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The results of the Press Photos of the Year 2010 contest have been announced at the Bio Rex movie theater in Helsinki 16.3.2011. This information can be published the earliest at 16.3.2011 18:00.
The winners are:
PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Vesa Laitinen, freelancer, Lappeenranta
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Maija Tammi, freelancer, New York / Aura
NEWS PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Eetu Sillanpää, Pohjalainen ja Ilkka, Vaasa
Honorary mentions:
Vesa Moilanen, STT-Lehtikuva, Helsinki
Juhani Niiranen, Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki
PORTRAIT OF THE YEAR
Ossi Ahola, valokuvaaja, Tampere
Honorary mentions:
Henrik Malmström, freelancer, Hampuri Saksa
Perttu Saksa, freelancer, Helsinki
SPORTS PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Eetu Sillanpää, Pohjalainen ja Ilkka, Vaasa
Honorary mention:
Kai Skyttä, freelancer, Imatra
THE INSIGHT OF THE YEAR
Anne Vatén, freelancer, Helsinki
Honorary mention:
Tuomas Linna, freelancer, Helsinki
DOMESTIC REPORTAGE OF THE YEAR
Kaisa Rautaheimo, freelancer, Helsinki
Honorary mention:
Mikko Vähäniitty, freelancer, Jyväskylä
FOREIGN REPORTAGE OF THE YEAR
Antti Raatikainen, freelancer, Rovaniemi
Honorary mention:
Johanna Kokkola, freelancer, Joensuu
THE PHOTO ESSAY OF THE YEAR
Aino Salmi, freelancer, Tampere
AUDIENCE CHOISE AWARD
Jussi Leinonen, Lapin Kansa / freelancer, Rovaniemi
For the fifth time the public had the change to vote on the Press Photographer of the Year. The jury selected five photographers for the Audience Choise Award. The finalists were: Johanna Kokkola (freelancer, Joensuu), Jussi Leinonen (Lapin Kansa / freelancer, Rovaniemi), Timo Marttila (Satakunnan Kansa, Pori), Kaisa Rautaheimo (freelancer, Helsinki), Maija Tammi (freelancer, New York / Aura). 1323 votes were cast and Jussi Leinonen was declared the winner of the Audience Choise Award 2010.
The jury has also chosen three candidates for the Fotofinlandia contest’s finals 2011 representing the Finnish Press Photographers Association. Fotofinlandia contest is organized by The Federation of Finnish Photographic Organisations, Finnfoto. The candidates are Maija Tammi (photo essey), Kaisa Rautaheimo (domestic reportage) and Timo Marttila (domestic reportage).
118 photographers took part in the Press Photos of the Year 2010 contest. Additionally, the amount of photos was the highest yet, the number at 3310 entries.
The exhibition composed of the winning pictures and the contenders is on display from the 16st of March through to the 20th of March 2011 as a projection on the outside wall of the Bio Rex movie theater in Helsinki. The exhibition is an extensive selection of winners and runners-up, presenting around 170 photos from 56 photographers. The exhibition will also be on display as a projection in six other finnish cities: Turku, Oulu, Kotka, Kuopio, Jyväskylä and Tampere. Check the details here.
The jury of the contest were:
Kate Edwards, picture editor at the Guardian Weekend Magazine in London, England
Søren Pagter, head of the Department for Photojournalism at The Danish School of Media and Journalism in Århus, Denmark
Eva Persson, freelance photographer in Helsinki, Finland
The Press Photos of the Year 2010 will also be publishes in magazine form. In cooperation with The Finnish Press Photographers Association, The Photo Raw Magazine has made an special edition Press Photos Of The Year 2010. It is sold around the country. Visit for subscribtions: www.photoraw.org, and for single copies: www.suomenlehtikuvaajat.fi
The Finnish Press Photographers has held the contest since 1962. The aim of the contest is to encapsulate the events of the news year and to uphold the prestige of press photography.
The main partner of Press Photos of the Year 2010 is Canon.
Additional information:
The Finnish Press Photographers Association,
Riitta Supperi, tel. 040 70 50577,
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or Chairman Jari Tikka, tel. 045 139 8216,
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http://www.suomenlehtikuvaajat.fi
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COMMENTS OF THE JURY
Press Photo of the Year 2010
Photographer: Vesa Laitinen, freelance, Lappeenranta
Image: In the backwoods of the earth goes the path of a child (lyrics from a Finnish song)
Date: 10 August 2010 at 19.14
Location: Sulkava
Published: The Sunday pages of the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper on 15.8.2010 in
connection with the story “Harsh summer”.
