Among them will be photographs submitted by the six shortlisted
finalists: Mustafah Abdulaziz, USA; Richard Allenby-Pratt, UK; Rasel
Chowdhury, Bangladesh (Professional Commission); Stefano De Luigi,
Italy; Camille Michel, France; Benedikt Partenheimer, Germany (Open
Competition).
Now in its second edition, the Syngenta Photography Award is an
international competition which aims to stimulate dialogue and raise
awareness about significant global challenges through photography.
This exhibition will highlight some of the most thought-provoking and
powerful responses to the 'Scarcity-Waste' theme - one of humankind's
greatest challenges. Ensuring enough land, food and water for future
generations has become a fundamental social, political and environmental
issue of our time. The photographers not only illustrate the
'Scarcity-Waste' theme, in striking and ambitious ways, but have also
taken on the role of courageous advocates, showing deep concern for our
environment.
Curated by Candlestar, the exhibition is divided into themed rooms.
The first two rooms illustrate the pressures on the world today due to
factors such as population growth and the increased demand on resources.
Latvian photographer Alnis Stakle's Shangri-La is of a dimly lit
building site for a skyscraper in Shanghai, representative of the growth
of China's population. In another room addressing issues such as
poverty and mass consumption, Garbage City: Cairo, Egypt by Italian
photographer Francesca Remorini, captures a group of children belonging
to the 'Garbage people' community in an overcrowded slum settlement on
the outskirts of the Moqattam Hills. The slum's inhabitants recycle a
staggering 80 percent of the garbage collected from Cairo's residents -
an activity that is central to the local's economy.
Exhibiting photographers: Mustafah Abdulaziz; Sutanta Aditya; Richard
Allenby-Pratt; Miguel Angel Garcia; Pedro Armestre; Lasse Bak Mejlvang;
Mandy Barker; Shavkat Boltaev; Tomas Chadim; Louis Cyprien-Rials; David
Brunetti; Carlos Cazalis; Philippe Chancel; Rasel Chowdhury; Sudipto
Das; Souvid Datta; Frank Day; Stefano De Luigi; Bénédicte Desrus; Marcus
Doyle; Liz Eve; Hossein Fatemi; Marco Garro; Michael Hall; Weicheng
Hua; Riadul Islam; Christopher Klettermayer; Kai Löffelbein; Camille
Michel; Pierpaolo Mittica; Wilton Miwa; Benedikt Partenheimer; Susana
Raab; Claudio Rasano; Francesca Remorini; Suthas Rungsirisilp; Gregg
Segal; Dean Sewell; Toby Smith; Paul Smith; Alnis Stakle; Jan Staller;
Jamey Stillings; Pétur Thomsen; Olaf Unverzart
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Somerset House,
London, on March 10, 2015, attended by the shortlisted photographers
and leading figures from the world of photography, arts and culture.
The exhibition will also be accompanied by an online gallery to coincide with the winner announcement on March 10.
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