata, Italy
- Jiaye Li, China
- Lake Lewis, United States
- Kumail Rizvi, Pakistan
- Anais Stupka, Italy
- Michael Theodric, Indonesia
- Ekaterina Yashchenko, Russia
- Hongbo Zhu, China
Portraits
- Wai Lam Cheng, Hong Kong
- Sam Delaware, United States
- Ahmed Gaber, Egypt
- Arno Goetz, United States
- Thomas Hanks, United Kingdom
- Gina Ienopoli, United States
- Shahzad Khan, Pakistan
- Ivana Pejak, Serbia
- Talia Rudofsky, United Kingdom
- Aaliyah Snider, United States
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