The Winners Of The 2nd International Capture The Light Of Ramadan Photography Contest Announced!

The Winners Of The 2nd International Capture The Light Of Ramadan Photography Contest Announced!

1082 photographs reflecting the excitement and spirit of Ramadan in the primary, middle and high school categories participated in the second international photography contest organized by the NUN Education and Culture Foundation. The photographs are evaluated by the jury members, including the famous Turkish photographer İzzet Keribar, and the winners are determined.

Students from all over the world showed great interest in the international photography contest, which we organized with the intention of experiencing the excitement of Ramadan with children from different geographies and seeking the light in the photographs through the eyes of children. 13 foreign countries including America, Germany, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sudan, Indonesia, Sweden, Somalia, Tanzania and Tunisia and 42 different provinces of Turkey participated in the competition with an increase of 45% compared to the previous year.

Here are the winners and their prizes!

High School

1. Nazlı Yaman - İstanbul / DSLR Camera
2. İbrahim Opruklu - Karaman / Action Camera
3. Hilal Esra Yavuz - Adana / Instax Camera
4. Enes Kamil Selçuk – Karaman / Mention Prize

Middle School

1. Hüseyin Taha Arıkmert - Tunisia / Action Camera
2. Serra Özaltın - İstabul / Android Tablet
3. İpek Aşkın - İstanbul / Instax Camera
4. Mihriban Niyazi – İstanbul / Mention Prize

Primary School

1. Halis Çınar Yaralı - Aydın / Android Tablet
2. Mehmet Emir Opruklu - Karaman / Instax Camera
3. Yavuz Selim Güven - Tanzania / Wireless Earphone
4. Emir Taha Yarımoğlu – Konya / Mention Prize

The world famous Turkish photographer İzzet Keribar, a member of the jury, used the following sentences about the contest; “I was delighted to be a jury member of the International Capture the Light of Ramadan Photography Contest, which is organized for the second time this year by the NUN Education and Culture Foundation. The competition was divided into 3 groups as Primary, Middle and High School. Therefore, among these students with significant age differences, normally the most striking photos were expected to come from high school students. However, in all 3 groups, I came across great pictures of almost equal quality from all over the world. And I had to eliminate some, unwillingly. I can give the following advice to young people: Photography will be your best friend throughout your life. Please try to continue to do photography you have started. In my 70-year photography adventure, photography both enlivened my life and gave me very important friendships.”