It’s that time of the year again when Sony announces the shortlist of the best photos competing in the biggest photography contest in the world. As always, these include best shots not only by professionals but by amateur photographers as well.
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It’s the tenth Sony World Photography Awards and this year it managed to outpace the record-breaking last year’s event and gathered photographers from 49 countries; with the shortlist being drawn from 227,596 images, entered from 183 countries, including – for the first time – Armenia, Cuba, Iceland, and Saudi Arabia.
The winning photographers will be announced on 20 April, with the overall Photographer of the Year scooping a $25,000 cash prize plus some goodies from Sony.
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Lars Sivars, Sweden (Open Competition, Architecture)
Image credits: Lars Sivars
Pier Mane, Italy (Open Competition, Culture)
Image credits: Pier Mane
Johnny Krüger, Germany (Open Competition, Wildlife)
Image credits: Johnny Krüger
Michelle Gentile, Argentina (Student Focus)
Image credits: Michelle Gentile
Nadine Hackemer, Germany (Student Focus)
Image credits: Nadine Hackemer
Cole Ndelu, South Africa (Student Focus)
Image credits: Cole Ndelu
Nursyafiqah Azlan, Malaysia (Student Focus)
Image credits: Nursyafiqah Azlan
Oktay Subasi, Turkey (Open Competition, Motion)
Image credits: Oktay Subasi
Ruby Gaunt, United Kingdom (Student Focus)
Image credits: Ruby Gaunt
Sarah Schrimpf, Germany (Student Focus)
Image credits: Sarah Schrimpf
Shravya Kag, United States (Student Focus)
Image credits: Shravya Kag
Stewart Main, United Kingdom (Student Focus)
Image credits: Stewart Main
Tayla Martin, Australia (Student Focus)
Image credits: Tayla Martin
Tatsuki Katayama, Japan (Student Focus)
Image credits: Tatsuki Katayama
Alex Andriesi (Open Competition, Enhanced)
Image credits: Alex Andriesi
Danial Khodaie (Professional, Contemporary Issues)
Dust Invasion. For more than 5 years, Khuzestan has been engulfed by dust storms. This phenomenon is an environmental crisis and poses numerous health concerns for the citizens of Khuzestan. The main center of production of dust is from inside Iran, but dusts that are blown over from neighboring country-Iraq- exacerbates the conditions. The road from Ahwaz to Mahshahr and the southern part of the Horolazim wetland are the main local regions from which the dust originates. The Southeastern region of Iraq is also a major contributing factor to the crisis. Experts believe the main cause of these dust storms to be the cessation of mulching, the growth of desertification, and destruction of the wetlands of Mesopotamia. In some days of the year, dust in some cities of Khuzestan is reported to be 767 micrograms per cubic meter rather than the standard of 150 to 250 micrograms per cubic meter. The crisis has made Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, to be introduced as one of the most polluted cities in the world by the World Health Organization. Every year about 22 thousand people in the province are referred to hospitals and healthcare centers due to respiratory and other problems caused by air pollution.
Image credits: Danial Khodaie
Danial Khodaie (Professional, Contemporary Issues)
Dust Invasion. For more than 5 years, Khuzestan has been engulfed by dust storms. This phenomenon is an environmental crisis and poses numerous health concerns for the citizens of Khuzestan. The main center of production of dust is from inside Iran, but dusts that are blown over from neighboring country-Iraq- exacerbates the conditions. The road from Ahwaz to Mahshahr and the southern part of the Horolazim wetland are the main local regions from which the dust originates. The Southeastern region of Iraq is also a major contributing factor to the crisis. Experts believe the main cause of these dust storms to be the cessation of mulching, the growth of desertification, and destruction of the wetlands of Mesopotamia. In some days of the year, dust in some cities of Khuzestan is reported to be 767 micrograms per cubic meter rather than the standard of 150 to 250 micrograms per cubic meter. The crisis has made Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, to be introduced as one of the most polluted cities in the world by the World Health Organization. Every year about 22 thousand people in the province are referred to hospitals and healthcare centers due to respiratory and other problems caused by air pollution.
