Sony World Photography Awards winner kicks down barriers
16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Bank Top, a collaboration with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz, focuses on a tight-knit neighbourhood in Blackburn, northern England. It looks at issues including social deprivation, housing, unemployment and immigration. Photo / Craig Easton (UK), Sony World Photography Awards overall winner
Bank Top, a collaboration with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz, focuses on a tight-knit neighbourhood in Blackburn, northern England. It looks at issues including social deprivation, housing, unemployment and immigration. Photo / Craig Easton (UK), Sony World Photography Awards overall winner
NZ Herald
The 14th annual Sony World Photography Awards were announced this week with winners in professional, open, youth and student categories from around the world.
Craig Easton who captured the culture and misrepresentation of communities has been named World Photographer of the Year 2021. Run by the World Photography Organisation (WPO), the Sony World Photography Awards are in their 14th year. More than 330,000 images were entered across 10 categories in four different competition classes: Professional, Open, Student, and Youth. Craig was announced World Photographer of the Year 2021 by Scott Gray founder and CEO of the World Photography Organisation in online ceremony. His series Bank Top was a collaboration with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz that focuses on the Bank Top area of Blackburn. It featured the residents and the shopkeepers from different backgrounds and cultures.
Craig Easton who captured the culture and misrepresentation of the Bank Top area of Blackburn has been named World Photographer of the Year 2021. Run by the World Photography Organisation (WPO), the Sony World Photography Awards are in their 14th year. More than 330,000 images were entered across 10 categories in four different competition classes: Professional, Open, Student, and Youth. Craig was announced World Photographer of the Year 2021 by Scott Gray founder and CEO of the World Photography Organisation in online ceremony. His series Bank Top was a collaboration with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz that focuses on the Bank Top area. It featured the residents and the shopkeepers from different backgrounds and cultures.
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The annual Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners of its 2021 competition, with two of the top prizes going to photographers who reexamined biases in how culture and history is portrayed.
Zimbabwean photographer Tamary Kudita was named Open Photographer of the Year, a category honoring single images, and awarded $5,000 for her winning portrait, African Victorian. British documentarian Craig Easton was named Photographer of the Year and awarded $25,000 for the series Bank Top, which comprises black-and-white images and text, capturing a humanistic portrait of a small community in Blackburn, northern England.