Professional Photographer of the Year 2011 winners announced

By Salina Christmas

Professional Photographer Magazine today announced the shortlist for the Professional Photographer of the Year 2011 awards. Judges Dr Andy Gotts, Ben Duffy, Paul Sanders, Tom Catchesides and Professional Photographer Editor Adam Scorey sifted through over 6,000 entries for this year’s competition.

Winner, Reportage Weddings: Adam Riley

Below are the lists of winners and runners-up:

WINNERS

High Fashion – Chee Loon Jericho Soh
Street Photography – Mihail Kopychko
Wild World – Radek Vik
Commercial – James Neale
In the studio – Rossella Vanon
On Location – Marko Mestrovic
Sporting Action – Bjorn Stig Hansen
Reportage Weddings – Adam Riley
Still Life – Jen miles
Student of the Year – Luise Hannah Reichert
Editorial News – Fabio Bucciarelli
Breaking the Mould – Martin Stranka
Portfolio Award – John McMurtrie

Winner, Breaking the Mould: Martin Stranka

RUNNERS-UP

High Fashion – Maksym Finogeiev, Nikola Borissov & Marko Mestrovic
Street Photography – James Gourley, Paolo Inglese & Kate Passaro
Wild World – David Tyrer, Simon Ellingworth & Laura Jane Vest
Commercial – Rich Cooper, Irene van der Meijs & Al Veryard
In the studio – Florence Leung, Radu Carnaru & Luise Hannah Reichert
On Location – Florence Leung, Vladimir Tochanenko & Radek Vik
Sporting Action – Graeme Hutchison, Jeremy Rata & Craig Mitchell
Reportage Weddings – Mihail Kopychko, Mark Wallis & Andy Griffin
Still Life – Simon Ellingworth, Sebastian Schofield & Parth Sengupta
Student of the Year – Harley Jo Maloney, Diana Grigore & Martins Melecis
Editorial News – Jemima Marriott, Paul Hackett & John McMurtrie
Breaking the Mould – Jenny Brough, Julian Clune & Pavel Tereshkovets
Portfolio Award – Maksim Djackov, Rich Cooper & Tany Kely

Winner, Portfolio Award: John McMurtrie

The shortlisted photographers have been invited to the PPOTY awards night in London on 29 March 2012, where a winner and three runners up of each category will be announced. The magazine has also announced that there will be a “surprise award” on the night. Twenty tickets to the event, which will be held at theprintspace, London, are available to readers on a first-come-first-serve basis. For tickets, email: Kathrine.anker@archant.co.uk with the message line entitled: PPOTY READER TICKETS.

More on the awards can be read on the Professional Photographer website.