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Indian photographer wins 2011 Sony World Photography Awards
H S Rao
London Apr 28 (PTI) Indian photographer Amit
Madheshiya has been named 'Arts and Culture Photographer of
the Year' at the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards
2011.
Mumbai (western Indian state) based Madheshiya was one
of 13 professional category winners presented with an award
held at the ceremony at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London,
last night.
His winning series of photographs, entitled People
Watching Cinema at the Nomadic Talkies, was shot in the remote
villages of Maharashtra. It documents people attending
night-time film screenings held by a travelling cinema.
The nomadic cinemas travel to the villages, which are
located far from fixed-site theatres, once a year and show an
eclectic mix of films.
The Sony World Photography Awards is the world's
largest and most comprehensive photography competition.
Amit Madheshiya works as an independent photographer.
For his work on the nomadic cinemas he received an
Arts Research Grant from the India Foundation for the Arts, a
fellowship from the Cluster of Excellence at Heidelberg
University and the Goethe Institute 50 Year Anniversary Grant.
In 2009, his vibrant and thoughtful images on the
project won the Sony World Photography Award for Arts and
Entertainment, as well as the Grand Award in the Humanity
Photo Awards.
In the same year Madheshiya was also declared Emerging
Photographer of the Year in India.
Argentinean photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg was
named overall Photographer of the Year winning a USD 25,000
cash prize and Sony digital SLR equipment.
His photographs offer a rare and insightful look into
the lives of a community of islanders who live on the Parana
River Delta in Argentina.
All the winning images will be exhibited from 26 April
to 22 May at Somerset House in London.
The exhibition captures a unique view of the world in
2010/11 as recorded through the lens of winning photographers.
Student photographer Louis Boulet from Ecole Nationale
Superieure Louis Lumiere, France, won the Student Focus award.
Louis was flown to London and received approximately
45,000 Euros worth of Sony digital imaging equipment for his
school.
Bruce Davidson received the Outstanding Contribution
to Photography Award.
Davidson, 77, has a career spanning more than half a
century, and is one of America's most distinguished
photographers.
The winning images were selected from 53,223
Professional category submissions and 51,878 Open category
photography submissions from 162 countries.
Created by the World Photography Organisation, the
World Photography Awards, sponsored by Sony, launched in 2007.
London Apr 28 (PTI) Indian photographer Amit
Madheshiya has been named 'Arts and Culture Photographer of
the Year' at the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards
2011.
Mumbai (western Indian state) based Madheshiya was one
of 13 professional category winners presented with an award
held at the ceremony at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London,
last night.
His winning series of photographs, entitled People
Watching Cinema at the Nomadic Talkies, was shot in the remote
villages of Maharashtra. It documents people attending
night-time film screenings held by a travelling cinema.
The nomadic cinemas travel to the villages, which are
located far from fixed-site theatres, once a year and show an
eclectic mix of films.
The Sony World Photography Awards is the world's
largest and most comprehensive photography competition.
Amit Madheshiya works as an independent photographer.
For his work on the nomadic cinemas he received an
Arts Research Grant from the India Foundation for the Arts, a
fellowship from the Cluster of Excellence at Heidelberg
University and the Goethe Institute 50 Year Anniversary Grant.
In 2009, his vibrant and thoughtful images on the
project won the Sony World Photography Award for Arts and
Entertainment, as well as the Grand Award in the Humanity
Photo Awards.
In the same year Madheshiya was also declared Emerging
Photographer of the Year in India.
Argentinean photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg was
named overall Photographer of the Year winning a USD 25,000
cash prize and Sony digital SLR equipment.
His photographs offer a rare and insightful look into
the lives of a community of islanders who live on the Parana
River Delta in Argentina.
All the winning images will be exhibited from 26 April
to 22 May at Somerset House in London.
The exhibition captures a unique view of the world in
2010/11 as recorded through the lens of winning photographers.
Student photographer Louis Boulet from Ecole Nationale
Superieure Louis Lumiere, France, won the Student Focus award.
Louis was flown to London and received approximately
45,000 Euros worth of Sony digital imaging equipment for his
school.
Bruce Davidson received the Outstanding Contribution
to Photography Award.
Davidson, 77, has a career spanning more than half a
century, and is one of America's most distinguished
photographers.
The winning images were selected from 53,223
Professional category submissions and 51,878 Open category
photography submissions from 162 countries.
Created by the World Photography Organisation, the
World Photography Awards, sponsored by Sony, launched in 2007.
