Dette er årets Sony-fotografer

Argentinske Alejandro Chaskielberg ble i kveld kåret til årets beste Sony-fotograf under en seremoni i London. Prisen fikk han for prosjektet High Tide, som omhandler livet til en øybefolkning i Parana River Delta i Argentina. Chaskielberg har bodd med øybefolkningen i to år, og dokumentert deres dagligliv. Vinnerserien består av en rekke portretter tatt om natten.

- Ved bruk av fotografi har jeg vært i stand til å presentere en versjon av Parana River Delta og deres befolkning som har blitt fotografisk ignorert gjennom tidene, uttaler Chaskielberg i en pressemelding.

34 år gamle Chaskielberg har drevet som fotograf siden han var 18, da han startet å jobbe for lokalavisen.

En jury på 12 dommere valgte å tildele Chaskielberg årets L'Iris D'Or, som består av $25 000 (ca 130 000 kroner) og kamerautstyr fra Sony.

- Årets dommerpanel fant ingen problemer med å hedre det sterke arbeidet i Alejandro Chaskielbergs serie "High Tide". Disse nøye regisserte bildene forteller solide sannheter - om strev og felleskap og marginal økonomisk overlevelse - på en strålende hentydende måte, uttaler juryleder Francis Hodgson i en pressemelding.

Tidligere vinnere av prisen inkluderer Tommaso Ausili, David Zimmerman og Vanessa Winship.

The Hunter

"I used the full moon as a key element in composition and lighting, while the islanders remained still for up to ten minutes. I work in large format, composing with the focus plane through people, vegetation, water and sky. At the same time, the use of long-time exposures with full moon, have allowed me to light part of the landscape artificially. I think my pictures as slides of unfinished stories, having a script on my head that is continuously changing by reality. I am interested in the poetical and visual power of the water, and the relationship of people and the environment. The intention of The Hight Tide project is to explore these islands using photography, and present another version of the Paran· River Delta and its community that has been photographically ignored throughout years."

The Captain

Chan Kwok Hung fra Hong Kong ble tildelt hovedprisen i årets Open-kategori, som er åpen for alle. Prisen fikk han for bildet "Buffalo Race", som ble tatt under en tur til Indonesia. Hung fikk en premie på $5000 (ca 25 000 kroner) og kamerautstyr fra Sony.

Buffalo Race

"This photo was taken in Indonesia, farmers will held the buffalo race before the farming season every year, they believe will be luck if their buffalo win the race."

I tillegg til de to hovedprisene ble Bruce Davidson tildelt årets pris for "Outstanding Contribution to Photography". Vinneren av student-prisen ble Louis Boulet fra franske Ècole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumiere. Boulets skole får kamerautstyr fra Sony til en verdi av 45000.

Årets Kraszna-Krausz Book Award i fotobok-kategorien ble tildelt David Goldblatt og Ivan Vladislavic for boken "TJ: Johannesburg Photographs 1948-2010 / Double Negative: A Novel." Gerhard Steidl fra forlaget Steidl ble tildelt årets "Outstanding Contribution to Publishing" for sin dedikasjon til utgivelser av fotobøker.

Det ble også kåret vinnere i hver av de profesjonelle kategoriene. Vinnerbildene kan du se under.

Mer informasjon om Sony World Photography Awards på www.worldphoto.org

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