SONY WORLD PHOTO AWARDS!
• SONY World Photo Awards! – The UK's Vanessa Winship has won the SONY World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year, in the professional category, for her portrait of two little Eastern Turkish girls, "Sweet Nothings – rural schoolgirls from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey". The award was presented last Thursday evening at the SWPA VIP gala ceremonies in Cannes, France.
Vanessa Winship has been working in the Balkans since 1999 and currently lives in Istanbul. She graduated with a BA in Film, Video and Photographic Arts from Central London Poly in 1987 and did her postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism at the London College of Printing. In 1998 she won a World Press Photo first prize (Arts stories). [expand story >>>] [add comment]
posted by Simon Towler at Monday, April 28, 2008
3 Comments:
hi. I just wanted to point out that the correct credit for the picture is: "Sweet Nothings," rural schoolgirls from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey.
Thanks!
Thanks, Anonymous. That's corrected now.
Wish Sony recognized the short listed candidates and give them smaller prizes such as Sony Alpha Full-Frame camera.
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