{"id":33974,"date":"2024-09-13T16:11:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=33974"},"modified":"2024-09-30T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:34:23","slug":"final-step-before-the-podium-urban-2024-winners-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/final-step-before-the-podium-urban-2024-winners-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Final step before the podium: URBAN 2024 Winners Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After months of anticipation<\/strong>, submissions from talented photographers around the world, rigorous reviews, and careful judgment by our esteemed panel of jurors, we have finally reached the pivotal moment<\/strong>. Today, we proudly unveil the Winners Shortlist<\/strong> for the URBAN Photo Awards 2024<\/strong>. This shortlist represents the best of the best, carefully selected from an immense pool of exceptional entries.<\/p>\n

The spotlight now shines on the two main URBAN categories: Single Pictures<\/strong> and Projects & Portfolios.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What is the Winners Shortlist?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Winners Shortlist features photographers who have earned one of three titles: Winner<\/strong>, Honorable Mention<\/strong>, or Remarkable Reward<\/strong>. Our URBAN Jury evaluated and ranked all entries through a detailed process. To keep the final results a surprise, the Shortlist is be published<\/strong> alphabetically<\/strong> and categorized into: Single Pictures<\/strong> (Streets, People, Creative, and Spaces) and Projects & Portfolios<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Each shortlisted photographer will receive their title on Saturday, October 26, 2024<\/strong>, at the URBAN Award Ceremony, part of the Trieste Photo Days Festival<\/strong> in Trieste, Italy. The URBAN Award Ceremony is free for all Festival visitors and will be streamed live on our social media channels.<\/p>\n

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Record-breaking participation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This year\u2019s contest saw record-breaking participation, with our esteemed jury reviewing 17,000 photos<\/strong>, 550 projects and portfolios<\/strong>, and 115 books and zines<\/strong> from over 5,000 photographers globally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our distinguished URBAN jury<\/strong>, whose expertise and dedication were instrumental in evaluating this year’s submissions. Their commitment ensured a thorough and thoughtful review process, contributing to the exceptional quality of this year’s shortlist.<\/p>\n

Harry Gruyaert, Adam Pretty, Arnaud Montagard, Paul Gadd, Federica Berzioli, Giorgio Celiberti, Arthur Dayras, Atif Saeed, Claudia Colecchia, David Christopher Lee, Denis Curti, Ekaterina Belinskaya, Emanuele Costanzo, Francesco Aglieri Rinella, GMB Akash, Iliana Cepero, Jerzy Gawe\u0142, Joerg Nicht, Martin Stranka, Massimo Siragusa, Matja\u017e Tan\u010di\u010d, Merel Galestian, Michael Ernest Sweet, Michael Kirchoff, Michela Messina, Olivier Valsecchi, Philippe Litzler, Rathika Ramasamy, Stefano Ambroset, Sucheta Das.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Winners Shortlist<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Single Pictures – Streets<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Andrei Bercea – The.observationalist – She smokes the rain<\/em>
\nDejan Mijovi\u0107 – Fearless<\/em>
\nLen Bernstein – Boys playing football in snow<\/em>
\nMarco Parenti – The date<\/em>
\nMatthew DeSantis – Baseball in Bhutan<\/em>
\nMaude Bardet – Untitled<\/em>
\nMax Cavallari – Untitled<\/em>
\nMichele Ginevra – Untitled<\/em>
\nSanchayan Chowdhury – Eid Journey<\/em>
\nToshiki Yukawa – After The Snow<\/em>
\nYousef Naser – Minya quarries<\/em><\/p>\n

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Single Pictures –\u00a0 <\/strong>People<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Ahmed Joy – Daily workers in Bangladesh<\/em>
\nAntonio Mercadante – 3di3
\nChin Leong Teo – Vung Tau Fish 4<\/em>
\nErcin Erturk – Female soldier in a sunflower field<\/em>
\nJoy Saha – Catch of the Day<\/em>
\nKishore Das – Existence<\/em>
\nKyaw Zay Yar Lin – Fishing Together<\/em>
\nMariana Basurto – Chameleon<\/em>
\nOlga Steinepreis – Brothers<\/em>
\nSalvatore Montemagno – The age of uncertainty N1<\/em>
\nVitaly Medvedev – Where the wind blows<\/em><\/p>\n

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Single Pictures –\u00a0 <\/strong>Spaces<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Alexis Alexandris (\u0391\u039b\u0395\u039e\u0397\u03a3 \u0391\u039b\u0395\u039e\u0391\u039d\u0394\u03a1\u0397\u03a3) – Untitled<\/em>
\nCuneyt Gumushaneli – Joy in the carpet field
\nEduard Revidovich – Stone & Mortar 6<\/em>
\nHelmut Oberritter – Library<\/em>
\nJenny Lam – Bookworm<\/em>
\nJoseph Ford – Waterpark, Egypt<\/em>
\nSimone Pastorini – Untitled<\/em>
\nYevhen Kostiuk – P-opular & I-gnored<\/em><\/p>\n

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Single Pictures –\u00a0 Creative<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Alicia Mata – No seas negativo<\/em>
\nArman Kuzel – Center<\/em>
\nFoteini Zaglara – Sortie de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9<\/em>
\nMarie-Laure Vareilles – Mailo – <\/strong>Avatar’s Mountain Painter…<\/em>
\nMaryam Sadat Ahmadi – Endless stairs<\/em>
\nMorag Forbes – Venice Sunset<\/em>
\nRen\u00e9 Cassio Scholz – Siena City Walk<\/em>
\nSandra Cattaneo Adorno – Ten Years XIII<\/em><\/p>\n

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Projects & Portfolios<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Alessandro Ledda – The last charcoal burners<\/em>
\nChristian Basetti – Break from oblivion<\/em>
\nKrzysztof Bednarski – La Vida Lenta<\/em>
\nValerio Geraci – American Eden<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Award Ceremony<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Save the date:<\/strong><\/span> the Award Ceremony will take place in the evening of Saturday, 26 October<\/strong> at the \u201cMarco Sofianopulo\u201d<\/em> Auditorium of the Revoltella Civic Museum of Modern Art.<\/strong>\u00a0For those who cannot make it, we will keep our social media channels <\/strong>(see list below) updated with the freshest news from the festival.<\/p>\n

Here are just 3 of the most anticipating moments of the Ceremony:<\/p>\n