This-Ability - shortlist announced
In July 2018 Youmanity, with the support of the Metropolitan Police, launched This-Ability Photography Award 2018 - an Award aimed to challenge stereotypes surrounding disability.
Photographers, amateur and professional, were invited to submit entries that celebrated the story and character of their model, more than their disability. Ultimately,This-Ability wished to encourage society to see disabled persons and disability in a new way.
Over three thousand photographic submissions were received from over 58 different countries. Each entry explored a very important aspect of disability, the life and social constraints many people face around the world.
“All entries are winners for having explored a sensitive and often taboo subjects. Whilst some photographic entries did show technical competence, some others showed the humanity of the people portrayed in each photograph. I congratulate all entrants and thank them for the time they have taken to work on their entry, said Angelo Iudice,” Founder of Youmanity.
The judges had a hard job in selecting the winners for this Award. In the meantime, below are the names of the photographers in the This-Ability shortlist:
- Adrian Clarke
- Alex Liverani
- Alexey Polyakov
- Andres Millan
- Arez Ghaderi
- Artur Bolzhurov
- Ata Zeydanlou
- Becky Dann
- Behbood Jolandan
- Bente Stachowske
- Cristina Maestri
- Diana Buzoianu
- Ehab Elsof
- Froiland Rivera
- Grigoriy Bludnov
- Hardijanto Budiman
- Hugo Weber
- Ian English
- Ismail Odetola
- Javid Tafazoli
- Leyla Emektar
- Liliia Kucher
- Lina Larsson
- Linea Hansen
- Marco Gafarelli
- Marco Mariani
- Marton Novak
- Massimo Podio
- Md Rafayat Haque Khan
- Monika Tymanowska
- Oleg Bitner
- Pinja Assinharju
- Ramez Habboub
- Samuele Apperti
- Sergey Kolesnikov
- Sergey Kovyak
- Shingi Rice
- Soheila Sanamno
- Sophie Mayanne
- Sujan Sarkar
- Tafadzwa Ufumeli
- Valentina De Rosa
- Vikhrov Igorevich
The Panel of Judges met on 1st of November to select the winner and runners up.
