Alexander Bityutskikh
The work by Russian photographer called the Forest was acknowledged the best picture at the Sony World Photography Awards. The picture was taken by a Voronezh citizen Alexander Bityutskikh. In his own words, it is his favorite shot, which motivated him to send it to the photo contest.
Photographer shared that the picture was taken in the forest. He decided to add an image of the outer space to it. The author of the picture has cleared out that there is a subtle connection between men here on Earth and the Universe felt on the picture.
The winner from Russia has been announced today, on March 20, together with winners of other approximately 60 national awards. Names of the best works’ authors in ten different categories of the public picture contest have been declared too. Only one picture won in each category.
An owner of Photographer of the Year title of the professional photo contest will be announced on April 10. Alike the public contest, a series of pictures are evaluated here. Russian photographer Valery Sharifulin is among finalists this year. He is nominated for the award in the Sports category.
Pictures by other three Russian photographers - Anastasia Ryakovskaya and Mikhail Zamkovsky in the Architecture category and Ashi Miles in the category of Current Events and News are presented in the professional part of the contest.
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