Canada National Award winner revealed for world’s biggest photography competition - the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
- Best single image taken by a Canadian photographer in the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards
- Winning images exhibited at Somerset House, London, April 22 – May 8, 2016
- Images available for publication at press.worldphoto.org
TORONTO – March 15, 2016 – Canadian photographer Kathryn Mussallem from Vancouver, BC is today named as the winner of Canada National Award, part of world’s biggest photography competition, the Sony World Photography Awards.
Mussallem‘s winning image “Sailor in the Spotlight, New Orleans LA, April 2015” was chosen as the single best photograph taken by a Canadian photographer entered into any of the awards’ ten Open categories.
Mussallem, an internationally recognized photographer and instructor of photography at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC, has won a Sony ILCE7RM2/B (A7R II - 42MP/4K Full Frame camera body) & SEL55F18Z (Zeiss 55mm F1.8 AF camera lens). In addition, the winning image will be part of the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London from April 22 - May 8 and will be published in the annual Sony World Photography Awards book. The exhibition will also include the winning and shortlisted images of Professional, Open and Youth competitions alongside the first major European exhibition of the artistic duo and fine art photographers RongRong & inri (China/Japan), recipients of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize at the awards.
Describing the winning image, Mussallem comments: “This image was that perfect moment on an overfilled dance floor in a sweaty Bourbon Street bar overrun by sailors during New Orleans Fleet Week 2015. The week where several ships and thousands of sailors roar into port and take over the town as ladies fawn at this invasion of nostalgia and bravado. Camera in hand, I put on my bright red lipstick, slip on my red high heels, hit the street, I see these boys in white and with giddy excitement I approach saying: Hey sailor! New in town?“
Talking about her win, Mussallem continues: "It’s an incredible thrill to be selected and to have this project and labour of love that I have put my heart into honoured by the WPO. With this immersive documentary project I have spent the last 5 years travelling across America photographing the US Navy at work and at play. As a Canadian it is a strange obsession to be chasing the American Navy across the continent but it has become my world. It is a great honour that this work has been recognized and I am happy to share my adventures."
Runner up positions for Canada National Award were given to:
- 2nd place - Allan Oman for his image titled ‘Fox Pup’
- 3rd place - Luis Portelles for his image titled Mondrianish’
The National Awards programme honours and rewards the best single image taken by a local photographer and runs in 60 countries across the world from Argentina to Australia. It is open to photographers of all abilities.
The winners of all 60 National Awards were announced today. To see all the winning images please go to www.worldphoto.org
The Sony World Photography Awards rewards and recognises the world’s best contemporary photography from the last year. Attracting photographers of all abilities, the awards incorporate four competitions: Professional; Open; Youth and Student. More information about the awards can be found at www.worldphoto.org
- Images from the shortlist are available to download at press.worldphoto.org
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
Sony World Photography Awards forthcoming announcements
- March 29th– Open and Youth category winners announced
- April 21st– Professional/Open/Student/Youth Photographers of the Year revealed plus Professional category winners
For press enquiries please contact:
Ved Khan
Public Relations Specialist
Sony of Canada Ltd.
ved_khan@sony.ca
416-495-3703
Kristen Schaffrath (on behalf of Sony of Canada Ltd.)
NATIONAL Public Relations
kschaffrath@national.ca
416-848-1704
About the World Photography Organisation
The World Photography Organisation is a home where photography is celebrated and the art of the photographer is recognised. Working with professional, enthusiast and student photographers alike, the World Photography Organisation provides a global platform across the photographic industry to not only to raise the level of conversation around the subject, but to increase awareness and appreciation of this artform. The World Photography Organisation hosts a year-round portfolio of industry and public events including: the Sony World Photography Awards, the world’s largest photography competition and accompanying global exhibition; the World Photography Organisation Student Focus Programme, inspiring and working with the next generation of photographers, Photo Shanghai, Asia Pacific’s premier art fair dedicated to photography, and Photo San Francisco, America's new international art fair for contemporary photography. For more information please visit www.worldphoto.org
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