In the picture: Anniina Hintsanen picks up her little sister Katariina in their home yard, covered by old pinetrees that had been felled by a storm named Asta.
Jury citation: “A picture about the relief felt after a storm brings the news event to a human level. The viewer can easily identify with the situation in the painterly image.”
Photographer of the Year 2010
Photographer: Maija Tammi, freelance, New York / Aura
Jury citation: ”The were many very evenly matched but different candidates at the finishing line, ranging from classic press photography to a very personal and intimate form of expression. Both extremes are very important in the work of a press photographer, so the decision was difficult. Finally we selected the photographer whose work has a very strong individual imprint. Her choice of subjects was also good. The series had a very intimate approach. The viewer was able to peek into people’s private everyday life in an interesting way. This was not news photography where the photographer was just present, but rather a situation that the photographer had to get herself into and where she had to win the acceptance of her subjects.”
News Photo of the Year 2010
Photographer: Eetu Sillanpää, Pohjalainen and Ilkka, Vaasa
Date: 19 January 2010
Location: Wärtsilä’s factory in Vaasa, western Finland
Published: Front page of the Pohjalainen newspaper on 20.1.2010 and on the publication’s website
News: “Manufacture of the Wärtsilä Vasa 20 motor will be relocated to China”
Jury citation: “A touching, strong and visually harmonious image about an unsexy and abstract economic topic. The major decision and its narrator are in contrast to the small people marching to their fate in the background.”
Honorable mentions
Photographer: Vesa Moilanen, STT-Lehtikuva
Date: 3 June 2010
Location: Near the front of the Centre Party’s office on Apollonkatu in Helsinki.
Image: The Centre Party’s administrative director Aki Haaro avoids journalists and exits the meeting of the party’s executive board meeting by climbing over the fence of the inner courtyard. There was heavy media pressure on the party at the time due to its internal power struggles, among other things.
Published: In many media, such as Helsingin Sanomat, Iltalehti, Aamulehti and Suomen Kuvalehti
Jury citation: “There were few images connected to the election funding scandal. The total of images seems to condense into this image about the escaping Centre Party’s administrative director Aki Haaro.”
Photographer: Juhani Niiranen, Helsingin Sanomat
Date: 1 July 2010
Location: Parliament of Finland
Image: The parliament has just voted for constructing new nuclear power plants. Centre Party members of parliament hurry to congratulate Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Economic Affairs, who had proposed the construction of the power plants.
Published: In Helsingin Sanomat, 2 July 2010.
Jury citation: “The most far-reaching decision in Finnish politics was condensed into this handshake.”
Portrait of the Year 2010
Photographer: Ossi Ahola, freelance, Tampere
Image: At first sight. The image is part of a series about young lovers that Ahola is currently working on.
Date and Location: May 2010, Florence, during the Spirit Level IV workshop organised by Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Elina Brotherus and Martino Marangoni
Jury citation: “A natural moment captured from the street. There has been complete confidence between the photographer and the young people. The honesty and straightforwardness of the image made an impression.”
Honorable mentions
Photographer: Henrik Malmström, freelance, Hamburg
Image: Liz
Date: 16 July 2010
Location: Reeperbahn, Hampurg
Commissioned by: Photographer’s own project
Jury citation: “A very intense and simple portrait where a strong character speaks with her appearance. The photographer has remained commendably in the background.”
Photographer: Perttu Saksa, freelance, Helsinki
Image: Juha Mieto, former cross-country skier and now a member of parliament
Date: January 2010
Location: Mieto’s home in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki
Commissioned by: Helsingin Sanomat newspaper’s monthly supplement Kuukausiliite
Published: The winning photo was not published but its adjacent frame was published in Kuukausiliite 3/2010
Jury citation: “This image, like the one taken by Henrik Malmström, is a very intense and simple portrait where a strong character speaks with his appearance. The photographer has remained commendably in the background.”
Sport Photo of the Year 2010
Photographer: Eetu Sillanpää, Pohjalainen and Ilkka, Vaasa
Date: 6 June 2010
Location: Powerpark, Alahärmä, Finland
Published: Front page of the Ilkka newspaper 7 June 2010
In the photo: Prize-winners of the Powerpark show jumping GP series: winner
Anna-Julia Kontio (centre), second-placed Sanna Backlund (left) and third-placed Janna Huhtanen (right).
