SARAJEVO, January 27th, 2018. – Winners of the 2017 Balkan Photo Award has been announced at National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. BPA contest is held as part of the Balkan Photo Festival (BPF). The jury consisting of 13 members: Bénédicte Kurzen (Jury Chair), Jim Casper (editor-in-chief at Lensculture), Máximo Panés (editor-in-chief at Dodho Magazine), Maral Deghati (Manager Education at the World Press Photo Foundation), Ana Frangovska (curator at National Gallery of Macedonia), Damir Senčar (Picture Editor/Photographer at HINA, Croatian News Agency), Marko Marinković (freelance photographer), Imre Szabo(photojournalist), Burim Myftiu (photographer), Senad Šahmanović (movie director), Aleksandra Nina Knežević (designer), Ahmed Burić (journalist and writer), Miro Majcen (photographer), has selected the BPA winners in 10 categories:
GRAND PRIX AWARD – the overall contest winner and the winner in the category “Daily life”: Željko Budimir Keko for his photograph “Life”. Željko received a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV dSLR camera, a gift from our general sponsor, Canon Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Edvin Kalić is the winner in the “Fashion” category and the winner of a special Festival recognition. Edvin was awarded for his photograph “Bold” with a Sony A6500 camera, a gift from our golden sponsor Sony Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Vladimir Živojinović is the winner in the “Cultural Heritage” category and the winner of a special Festival recognition. Vladimir was awarded for his photograph “Dimitrije Tucović” with a Canon EOS 77D dSLR, a gift from our golden sponsor AvteraBH.
Listed below are the remaining category winners:
Petrut Calinescu – “The Periphery Fairytale: The middle class quest for a Western Life” – Photostories
Eduard Korniyenko – “Workers” – Mobile phone photography
Mattia Vacca – “The last days of Doukhobors disappearing community” – Nature and environment
Jurica Galić – “Gori simbol jednog vremena” – News and events
Danny Yen Sin Wong – “Bras Copper” – Portrait
Artur Lebedev – “Flyboard Record” – Sports
Ivelin Iliev -The bouquet – Wedding photography
In category Creative photography, the jury chose not to give an award.
You can download an exhibition catalog HERE.
In addition to selecting BPA category winners the jury has selected the finalists, whose photographs will also be exhibited in National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Adam Guz, Adnan Bubalo, Aleksandar Kamasi, Andrej Belovezcik, Andreja Ravnak, Armin Durgut, Artur Lebedev, Attila Gazso, Cesar Dezfuli, Danny Yen Sin Wong, Dean Zulić, Dejan Mijović, Edis Halimanović, Eduard Korniyenko, Edvin Kalić, Emil Varadi, Ferdous Shabbir, Filip Gržinčić, Goran Bisić, Goran Sivački, Goran Stanzl, Igor Šoban, Istvan Kerekes, Ivelin Iliev, Ivo Šubić, Jelena Medić, Jurica Galić, Kaan Yuan Chiam, Marija Janković, Martin Trabalik, Mattia Vacca, Midhat Poturović, Miguel Candela, Nenad Martić, Nik Erik Neubauer, Pavle Kaplanec, Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz, Petar Lupić, Petrut Calinescu, Primož Lukežič, Samo Vidic, Saša Lalić, Saša Raičević, Slaven Janđel, Stipe Surać, Temelko Temelkov, Vincenzo Montefinese, Vladimir Živojinović, Željko Budimir, Zlatan Kurto
Agenda of the Balkan Photo Festival is HERE.
This year’s Festival is supported by: Creative Europe, UNICEF, Foundation for music, performing and visual arts Sarajevo, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The contest general sponsor is Canon Bosnia and Herzegovina and golden sponsors are Avtera BH and Sony Bosnia and Herzegovina. The contest is also supported by the following sponsors and friends: BlackBOX, Profoto, Fujifilm, Hotel Festival, Ilford, FAN Ferhatović.
The Festival’s official photo/news agency is Pixsell Photo Agency.
The contest media partners are: LensCulture, Magazin Dani, Dodho Magazine i Urban Magazin.
