Photo competition winners

media advisory
friends of the earth international
12 july 2007

photo competition winners announced

The judges have made their choices for the 2007 Friends of the Earth International photo competition and the top five winning photos are now on https://www.foei.org/en/photo

This year’s theme was “food and agriculture”.

Nearly 600 photos were received from 38 countries around the world, from both amateur and professional photographers. We are grateful to all of those who entered photos!

The photos were judged in four categories, and were judged both on technical merit and on relevance to the theme of food and agriculture.

and the winners are:

Category “Cooking and Eating”

First place: Shantanu Das, India
Second place: Shantanu Das, India
Third place (tied): Herminia Dosal, Mexico
Third place (tied): Theuns Botha, South Africa
Fourth place (tied): Naymuzzaman Prince, Bangladesh
Fourth place (tied): Boaz Rottem, China
Fifth place: Yan Seiler, Switzerland

Category “Markets”

First place: Pradeep Tewari, India
Second place: Christian Denes, United States
Third place: Meng-Kok Tan, United States
Fourth place: Tano Pansino, Argentina
Fifth place: Siddharth Jain, India

Category “People”

First place: Mateo Ponce, Ecuador
Second place (tied): Shantanu Das, India
Second place (tied): Alex Robinson, United Kingdom
Third place (tied): Rodney Dekker, Australia
Third place (tied): Yan Seiler, Switzerland
Fourth place: Ariel Javellana, the Philippines
Fifth place (tied): Agustín Fernández Gabard, Uruguay
Fifth place (tied): Rodney Dekker, Australia
Fifth place (tied): Siddharth Jain, India

Category “Nature’s Bounty”

First place: Christian Denes, United States
Second place (tied): Shantanu Das, India
Second place (tied): Prasanta Biswas, India
Third place (tied): Boaz Rottem, China
Third place (tied): Vladimir Icnihuatl Saavedra Martínez, Mexico
Fourth place (tied): Yan Seiler, Switzerland
Fourth place (tied): Ariel Javellana, the Philippines
Fourth place (tied): Naymuzzaman Prince, Bangladesh
Fifth place: Dave Stamboulis, Thailand

A selection of the photos will be printed in our 2008 wall calendar, which will be available for order from www.foei.org in September.

The winning photos and many of the other outstanding photos from the competition will become part of a virtual exhibition on the Friends of the Earth International website later this year, and will feature in a cookbook to be released in 2008.

The judges for the competition were:

•    Yann Arthus-Bertrand, world renowned aerial photographer of the planet’s ecosystems (www.yannarthusbertrand.com)
• Bangladeshi photographer G.M.B. Akash, first-place winner of last year’s photo competition and cover photographer of the 2007 calendar (www.gmb-akash.com).
•    Peter Menzel, US photojournalist and author of “Hungry Planet: What The World Eats” (www.menzelphoto.com).
•    Akintunde Akinleye, first-place winner World Press Photo 2007 in “Spot News” category, from Nigeria.
•    Mariann Bassey, GMO Campaigner from Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria.
• Dr. Juan Almendares, Director of Movimiento Madre Tierra/Friends of the Earth Honduras and member of the Friends of the Earth International Executive Committee.
•    Dinar Rani Setiawan, Food Campaigner from WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia.
•    Nivia Silva, coordinator of the Landless Movement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
•    Tatiana Roa, Friends of the Earth Colombia.