Abd Doumany Wins Photo of the Year 2016 at Anadolu Agency's 2nd Istanbul Photo Awards

ISTANBUL, March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Taken by Syrian photographer Abd Doumany for AFP, a powerful image showing a deep well of emotion in the eyes of a wounded boy, encapsulating the horror of the last several years in Syria, was chosen as Photo of the Year 2016 by the international jury of the 2nd Istanbul Photo Awards.

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Taken in a makeshift hospital after a bombing, the photo is a very loud call to the world, expressed by the quiet gaze in the boy's eyes. The expression on the boy's face is a plea. It speaks directly to the world as the direct focus and attention on the situation in Syria now. The photo also underlines the reasons for the refugee crisis.

Sergey Ponomarev won first prize for Single News which he took for The New York Times, while Santi Palacios won first prize for Story News which he covered for Getty Images. Ian MacNicol was awarded for Single Sports, and Valery Sharifulin got first prize for Story Sports. For an overview of all the winners, visit: http://istanbulphotoawards.com/

The photos were judged in four categories: News Single, News Story, Sports Single, and Sports Story by a jury of international professionals in Istanbul on March 18-21, 2016. Turkish Airlines is the Official Airline Sponsor of the contest.

2016 Photo Contest Jury 

Returning as jury members were Shanghai Center of Photography Director Liu Heung Shing, Getty Images executive Georges De Keerle, AFP Photo Business Development Director Michel Scotto, as well as Guillaume Herbaut, a World Press Photo prize winner, Anadolu Agency Visual News Editor-in-Chief Ahmet Sel, and Anadolu Agency Photography Editor Firat Yurdakul. 

Pulitzer Prize laureate Daniel Berehulak joined this year's jury as the 2015 winner of the competition's "Photo of the Year" prize, along with Newsweek magazine photo editor James Wellford, Le Monde Photography Director Nicolas Jimenez, and Laurent Van der Stockt, recipient of the Excellence-Journalism Prize from Columbia University. 

For more about the jury members, visit http://www.istanbulphotoawards.com/SiteJury.aspx?Uye=0

Prizes 

The contest awarded prizes in four categories to 11 photographers from 9 countries.

The jury selected first, second and third prizes in all four categories. The winner of the Photo of the Year and the first prizes in all categories receive cash prizes of US$8,000. Second-place winners receive a cash prize of US$3,000, while third-place winners get US$1,500.

For more information on the contest, visit http://istanbulphotoawards.com/.

Contacts:
Anadolu Agency
Esra Kireçci, +90530-0675957
istanbulphoto@aa.com.tr

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