Daniel Halasz wins week-long exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London
Fahad Al Daajani voted as one of the top 6 photographers from over 3,500 entries
Google today announced that Fahad Al Daajani from Saudi Arabia was voted by the public onto the Google Photography Prize shortlist, winning a week-long exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London. His work will also be available for millions of Google users around the world to display on their personalised iGoogle homepages, here: www.google.com/photographyprize. From the shortlist, a jury of art critics and artists, including Martin Parr, Idris Khan, Michael Hoppen, Tim Marlow, Susanna Brown and Mariella Frostrup, chose Daniel Halasz from Hungary as the overall winner.
Google launched the competition in collaboration with the Saatchi Gallery to find talented student photographers and give them unprecedented online and offline exposure. Over 3,500 entries were received from 82 countries, including Australia, India, Moldova, Poland, Ghana, France, Germany, Chile, Peru, Mexico, the US, the UK and Saudi Arabia.
The jury also awarded an additional jury's commendation prize to Aliyah Hussain from the UK.
The full list of the top 6 chosen by public vote is:
Fahad AlDaajani, Saudi Arabia
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/vote.html#theme13
High resolution: http://picasaweb.google.com/fahad.aldaajani/Igoogle?feat=directlink
Daniel Halasz, Hungary
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/vote.html#theme15
High resolution: http://picasaweb.google.com/halaszdaniel/IGooglePhotographyCompetition#
Amelia Ortúzar, Chile
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/vote.html#theme2
High resolution: http://picasaweb.google.com/ameortuzar/IGooglePhotographyCompetition#
Mikhail Simin, USA
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/vote.html#theme26
High resolution: http://kirillsimin.com/igoogle/
Vesna Stojakovic, Serbia
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/vote.html#theme33
High resolution: http://picasaweb.google.com/vesna100jakovic/IGoogle?authkey=Gv1sRgCOz_tpngzPGK1wE#
Matjaz Tancic, UK
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/vote.html#theme24
High resolution: http://picasaweb.google.com/matjazz/GoogleIGooglePhotographyCompetition#
Jury's commendation prize:
Aliyah Hussain, UK
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/photographyprize/vote.html#theme17
High resolution: http://picasaweb.google.com/aliyahhussain09/FlyTipInstallation#
iGoogle launched in 2005 as a way for Google users to personalise their internet homepage and has quickly become one of the world's biggest stages for art to be discovered and enjoyed by people from all walks of life from around the world. Millions of people have already chosen to adorn their iGoogle page with images, with everything from seascapes to original art created by Jeff Koons, Radiohead, Rolf Harris, Stella McCartney and Philippe Starck.
