Nikon Photo Contest 2012-2013 Prize Winners

Osaka Nikon Salon

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Now in its 34th year, the Nikon Photo Contest International has entered a new era under the name “Nikon Photo Contest,” establishing a moving images department and reviewing works from around the world with an elite panel of judges. It aims to foster a community of photographers producing ever creative and powerfully expressive works. The 2011-2012 contest solicited 99,339 submissions by 22,752 photographers from 153 countries. This exhibition showcases winners in four categories— individual photography, group photography, photographic movies (45-second videos), and motion snapshots commemorating the release of the advanced interchangeable lens camera Nikon 1. First-prize recipients were awarded prizes of 100,000. A special Nikkor prize was also given to the best photograph taken with the Nikkor, in honor of the camera’s 80th year in 2013. The winning works were chosen for the strength, universality, freshness, and diversity of the stories they tell through photographic images.