Norsk fotograf blant 20 finalister i mobilfoto-konkurranse

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Sony World Photography Award 2015 kårer årets beste mobilbilde

10. mars 2015: På fire korte uker ble 10,293 bidrag fra hele verden sendt inn til Sony World Photography Awards mobil-kategori. Nå har 20 bilder blitt valgt ut av et ekspertpanel, og blant finalistene finner vi mobilbildet tatt av norske Atle Rønningen.

De 20 finalistene konkurrerer om tittelen «Årets beste mobilbilde», og linjene er nå åpne i én uke – frem til 17. mars – slik at de som ønsker det kan stemme frem sin favoritt via www.worldphoto.org. Fotografen som mottar flest stemmer vinner en tur til London, får en Sony Xperia smarttelefon og nettbrett og vil få sitt bilde utstilt på Sony World Photography Award 2015-utstillingen i London fra 24. april til 10. mai.

Dommerpanelet besto av:

• Anna Dickson, Deputy Director of Photography, Wall Street Journal, USA

• Chris Hudson, Group Art Editor, National Geographic Traveller, UK
• Anthony Lepinay, Photographer and Creative Director, France
• Alvin Soon, Associate Editor, HWM and HardwareZone.com, Singapore
• Evgeny Tchebotarev, CPO and Co-Founder, 500px, Canada

De 20 finalistene er:

• Craig Atkinson, UK
• Salvatore Calafato, Italy
• Monica Coteriano, Portugal
• Emanuel Faria, Portugal
• Henny Gylfa, Iceland
• Ryszard Kaźmierczak, Poland
• Olga Nazarova, Russia
• Luca Laghetti, Italy
• Hamed Nazari, Iran (shortlisted for two images)
• Nuno Perestrelo, Portugal
• Atle Rønningen, Norway
• Ako Salemi, Iran
• Janos Schmidt, Hungary (shortlisted for two images)
• Gerard Trang, France
• Mijail Vallejo, Ecuador (shortlisted for two images)
• Carla Vermeend, Netherlands
• Helen Whelton, UK

About World Photography Organisation

WPO supports professional, amateur and student photography, lending a global platform for the photographic industry to communicate, converge and showcase current trends in Photojournalism, Fine Art and Commercial photography. Delivering various initiatives and programmes across this global community, these programmes involve the photographer in commercial, cultural and educational activities within the many industry sectors, whilst also creating cultural activities for the public to participate in. Currently included within the WPO portfolio are: the Sony World Photography Awards; the World Photography Student Focus Competition and Youth on Assignment. In addition the WPO have recently launched Photo Shanghai, Asia-Pacific’s premiere international Art Fair focused on photography.