186 photographers - 43 countries - 6 continents


The shortlist for the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards is announced today, Tuesday 24 February. The list contains the names of 186 exceptional photographers from 43 different countries, all of them competing in a variety of categories in one of the most prestigious photographic competitions in the world.

The Honorary Judging Committee, comprising world-renowned photographers, curators, representatives from leading international photo agencies, publishers and critics made their selection from 36,546 professional and 25,370 amateur photography submissions.

The Sony World Photography Awards is a truly global competition. From Argentina to Zimbabwe, over 60,000 photograph entries were submitted this year from 139 different countries.

The finalists in each of the categories will be announced on Tuesday 17 March, and will be honoured at the Sony World Photography Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on Thursday 16 April. Also on the night, the 2009 winner of the L’Iris D’Or for Sony World Photographer of the Year will be announced and will receive $25,000 and professional Sony camera equipment. The winning amateur photographer will receive a $5,000 cash prize as well as Sony camera equipment.

Shortlist Nominations

Photojournalism and Documentary
Professional shortlisted photographers

Current affairs
Abel Ruiz de León (Spain)
Brigitte Grignet (Belgium)
Dominic Nahr (France)
Francesco Zizola (Italy)
Hui Min Kuang (China)
Li Fan (China)
Paolo Pellegrin (Italy)
Robin Hammond (UK)
Robin Utrecht (Netherlands)
Wojciech Grzedzinski (Poland)

Sport
Ezra Shaw (Australia)
Julian Abram Wainwright (Canada)
Juliet Howden (UK)
Li Fan (China)
Mick Tsikas (Australia)
Nir Elias (Israel)
Rasmus Kaessmann (Germany)
Salvi Danés Vernedas (Spain)
Qing Zhao (China)

Contemporary issues
Andrew McConnell (Ireland)
Andy Spyra (Germany)
Chris De Bode (Netherlands)
Emiliano Mancuso (Italy)
Giulio Di Sturco (Italy)
Hartmut Schwarzbach (Germany)
Massimo Berruti (Italy)
Massimo Mastrorillo (Italy)
Kosuke Okahara (Japan)
Paolo Pellegrin (Italy)

Arts and entertainment
Amit Madheshiya (India)
Chiara Goia (Italy)
Kostas Mantziaris (Greece)
Ohm Phanphiroj (Thailand)
Soleyman Mahmoudi (Iran)

Amateur shortlisted photographers

Sport
Akos Kiss (Hungary)
Joachim W. Dettmer (Germany)
Josef Hinterleitner (Austria)
Lorenz Holder (Germany)
Marek Michalski (Poland)
Piotr Filutowski (Austria)
Purwanto Nugroho (Indonesia)
Sam Hendseron (USA)
Ubald Rutar (Czech Republic)


Commercial
Professional shortlisted photographers

Advertising
Alfredo Leven Bulling (Chile)
Dustin Humphrey (USA)
Dylan Collard (UK)
George Simhoni (Canada)
Julia Fullerton-Batten (UK)
Kelvin Murray (UK)
Manon van der Zwaal (Netherlands)
Michael Schnabel (Germany)
Peter Franck (Germany)
Sharad Haksar (India)

Fashion
Daniel Voelker (Germany)
Ekaterina Sarantseva (Russia)
Grzegorz Adamski (Poland)
Imre Varga (Hungary)
Jacek Kochański (Poland)
Jessica Hilltout (Belgium)
Micky Modo (Italy)
Nikola Borissov (Italy)
Piotr Fajfer (Poland)
Takaki Hashimoto (Japan)

Music
Amiran White (UK)
Elen Miroshkina (Russia)
Felix Ozertsovski (USA)
Gordon Welters (Germany)
Hiroyuki Ito (USA)
James Sparshatt (UK)
Lauren Dukoff (USA)
Laurent Hini (France)
Majid Moussavi (Germany)
Will Robson-Scott (UK)


Amateur shortlisted photographers

Fashion
Bryan Benoit (USA)
Christo Stankulov (France)
Deby Suchaeri (Indonesia)
Leonardo Horacio Fainbich (Argentina)
Jaclyn Adams (Australia)
Jaclyn Adams (Australia)
Jenni White (Australia)
Pyung-Hwa Han (South Korea)
Tiziano Ornaghi (Italy)
Tommy Clarke (United Kingdom)

