Istanbul Photo Awards 2018 winners announced

Bosnian photojournalist Damir Sagolj wins Photo of the Year 2018 at Istanbul Photo Awards.

Bosnian photojournalist Damir Sagolj’s striking shot of a dead boy, his eyes covered with leaves, was chosen Photo of the Year 2018 in the Istanbul Photo Awards, organized by Anadolu Agency.

Sponsored by the Istanbul Greater Municipality, Turkish Airlines, and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), this year’s contest saw 28 photographers from 22 countries around the world receiving awards.

Around 37,000 photos from 125 countries were submitted to the contest, and jury members picked the winners in all categories on March 18-21 in Istanbul.

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Canadian photojournalist Kevin Frayer won first prize in the Story News category for his series on the Rohingya he did for Getty Images.

Lukas Schulze, a freelance photojournalist based in Germany, got first prize in the Single Sports category with his photo “Athlete vs. Animal,” while Pavel Volkov from Russia won first prize in the Story Sports category for his series taken for Russian daily Vechernyaya Moskva.

Malaysian photojournalist Muhamed Fathil Asri from The New Straits Times Press won first prize in the Single Nature & Environment category, while Marcus Yam’s work for The Los Angeles Times was awarded first prize in the Story, Nature & Environment category.

Andrew McConnell’s series taken for London-based Panos Pictures won first prize in the Story Portrait category, while Russian photographer Sergei Stroitelev got first prize in the Story Daily Life category.

Ezra Acayan, a freelance photojournalist in the Philippines, won the Young Photographer award, given for the second time to a winner under age 28.

This year’s jury did not nominate a winner in the Single Portrait and Single Daily Life categories. However, they gave Honorable Mentions to Rodrigo Cabrita in the Story, Nature & Environment category and to Anastasia Rudenko in the Story Daily Life category.

The winning photos will be compiled in an annual book and will be shown at exhibits in Turkey and abroad throughout the year.

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