Sony World Photography Awards 2011 shortlist
PHOTOJOURNALISM & DOCUMENTARY
Honorary judging committee: Chair, Elisabeth Biondi (US), Visuals Editor, The New Yorker Magazine; Pedro Meyer (Mexico), photographer and founder of ZoneZero: Stephen Mayes (US), Managing Director, VII Photo Agency; Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan), award-winning social documentary photographer.
Current Affairs Photography
Finalists:
• Javier Arcenillas (Spain)
• Robin Hammond (New Zealand) / Panos Picutres
• Ahmad Masood, (Afghanistan) / Reuters
Shortlisted:
• Filip Daniel (Poland)
• William Daniels (France)
• Adam Dean (United Kingdom)
• Giulio Di Sturco (Italy)
• Emiliano Larizza (Italy)
• Angelos Tzortzinis (Greece)
Contemporary Issues Photography
Finalists:
• Javier Arcenillas (Spain)
• Balazs Gardi (Hungary) / basetrack.org
• Christian Lutz (Switzerland) / Agence VU
Shortlisted:
• David Chancellor (United Kingdom)
• Sebastian Liste (Spain)
• Anastasia Taylor-Lind (United Kingdom)
• Riccardo Venturi (Spain)
People Photography
Finalists:
• Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina)
• Lucia Herrero (Spain)
• Denis Rouvre (France)
Shortlisted:
• Mathieu Asselin (France)
• Jodi Bieber (South Africa)
• Tommaso Bonaventura (Italy)
• Espen Rasmussen (Norway)
• Martin Roemers (Netherlands)
• Alnis Stakle (Latvia) / Photographer ru
• Hormis Tharakan (India)
Sport Photography
Finalists:
• Javier Arcenillas (Spain)
• Palmer + Pawel (United Kingdom)
• Pavel Wolberg (Israel)
Shortlisted:
• Dilip Bhatia (India)
• Alexey Bushov (Russian Federation)
• Viktor Fischer (Czech Republic)
• Radek Kalhous (Czech Republic)
• Alex Kudenko (Russian Federation)
• Vladimir Pomortsev (Russian Federation)
• Bernd Seydel (Germany)
Arts and Culture Photography
Finalists:
• Tommaso Bonaventura (Italy)
• Amit Madheshiya (India)
• Mahesh Shantaram (India)
Shortlisted:
• Jacek Świerczyński (Poland)
• Fabio Cuttica (Italy)
• William Daniels (France)
• Radek Kalhous (Czech Republic)
• Spencer Murphy (United Kingdom)
• Wojciech Grzedzinski Bartek Sadowski (Poland)
• Les Slesnick (United States)
COMMERCIAL
Honorary judging committee: Chair, Mike Trow (UK), Photo Editor, British Vogue;
RJ Muna (US), photographer; Terri Manducca (UK), photographers’ agent; Elizabeth Zeschin (UK), photographer.
