Press Photos of the Year 2020 awards, which is the oldest photography organization held continuously in Turkey with its 35-year history, have been announced...
Depo Photos Agency photojournalist Savaş Onur Şen won the "Press Photo of the Year" award with an evaluation made among nearly 6 thousand photographs. Şen also received the "Environmental Photograph of the Year" award with the same shot. The Press Photos of the Year 2020 jury rewarded Şen's photo of a starving stray dog in the arid surroundings of Sıhke Lake in Van's İpekyolu district, drawing attention to the negative impact of humans on the environment and the point nature has reached as a result of global warming. The 2020 Jury announced that it aimed to contribute to awareness on this issue with the effective photograph it selected as the "Press Photo of the Year".
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HERE ARE THE "PRESS PHOTOS OF THE YEAR"
Press Photos of the Year 2020 awards, which is the oldest photography organization held continuously in Turkey with its 35-year history, have been announced. In the competition organized by the Turkish Photojournalists Association, where the most prestigious photography awards of the media are determined, the jury awarded 34 photographs and 7 photograph series in 7 categories among nearly 6 thousand photographs.
AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTO
The "Press Photo of the Year" award was given to an environmental photograph this year. Depo Photos Agency photojournalist Savaş Onur Şen won the "Environmental Photo of the Year" award with the same shot. Şen received this award with his photo of a starving stray dog struggling to survive in the arid environment of Lake Sıhke in Van's İpekyolu district. The TFMD Press Photos of the Year 2020 jury drew attention to the negative impact of humans on the environment and the point nature has reached as a result of global warming. The 2020 Jury announced that it aimed to contribute to awareness on this issue with the effective photograph it selected as the "Press Photo of the Year".
SUPPORT “ZERO WASTE”
Environmental photographs left their mark on the 2020 Press Photos of the Year awards this year. Turkish Photojournalists Association supported the awareness of the "Zero Waste" project with an award, with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. In Tahsin Ceylan's award-winning shot, the pollution caused by humans in the seas was emphasized. Oğuz Yeter from Milliyet Newspaper received the EU Green Order Special Award with his photograph of quarries in the Northern Forests in Istanbul. EPA photojournalist Erdem Şahin won an honorable mention with his photo of the Güzelce Aqueduct in Istanbul, which shows the drought caused by global warming, with the same theme.
MILITARY SALUTE RECEIVED AWARD
EPA photojournalist Erdem Şahin won the "Spor Toto Special Award" with his photograph of Turkish national athletes giving a military salute. In Spor Toto Sports Photos, the photo of the year was given to Kemal Aslan from Reuters, for the shot of Galatasaray football players celebrating the championship. In this category, Sedat Yılmaz took second place and Onur Çam took third place.AP photojournalist Emrah Gürel won an honorable mention with his shot of French female referee Stephanie Frappart, who officiated the final in an international cup for the first time.
BEAUTY OF Türkiye
Mehmet Aslan from Depo Photos won the first place in the Türkiye Beauties Category, whose exhibitions were held in Moscow and Amsterdam last year and contributed to the promotion of the country abroad, with his photo of the rice harvest in Hakkari. In this category, Selçuk Şamiloğlu from Hürriyet Newspaper was given the ASKA special award for his photograph of Mount Nemrut. In the same category, Presidential photojournalist Murat Çetinmühürdar received the TFMD Special Award for his photograph of Istanbul.
REFUGEE IS REFLECTED IN AWARDS
The events in and around Türkiye, which hosts the world's largest immigrant community with nearly 4 million refugees, were also reflected in the Press Photos of the Year awards. Awards were given to 5 photographs and 3 photograph series from different categories about the events at the Turkish border and refugee status. Selçuk Şamiloğlu from Hürriyet Newspaper won the special award given on behalf of ASAM with his series on children studying in Idlib.
