
Announcing the Winners and Finalists
Wow! Here are 31 unique points of view from 31 great photographers across the world! This remarkable group was selected by an international jury who reviewed work from 118 countries. Six continents and 18 countries are represented, making this a snapshot of some of the best contemporary photography on the planet. Each of the photo series demonstrates photography's continuing ability to show us the important, strange, sad and wondrous out in the world (and in our imaginations), while the single images underscore the power that can be captured in just one frame. Enjoy!
“I’m very impressed by the high caliber of work. Will certainly be keeping an eye on many of these photographers and their future projects.”
Series Winners
Single Image Winners
Finalists
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Antonio Gonzalez CaroSpainGarum -
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Bela DokaHungaryFC Putin -
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Ben BrodyUSAEndgame: Afghanistan -
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Birgit PüveEstoniaBy the Lake -
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Brandon ThibodeauxUSAWhen Morning Comes -
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Capucine Granier-DeferreFranceMH17, The Martyr Flight -
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Christian BerthelotFranceCESAR -
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Claudio RasanoSwitzerlandDesolated Tblisi -
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Dario BosioItalyOn the Identity of a Tomato Picker -
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Dave JordanoUSADetroit: Unbroken Down -
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Dieter de LathauwerBelgiumToday is Not a Lucky Day for You -
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Edoardo Delille / Gabriele GalimbertiItalyEn Plein Air -
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Hak KimCambodiaALIVE -
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Jean de PomereuFranceSans Nom -
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Lydia GoldblattUnited KingdomStill Here -
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Marcus LyonUnited KingdomExodus -
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Marja PirilaFinlandInterior/ Exterior -
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Paolo VerzoneFranceCadets -
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Tommy TrenchardSierra LeoneEbola in Sierra Leone and Liberia -
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Finalists, Single Image Category
exposure awards 2014 international jury

Sarah Leen is the Director of Photography for National Geographic magazine. For nearly 20 years prior she worked as a freelance photographer publishing 16 stories in the magazine. She joined the staff in 2004 as a Senior Photo Editor.
Leen graduated with a BA in Fine Arts in 1974 from the University of Missouri, Columbia and continued with graduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism. Leen was the College Photographer of the Year in 1979 and worked as a staff photographer for both the Topeka Capital Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer until 1982. She published 16 stories in National Geographic magazine as a photographer.
Leen has won numerous awards for her photography in the Pictures of the Year (POYi) and the World Press Photos competition. In 2007 and 2008 she won first place Magazine Picture Editing Portfolio from POYi and second place in 2011.
In 2010 Leen was the curator of National Geographic magazine’s Water is Life exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, the Beyond the Photograph exhibit at the National Geographic Society headquarters in 2011 and in 2013 curated exhibit at the Annenberg Space, The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years.







United Photo Industries & Photoville
New York, NY
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Prior to founding United Photo Industries and launching the United Photo Industries Gallery, he was the Director of the New York Photo Festival. In his dual capacity as curator and festival organizer, he has had the pleasure and privilege of curating photo exhibitions and lecturing on current trends in contemporary photography as far afield as China, Greece, USA, and Japan.
Over the past few years, he has served as juror, nominator, and reviewer for the Prix Pictet, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Houston FotoFest, the New York Photo Awards, Artists Wanted, the Google Photography Prize, the SilverEye Fellowship, and the FotoVisura Grant, among many others.