Jury citation: “The silent power of sport. Tension and ambition in a silent form.”
Honorable mention
Photographer: Kai Skyttä, freelance, Imatra
Date: 17 July 2010
Location: Jukajärvi, Fin5 orienteering event
Image: Orienteerer Annabella Tolonen cries at the finishing line after giving her all.
Commissioned by: Etelä-Saimaa (the image was not published)
Jury citation: “The other side of sport. An honest picture of orienteerers who have given it their all.”
Insight of the Year 2010
Photographer: Anne Vatén, freelance, Helsinki
Images: part of the series Some places where my heart was broken
Date: 2010 (the whole series was made in 2005–2010)
Exhibitions: The series has been exhibited at Galleria Rajatila in Tampere, Finland and the Northern Photographic Centre in Oulu, Finland. The objective is to also bring the exhibition to Helsinki.
Jury citation: ”Very ordinary places are shown through personal emotions. An insightful image does not require much. The right context is enough. In this way the images portray something that is impossible to photograph.”
Honorable mention
Photographer: Tuomas Linna, freelance, Helsinki
Date: 1 July 2010
Location: The opening of Pyhäniemi Manor’s art exhibition and concert series in Hollola. The opening was organised in the spirit of Royal Ascot, the famous horse racing event in Britain. The event is known for its strict dress code. For example, women have to wear hats.
Image: The patron of Pyhäniemi’s Summer of the Arts, Finland’s prime minister
Mari Kiviniemi
Published: Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 2 July 2010
Jury citation: “The shadows have turned into light. A picture that has failed in the traditional sense becomes an eye-opener for the viewer.”
Domestic Reportage of the Year 2010
Photographer: Kaisa Rautaheimo, freelance, Helsinki
Date: 11.5.–5.6.2011
Location: Vihti, Finland
Subject: Young men about to complete grade nine
Published: Suomen Kuvalehti 11.6.2010
Jury citation: “The photographer has successfully captured the life of young people in the ninth grade. The reportage gained access to the emotional level of the young people who are at a sensitive age. At the same time the viewer is also introduced to the surroundings of the shooting locations. The series forms a strong document about Finland today.”
Honorable mention
Photographer: Mikko Vähäniitty, freelance, Jyväskylä
Date: 23–24 October 2010
Location: A meeting of the Centre Party youth wing in Kemijärvi
Commissioned by: Sunnuntaisuomalainen
Published: 31 October 2010
Jury citation: “An intimate journey with the opinion leaders of the future. The successful choice of a main character keeps the series strong. The reportage shows how to grow into a politician without forgetting the joys of youth.”
Foreign Reportage of the Year 2010
Photographer: Antti Raatikainen, freelance, Rovaniemi
Date: January 2010
Location: Port-au-Prince and Carrefour, Haiti
Subject: Haiti’s earthquake disaster
Published: In colour in the Savon Sanomat newspaper alongside many stories
Jury citation: “A very strong reportage that has been produced under difficult and challenging circumstances. The images show the magnitude of the destruction, but the photographer has also got close to his subjects. Some of the pictures are very intimate and they tell about the tragedy of individual people.”
Honorable mention
Photographer: Johanna Kokkola, freelance, Joensuu
Date: 4 September – 2 October 2010
Location: Denmark’s second largest student dormitory Skjoldhøj Kollegiet in Århus. The photographer lived there when studying at the Danish School of Media and Journalism.
Series: In Between. Photographed as part of the Advanced Visual Storytelling course at the school.
Published: Not published
Jury citation:“A personal photo reportage about everyday student life that captures something beneath the surface. The series has a good rhythm: a variety of landscapes, details and portraits.”
Photo Essay of the Year 2010
Photographer: Aino Salmi, freelance, Tampere
Date: October 2010
Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Name of the series: Rick
Published: The photographer’s own project
Jury citation: “How many interesting pictures it is possible to take from one room? Through the details of the room and the expressions of the boy the viewer can dive into the reality inside his head. This very intimate series opens a door for the viewer to enter the Internet’s world of conspiracy theories. Each image in the series remains interesting in its own right and opens up through the short interviews with Rick. The series is not reportage but a mixture of portrait scenes, which form an essay. The series is an example of brilliant story-telling.”
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