"ARA GÜLER ENCOURAGEMENT" AWARD
In the "Ara Güler Encouragement Awards" organized among high school and university students to keep the name of the master Ara Güler alive, 2 photographs and 2 photograph series received awards. Emirkan Cörüt from Mimar Sinan University received the Ara Güler Encouragement award and also received an honorable mention in the serial category. The Ara Güler Encouragement Award was given to Fatmagül Mercan in the serial category. The honorable mention of the Ara Güler Encouragement Award went to Ozan Author from Ondokuz Mayıs University.
Emirkan Cörüt
Bard Writer
Fatmagül Mercan
AWARDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN JUNE
The awards of the competition, which has a total prize of 45 thousand liras, will find their owners in June.The ceremony will be held at the Turkish Grand National Assembly as part of the 100th anniversary events for the 35th anniversary of the competition organized by the Turkish Photojournalists Association.The award-winning frames can also be viewed on the association's website: www.tfmd.org.tr .
MEETINGS WITH YOUTH
The jury gathered at the Aska Lara Hotel in Antalya for a 6-day event and evaluated the photographs in 2 days. This year, at the jury meeting, the Turkish Photojournalists Association also signed an agreement, unlike previous years. The Greek Press Photographers Association and the Turkish Photojournalists Association signed the protocol recognizing each other as "Sister Association" at Akdeniz University. The jury organization also enabled masters to come together with young people. Coşkun Aral and Mustafa Seven, AFP's Greek female photojournalist Lousia Gouliamaki and Greek aerial photographer Costas Spathis met with young people at the Mediterranean University.
CONTINUOUSLY FOR 35 YEARS
Rıza Özel, President of the Turkish Photojournalists Association, pointed out that such an effective organization has been organized continuously for 35 years and its events reach wider audiences every year, and said, "We do not just select photographs. We send messages with the selected photographs. We contribute to awareness in these areas with the awards we give on the environment and refugee issues. We bring together the masters of this profession with young people at universities with the selected photographs. Last year, we organized a special event in memory of Ara Güler in order to evaluate the interest of young people in photography." "We started giving awards. This year, we signed a cooperation protocol with the Greek Press Photographers Association. From now on, the two countries will produce joint projects in different fields. Due to the interest in the competition, we plan to open some categories to the participation of all photography enthusiasts in the coming years. In short, it is very difficult for such an organization to survive for 35 years, and we are taking it one step further every year."
PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR
WHO IS SAVAŞ ONUR ŞEN WINNER OF THE AWARD?
He was born in Eskişehir in 1978. While he was continuing his undergraduate education at Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism, he worked as a photojournalist at Star Newspaper Ankara Bureau in 1999-2000. He completed his master's degree at Dokuz Eylül University, Fine Arts Institute, Department of Photography, and his doctorate at Maltepe University, Social Sciences Institute, Department of Communication Sciences. Şen, Dr. at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Basic Education. He works as a faculty member.
In addition to his academic studies, Savaş Onur Şen shares his productions in the field of press photography and documentary photography under the umbrella of Depo Photos. Şen, who has been carrying out photography projects on animal rights and stray animals for many years, aims to make stray animals visible and draw attention to the issue of animal rights with these shots.
Depo Photos photojournalist Savaş Onur Şen announced that he dedicated the award he received to the memory of his friend, Star Newspaper reporter Ogün Özdemir, who died in a traffic accident while he was on his way to the news in 2000, at the age of 23.
SPOR TOTO PRESS PHOTOS OF THE YEAR 2020 JURY:
DEPO Photos Editor-in-Chief Tolga Adanali , Ihlas News Agency General Coordinator İrfan Altıkardeş , Photojournalist Coşkun Aral, Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Christian Berger (EU Green Deal Special Jury), President of the Greek Press Photographers Association Christos Bonis , Ministry of Youth and Sports Press Advisor İlhan Demir (Spor Toto Sports Photographs Special Jury), Ministry of Environment and Urbanization Füsun Demiray (Zero Waste Special Jury), AFP Photojournalist Lousia Gouliamaki, TFMD Founding Memberzip(Turkish Beauties Special Jury), Associated Press Turkey Photography Editor Lefteris PITARAKİS, Photojournalist-Instagram phenomenon Mustafa SEVEN , aerial photographer-Instagram phenomenon Costas SPATHİS, TFMD President Rıza ÖZEL.
