Delegation of the European Commission announces the name of the Thirty (30) winners in its first photography competition
The European Commission is proud to announce the names of the winners of the Photography Award. The First Prize was awarded to Abdel Hakim Mustafa Ahmad, science teacher in Preparatory School; the Second Prize to Mohamed Talaat Azab, Manager at Invista; and, a jury’s special mention has been allocated to Mohamed Ezz El-Din, Engineer.
The Delegation of the European Commission in Cairo organised its first Photography Competition in Egypt. The theme of the Competition was ‘Egypt: Life in a picture’. The aim of this competition was to promote and stimulate creativity among amateur photographers in Egypt, and to give them an opportunity to showcase their work to a wide audience.
The jury selected the best thirty pictures among 500 pictures that entered the competition. The jury was composed of a group of prominent artists in different fields: Ramses Marzouk, Chris Bouroncle, Mohamed Gabr, Randa Shaath, Aleya Hamza, in addition to Javier Menendez representing the Delegation of the European Commission.
An exhibition of the best thirty photos will be held from the 3rd till the 28th of December 2008 in the Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art in downtown, Cairo.
The following Twelve (12) winners will see their pictures appear in the 2009 calendar produced by the delegation in Egypt, as well as in a special catalogue:
Mustafa Ahmed ABDEL HAKIM (First Prize)
Mohamed Talaat AZAB (Second Prize)
Mohamed Hassan Mohamed ABD EL AL AHMED
Mohamad ABD EL WAHAB AL SEHETY
Carmine CARTOLANO
Dany EID
Nour EL REFAI
Mohamed EZZ EL-DIN
Mohamed Hassan HAGGAG
Michael KENNEDY
Marwa Sameer MORGAN
Ahmed YOUSRY
The Eighteen (18) following best pictures will appear in the special catalogue.
Safaa Samy Abd El-Ghany
Ashraf Talaat Abou Hussein
Rania Abu Eid
Iman Fouad Ahmed
Sameh Awad
Omar Mohamed Eissa
Lobna Tarek El Samahy
Rania Ahmed Elsayed
Mohamed EZZ EL-DIN
Sondos Seif El-Din Ahmed Farag Zayed
Ahmed Aly Fawzy
Fouad Ashraf Hammoud
Ali Hassan
Raafat Abdallah Metwally
Nancy Ragab
Tamer Shahen
Philipp Frank Spalek
Geertje von Holtz
For more information, please contact Nabila Massrali at the Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt Tel: +202 3749 46 80 nabila.massrali@ec.europa.eu