Image credits: Danial Khodaie
Danial Khodaie (Professional, Contemporary Issues)
Dust Invasion. For more than 5 years, Khuzestan has been engulfed by dust storms. This phenomenon is an environmental crisis and poses numerous health concerns for the citizens of Khuzestan. The main center of production of dust is from inside Iran, but dusts that are blown over from neighboring country-Iraq- exacerbates the conditions. The road from Ahwaz to Mahshahr and the southern part of the Horolazim wetland are the main local regions from which the dust originates. The Southeastern region of Iraq is also a major contributing factor to the crisis. Experts believe the main cause of these dust storms to be the cessation of mulching, the growth of desertification, and destruction of the wetlands of Mesopotamia. In some days of the year, dust in some cities of Khuzestan is reported to be 767 micrograms per cubic meter rather than the standard of 150 to 250 micrograms per cubic meter. The crisis has made Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, to be introduced as one of the most polluted cities in the world by the World Health Organization. Every year about 22 thousand people in the province are referred to hospitals and healthcare centers due to respiratory and other problems caused by air pollution.
Image credits: Danial Khodaie
Carl Jeffers, United Kingdom (Open Competition, Portraits)
Image credits: Carl Jeffers
Yulia Grigoryants, Armenia (Professional, Daily Life)
Inhabitants of the Empty. “In 1988, a 7.0 Richter-scale earthquake struck northern Armenia. The quake killed at least 25,000 people in the region. Thousands more were maimed and hundreds of thousands left homeless. Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city bore much of the damage. Large-scale war by the early 1990s, the collapse of the Soviet Union, an energy shortage, and a blockade that left landlocked Armenia with just two open borders contributed to exacerbating the region’s already prevalent social and economic problems. A quarter of a century later, Gyumri has the country’s highest poverty rate at 47.7%. The city has lost nearly half of its population since 1988, due in part to the migration of the labor force. A few thousand families are still living in makeshift shelters, waiting for help. Many of them are not eligible for new housing, since they are not considered to be direct victims of the earthquake. 25 years later, they are still waiting for urgently needed improvements to their dwellings. During the Soviet era, these huge twin dormitory buildings on the outskirts of Gyumri accommodated around 60 families each. Today there are just four families living here, among decaying walls and corridors.”
Image credits: Yulia Grigoryants
Yulia Grigoryants, Armenia (Professional, Daily Life)
Inhabitants of the Empty. “In 1988, a 7.0 Richter-scale earthquake struck northern Armenia. The quake killed at least 25,000 people in the region. Thousands more were maimed and hundreds of thousands left homeless. Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city bore much of the damage. Large-scale war by the early 1990s, the collapse of the Soviet Union, an energy shortage, and a blockade that left landlocked Armenia with just two open borders contributed to exacerbating the region’s already prevalent social and economic problems. A quarter of a century later, Gyumri has the country’s highest poverty rate at 47.7%. The city has lost nearly half of its population since 1988, due in part to the migration of the labor force. A few thousand families are still living in makeshift shelters, waiting for help. Many of them are not eligible for new housing, since they are not considered to be direct victims of the earthquake. 25 years later, they are still waiting for urgently needed improvements to their dwellings. During the Soviet era, these huge twin dormitory buildings on the outskirts of Gyumri accommodated around 60 families each. Today there are just four families living here, among decaying walls and corridors.”