Campaign Photography
Finalists:
• Richard Bailey (United Kingdom)
• Adam Hinton (United Kingdom) © Wyatt Clark Jones Agency
• Tomg Meng (China)
Shortlisted:
• Kaveh Baghdadchi (Iran)
• Helen de Vries (Netherlands)
• Helen Doick (Australia)
• Fernando Bayona Gonzãlez (Spain)
• Anke Luckmann (Germany)
• Gustavo Millon (Chile)
• Dzmitry Rusak (Belarus)
Travel Photography
Finalists:
• Javier Arcenillas (Spain)
• Andrew McConnell (Ireland) / Panos Pictures
• Liz Loh-Taylor (Australia)
Shortlisted:
• Gmb Akash (Bangladesh)
• Celia de Coca (Spain)
• Charlie Mahoney (United States)
• Raza Milani (Iran)
• Jehad Nga (United States)
• Aga Pajor (Poland)
• Helmut Wachtarczyk (Germany)
Lifestyle Photography
Finalists:
• Frank Bayh & Steff Rosenberger-Ochs (Germany)
• Frabrizio Cestari (Italy)
• Saja Seus (Germany)
Shortlisted:
• Radek Burda (Czech Republic)
• Lukas Maximilian Hueller (Austria)
• Tanya Ilina (Russia)
• Alessandro Puccinelli (Italy)
• Thomas Steuer (Germany)
• Zbigniew Szczerbetka (Poland)
• Izabela Urbaniak (Poland)
Still Life Photography
Shortlisted:
• Joel Devlin (united Kingdom)
• Adrian Samson (United Kingdom)
• Carsten Klein (Germany)
• Alessandro Puccinelli (Italy)
• Julia Unkel (Germany)
Fashion Photography
Shortlisted:
• Liam Arthur (United Kingdom)
• Marcus Bleasdale (Norway)
• Patrizia Doubek (United Kingdom)
• Martina Giammaria (Italy)
• Tobias Hutzler (United States)
• Dejan Kutic (Croatia)
• Adrian Loh (Singapore)
• Elizaveta Porodina (Germany)
• Tomasz Slupski (Poland)
• Jack Younger (Australia)
FINE ART Photography
Honorary judging committee: Chair, Francis Hodgson (UK) Photo Critic, Financial Times; Liu Heung Shing (Beijing), Author and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer; Julia Fullerton-Batten (Germany/UK), an established photographer with a worldwide reputation.
Architecture Photography
Finalists:
• Frank + Steff Bayh +Rosenberger-Ochs (Germany)
• Frank Meyl (Germany)
• Alnis Stakle (Latvia)
Shortlisted:
• Marcus Buck (Germany)
• Bayerl Günther (Germany)
Portraiture Photography
Finalists:
• Willaume Alain (France)
• David Kretschmer (Germany)
• Paolo Verzone (Italy) / Agence VU
Shortlisted:
• Liam Arthur (United Kingdom)
• Abel Ruiz de Leon Trespando (Spain)
• Bogdan Gîrbovan (Romania)
• Kai-Uwe Gundlach (Germany)
• Amir Hossein Keihani (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Haylee Lee (Republic of Korea)
• Leonardo Liberman (Argentina)
Landscape Photography
Finalists :
• Florence Iff (Switzerland)
• Guido Castagnoli (Italy) / Periscope-Creative Berlin
• Frank Day (United States)
Shortlisted:
• Misha Japaridze (Greece)
• Alexander Gronsky (Latvia)
• Marissa Rocke (United States)
• Thomas Steuer (Germany)
• Daniel Traub (United States)
• Aleksandra Wojcik (United Kingdom)
Still Life Photography
Finalists:
• Charles Emerson (United Kingdom)
• Peter Franck (Germany)
• Renhui Zhao (Singapore)
Shortlisted:
• KIrill Golovchenko (Germany)
• Olaf Kreinsen (Germany)
• Andrzej Maciejewski (Canada)
• Goutal / Leriche Vincent / Olivia (France)
• Jasper White (United Kingdom)
Conceptual Photography
Finalists:
• Ana Cop (Canada)
• Zhongyin Gao (China)
• Paul Gisbrecht (Germany)
Shortlisted:
• Meghan Boody (United States)
• Isaac Contreras (Mexico)
• Nerea Martinez de Lecea (United Kingdom)
• Mark French (United Kingdom)
• Vincent Vittecoq (Germany)
• Malaïka Weber (Switzerland)
Open shortlisted photographers
In each category judges were able to select up to ten images.
