Winners of Syngenta Photo Award 2015 Announced
An exhibition featuring work of shortlisted photographers opens in London on March 11














The environmental photo award from Syngenta just announced the winners of their second photo competition titled “Scarcity-Waste.” Mustafah Abdulaziz won first place in the Professional Competition for his ongoing “Water” series that tracks water issues around the globe. Abdulaziz will take home $15,000 USD plus a $25,000 USD commission for the winning work. Benedikt Partenheimer was named the first place winner of the Open Competition for an image made in Shanghai, China, documenting particle pollution. Partenheimer will take home a $5,000 USD prize.
The shortlisted photographers in the Professional Competition also included Rasel Chowdhury in second place with a project called “Desperate Urbanization” about the relationship of the people of Dhaka to the river Buriganga. Richard Allenby-Pratt took third place with a project called “Consumption,” that explores the continued development and rapid depletion of resources in the United Arab Emirates. Camille Michel came in second place in the Open Competition for an image from Uummannaq, Greenland, and Stefano De Luigi took third place with an image made from a story about drought in Kenya.
The second edition of this biennial award drew over 2,000 entries from photographers in both categories covering photo stories about natural resource depletion, environmental degradation, and wasteful consumption around the globe.
Images from the winners, shortlisted finalists, and an additional 30 entrants will be on view at London’s Somerset House through April 10, 2015.