In 2014, International Kontinent Photography Awards doubled the amount of submissions and received entries from 90 countries around the World.
Winners selected by the following internationally renowned judging committee;
Kathleen SORIANO / Director of Exhibitions, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
Loranza BRAVETTA / Head of Continental Europe, MAGNUM PHOTOS
Lizabeth RONK / Photo Editor, LIFE.COM - TIME
Peter COELN / Founder, WESTLICHT PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM & OSTLICHT GALLERY
Natasha EGAN / Executive Director, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Rob DAWSON / Editor in Charge - Global Picture Desk, REUTERS
Martin ROGGE / Founder, FLATLAND GALLERY
Caroline METCALFE / Photographic Director, CONDE NAST TRAVELLER MAGAZINE
Chris MOORE / Publisher, RANDIAN ART MAGAZINE
Alessandro Botteri BALLI / Founder, ARTE F GALLERY
Jerome Huffer / Picture Desk Head Manager, PARIS MATCH
Sponsors & Media Partners of the competition in 2014 were;
Think Tank Photo
Afterimage
Art in Asia
Blow Photo
Brennpunkt Magazine
doc! Photo Magazine
contra doc! Photo Magazine
Fantom Photographic Magazine
FK Magazine
Fotografija Magazine
IMA Online
Matters of Art
Randian
Graphtwerk
Globalica
Dodho Magazine
Silvershotz Magazine
Here are the results of 2014;
Grand Winner
David Oliete Casanova - Spain
Project Title: The Human Towers
Advertising - Single Image Category
1st Place
Brian Lowe - United States
2nd Place
Marc Rogoff - United Kingdom
3rd Place
Michael Schnabel - Germany
Honorable Mentions for Advertising - Single Image Category
Editorial/Documentary - Projects Category
1st Place
Emanuele Satolli - Italy
Project Title: Krokodil Tears
2nd Place
Andrea Star Reese - United States
Project Title: Urban Cave
3rd Place
Jamey Stillings - United States
Project Title: Changing Perspectives: The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar
Honorable Mentions for Editorial/Documentary Projects Category
Nish Nalbandian - United States
Paolo Ciregia - Italy
Sebastiano Tomada - United States
Editorial/Documentary - Single Image Category
1st Place
Andrea Francolini - Australia
2nd Place
Adam Hinton - United Kingdom
3rd Place
Dan Kitwood - United Kingdom
Honorable Mentions for Editorial/Documentary - Single Image Category
Fine Art - Projects Category
1st Place
Ellie Davies - United Kingdom
Project Title: Between the Trees
2nd Place
Reginald Van de Velde - Belgium
Project Title: Dystopia
3rd Place
Jan Pypers - Belgium
Project Title: Hare
Honorable Mentions for Fine Art - Projects Category
Vladimir Seleznev - Russia
Annelie Vandendael - Belgium
Samuel Feron - France
Austin Irving - United States
Fine Art - Single Image Category
1st Place
Ville Kansanen - Finland
2nd Place
Szymon Kobusinski - Poland
3rd Place
Madiha Abdo - United Kingdom
Honorable Mentions for Fine Art - Single Image Category
Nature - Single Image Category
1st Place
Florian Schulz - Germany
2nd Place
Chee Keong Lim - Malaysia
3rd Place
Andrey Ermolaev - Russia
Honorable Mentions for Nature - Single Image Category