Photography competition winners announced

Results for the 'International Photography Competition', organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) for the second time this year, have been announced. Mümin Deniz Ener, who lives in Mersin, ranked first with his photo titled ‘Son’ at the competition held with the slogan ‘Boundaries Through Your Lens', emphasizing that the concept of boundaries between people and countries changed with the effect of the pandemic. Batuhan Kurt from Çanakkale ranked second with his photo titled ‘Dışına Çıkamamak’ in the competition, to which a total of 958 people applied. İbrahim Aysundu, who participated in the competition from Trabzon, ranked third with his photo titled ‘Asosyal Hayatlar’.

DIGITAL EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO VISITORS

In addition to the 3 photographs that were awarded, 20 photographs were also entitled to take part in the digital exhibition. The digital exhibition consisting of 23 photographs can be visited at https://www.ieu.edu.tr/photocompetition/sonuclar address. Ener, who ranked first was awarded 5 thousand, second winner Batuhan Kurt was awarded 3 thousand lira, and third winner Aysundu was awarded 2 thousand lira in the competition organized by IUE Art Coordinatorship.

PARTICIPATION FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

IUE Art Coordinator Sinemis Eser Akaoğlu stated that there were participants from all over Turkey as well as countries such as Germany, India, France, China and Italy. Akaoğlu said, “Our competition attracted great attention this year as well. We have chosen among many valuable works. We were very happy that the works came from cities in different regions such as Bitlis, Muş, Ankara, Van, Diyarbakır and Samsun. The clearest judgment that everyone is aware of is that we are going through a difficult period as the whole world. All boundaries were re-questioned with the chain of events that took place one after the other. Our purpose was to show the ‘boundaries’, some of which became sharper and clearer with the new world order, and some disappeared, through the eyes of photographers. The people who participated in the competition reflected this well. We will continue to organize competitions reflecting different content related to art in the upcoming period.”