Photographer Of the Year 2011 contest gets a record entries

All set to crown the winner at the final awards ceremony on February 1, 2012

January 24, 2012:

Better Photography, one of India's leading photography magazines held the much awaited contest, Photographer Of the Year 2011. Stated as one of India's biggest photography awards, the competition is now in its seventh year.

This year the competition promises to be grander and even more challenging. The contest was open to all and there were photo enthusiasts, hobbyists, students of photography and even professionals who participated and who are eagerly awaiting recognition on a national platform.

The entries were collected through a dedicated website (http://www.betterphotography.in/poy/) as well as physical print entries by post were accepted. The last date of submission was December 31^st 2011 and the magazine received a record breaking 66,782 entries from towns, cities all over India and was open even for Non Residential Indians.

The contest did not have an entry fee and the entrants were allowed to participate in multiple themes with a maximum of four entries per theme. For the photo essay, participants could send up to two series of images-each containing a minimum of six and maximum of 12 images.

The awards are being sponsored by Title Partner Canon along with Associate Partner Canvera and Television Partner CNBC TV18. The theme winners will be whisked off to an exotic location for the final face-off wherein they would have the opportunity to experience new and exciting attractions as they compete to earn the title of Canon-Better Photography Photographer of the Year 2011.

As the grand prize, the winner will receive a Canon EOS 7D, among other exciting prizes and could win an opportunity to be recognized on a national level by the magazine.

The categories were judged on January 8, 2012 by prominent judges who have shortlisted the theme winners.

The categories and judges are as follows:

Photo Essay: Song of the Road was judged by Amit Madheshiya and Mahindra Parikh. Landscapes: Play of Light  was judged by Soumitra Pendse and Hari Mahidar .

Still Life: Obvious Things was judged by Ian Pereira and Sunil Raju

Portraiture: I, Me, Myself was judged by David de Souza  and Ashok Salian

Wildlife: Animal Behavior was judged by Kedar Bhide and Anish Andheria

The Joy of Colour: was judged by Swapan Mukherjee  and Amrita Ganguly Salian

Life on the Streets was judged by Indranil Mukherjee and Mukesh Parpiani

Reflections was judged by Amit Ashar and  Jagdish Agarwal

Better Photography editor, K Madhavan Pillai said “The number of entries was unbelievable and to receive a response from the smallest towns to the biggest metros in India was astonishing. It's the seventh year for the contest and we are going strong. During the category judging we realized that there is so much untapped talent in the country. We plan to conduct many more opportunities through photography to explore the talent and capabilities of the people of India.”

The Face Off will be held in Mumbai from 29^th- 31^st January 2012 and eight contestants from different cities will come to Mumbai to fight it out in a decisive final face off where they will click photographs under the themes provided to them.

The final title winner along with the eight category winners would be announced on1st February 2012 in Mumbai. There would be a gallery of the nominated and winning photographs for an exclusive first look to the guests present.

The contest was promoted on a large scale through television promos on CNBC TV18, CNN IBN, Awaaz, CNN IBN, IBN Lokmat, magazine advertisements in Better Photography, Overdrive, T3, Chip, AV Max, Better Interiors, Entrepreneur, Burrp, Noise Factory along with banner ads across web18 sites including In.com , Moneycontrol.com , Ibnlive, Ibn khabar, Cricketnext.com

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