A Chinese photographer won an international award. How significant is this breakthrough?

China has a vast territory and has countless beautiful scenery. These beautiful scenery have become the objects of Chinese photographers. Similarly, many foreign photographers have come to China to take pictures of many beautiful scenery with their own cameras. Views, and many more honors for them. Proshin Vladimir is one of them. He is a photographer from Russia. This photo taken in Lishui won him the grand prize of the Siena International Photography Competition and stood out from 15,000 entries.

At the awards ceremony, Federico Borella won the Photographer of the Year for his work "Five degrees" and received a bonus of US$25,000. The jury praised the work for its sensitivity, technical excellence and artistry in bringing to light issues of global concern. All winners of this competition will receive Sony digital imaging equipment, and their works will be included in the portfolio and will also be displayed to the public at the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House, London.

The judges praised the winners for expressing and interpreting life and existential issues facing the world. Mike Trow, Chairman of the Professional Group, commented that this year’s entries “sparked a lot of debate and interest among the jury” and that the works “push the boundaries of photography and challenge audiences’ perceptions and expectations”.

The Sony World Photography Awards, hosted by the World Photography Organization, is one of the largest and most prestigious photography competitions in the world. The 12th Sony World Photography Awards received a record-breaking 326,997 entries from 195 countries and regions, showcasing outstanding contemporary photography from around the world in the past year.

"Five degrees" is a shooting project of Federico Borella, a photographer from Bologna, Italy. With a degree in classics and a master's degree in photojournalism, Borella is an internationally renowned freelance photojournalist. He has many years of experience as a news photographer and is also a photography and journalism educator.

"Five Degrees" focuses on the problem of male suicide faced by the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu - the region is suffering from the worst drought in 140 years. Based on a Berkeley study that found a link between climate change and increased suicide rates among farmers in India, Borella uses a series of vivid and powerful images to expose the impact of climate change on this agricultural region and its communities. . The images depict agricultural landscapes, memorials to deceased farmers and portraits of those left behind.

Mike Trow commented: "As global warming changes the face of people's lives at an ever-increasing rate - especially in developing and underdeveloped countries - the work of artists like Borella becomes It becomes more and more necessary.

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