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The Final Result of the 2009 Epoch Times International Photography Competition

Final results of the 2009 Epoch Times International Photography Competition were announced on September 3.  The jury went through further evaluations and voted, 21 photos from 19 photographers from Taiwan, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Indonesia, Israel, Burma, Iran and India won First, Second and Third Prizes in the three categories of News, Life in Society, and Landscapes. The works of 28 photographers from the United States, Columbia, Korea, India, Indonesia, Argentina, Taiwan, Singapore, Burma, Peru, Ireland and Germany won Awards for Excellence for each category.

The Jury consisted of senior photographers, photo editors, affiliated with newspapers and magazines, including prestigious painters, from United States, Australia and Taiwan and other countries and regions.

We received over 12,300 valid entries in the competition, among them 157 photos have been selected for the final stage of the competition.

We will exhibit the winning and selected photos on the Epoch Times website, also we will notify winning photographers for the awards via email soon.

We hereby thank the Epoch Foundation for sponsorship.

We thank all the photographers who participated and others who have supported this effort.

2009 Epoch Times Photography Competition Organizing Committee

The following is the list of the winners:


Category A: News    

Photo Title                                                                 Photographer                   Country

First Prize:                                                                                                         

Grand March to Support 2000 Chinese Quitting the CCP
                                                                                 Jiang Yiyou                          Taiwan

Second Prize:                                                                                                     

Award                                                                       Edward Dai                         US

The Deposition                                                          Natan Dvir                           US

Third Prize:                                                                                                          

State Guard                                                               Edward Dai                         US

Human Rights Goddess                                              Jan Jekielek                         Canada

Celebrate Independence Day                                     Debora Cheng                     US

Rob                                                                          Arie                                Indonesia

                                                                                                                            

Category B:  Life in Society:                                                                          

Photo Title                                                                 Photographer               Country

First Prize:                                                                                                              

凝神  (Concentration)                                              ZhenFeng Jia                        New Zealand

Second Prize:                                                                                                     

老伴侶 (Old Couple)                                               江村雄                                Taiwan

Cormorant Fisherman                                                Gil Azouri                            Israel

Third Prize:                                                                                                             

I am waiting                                                               Kyaw Kyaw Winn               Burma

Waiting for breakfast                                                 Saikat Dutta                         Indonesia

Happy Water Festival                                                Aung Pyae Soe                    Burma

Indian Rail                                                                 India                                Prasanta Biswas

                                                                                                                            

Category C: Landscapes                                                                                  

Photo Title                                                                 Photographer                   Country

First Prize:                                                                                                        

水上人家 (House on the Water)                             江村雄                                Taiwan

Second Prize:                                                                                                     

Dispute 1                                                                   Hosukuei                             Taiwan

Fishermen                                                                  Tun Tun Win                        Burma

Third Prize:                                                                                                        

黑龍潭晨光(Dawn at Black Dragon Lake)  劉綵潔  Liu Cai-Jie                      Taiwan

Life with clouds                                                         Saeed Hasanabbasi              Iran

Dreamland                                                                 Gil Azouri                            Israel

Joint Venture                                                             Indranil Sengupta                 India



Excellence Awards:                                                                                          

Photo Title                                                                 Photographer                   Country

The Royal Wedding                                                   Tommy Ng                          US

Paz                                                                            Andres Felipe Casta         Columbia            

Jump                                                                         Hu Hyun                              Korea

Peak of September 11                                               Dr. Sergey Melnikoff            US

Risky Drive                                                               Dilip Lokre                          India

Gotong Royong                                                         Arie                                     Indonesia

Marchando la calle                                                    Diego Casas                        Argentina

 法轮功学员集体炼功 Falun Gong Gathering       Debora Cheng                     US

Paralympic Skiing                                                      Jeong BaekHo                     Korea

Amona Evacuation                                                     Natan Dvir                           US

Ice Ridge                                                                   Hu Hyun                              Korea

寧靜的呼喚  Quiet call                                           Shih-Chieh, Lin                  Taiwan

Morning work                                                           Tan Choon Wee                  Singapore

Family in a bleak desert                                             Kim Sung Soo                     Korea

Our Dream home                                                       Aung Pyae Soe                    Burma

Belen                                                                         Ana M. Castada              Peru

Migrate                                                                     Fatemeh                               Ireland

Summer Day                                                             Kyaw Kyaw Winn               Burma

open school                                                               Supriya dey                          India

A Shepherd                                                               Nitin                                    India

Coal Mine Canyon                                                    Rainer Grosskopf                 Germany

Snow, snow on the Secret Lake                                 Kim Sung Soo                     Korea

Mountain (2)                                                             Yoon Woonjoung                Korea

Yellow Farm                                                             Kyaw Kyaw Winn               Burma

遺世傲立  Proudly Standing Undisturbed                植生  Huang Chih-sheng   Taiwan

The mountain and the waterfall                                   Martin Bordagaray               Argentina

稜線上的登山客   Climbers on the ridge              徐榮吉  Xu Rongji            Taiwan

捕魚英姿  Fishing the Yingzi                                   齊國泰 Qi Cathay Pacific   Taiwan

Our Children                                                             Arie                                     Indonesia

  Morning Patrol                                      顧敏勝  GU Min-sheng     Taiwan