Polish photographer Marcin Klocek is today announced on the shortlist for the Professional Sport category of the world’s biggest photography competition, the Sony World Photography Awards.
Klocek’s series, “Sweat and blood” was selected from 173,444 images from 171 countries, the highest number of entries in the awards’ eight year history.
He will now compete to win the category and the coveted L’Iris D’Or/ Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year tile plus a $25,000 (USD) cash prize and latest Sony digital imaging equipment. The winners will be announced on Thursday 23 April.
Each year the Sony World Photography Awards uncovers the best contemporary photography in the world and rewards and recognises both professional photographers and enthusiasts. The Professional competition was judged anonymously by a panel of experts from the World Photographic Academy and photographers were judged on a series of between 3 and 10 images. See full list of judges and bios here.
Klocek’s images, along with the other shortlisted photographers, will be shown at London’s iconic Somerset House from 24 April – 10 May as part of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. Tickets are now available at www.worldphoto.org/2015exhibition
Marcin Klocek has been photographing since his university years in Poland, initially during anti-communist demonstrations, riots and strikes in the late eighties. He began travelling extensively around Asia and America, what resulted in photographic exhibitions from Mexico, Guatemala, India, Tibet and Sri Lanka in various galleries in his hometown of Warsaw. In 2002 he moved to Hong Kong, from where he continues to explore and photograph Asia apart from working as an architect. National Geographic Your Shot album published in 2009 featured one of his photographs among 101 best photos selected from 100 000 sent from all parts of the world.
