In Monza here is the exhibition of the Sony World Photography Awards

From September 13 to November 3, 2019, the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition returns to Italy, thanks to Sony, allowing visitors to admire the winning and finalist photographs of the famous photography competition. The event is hosted again this year by the Villa Reale in Monza, where the exhibition has been present since 2017, registering growing interest from visitors over the years. The competition, now in its 12th edition, reached a new record this year, with 326,997 entries submitted by photographers from 195 countries and territories.

The result is an overview of the best contemporary works created in the past 12 months, which the Italian public will be able to admire in its entirety.

“I’m really proud of this assignment,” says Denis Curti, curator of the exhibition for Italy. "Curating the Italian edition of the Sony World Photography Awards for the fourth time is a source of great satisfaction for me. I have seen, year after year, an increase in participation and in the quality of the submissions. Three years ago I had the privilege of being part of the jury and I can testify to the passion and expertise of the staff and jury members. The international caliber of this event has no competitors, and visiting this exhibition is an opportunity for everyone to learn about and explore the most compelling issues affecting our world and the men and women who inhabit it. This edition is even more anticipated because the title of Photographer of the Year, the most coveted of the competition, has been awarded to Italian photojournalist Federico Borella. His series entitled Five Degrees, submitted for the Documentary category, investigates the scourge of male suicides in the farming community of Tamil Nadu, in southern India, which has been hit by the most severe drought in 14 years. The power of the images in these reportages is overwhelming and astonishing for the attention and sensitivity with which a very complex reality is told. The documentary value of Federico Borella’s shots emerges not only through the subjects, but also in the variety of technique used, which ranges from portraits to still life to aerial and landscape views."

Among the winners were four other Italian photographers who won major awards in the Professionals competition.

Alessandro Grassani is the winner of the Sport category with his series Boxing Against Violence: The Female Boxers of Goma, which tells how boxing represents a means of support and a safe place for many women in Goma (North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo). The duo formed by Jean-Marc Caimi and Valeria Piccinini triumphed in the Discovery category with the series Güle Güle, which means “goodbye” in Turkish, dedicated to Istanbul and the most characteristic aspects of the city. Massimo Giovannini won 2nd place in the Portrait category with Henkō, a Japanese word meaning “change” and “variable and unusual light,” through which he addresses the theme of light and how it can alter the perspective of objects.

The National Award went to Nicola Vincenzo Rinaldi, a street photography enthusiast, thanks to the image titled The Hug, which, as the artist himself explains, “portrays an enveloping embrace: only the feet escape the grip.”

“The talent of novice and professional photographers, enthusiasts and students entering the world of photography for the first time continues to amaze the jury of the Sony World Photography Awards, which is confirmed to be one of the most appreciated and followed photographic competitions in the world,” says Takayuki Suzuki, Country Head of Sony in Italy. “The shots submitted constitute valuable testimonies of our time because they encapsulate stories that we do not know and that deserve to be told and shared. We are particularly proud of the awards won each year, and never more so than in this edition, by Italian photographers thanks to the cultural value and technical excellence that distinguish their works. However, it is important to emphasize the international nature of the competition, an aspect that Sony wishes to enhance through the local stages of a global tour that allows an increasingly wide audience to admire the award-winning photographs. And to remember that Sony World Photography Awards represents just one of the ways, though certainly among the most important, by which Sony is committed to supporting the world of photography, through continuous technological innovation on the one hand and factual support for the work of photographers at all levels on the other. The prize, in fact, represents a highly visible international platform that we hope will open up new job opportunities for winners and finalists.”

As of June 4, 2019, registration is open for the 2020 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards, which sees two major innovations, the addition to the Professional competition of the Environment category, which emphasizes the value of this subject for contemporary artists, and a new format for the Youth competition, designed to engage and reward budding photographers from all parts of the world.

For all information you can call +39 039.2240024, send an email to villarealemonza@bestunion.com or visit www.worldphoto.org.

Pictured: Nicola Vincenzo Rinaldi, The hug

Source: press release

In Monza here is the exhibition of the Sony World Photography Awards

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