(Written in letter order according to surnames)
HERE ARE THE AWARD-WINning SHOTS;
Press Photo of the Year
Savaş Onur ŞEN / Depo Photos
News Photo of the Year
İsmail COŞKUN / İhlas News Agency
News Photo Second Place
Ömer ÇETİN / İhlas News Agency
News Photo Third
Can ÖZER / Depo Photos
News Photo Honorable Mention
Erdem ŞAHİN / European Pressphoto Agency
News Photo Honorable Mention
Burak KARA / Getty Images
Rafet Hüner Special Award
Harun ÖZALP / Demirören News Agency
Mustafa Pekcan Special Award
Can Erok / Demirören News Agency
Zero Waste Special Award
Tahsin CEYLAN / Freelance
Environment and Nature Photo of the Year
Savaş Onur ŞEN / Depo Photos
Environment and Nature Photography Second Place
Tolga İLDUN / Atlas Magazine
Environment and Nature Photography Third Place
Ozan GÜZELCE / Milliyet Newspaper
EU Green Deal Special Award
Oğuz YETER / Milliyet Newspaper
EU Green Deal Special Award Honorable Mention
Erdem ŞAHİN / European Pressphoto Agency
Spor Toto Special Award
Erdem ŞAHİN / European Pressphoto Agency
Spor Toto Sports Photo of the Year
Kemal ASLAN / Reuters
Spor Toto Sports Photo Runner Up
Sedat YILMAZ / Turkish Sailing Federation
Spor Toto Sports Photo Third
Onur ÇAM / Ghoshots
Spor Toto Sports Photo Honorable Mention
Emrah GÜREL / Associated Press
Türk Telekom Special Award
Mehmet ASLAN / Depo Photos
Daily Life Photo of the Year
Burak KARA / Getty Images
Daily Life Runner Up
Mehmet ASLAN / Depo Photos
Daily Life Third
Bahadır Muhlis GÖKGÜL / İhlas News Agency
Daily Life Honorable Mention
Emrah GÜREL / Associated Press
Portrait Photo of the Year
Can EROK / Demirören News Agency
Portrait Photo Runner Up
Ozan GÜZELCE / Milliyet Newspaper
Portrait Photo Third
Ahmet Sami ACAR / Turkish Religious Foundation
ASKA Special Award
Selçuk ŞAMİLOĞLU / Hürriyet Newspaper
TFMD Special Award
Murat Çetinmühürdar / Presidency
Türkiye Beauty Winner
Mehmet ASLAN / Depo Photos
Türkiye's Beauties Runner Up
Okan AKYÜREK / Freelance
Türkiye's Beauties Third
İsmail COŞKUN / İhlas News Agency
Beauties of Türkiye Honorable Mention
Alp Eren KAYA / Freelance
Photo Interview of the Year
Mustafa Bilge SATKIN / Freelance
Photo Interview Runner Up
Uğur YILDIRIM / Sabah Newspaper
Photo Interview Third
Sedat SUNA / European Pressphoto Agency
SGDD-ASSAM Special Award
Selçuk ŞAMİLOĞLU / Hürriyet Newspaper
Sebahattin Yılmaz-Cem Emir Special Award
Burak KARA / Gety Image
ARA GÜLER ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS
(Encouragement competition among university students)
Ara Güler Encouragement Award
Emirkan CÖRÜT / Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts
Ara Güler Encouragement Award Honorable Mention
Ozan YAZAR / Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Communication
Ara Güler Encouragement Award Series
Fatmagül MERCAN / Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts
Ara Güler Encouragement Award Series Honorable Mention
Emirkan CÖRÜT / Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts
