Saturday, April 18, 2009

World Photography Awards 2009

The winners in the professional category at the Sony World Photography Awards 2009
David Zimmerman's desert landscape scene

David Zimmerman’s desert landscape scene. Zimmerman has been announced as the winner of the L’Iris D’Or Award, the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year. He received the award at this year’s Sony World Photography Awards Gala ceremony in Cannes, France (David Zimmerman/Sony World Photography Awards)

The attack of Russian airforce has caused numerous casualties among civilian population of Georia's town of Gori, about 120 kms west of Tbilisi. Town of Gori was attacked even though it is as far as 100 kms from South Osetia.

Photojournalism and Documentary: Current Affairs - Wojciech Grzedzinski, for his images from the conflict between Russia and Georgia last August (Wojciech Grzedzinski/Sony World Photography Awards)

Russia's Gleb Galperin competes in the men's 10m platform preliminary at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, 22 August, 2008

Photojournalism and Documentary: Sport - Julian Abram Wainwright, for his images from the Beijing Olympics last year. Russia’s Gleb Galperin competes in the men’s 10m platform preliminary (Julian Abram Wainwright/Sony World Photography Awards)

Photojournalism and Documentary: Contemporary issues. In late August, the Kosi River in India overflowed its banks in the state of Bihar after severe monsoon rains caused a dam to burst in neighboring Nepal, triggering what officials are calling the worst floods in 50 years.Indian flood-affected villagers rest at a school premises used as a temporary flood relief camp in the Purnia district of India's northeastern state of Bihar on September 8, 2008. Rescue workers in flood-hit northern India have brought over 800,000 people to safety, but tens of thousands more are still believed to be trapped, officials said

Photojournalism and Documentary: Contemporary Issues - Giulio Di Sturco, for his images of flood devastation in India. Late last August the Kosi River in the eastern state of Bihar overflowed after monsoon rains caused a dam to burst in Nepal (Giulio Di Sturco/Sony World Photography Awards)

Wall Posters A distinct feature of the architecture of these itinerant cinemas- the fashionably modified walls and roofs of the tent are often constructed from discarded film posters and banners

Photojournalism and Documentary: Arts and Entertainment - Amit Madheshiya, for his images of a travelling cinema in India. The walls and roofs of the tent, which functions as the film theatre, are often constructed from discarded film posters and banners (Amit Madheshiya/Sony World Photography Awards)

The Jamaican Surf Team Installation shot for surf apparel company, INSIGHT

Commercial: Advertising - Dustin Humphrey for his images for a campaign for the surfing apparel company INSIGHT. This is an installation shot of the Jamaican surf team (Dustin Humphrey/Sony World Photography Awards)

Princess of the crows Dress is designed by Eva Danhofer. Photo was taken for the advertisment of her collection.
Commercial: Fashion - Piotr Fajfer, for his advertising stills for a collection by the designer Eva Danhofer. Entitled Princess of the Crows, this image shows a dress designed by Danhofer
(Piotr Fajfer/Sony World Photography Awards)


Music Preetha Naravanan, 12, practices piano at Shanti Bhavan, meaning "Haven of Peace", a residential school for disadvantaged children of India's lowest caste, the so-called untouchables, in south India

Commercial: Music - Amiran White. Preetha Narayanan, 12, practises piano at Shanti Bhavan, meaning "Haven of Peace", a residential school for disadvantaged children of India’s lowest caste, the so-called Untouchables, in South India (Amiran White/Sony World Photography Awards)


Passage X A series of portraits of people sheltering in their cars at snow covered, near empty parking- scapes in nocturnal British Columbia, Canada

Fine Art: Portraiture - Roderik Henderson, for his project Passage X, a series of portraits of people sheltering in their cars at snow-covered, near-empty parking spots at night in British Columbia, Canada (Roderik Henderson/Sony World Photography Awards)


The series documents my response to the presents that Wolfie, my beloved cat, brings into the home. At first, I experienced some kind of horror: these dead creatures waiting for me in different parts of my house. Then I looked at Wolfie and tried to understand the instincts which brought them there. It reminded me of the difficulty I have in understanding the behaviours of the opposite sex or of a different tribe. At the time, my ex-partner had been unfaithful several times and I saw some parallels in coming to terms with the difficult habits of the "other", whilst also accepting their difference. The ceremonial aspect of these photographs is similar to the Victorian Memento Mori photographs of deceased loved ones, using flowers and locks of hair to preserve the memory of the living
Fine Art: Conceptual & Constructed - Tamany Baker, for Living with Wolfie, 2008. She explains: "The series documents my response to the presents that Wolfie, my beloved cat, brings into the home. At first I experienced some kind of horror: these dead creatures waiting for me in different parts of my house. Then I looked at Wolfie and tried to understand the instincts which brought them there. It reminded me of the difficulty I have in understanding the behaviours of the opposite sex or of a different tribe. At the time, my ex-partner had been unfaithful several times and I saw some parallels in coming to terms with the difficult habits of the ’other’, whilst also accepting their difference. The ceremonial aspect of these photographs is similar to the Victorian memento mori photographs of deceased loved ones, using flowers and locks of hair to preserve the memory of the living"
(Tamany Baker/Sony World Photography Awards)

A kangaroo joey receives treatment at The Australian Wildlife Hospital, the largest wildlife hospital in the world, on September 15, 2008 in Beerwah on The Sunshine Coast, Australia. The facility is located near Australia Zoo and was founded in 2004 by the late Steve Irwin in memory of his mother Lynn. It will be officially launched on Steve Irwin Day, November 15, 2008, to provide a surgical, rehabilitation and educational centre funded by the Wildlife Warriors Worldwide charity alongside 2.5 million dollars of donation from the Australian Government. The hospital will be able to treat up to 10,000 animals every year, and includes a koala disease research unit to help slow the rapidly declining numbers of koalas in Australia

Natural History - Lisa Maree Williams. A kangaroo joey receives treatment at the Australian Wildlife Hospital, the largest wildlife hospital in the world, in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast (Lisa Maree Williams/Sony World Photography Awards)

Architecture. Shanghai
Architecture - Michael van den Bogaard, for his images of rundown or demolished dwellings in Shanghai
(Michael van den Bogaard/Sony World Photography Awards)



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