Image credits: Yulia Grigoryants
Sebastian Castañeda (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
Ecuador Earthquake. “The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The very large thrust earthquake was centered approximately 29 km (18 mi) from the towns of Muisne and Pedernales in a sparsely populated part of the country, and 170 km (110 mi) from the capital Quito, where it was felt strongly. Regions of Manta, Pedernales and Portoviejo accounted for over 75 percent of total casualties. Manta’s central commercial shopping district Tarqui was completely destroyed. Widespread damage was caused across Manabi province, with structures hundreds of kilometres from the epicenter collapsing. At least 661 people were killed and 27,732 people injured. President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency; 13,500 military personnel and police officers were dispatched for recovery operations. ”
Image credits: Sebastian Castañeda
Sebastian Castañeda (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
Ecuador Earthquake. “The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The very large thrust earthquake was centered approximately 29 km (18 mi) from the towns of Muisne and Pedernales in a sparsely populated part of the country, and 170 km (110 mi) from the capital Quito, where it was felt strongly. Regions of Manta, Pedernales and Portoviejo accounted for over 75 percent of total casualties. Manta’s central commercial shopping district Tarqui was completely destroyed. Widespread damage was caused across Manabi province, with structures hundreds of kilometres from the epicenter collapsing. At least 661 people were killed and 27,732 people injured. President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency; 13,500 military personnel and police officers were dispatched for recovery operations. ”
Image credits: Sebastian Castañeda
Sebastian Castañeda (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
Ecuador Earthquake. “The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The very large thrust earthquake was centered approximately 29 km (18 mi) from the towns of Muisne and Pedernales in a sparsely populated part of the country, and 170 km (110 mi) from the capital Quito, where it was felt strongly. Regions of Manta, Pedernales and Portoviejo accounted for over 75 percent of total casualties. Manta’s central commercial shopping district Tarqui was completely destroyed. Widespread damage was caused across Manabi province, with structures hundreds of kilometres from the epicenter collapsing. At least 661 people were killed and 27,732 people injured. President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency; 13,500 military personnel and police officers were dispatched for recovery operations. ”
Image credits: Sebastian Castañeda
Helen Kiparissa, Greece (Youth Competition, Beauty)
Image credits: Helen Kiparissa
José María Pérez, Argentina (Open Competition, Travel)
Image credits: José María Pérez
Sandra Hoyn, Germany (Professional, Daily Life)
The Longings of Others. The Kandapara brothel in the district of Tangail is the oldest and one of the largest in Bangladesh – it has existed for some 200 years. It was demolished in 2014 but has been re-established with the help of local NGOs. The brothel district is surrounded by a two-metre wall, and in the narrow streets within, there are food stalls, tea shops and street vendors. More than 700 sex workers live and work here with their children and their madams. Many of the women were either trafficked or born inside the brothel’s walls and in this way their livelihood is secure. Their customers are policemen, politicians, farmers, fishermen, factory workers and groups of teenage boys. The brothel is a place with its own rules and power hierarchies, which are completely different from mainstream society. The most vulnerable stage is when a young sex worker enters the brothel, when she is called a bonded girl. Officially, sex workers must be 18 years old, but most are underage and bonded girls are usually 12 to 14 years old. They have no freedom or rights; they belong to a madam, have debts and are not allowed to go outside or keep their money. From the moment a woman has paid her debts, she is free to leave. Although prostitution inside registered brothels has been legal in Bangladesh since 2000, these women are socially stigmatised outside their “homes” and thus often choose to stay and continue supporting their families with their earnings.
Image credits: Sandra Hoyn
Sandra Hoyn, Germany (Professional, Daily Life)
The Longings of Others. The Kandapara brothel in the district of Tangail is the oldest and one of the largest in Bangladesh – it has existed for some 200 years. It was demolished in 2014 but has been re-established with the help of local NGOs. The brothel district is surrounded by a two-metre wall, and in the narrow streets within, there are food stalls, tea shops and street vendors. More than 700 sex workers live and work here with their children and their madams. Many of the women were either trafficked or born inside the brothel’s walls and in this way their livelihood is secure. Their customers are policemen, politicians, farmers, fishermen, factory workers and groups of teenage boys. The brothel is a place with its own rules and power hierarchies, which are completely different from mainstream society. The most vulnerable stage is when a young sex worker enters the brothel, when she is called a bonded girl. Officially, sex workers must be 18 years old, but most are underage and bonded girls are usually 12 to 14 years old. They have no freedom or rights; they belong to a madam, have debts and are not allowed to go outside or keep their money. From the moment a woman has paid her debts, she is free to leave. Although prostitution inside registered brothels has been legal in Bangladesh since 2000, these women are socially stigmatised outside their “homes” and thus often choose to stay and continue supporting their families with their earnings.