Action Photography
• Robert Günthe (Germany)
• Chan Kwok Hung (Hong Kong) (two entries)
• James Kydd (South Africa)
• Federico Modica (Italy)
• Anton Mukhametchin (Russian Federation)
• Stanislaw Pytel (Poland)
• Huu Tri Tran (France)
• Alex Goh Chun Seong (Malaysia)
• Lee Sie (United States)
After Dark Photography
• Aneek Anwar (Bangladesh)
• Juergen Buergin (Germany)
• Marcos Calamato (United States)
• Atle Gaarder (Sweden)
• Kostadin Luchansky (Angola)
• Chumlong Nilkon (Thailand)
• Dael Oates (United States)
• Bibek Paul (India)
• L. Ranieri Jr)Iberê (Brazil)
• Ekaterina Solovieva (Germany)
Architecture Photography
• Urs Albrecht (Switzerland)
• Rob Cherry (United Kingdom)
• Rafal Marcinkiewicz (United Kingdom)
• Andras Neiser (Finland)
• Alexander Ossia (Germany)
• Bjoern Pretzel (Germany)
• Marc Siewior (Germany)
• Marek Troszczynski (United Kingdom)
• Reginald Van de Velde (Belgium)
• Wolfgang Weinhardt (Germany)
Arts & Culture Photography
• Aislinn Clifford (United Kingdom)
• Matt Coppin (Canada)
• Hubert Januar (Indonesia)
• Veselina Kertikova (China)
• Piotr Krysiak (Poland)
• Samarendranath Mandal (India)
• Javier Martin (Spain)
• Susana Righi (Argentina)
• Ollie Smith (United Kingdom)
• Alam Syah (Indonesia)
Fashion Photography
• Marina Adyrkhaeva (Russian Federation)
• Gde Wira Brahmana (Indonesia)
• Stefania Cruceru (Romania)
• Edina Csoboth (Hungary)
• Nick FitzPatrick (Australia)
• Tomek Jankowski (Poland)
• William Lukaitis (Australia)
• Kimberley Mennen (Australia)
• Jaroslav Svoboda (Czech Republic)
• Madalina Toderascu (Romania)
Nature & Wildlife Photography
• Alex Bernasconi (Italy)
• Antoine Beyeler (Switzerland)
• Stephan Fürnrohr (Germany)
• Cedric Favero (Switzerland)
• Andiyan Lutfi (Indonesia)
• Luca Neve (United Kingdom)
• Dmitry Miroshnikov (Russian Federation)
• Kieran O'Connor (Australia)
• Nenad Saljic (Croatia)
• Tanja Zech (Germany)
Panoramic Photography
• Rana Harfoush (Egypt)
• Anton Hazewinkel (China)
• Fabian Sixtus Körner (Germany)
• Gareth Kingdon (United Kingdom)
• David Millard (United Kingdom)
• Andrew Scriven (United Kingdom)
• Sergiu Sechel Romania)
• Jadranko Silic (Australia)
• Ignacio Tejerina (Spain)
• Wolfgang Weinhardt (Germany)
People Photography
• Danny Cohen (Australia)
• Peter Dazeley (United Kingdom)
• Paul Dooley (United Kingdom)
• Chan Kwok Hung (Hong Kong)
• Kal Khogali (Belgium)
• Katerina Lomonosov (Israel)
• Petar Popovic (Croatia)
• Eugene Reshetov (United States)
• Raghuranjan Sarkar (India)
• Gundega Sundew (Latvia)
Smile Photography
• Domenico Chiapperini (Netherlands)
• James Chong (Singapore)
• Pascal Fiechter (Switzerland)
• Arup Ghosh (India)
• Christoph Herby (Benin)
• Martin Hudak (Slovakia)
• Prasad Mahale (India)
• Carlos Henrique Reinesch (Brazil)
• Syaza Mohammed Shakharulain (Malaysia)
• Viktorija Vaisvilaite Skirutiene
Travel Photography
• James Chong (Singapore)
• Valarie Curty (Switzerland)
• Sauro Fiorani (Italy)
• David Lazar (Australia)
• Yap Wai Leong (Malaysia)
• Glenn Losack MD (United States)
• Christopher Martin (Canada
• Nara Pratama (Indonesia)
• Saeed Salem (Saudi Arabia))
• Wolfgang Weinhardt (Germany)
Check above for a Selection of finalist and shortlisted images from the 2011 Sony World Photography Awards. Winners will be announced on 27 April as part of the World Photography Festival London. For further information see www.worldphoto.org
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