A distinguished international panel, chaired by the author and curator William A. Ewing, selected the six finalists for their artistic quality and interpretation of the rural-urban theme.
The exhibition celebrates the work of these artists. In addition, it explores particular aspects that featured prominently amongst the submitted photographs: Urban Sprawl, Migration, Infrastructure, Greener Cities, Food Production and Deforestation.
Explore the floor plan of Somerset House to view photographs from the exhibition.
Green spaces, parks, and gardens connect people in cities to nature and plants filter the air, reducing carbon dioxide levels in green urban areas significantly.
Every day, around 180,000 people leave their rural homes for cities and the promise of educational, economic, and social benefits.
We lose a football field of farmland every second to soil erosion and urbanisation. At the same time, global population is expanding at a rate that means we need to produce more food in the next 50 years than we did in the last 10,000.
Professional Commission Second Prize Winner for his series of images from Dakar, Senegal.
Professional Commission Third Prize Winner for his artistic approach to the concept of “landscape”.
In its inaugural year, the theme of The Syngenta Photography Award, "Rural-Urban", explores the relationship and tensions between these two environments.
Over the next 20 years, the world’s population will increase by two billion - mostly in urban areas, and in the developing world.
Professional Commission Second Prize Winner for his series of images from Dakar, Senegal.
Professional Commission Third Prize Winner for his artistic approach to the concept of “landscape”.
Open Competition Third Prize Winner for his images from the Mukuru slum in Kenya.