Image credits: Sandra Hoyn
Sandra Hoyn, Germany (Professional, Daily Life)
The Longings of Others. The Kandapara brothel in the district of Tangail is the oldest and one of the largest in Bangladesh – it has existed for some 200 years. It was demolished in 2014 but has been re-established with the help of local NGOs. The brothel district is surrounded by a two-metre wall, and in the narrow streets within, there are food stalls, tea shops and street vendors. More than 700 sex workers live and work here with their children and their madams. Many of the women were either trafficked or born inside the brothel’s walls and in this way their livelihood is secure. Their customers are policemen, politicians, farmers, fishermen, factory workers and groups of teenage boys. The brothel is a place with its own rules and power hierarchies, which are completely different from mainstream society. The most vulnerable stage is when a young sex worker enters the brothel, when she is called a bonded girl. Officially, sex workers must be 18 years old, but most are underage and bonded girls are usually 12 to 14 years old. They have no freedom or rights; they belong to a madam, have debts and are not allowed to go outside or keep their money. From the moment a woman has paid her debts, she is free to leave. Although prostitution inside registered brothels has been legal in Bangladesh since 2000, these women are socially stigmatised outside their “homes” and thus often choose to stay and continue supporting their families with their earnings.
Image credits: Sandra Hoyn
Javier Arcenillas, Spain (Professional, Contemporary Issues)
Rivera Hernandez in the second city of Honduras, lives in constant war. With five warring gangs and a rate of three bodies of average daily routine is an exercise in survival.
Image credits: Javier Arcenillas
Javier Arcenillas, Spain (Professional, Contemporary Issues)
Rivera Hernandez in the second city of Honduras, lives in constant war. With five warring gangs and a rate of three bodies of average daily routine is an exercise in survival.
Image credits: Javier Arcenillas
Javier Arcenillas, Spain (Professional, Contemporary Issues)
Rivera Hernandez in the second city of Honduras, lives in constant war. With five warring gangs and a rate of three bodies of average daily routine is an exercise in survival.
Image credits: Javier Arcenillas
Saeid Moridi, Iran (Open Competition, Portraits)
Image credits: Saeid Moridi
Dongni, China (Professional, Architecture)
Space & city. Rules ordering a regular intensive repetition sum up the feeling of the modern city. A variety of urban form and minimalist architecture breaks the old structure, splitting it into triangles, squares and diamond shapes, refracting a new living style on extant spatial structures. Demonstrating a free use of the language of visual forms, it appears like a game, similar to Goldbach’s conjecture; the destruction of the ossified template of the city, a visual exploration of breaking the rules. In a spatial context, when we ignore the aesthetics of the city, ignore the rules and celebrate the deconstruction and reconstruction of the urban space, the space itself gives us more control and adds more joy to the city.
Image credits: Dongni
Alexey Munich, Russia (Open Competition, Portraits)
Image credits: Alexey Munich
Caio Vita, Brazil (Open Competition, Street Photography)
Image credits: Caio Vita
Javier Arcenillas, Spain (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
Latidoamerica. The war is over, but in the Central American country’s murder rate keeps growing like its neighbor, Honduras. In one of the most violent places in the world, youth gangs terrorize a population that does not expect much of anything. Failed hardline strategies and political negotiation, gangs have retaken the streets and manage chaos.
Image credits: Javier Arcenillas
Javier Arcenillas, Spain (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
Latidoamerica. The war is over, but in the Central American country’s murder rate keeps growing like its neighbor, Honduras. In one of the most violent places in the world, youth gangs terrorize a population that does not expect much of anything. Failed hardline strategies and political negotiation, gangs have retaken the streets and manage chaos.
Image credits: Javier Arcenillas
Javier Arcenillas, Spain (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
Latidoamerica. The war is over, but in the Central American country’s murder rate keeps growing like its neighbor, Honduras. In one of the most violent places in the world, youth gangs terrorize a population that does not expect much of anything. Failed hardline strategies and political negotiation, gangs have retaken the streets and manage chaos.
Image credits: Javier Arcenillas
Stéphane Couture, Canada (Open Competition, Travel)
Image credits: Stéphane Couture
Paşa İmrek, Turkey (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
War and Migration. People who had fled from the Syrian civil war at the border with Turkey.
Image credits: Paşa İmrek
Paşa İmrek, Turkey (Professional, Current Affairs & News)
War and Migration. People who had fled from the Syrian civil war at the border with Turkey.