Music
Anna Stepanova (Russia)
Gunta Podina (Sweden)
Josef Hinterleitner (Austria)
Kushal Gangopadhyay (India)
Marcela Resendez Andarza (Mexico)
Paul Ditter (USA)
Rainer Ruber (Germany)
Sabhanaz Rashid Diya (Bangledesh)
Sabri Irmak (Canada)
Somenath Mukhopadhyay (India)


Fine Art
Professional shortlisted photographers

Portraiture
Adam Panczuk (Poland)
Arjen Zwart (Netherlands)
Bela Doka (Hungary)
Carlo Gianferro (Italy)
Frederic Vanwalleghem (Belgium)
Hans de Vries (Netherlands)
Lisa Wiltse (Australia)
Martin Bogren (Sweden)
Roderik Henderson (Netherlands)
Tim Clayton (Australia)


Conceptual and Constructed
Alena Dvorakova and Viktor Fischer (Czech Republic)
Angelika Sher (Israel)
Branislav Kropilak (Slovakia)
Edgar Martins (UK)
Gregory Baker (Portugal)
Peter Puklus (Hungary)
Rita Soromenho (Portugal)
Saul Robbins (USA)
Stephen Zirwes (Germany)
Tamany Baker (UK)

Natural History
Alejandro Jose De Oliveira Sanchez (Venezuela)
Angel Febrero Diaz (Spain)
Dan Balilty (Israel)
Federico Veronesi (Kenya)
Lisa Maree Williams (Australia)
Renhui Zhao (UK)
sanchu chen Qiu (Spain)
Steve Morenos (Australia)
Yannick Dixon (UK)

Landscape
Alessandro Puccinelli (Italy)
Andy Eaves (UK)
Bernhard Winkler (Germany)
David Zimmerman (USA)
Donato Notaristefano (Italy)
Edgar Martins (UK)
Pawel Mlodkowski (Poland)
Teru Kuwayama (USA)
Yvonne Seidel (Germany)
Zheng Xiao Yun (China)

Architecture
Alessandro Cane (Italy)
Bjorn Opsahl (Norway)
Christof Pluemacher (Germany)
Daichi Ano (Japan)
Ivan Dario Herrera Gomez (Colombia)
Jean-Marc Caimi (Italy )
Jonathan Smith (USA)
Joel Micah Miller (Germany)
Michael van den Bogaard (Germany)
Xavier Delory (Belgium)

Amateur shortlisted photographers

Portraiture
Budi Prakasar (Indonesia)
Claire Martin (Austria)
Dimitriy Sarnikov (Russia)
Du Khanh Tran (Vietnam)
Harjono Djoyobisono (Indonesia)
José Luis Moreno Gámez (Spain)
Nikolay Zhelyazkov (Bulgaria)
Raul Muñoz Ramos (Spain)
Ronny Sen (India)
Stanislavs Olehno (Latvia)

Conceptual and Constructed
Andrea Wilken (Germany)
Azneem Adam (Maldives)
Deyan Stefanov (Bulgaria)
Eline Spek (Netherlands)
Fernando Javier Sturzenegger (Argentina)
Jose Luis Garcia Garcia (Spain)
Karas Cahill (USA)
Ljudmilla Socci (UK)
Vladimir Melnik (Russia)
Yulia Cherenkova (Canada)


Natural History
Alexander Safonov (Japan)
Alexander Safonov (Japan)
Faizan Khan (India)
Greg Lamont (Australia)
Jan Bergman (Sweden)
Ken Conger (USA)
Motiejus Salkauskas (Lithuania)
Petr Bambousek (Czech Republic)
Pia Hernø (Denmark)
Vincent Foong, (Singapore)

Landscape
Alpur Çukur (Turkey)
Colin Campbell (UK)
Elemer Lelik (Hungary)
Fernand Domange (Belgium)
Gergely Kömöz (Hungary)
Giuseppe Parisi, (Italy)
Ildiko Baranyi (Iran)
Jose Luis Garcia Garcia (Spain)
Kyaw Thar (Myanmar)
Stephan Opitz (Germany)

Architecture
David Watts (UK)
GJ Besselink (Netherlands)
Ivar Albaek Hansen (Denmark)
Nelson Izquierdo (Venezuela)
Osvaldo Hamer (Argentina)
P Matilde Barreira (Portugal)
Paola Antia (Colombia)
Sigurd Quast (Germany)
Tomasz Lazar (Poland)
Umberto Verdoliva (Italy)


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