Judges for the Sony World Photography awards have been named with the last call for entries.
With less than one month remaining for photographers to enter the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, the World Photography Organisation (WPO) has announced the Honorary Judging Committee for this year’s competition. The 2014 Honorary Judging Committee will be chaired by William Hunt, photography consultant based in New York, who will once again also host the annual awards gala on April 30 next year.
The full panel is made up of photography professionals from the World Photographic Academy including Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography, Geo Magazine (Germany); Johanna Neurath, Design Director for Thames & Hudson publishing (UK); Isbaella Icoz, Curator (Turkey); Guy Harrington, Director, Soho Management (UK); Matthew Pillsbury, Photographer (US); Harry Hardie, Panos Pictures/ HERE Press (UK); Suzy Koo, Creative Media Manager, Burberry (UK); Poorna Bell, Lifestyle Editor, Huffington Post and Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, CNN Digital.
Entries to the Open and Youth competitions of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards will close on January 6, followed by the deadline for the Professional competition on January 9. All entries are free via www.worldphoto.org.
Now in its seventh year, the awards are one of the leading photography competitions in the world and give international exposure, recognition and opportunity to both winning and shortlisted photographers. Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang, winner of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year, says, “Winning the L'Iris d'Or was a great recognition and it made my work reach out to a worldwide audience – not only to editors, collectors and potential collaborators in the business but most importantly, the everyday readers who were moved and engaged by the images. It opened up new opportunities for me, and was a huge motivation to continue following the stories I believe in.”
In the 2014 awards professional photographers will compete for the title of L'Iris d'Or/Sony World Photography Awards Professional Photographer of the Year, plus a $25,000 (USD) cash prize. Judges will also award the 15 winners for each of the professional categories for their series of work. Amateur and enthusiast photographers will contend the Open Photographer of the Year 2014 title, plus a $5,000 (USD) cash prize.
The judges will also select the best single winning shot for each of the ten open categories. In addition, three photographers under 20 years old will be chosen as winners of the Youth competition. All category winners across the awards will receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony.
Furthermore, the winning and finalist photographers will get an exhibition of their work at Somerset House, London, from May 1 to 18, 2014, will be published in the 2014 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book and will also be featured across the WPO website.
The shortlists for the 2014 awards will be announced on 4 February, followed by the winners of the Open categories on March 18. The overall and Professional categories winners will be revealed at the Sony World Photography Awards gala ceremony held in London on April 30. All competitions close January 6, 2013 except Professional categories which close on January 9, 2013.
World Photography Organisation supports professional, amateur and young photographers, lending a global platform for the photographic industry to communicate, converge and showcase current trends across all genres of photography.
Further details about the Sony World Photography Awards and the World Photography Organisation can be found at www.worldphoto.org
Joyce Le Mesurier of Singapore made this entry for the Open category of the Arts & Culture section.
A competition entry by Nicolas Reusens Boden in the Open category of Nature and wildlife.
Image by Eugene Stulov for the Open category of the Arts and culture section.
An image by Joyce Le Mesurier in the Open section of the Sony World Photography Awards Art & Culture category.