Image credits: Paşa İmrek
Sabine Cattaneo, Switzerland (Professional, Conceptual)
Art. 115 Because of the advancements in medicine and the shift of attitude towards one’s own mortality, the past few decades have seen the emergence of a demand for assistance in hastening the end of life. The debate surrounding the questions around assisted death have become more frequently discussed in contemporary society, but end-of-life is a sensitive topic, and media coverage of the subject is often inaccurate. So far, only a handful of countries around the world have allowed assisted dying, either in the form of euthanasia or assisted suicide and Switzerland is one of them. While active euthanasia remains illegal there, assisted suicide is regulated by Article 115 of the Swiss Criminal Code, which has been in force since 1942. On those grounds, several right-to-die organisations have found enough leeway to attend to people who request their help to die, provided they comply with specific regulations. Using a visual language shaped around the concept of “near documentary”, this project uses facts, news reports and quotes to re-enact some of the steps taken by Swiss right-to-die organisations during their decades-long activity, and the current state of affairs in the country. By choosing to show places in relation to the topic of assisted dying instead of people, the images seek to do without the forced empathy imposed by any such physical depiction. Instead, the viewer is confronted with an abstract notion of “choice” – or lack thereof – and is invited to form their own thoughts on these situations.
Image credits: Sabine Cattaneo
Jelena Janković, Serbia (Open Competition, Street Photography)
Image credits: Jelena Janković
George Mayer, Russia (Professional, Portraiture)
Light. Shadows. Perfect Woman. Arranging the delicate balance of the correlation of the dark and the light the author discovers the obvious monumentality and duality of the images of the perfect woman. Within the space of the picture, the light becomes flat and the dark becomes deeper, highlighting all conventions and details. With this approach, the geometry of light becomes not only a sculptural language but also correlates with the meaning of the subject. The concept of “the perfect” in the photographs is contradictory in nature; on the one hand, it is monumental and complete, and on the other hand it is naked and vulnerable. These opposing concepts are at the heart of the works.
Image credits: George Mayer
Francesco Russo, Italy (Open Competition, Nature)
Image credits: Francesco Russo
Carloman Céspedes Riojas, Peru (Open Competition, Portraits)
Image credits: Carloman Céspedes Riojas
Jian Seng Soh, Malaysia (Open Competition, Street Photography)
Image credits: Jian Seng Soh
Miyono Okamoto, Japan (Open Competition, Nature)
Image credits: Miyono Okamoto
Romina Ressia, Argentina (Professional, Portraiture)
I Know What Beauty Looks Like. This project explores the idea of beauty.
Image credits: Romina Ressia
Gimmi Corvaro, Italy (Open Competition, Street Photography)
Image credits: Gimmi Corvaro
Alice Cannara Malan, Italy (Professional, Daily Life)
My (m)other. The project is a personal reflection on the relationships between family members. My family was the core of my research. The aim was to capture dynamics typical in families. What I found was how much hiding occurs in family relationships; hiding one another’s uncertainty, suffering, character flaws and, of course, love. My father Pier Paolo is 56 years old and almost deaf. Much as we love each other, we don’t understand each other. I have contradictory feelings about him; but mainly I wish I could save him from his readiness to shoulder the loads of others, although this is his dominant trait. My sister Sofia is 24 years old and lonely. I feel constantly guilty because of her jealousy of my relationship with our mother; she even doubts our mother’s love for her. Over the years my relationship with my mother has taught me much. I discovered how important the context in which a person grows up is, how this changes the way they see the world around them and, most importantly, how it influences the way they relate to others. After a long personal journey, I can now recognise my father as an authority, see my sister as the unique person that she is and look at my mother as a person separate from me. This collection of photographs is a work in progress. To me, they represent a way to overcome my past, to forge my own path.
Image credits: Alice Cannara Malan
Henry Agudelo, Colombia (Professional, Still Life)
Indelible Marks. In Colombia there are more than 130,000 people who are listed as ‘disappeared’. Because of the war and violence in this country, many bodies that are not identified go to medical universities to be studied pending a family member recognising and claiming them. Hundreds of bodies of disappeared people are waiting to be recognised or identified by different departments of the Colombian state Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is why a mark on some part of their body, whether a tattoo, a mark on one of their bones , a prosthesis, or some belonging (chain, rings, glasses, watches, shoes, etc.) is important. Meanwhile, thousands of medical students gain their professional knowledge from these little things, fragments of skin, bones, fingerprints, dental records. In 2016 the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, received the Nobel Peace Prize for executing the treaty and the peace agreement with the country’s oldest existing subversive group, the FARC (armed revolutionary group of Colombia) to end more than 50 years of armed conflict. But the nation, and the whole world, must not ignore the thousands of people who are missing and the millions of relatives who are waiting for some response from the state and the groups that remain outside the law.
