“Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland” photo contest winners announced

The winners of the “Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland” photo contest were announced at the end of October.

The jury assembled online to evaluate the 880 photos sent by more than 100 participants from ten countries. Of these, 20 photos were selected for each category.  the winning ones were selected.

To decide the Grand Prize winner, the jury evaluated the quality of individual photographic submissions as well as the overall body of work submitted through the categories of the competition.

This year, Andrzej Parafiniuk, Honorable Consul of Finland in Białystok, Poland, offered an additional prize for the most emotional photo.

The jury members were very pleased with the quality of the presented photographs. Approximately 100 of the most interesting photos will be included in an exhibition and the winning ones will be published in a photo album.

The Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winner is Hanna Kemppi from Helsinki, Finland. Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland

Churches category

Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland

The First Prize in the Churches category and the Special prize for the most emotional photo, offered by the Honorable Consul of Finland in Białystok, went to Vesa Takala from Kovero, Finland (above).

Second Prize in the Churches category: Dimi Doukas (Vihti, Finland). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland
Third Prize in the Churches category: Tatiana Rutkovskaya (Kaliningrad, Russia). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland

People category

First Prize in the People category: Maija Bondar (Palokka, Finland). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland
Second Prize in the People category: Andrzej Konachowicz (Lublin, Poland). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland
Third Prize in the People category: Marina Gargi (Espoo, Finland). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland

Reportage category

First Prize in the Reportage category: Marina Gargi (Espoo, Finland). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland
Second Prize in the Reportage category: Vesa Takala (Kovero, Finland). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland
Third Prize in the Reportage category: Valentin Kazerski (Helsinki, Finland). Photo: Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland

The contest was organized by the Orthodox photography portal OrthPhoto.net in partnership with the Orthodox Church of Finland and The Publishing Department of Polish Orthodox Church.

Photo courtesy of “Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland”

Facebook comments


Latest News