Another Filipino won in the recently concluded Pride Photo Award, an international competition for photos about sexual and gender diversity.
Philippine photographer Cindy Aquino grabbed the Pride Photo Award 2013 from her photo series “Bond.” Former CEO of VII Photo Agency Stephen Mayes who judged the competition said: “What makes it strong is the intimacy between these two women, the lack of any stress or self-consciousness of these women. It takes viewers into their lives.”
The following are the list of winners:
1. Extremely Normal – 2013 theme category
First prize: ‘Apt. 779′ by Irina Popova, Russia
Second prize: from the series ‘Bond’ by Cindy Aquino, Philippines
Third prize: ‘Gay Warriors’ by Tatjana Plitt, Australia
2. Gender
First prize: ‘The other side of Venus’ by Anna Schmid, Germany
Second prize: from the series ‘Typical Day’ by Alexia Zuñiga, Mexico
Third prize: ‘Gendernormality’ by Chloe Meynier, United States
3. Documentary
First prize: ‘The Pink Choice’ by Hai Thanh Nguyen (Maika Elan), Thailand
Second prize: ‘Leaving one’s tribe’ by Anna Wahlgren, Sweden
Third prize: ‘The Gay Famillies Project’ by Stefan Jora, United States
4. Open
First Prize: ‘Princesses in a land of machos’ by Nikola Frioli, Mexico
Second Prize: ‘We are Here, we are gay and we are Ugandans’ by Tadej Znidarcic, Slovenia
Third Prize: ‘Andrew and Irene’ from the series ‘At home with …’ by Richard Sandell, United Kingdom
Special Mention
‘Next time hit harder, I’m still Gay’ by Téo Jaffre, France
‘Pure’ by Joelle de Vries, the Netherlands
‘At this moment, I want to be’ by Yuan Yuan, China
‘Daddy Cool’ by Martijn Gijsbertsen, the Netherlands
Sources: CNNWorld, PridePhotoAwardOrg