Image credits: Henry Agudelo
Carla Sutera Sardo, Italy (Professional, Conceptual)
Wet Thoughts. “Wet thoughts is a project that studies the intimate relationship that develops between the body and the water. This thoughts raise from my confidence with water. I was born on an island: were it’s water establishing the borders, where the submerged body finds its dimension and substance, makes its lines clear. Plunging pushes us back to the centre of our intimate thoughts, the ones hiding from the familiar.”
Image credits: Carla Sutera Sardo
Emrah Karakoç, Turkey (Open Competition, Culture)
Image credits: Emrah Karakoç
Oscar Lopez, Germany (Open Competition, Architecture)
Image credits: Oscar Lopez
Mahesh Shantaram, India (Professional, Portraiture)
Racism in India: The African Portraits. “Anywhere in the world, it takes a black person to tell us what racism really feels like. On January 31st, 2016, India woke up to yet another news of a shocking mob attack against a Tanzanian student. This particular one was appalling enough to earn international press and force the nation into a period of soul-searching. Since the incident, I’ve been travelling across the country to meet Africans and learn about their experiences. I make portraits as a personal response to give them recognition. “It’s as if they don’t accept us as human beings,†is what I keep hearing amidst all the heartrending stories. “Some of us are from royal families, but here we are treated like shit,†one person told me. I feel passionately for this developing project because it carries such a relevant and urgent message. It is about Africans, but it is just as much about India and its chronic racism problem that has thus far not received enough airtime. A country that aspires to be a superpower is now at the cusp of coming to terms with good old fashioned racism. Through my project, I seek to put Africans as well as the racism they face in the consciousness of the Indian public.”
Image credits: Mahesh Shantaram
Mahesh Shantaram, India (Professional, Portraiture)
Racism in India: The African Portraits. “Anywhere in the world, it takes a black person to tell us what racism really feels like. On January 31st, 2016, India woke up to yet another news of a shocking mob attack against a Tanzanian student. This particular one was appalling enough to earn international press and force the nation into a period of soul-searching. Since the incident, I’ve been travelling across the country to meet Africans and learn about their experiences. I make portraits as a personal response to give them recognition. “It’s as if they don’t accept us as human beings,†is what I keep hearing amidst all the heartrending stories. “Some of us are from royal families, but here we are treated like shit,†one person told me. I feel passionately for this developing project because it carries such a relevant and urgent message. It is about Africans, but it is just as much about India and its chronic racism problem that has thus far not received enough airtime. A country that aspires to be a superpower is now at the cusp of coming to terms with good old fashioned racism. Through my project, I seek to put Africans as well as the racism they face in the consciousness of the Indian public.”
Image credits: Mahesh Shantaram
Gil Josquin, Brazil (Open Competition, Enhanced)
Image credits: Gil Josquin
Rob Wilson, Canada (Open Competition, Travel)
Image credits: Rob Wilson
Ge Wang, China (Open Competition, Street Photography)
Image credits: Ge Wang
Anisleidy Martínez Fonseca, Cuba (Open Competition, Portraits)
Image credits: Anisleidy Martínez Fonseca
Sergey Dibtsev, Russia (Open Competition, Enhanced)
Image credits: Sergey Dibtsev
Placido Faranda, Italy (Open Competition, Travel)
Image credits: Placido Faranda
Julian Schievelkamp, Germany (Open Competition, Enhanced)
Image credits: Julian Schievelkamp
Toby Binder, Germany (Professional, Daily Life)
Youth of the UK. “The young are the future. But young people suffer higher rates in unemployment, injustice and violence than all other groups in their society. Especially deprived neighbourhoods of former industrial cities within the UK had huge problems with drug abuse, gang fights and teenage pregnancies at a disproportionately high level compared to the rest of Europe. Several government programms improved the situation within the last ten years and both offences committed by 16-17s and alcohol and drug taking of 16-24s dropped. But unemployment and the related lack of perspectives remain a big issue. Young people are nearly three times more likely to be unemployed than the rest of the population – in Northern Ireland and Scotland even more. It has clearly emerged as one of the main reasons for sliding into delinquency. In 2011 youth surveys analyzed that around 2-7% of young people aged between 10 and 19 years report being a gang member. This small group have a disproportionate impact on the communities around them. I met youths of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast mainly on the streets. Playing football, cards and marbles but the older ones also smoking, drinking and selling and using drugs. I’ve been talking to them about their wishes and fears of the future and captured this overall picture of a generation in my photo essay. The Brexit decision at the 2016 EU Referendum will have significant economic, social, political and cultural consequences – and none more so than for the futures of these young people.”
