Feb 23, 2016

Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Cluj Napoca by Gabriel Buturka





   The best pictures in the world , awarded by the Sony World Photography Awards ( SWPA ) , the highest profile global competition , will be on display starting   February 23, 2016 at Iulius Mall in Cluj Napoca and in Salina Turda .

 Last year set a new record of participation in the biggest competition in the world of photography . The pictures , which can be seen Tuesday at Iulius Mall Cluj -Napoca , are chosen from over 173 000 entries from 171 countries. The exhibition in Cluj -Napoca  brings the works exhibited in London, including two awarded Romanian photographers and photographs.

Among the photos on display the series of pictures from  "Camera intimată " , made by Cosmin Bumbuţ , which is the winner of the 'Photographer of the Year " at the architecture department  at SWPA 2015 will  be included. The series of images consist in photographs made in 35 prisons from Romania .



" Sony World Photography Award is the most important award  that I won in my career.  I am glad that the photos from the project have been appreciated internationally, especially since I started this series, in 2008,  I wondered how it will be received and understood. Intimate room is a space of love and tenderness ,  which at the same time cancels the idea of intimacy.'' said Cosmin Bumbuţ.


   The exhibition will also display the  picture  Chosen sheep  by Auraş Mihaiu , the  winner of the National Award Romania.




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   Sony World Photography Awards is the largest competition in the world of photography . At last year's edition , the eighth , a record number of entries  was registered, 173 444 out of 171 countries, with an increase of 24 % over the previous year.

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