Winners of the 2010 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest
June 10, 2011
First prize in the 2010 Microfinance Photography Contest goes to Mohammed Rakibul Hasan for “The Tannery Industry.” Hasan took the photograph, in which hundreds of hides turn golden in the sun, in his hometown of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where there are many small tanneries. This is the third time Hasan has been a finalist in the Contest, but the first time he has won the top prize. Hasan works as a freelance photographer while he studies for a post graduate diploma in photojournalism at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.
Hasan’s entry won out over nearly 2,000 entries from professional and nonprofessional photographers around the world in the 2010 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest.
South Asian photographers dominated the top three places, but the other 20 winners come from all regions of the world. And for the first time this year, photographs from China featured strongly among the winners.
Second Place winner “Jute Monster,” by Jashim Salam, shows an unusual perspective of the reviving jute industry in Bangladesh. Salam is studying for a diploma in photojournalism at the South Asian Institute of Photography in Bangladesh, and this is the first time he has entered the Contest.
The judges commended four photographs for Special Mention, all of which resonated for their narrative and mood, as well as technical composition. “Rickshaw Puller,” by Joy Mukherjee from West Bengal, shows microcredit client Ibrahim helping people cross the Matla River at low tide. “Food Workshop,” by Chinese photographer Tian An, captures the light and heat pouring through as the owner of a small food store griddles Chinese pancakes.
Sudipto Das’ photograph of a grandfather telling tales to his grandchildren in West Bengal was commended by the judges for catching a unique moment.
Huaxin Hu also warranted Special Mention for “Selling Geese,” an amusing portrait of a farmer and his son carrying geese to market in Zhejiang province in China.
Whether it’s the anxiety of a milk seller in Pakistan who awaits the results of tests on a sample of milk she’s selling, the energy of a tofu vendor who set up a temporary shop at a building site in China, or the nonchalance of a fish trader in Muscat, Oman, handing over a whopping tuna to the butcher, the photographs are startling portrayals of people’s ingenuity and capacity to make their own livelihoods in starkly differing circumstances. From Madagascar to Madhya Pradesh, from a candlemaker in the Philippines, to the clothes seller on the streets of Breslau, Poland, the images show the entrepreneurial spirit and energy of human enterprise the world over.
Click to see a slideshow of the 2010 winning photographs and for details of the winners.
Our thanks to all the professional and nonprofessional photographers around the world who entered the 2010 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest. With this the fourth year of the Contest, the judges noted that the quality of the photographs was the best yet.
The 2011 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest will open for entries 15 June 2011.
Email Jeanette Thomas for further inquiries on the CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest.
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Contest Winners
First place: Mohammed Rakibul Hasan, Bangladesh
Second place: Jashim Salam, Bangladesh
Third place: Sandipan Majumdar, India
Special Mention:
Joydeep Mukherjee, India
Tian An Shi, China
Sudipto Das, India
Huaxin Hu, China
Finalists:
Kexin Zhang, China
Shaoping Wu, China
Sophie Forbes, USA
Ravo Rafenomanantsoa, Madagascar
Partha Pal, India
Zhongming Lai, China
Xiangju Li, China
Pit Buehler, Switzerland
Chetan Soni, India
Rabin Chakrabarti, India
Raniel Jose Castaneda, Philippines
Arup Haldar, India
Zhining Liu, China
Nikki Sandino Victoriano, Philippines
Xiaoqing Wang, China
Oddvar Paulsen, Norway
Kushal Gangopadhyay, India
Contest Judges
Suzanne Lemakis is a vice president and director of the Department of Fine Art for Citi. She has 40 years of professional experience in fine arts, including teaching art history. As director of the Department of Fine Art, and curator of the corporate art collection for Citi for 28 years, Suzanne handled all issues related acquisition, sales, art collection management, and exhibitions for the corporation. Suzanne has professional affiliations with the International Association of Professional Art Advisors (IAPAA), College Art Association, and American Association of Museums.
Norris Brock is a multiple Emmy winner, and winner of many film festival awards. He has been a director of photography on over 18 National Geographic TV specials, shot in many locations around the world, and broadcast on PBS. He was director of photography for the 70mm IMAX Signature film for Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, and the 70mm Showscan film Nature for EXPO 92 in Seville, Spain.
Joshua Roberts is an internationally recognized photojournalist based in Washington, D.C.. For more than 20 years, Joshua has held photographer and photography editor positions in newspapers and international wire services, covering stories in Africa, Europe, and throughout North America. He spent 10 years as photography editor for Agence France Presse in Washington and London. His images have appeared around the world in magazines and newspapers including The New York Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, Bloomberg Markets, Business Week, The Washington Post and The Guardian.
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