Image credits: Toby Binder
Toby Binder, Germany (Professional, Daily Life)
Youth of the UK. “The young are the future. But young people suffer higher rates in unemployment, injustice and violence than all other groups in their society. Especially deprived neighbourhoods of former industrial cities within the UK had huge problems with drug abuse, gang fights and teenage pregnancies at a disproportionately high level compared to the rest of Europe. Several government programms improved the situation within the last ten years and both offences committed by 16-17s and alcohol and drug taking of 16-24s dropped. But unemployment and the related lack of perspectives remain a big issue. Young people are nearly three times more likely to be unemployed than the rest of the population – in Northern Ireland and Scotland even more. It has clearly emerged as one of the main reasons for sliding into delinquency. In 2011 youth surveys analyzed that around 2-7% of young people aged between 10 and 19 years report being a gang member. This small group have a disproportionate impact on the communities around them. I met youths of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast mainly on the streets. Playing football, cards and marbles but the older ones also smoking, drinking and selling and using drugs. I’ve been talking to them about their wishes and fears of the future and captured this overall picture of a generation in my photo essay. The Brexit decision at the 2016 EU Referendum will have significant economic, social, political and cultural consequences – and none more so than for the futures of these young people.”
Image credits: Toby Binder
Toby Binder, Germany (Professional, Daily Life)
Youth of the UK. “The young are the future. But young people suffer higher rates in unemployment, injustice and violence than all other groups in their society. Especially deprived neighbourhoods of former industrial cities within the UK had huge problems with drug abuse, gang fights and teenage pregnancies at a disproportionately high level compared to the rest of Europe. Several government programms improved the situation within the last ten years and both offences committed by 16-17s and alcohol and drug taking of 16-24s dropped. But unemployment and the related lack of perspectives remain a big issue. Young people are nearly three times more likely to be unemployed than the rest of the population – in Northern Ireland and Scotland even more. It has clearly emerged as one of the main reasons for sliding into delinquency. In 2011 youth surveys analyzed that around 2-7% of young people aged between 10 and 19 years report being a gang member. This small group have a disproportionate impact on the communities around them. I met youths of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast mainly on the streets. Playing football, cards and marbles but the older ones also smoking, drinking and selling and using drugs. I’ve been talking to them about their wishes and fears of the future and captured this overall picture of a generation in my photo essay. The Brexit decision at the 2016 EU Referendum will have significant economic, social, political and cultural consequences – and none more so than for the futures of these young people.”
Image credits: Toby Binder
Gijs Van Den Berg, Netherlands (Open Competition, Still Life)
Image credits: Gijs Van Den Berg
Gao Peng, China (Professional, Conceptual)
Illusion. I shot common people and natural views, combined together in one scene, forging “funny” or “meaningful” pictures. An artist creates a piece of his or her reflection of the world, which could also be the illusion you hold in your heart.
Image credits: Gao Peng
Sergey Dibtsev, Russia (Open Competition, Still Life)
Image credits: Sergey Dibtsev
Julien Chatelin, France (Professional, Architecture)
China West. In western China, the pace of economic development has ushered in a new and unprecedented period of transformation, one that has radically redefined the topography of the country whilst displacing significant parts of its population from rural areas to vast, newly-built mega cities. Semi-deserted landscapes carry a profound ambivalence, suggesting at the same time fecundity and sterility, a promise and nothingness. China West