08/12/09 – The winners of the annual Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition have been revealed, with an Icelandic photographer scooping the prestigious ‘Photographer of the Year’ crown for “Partners” – a shot of two horses in the snow.
The annual Digital Camera Photographer of the Year is organised by Future’s popular digital Camera Magazine and sister-site PhotoRadar.com, with support from Jessops, Epson and the Royal Photographic Society. In 2009 event coverage was bolstered with the support of broadcaster SkyArts and website, Telegraph.co.uk who championed the This is Britain and World in Motion categories respectively.
Now the world’s largest online photographer contest, the event now attracts over 100,000 submissions a year from Australia to Zimbabwe. It took a panel of judges, including representatives from Getty Images, Magnum Photos and the Press Association to work through the thousands of images to draw up shortlists for each of the categories.
Partners, the overall winning image of two horses in Harfnarfjordur on a cold day was taken by Icelandic photographer Bragi J.Ingbergsson on a Canon EOS 5D camera. Judges praised the shot’s “simple and quiet nature”, singling out Bragi’s “vision and perseverance to give an ordinary scene significance and a sense of wildness.
Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2009 – winners
- Young Photographer of the Year – Under 10s: Great Grandma, Tirza Lukacs, Hungary
- Young Photographer of the Year – 11-14 years: Sea Through the Window, India Sparacia, UK
- Young Photographer of the Year – 15-17 years: Champion’s Breakfast. Tadas Slajus, Lithuania
- This is Britain – sponsored by SkyArts: Fuel Girls – Al Overdrive, UK
- World in Motion – sponsored by Telegraph.co.uk: The Pacu Jawi, Muhammad Fadli, Indonesia.
- Man-made: Gas Station, Bart Heirweg, Belgium
- Planet Earth – sponsored by PhotoRadar.com: Partners, Bragi J.Ingibergsson, Iceland
- Destination Everywhere: Devotee Morning Prayers at Sangam, Rajesh Kumar Singh, India
- Fashion: Two Different Sides, Michael Novrianus Maikro, Indonesia
- Landscapes sponsored by Epson: Abraham Lake Ice, Chip Phillips, USA
- People and Portraits: Dikke Dennis, Thomas van Beek, The Netherlands
- Black & White: The Naked Truth, Carla Broekhuizen, The Netherlands
- Digital Vision: How Mountains Are Made: Sabina Dimitru, Romania
- Overall Winner: Partners, Bragi J.Ingibergsson, Iceland
Matt Pierce is Group Publisher of Future’s digital photography portfolio, and oversees the competition:
“The judges were delighted with the high standard of entries received in 2009. Our competition is about blurring the lines between amateur and professional photographers and is intended for anybody with an eye for detail and a creative streak. With the support of our sponsor, our partners and some of the world’s finest photographers, the event continues to go from strength to strength.
The full gallery of winning and shortlisted images are available in a digital gallery on PhotoRadar.com, or in a special showcase in the January issue of Digital Camera, on sale across the UK from 15 December with a coverprice of £3.99.
The photos are also on show in a FREE public gallery of winning and commended photographs from this year’s Digital Camera Photographer of the Year, taking place at the Mall Galleries, London, SW1 from Wednesday 9th December to Sunday 13th December from 10am until 5pm.
The photos are also on show in a FREE public gallery of photos from this year’s Digital Camera Photographer of the Year, taking place at the Mall Galleries, London, SW1 from Wednesday 9th – Sunday 13th December from 10am until 5pm.
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