MOSCOW, June 16 – RIA Novosti. The international jury of the Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest (https://stenincontest.com), which consists of distinguished award-winning photographers and experts, has announced the potential winners of the 2021 contest. The jury scrutinised approximately 4,500 entries from 70 countries. The shortlist is available on the Russian (http://stenincontest.ru) and English (http://stenincontest.com) versions of the contest’s website.The shortlist includes photojournalists from 17 countries, including, among others, China, Britain, Germany, Spain, Greece, Egypt, India and Turkey (http://stenincontest.com). Young photojournalists from Indonesia, Mexico and Canada have been shortlisted for the first time in the history of the contest.The themes of the 2021 contest provide a visual picture of the events that made breaking news last year, such as the May protests in Minneapolis, the worst locust plague in Africa and Asia for 25 years, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed the lives of millions throughout the world.Oksana Oleinik, the curator of the photo contest and the head of the Photo Projects Desk at Rossiya Segodnya, said the following about the unique nature of the images submitted for the 2021 contest: “The past year, as you can see from the contestants’ entries, was far from simple. This determined the nerve and drama of many of the photographs the jury has fallen for. On the other hand, the participants did not just indicate a problem, but also used various photography instruments to encourage the viewers to think and talk about these problems, and also to try to find solutions to them. In our opinion, the young contestants have accomplished this mission brilliantly.”The winners of the Grand Prix and other prizes of the Andrei Stenin competition will be announced in September and will be available on the website of the contest stenincontest.ru | stenincontest.com.A traditional roadshow of the winners’ entries will be held throughout the world until the end of the year.About the contestThe Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, organised by Rossiya Segodnya under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, aims to support young photographers and draw public attention to the challenges of photojournalism today. It is a platform for young photographers – talented and sensitive individuals open to all things new – to highlight people and events near us.
The international jury of the Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest (https://stenincontest.com), which consists of distinguished award-winning photographers and experts, has announced the potential winners of the 2021 contest.
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1/15: China. An aerial shot of Chinese well-drilling workers In South China Sea. Photographer:Xiaoxu Pu (My Planet, series)
2/15: Russia. Star Trek- Place of power. Photographer: Artem Onoprienko (My Planet, single image)
3/15: Bangladesh. It’s bath time for Big Foot.My Planet (Single image). Photographer: Abdul Momin
4/15: China. Ski into spring. Photographer: Chang XU(My Planet, single image)
5/15: View of Zacatecas from a hill. Shortly before López Obrador took office in December 2018, the CIA concluded that drug groups controlled about 20 percent of Mexican territory. The Mexican government denies it has lost control of any part of the country. But in a little-noticed passage in its security plan last year, it likened crime groups to insurgents, with “a level of organization, firepower and territorial control comparable to what armed political groups have had in other places.” Photographer: Luis Antonio Rojas
6/15: Faces of the Time. A portrait of a health care worker with a mask. A Hero of Our Time, single images. Photographer: Sergei Bobylev
7/15: Minnesota. People raise their hands as they protest at the makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd, on June 4, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. – On May 25, 2020, Floyd, a 46-year-old black man suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill, died in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. Photographer Chandan Khanna (India).Top News, series
8/15: Beauty of eyes. Photographer: Muhammad Amdad HossainPortrait (Single)
9/15: Mexico. A kid cries during a photoshoot in her birthday at the historical center of Zacatecas. Four cartels battle for control of fentanyl routes through Zacatecas, while smaller groups rob and extort money from ordinary Mexicans. Picture: Luis Antonio Rojas
10/15: Top News shortlist, Single image Greece. Chaos in Greek Island Lesbos over Killing of a 20-Year-Old Refugee. Photographer: Aggelos Barai
11/15: Turkey. Turkish national swimmer Nil Sahin in action. Picture: Sebnem Coskun. (Sports, Single)
13/15: Portrait of the inspiring Maria Elena Rios in a field of the symbolic flower of the Día de muertos “el cempasúchil” in Oaxaca, Mexico. After being the victim of an attempted feminicide with acid, the 27-year-old saxophonist is now fighting for justice. Disfigured, it is through music and her instrument that she succeeded in being reborn and in finding the strength to continue her fight. Photographer: Mahe Elipe
14/15: Russia. On the field, anything goes! Photographer: Christina Brazhnikova. (Sports, series)
15/15: A BLM potester demonstrates against police brutality and racism in Montreal, Canada, on June 7, 2020. Photographer: Omid Vahabzadehasbaghi