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2014 Sony World Photography AwardsProfessional, Open and Youth shortlistsannounced

Record number of entries – 139,554 images from 166 countriesworldwideFresh and groundbreaking contemporary imagery by internationalphotographersShortlisted work to go on show at London’s Somerset House in MayImages available for publication at press.worldphoto.org or viaImage.net

The shortlist for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world’sleading photography competitions, is revealed today by the World PhotographyOrganisation.

Photographers from 166 countries submitted nearly 140,000 images, the highestnumber of entries in the awards’ seven year history. From the submissions thejudges have selected an eclectic shortlist representing the very finest ininternational contemporary photography from the past 12 months.

The judges found within the submissions many stories which force the viewer tofind something surprising within the everyday. Welldocumented scenes wereapproached with fresh and groundbreaking photography styles and are set toinspire other photographers around the world.

W.M Hunt, Chair of the Honorary Jury, said that the shortlist is “a healthy anddiverse representation of contemporary photography by an international range ofpractitioners.”

He added that the judges were a “soulful and hardworking group” who have givenboth emerging and established photographers a global platform on which they canbe highlighted and celebrated.

To this Astrid Merget, Creative Director of the World Photography Organisation,also adds: “I have had the pleasure of witnessing the careful selection andultimate revelation of the shortlist for seven years now and the results are neverless than utterly gratifying. Year upon year, we are fortunate enough to receivethousands of entries across each category of our awards, making the process ofdiscovery an invigorating experience. This year is no exception and the awardshave once again provided us with an impressive collection of photographs,spanning dozens of genres, styles, locations and subject matters.”

All the shortlisted images will go on show at Somerset House, London, from 118May as part of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. Tickets arenow available at www.worldphoto.org/2014exhibition. The winning and finalistimages will also be published in the 2014 edition of the Sony World PhotographyAwards book.

The winners of the Open and Youth categories will be announced on 18 March.

Professional category winners and the coveted L’Iris D’Or/ Sony World PhotographyAwards Photographer of the Year title will be announced at a gala ceremony inLondon on 30 April.

The L’Iris D’Or winner will receive $25,000 (USD) and the Open Photographer ofthe Year will receive $5,000 (USD). All winners, including category winners, willreceive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony.

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, CNNDigital, US; Poorna Bell, Lifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post, UK; HannahBrenchley, 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; JohannaNeurath, Design Director for Thames & Hudson Publishing, UK and MatthewPillsbury, Photographer, US.

Rules: Open to all photographers entering a body of work (minimum of three andmaximum of 10 images per category). Judges were required to choose up to threefinalists, from which one winner will be selected, and up to seven shortlistedphotographers per professional category. The winners of the 14 Professionalcategories will be announced on 30 April 2014.

*Photographers are listed alphabetically

Architecture

Finalist

Sungseok Ahn, KoreaLudovic Maillard, FranceHerman Van Den Boom, Belgium

Shortlist

Peter Bucko, SlovakiaAxel Fassio, Italy

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Nick Frank, GermanyJakub Skokan, Czech RepublicJan Stel, NetherlandsGesche Wuerfel, United States

Arts & Culture

Finalist

Chloe Bartram, AustraliaViviana Peretti, ItalyElisa Sturaro, Italy

Shortlist

Marcelo Del Pozo, SpainGlenna Gordon, United StatesSuvra Kanti Das, BangladeshReiner Riedler, AustriaMary Turner, United Kingdom

Campaign

Finalist

Morten Germund, DenmarkSpencer Murphy, United Kingdom

Shortlisted

Martin Brent, United KingdomGeorge Logan, United KingdomGonzaga Manso, Spain

Conceptual

Finalist

Thomas Brummett, United StatesHao Li, TaiwanFrauke Thielking, Germany

Shortlist

Salvatore Calafato, ItalyXutong Huang, ChinaMarcel van Nieuwenhuijsen, NetherlandsYoshiharu Ota, Japan

Contemporary Issues

Finalist

Alejandro Cegarra, VenezuelaStanislav Krupar, Czech RepublicSara Naomi Lewkowicz, United States

Shortlisted

Javier Arcenillas, SpainKate Geraghty, AustraliaKacper Kowalski, PolandMoritz Kuestner, GermanyAnnalisa Natali Murri, ItalyHiroto Sekiguchi, JapanChristian Werner, Germany

Current Affairs

Finalist

Daniel Kitwood, United KingdomGuy Martin/Panos, United KingdomEsposito Salvatore, Italy

Shortlist

Mohammed Alshaikh, BahrainK. M. Asad, BangladeshMelissa Golden, United StatesMark Henley, SwitzerlandStacy Kranitz, United StatesRamin Mazur, MoldovaMikhail Mordasov, Russia

Landscape

Finalist

Matthew Baum, United StatesRoei Greenberg, IsraelKacper Kowalski, Poland

Shortlist

Yukari Chikura, JapanEmmanuel Coupe –Kalomiris, GreeceAxel Fassio, ItalyJeremie Lenoir, FranceAlma Photos, ItalyArjen Schmitz, Netherlands

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Lifestyle

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Finalist

Myriam Meloni, ItalyMichael Petrov, RussiaEsposito Salvatore, Italy

Shortlisted

JeanMarc Caimi, ItalyViktor Lyagushkin, RussiaViviana Peretti, ItalyIveta Vaivode, Latvia

Nature & Wildlife

Finalist

Tony Hertz, United StatesMichael K Nichols, United StatesChristian Ziegler, Panama

Shortlist

Richard GarveyWilliams, United KingdomPalani Mohan, IndiaPaul van Schalkwyk, NamibiaWang Yizhong, China

People

Finalist

Vinicio Drappo, ItalyStacy Kranitz, United StatesMario Wezel, Germany

Shortlist

Denis Dailleux, FranceArko Datto, IndiaAna Fernandes, BrazilIvor Prickett, IrelandMatilda Temperley, United KingdomEd Thompson, United KingdomGiorgia Tobiolo, United Kingdom

Portraiture

Finalist

Anna Di Prospero, ItalySophie Gamand, United StatesKen Hermann, Denmark

Shortlist

Valerio Bellone, ItalyCarlotta Cardana, United KingdomFabrizio Cestari, ItalyMarc Erwin Babej, United StatesVladimir Pomortsev, RussiaCelia Suarez, Spain

Sport

Finalist

Salvatore Di Gregorio, United KingdomJohn Quintero, United KingdomYongSheng Zheng, China

Shortlist

Roberto Bragotto, ItalyNikolai Linares, DenmarkAdam Pretty/Getty, Australia

Still Life

Finalist

KaiUwe Gundlach, GermanyAmanda Harman, United KingfomMatteo Mezzadri, Italy

Shortlist

Elena ProkofievaFriess, GermanyFilipe Condado, Portugal

Travel

Finalist

Wilfred Berthelsen, NorwayRicardo Teles, BrazilChristian Vizl, Mexico

Shortlist

Sharon Derhy, IsraelRobert Frachette, CanadaValerie Leonard, FranceFilippo Mutani, ItalyMikolaj Nowacki, Poland

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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. Judgeswere asked to select up to 10 shortlisted images per category. The categorywinners will be announced on 18 March and one Overall Open Photographer of theYear revealed on 30 April 2014.

Architecture

Andrew Bailey, United KingdomSean Batten, United KingdomMarcus Bayer, GermanySimon Butterworth, United KingdomAlexandre Manuel, PortugalSimon Martin, United KingdomHolger Schmidtke, GermanyMax Von Son, Netherlands

Vassilis Tangoulis, GreeceSandro Tedde, Italy

Arts and Culture

Vuk Adzic, Serbia and MontenegroNgai Bun Wonh, ChinaArtur Gutowski, PolandLi Hao, ChinaColin Hogan, United KingdomWilliam Kass, BrazilAndrea Menozzi, ItalyJoyce Le Mesurier, SingaporeValerie Prudon, AustraliaFrank Trimbos, Netherlands

Enhanced

Angelo Abate, ItalyVanessa Aeschbach, FranceKristan Akerman, United KingdomOlga Astratova, LatviaMurat Germen, TurkeyJose Maria Perez, ArgentinaSobhan Reazay, IranFrancesco Romoli, Italy x 2Kylli Sparre, Estonia

Low Light

Panayis Chrysovergis, GreeceIñigo Cia Da Riva, SpainAshley Cunningham, United StatesVlad Eftenie, RomaniaSamantha Fortenberry, United StatesJim Grover, United KingdomPedro Londoño, ColombiaNicholas Roemmelt, AustriaHolger Schmidtke, GermanyH6, Malaysia

Nature & Wildlife

Hasan Bağlar, CyprusChin Boon Leng , SingaporeAnthony Fernandez, PhilippinesJameel Hamidou, SingaporeTomasz Kosiorek, PolandNicolas Reusens, SpainÆ Ì(Bonnie Cheung), Hong Konglessy Sebastian, IndonesiaHelga Urban, HungaryGert van den Bosch, Netherlands

Panoramic

Alf Bailey, United KingdomRoibu Grigore, RomaniaAri Ari Irawan Pinem, IndonesiaMaria Luisa Sanchez Hidalgo, ArgentinaIvan Pedretti, ItalyGoran Popovic, Serbia and MontenegroMohammad Reza Domiri Ganji, IranFabian Sixtus Körner, GermanyMyrto Stenou, GreeceMandy Watts, United Kingdom

People

Guillermo Barquero, Costa RicaMarcus Bayer, GermanyMajlend Bramo, ItalyArup Ghosh, IndiaBogdan Ivan, RomaniaPaolo Mezzera, ItalyJuan Carlos Ruiz Duarte, SpainLouise Porter, United StatesMuhamad Saleh Bin Dollah, MalaysiaTina Signesdottir Hult, Norway

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Smile

Mateusz Baj , PolandDiego Cedeno, PanamaAlpay Erdem, TurkeyYovcho Gorchev, BulgariaAmir Hamja, BangladeshIgor Kryzhko, RussiaAnurag Kumar, IndiaLuis Angel Martínez Hernández, SpainNick Ng Yeow Kee, MalaysiaAnastasia Tyuleneva, Russia

Split Second

MB +(Yao Wang Chong), TaiwanHairul Azizi Harun, MalaysiaYvon Buchmann, FranceAlison Crea, AustraliaAllan Gichigi, KenyaAta Mohammad Adnan, BangladeshKazi Mushfiq Hossain, BangladeshJohn Stanmeyer, United StatesIgor Visotskiy, Ukraine

Travel

Sergio Carbajo, SpainMihails Ignats, LatviaNeville Jones, AustraliaLi Chen, ChinaSimon Morris, United KingdomEddie New, AustraliaBartosz Rozalski, PolandFarid Sani, IranWolfgang Weinhardt, GermanyMinwei Yan, China

Youth competition

Rules: Open to photographers aged under 20 year old and judged by the WorldPhotography Organisation.

Culture

Emanuel Jicmon, ItalyFrancesco Macaluso, ItalyBorhan Mardani, IranRandy Martinez, United StatesSerafima Orlova, RussiaAashish Rajesh, United Arab EmiratesIringo Simon, Romania x 2Anastasia Zhetvina, Russia

Environment

Ben Bass, United StatesAxel Boberg, SwedenEdward Bonnevie, NorwayTurjoy Chowdhury, BangladeshChrystian Figueiredo, BrazilRamin Krause, GermanyAvnish Kumar, IndiaTobin Meyers, SwitzerlandMichael Theodric, IndonesiaAnna Vadász, Hungary

Portraits

Валерия Ерза (Valeria Erza), RussiaReuben Foong, SingaporeSabbir Hasan, BangladeshDanuta McPherson, United KingdomPaulina Metzscher, GermanyAgata Mroczel, PolandSara Pavic, Serbia and MontenegroFanni Putnóczki, HungaryLaura Schmid, South AfricaIshan Siddiqui, India

Notes to editors:

Shortlisted and finalist images are available to download viapress.worldphoto.organd at Image.net. Please register for a press accountat press.worldphoto.org/register

Interviews with shortlisted photographers and judges are available via theWorld Photography Organisation

139,554 images were entered in total to the 2014 Sony World PhotographyAwards:

69,114 Professional entries; 65,512 Open entries and 4,928 Youthentries images

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