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vivo VISION+ Makes Its Debut at Jimei x Arles 2021 International Photo Festival

Smartphone maker vivo has partnered with Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, to present the festival’s first smartphone photography exhibition. Titled “Our Moments, Create Together,” the exhibition embodies vivo’s drive to promote the smartphone camera as a tool for creative expression.

The exhibition follows the vivo VISION+ Mobile PhotoAwards 2021, announced in collaboration with National Geographic earlier this year. The judges of the competition included Xiao Quan, Martin Parr, Jonas Bendiksen, and other expert photographers, who were tasked with evaluating 384,878 photos submitted by photographers in over 40 countries and regions around the world. 30 of the photos, all captured on smartphones, were selected as winners of this year’s contest.

“Our 2021 collection combines visual aesthetics with emotions, showcasing wonderful and warm moments of everyday life,” vivo says. “This collection displays memories of people around the world, including life during the pandemic, international sports events, disaster relief efforts, aerospace achievements, and celebrations of ancestral heritage.”

VISION+ Mobile PhotoAwards 2021 Category 1st Place. "Look" by Kyaw Winn.

A very nice image of two children, with their faces reflected in the glass table. The sticky up hair on the girl on the left is very charming and makes the photo come alive. — Martin Parr

As the first smartphone photography exhibition during Jimei x Arles, “Our Moments” showcases smartphone photographs taken by Martin Parr, Xiao Quan, and other artists, as well as outstanding works selected from the VISION+ Mobile PhotoAwards 2021. This year’s exhibition in Xiamen, China marks the 7th Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival.

The vivo exhibition zone on the site of Jimei x Arles. Martin Parr, No.376 Cornwall Story 2021. Shot on vivo X60 Pro+. Xiao Quan, Chengdu. Shot on vivo X70 Pro+. Jonas Bendiksen, An Autumn Tale. Shot on vivo X70 Pro+. Michael Halsband, Aaron, Circle. Shot on vivo X70 Pro+. Michael Yamashita, Dreamland. Shot on vivo x70 Pro+.

The vivo smartphone photos exhibited at Jimei x Arles, all shot between 2020 and 2021, demonstrate the portability and spontaneity of using smartphones as a photography tool and convey the imaging values of vivo, celebrating everyday life and focusing on the present moment.

The exhibition title “Our Moments” refers to how everyone can be a creative photographer now that smartphones have high-quality cameras built right in.

“The Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival is an exceptional and influential international photography event,” says vivo CMO Spark Ni. “The works brought by vivo document an extraordinary time in our world.

“Smartphone images splice fragments of life captured by amateurs and celebrated photographers in a lighter form, depicting a human-centered view of the world. By virtue of the depth of expression within these images, we can finally reconnect with people from different regions of the world.

“vivo will continue to collaborate with renowned brands like ZEISS to provide more human-centered photography experience and enable more people to experience joy through creation.”

Full disclosure : This article was brought to you by vivo.

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Portrait of a COVID-19 ER Doctor Wins $120,000

Brazilian wildlife and landscape photographer Ary Bassous was documenting the COVID-19 pandemic at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro when he photographed a doctor taking her lunch break after 8 hours of continuous work in the emergency room. The photo, titled "Duty," has now won $120,000, the biggest cash prize in the photography industry.

The Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA), founded in 2011 by Dubai crown prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced Bassous as its Grand Prize winner of the 2021 competition, which had the theme "Humanity."

With prizes totaling a whopping $450,000, HIPA offers the most lucrative cash awards of all photo contests around the world, and Bassous' powerful photo has earned him $120,000.

Here's the caption of the photo in the HIPA gallery:

Dr. Juliana Ribeiro has just taken off her protective gear for lunch, after 8 hours of continuous work in the Covid-19 emergency room. Clear signs of prolonged and repeated use of this type of equipment appear on her face. Her features reflect great effort and extreme fatigue due to the human commitment to her moral duty.

What grabs you is the hint of sadness in her face as she feels the pain for humanity, as deaths in Brazil exceeded half a million people due to the pandemic. This photo was taken at the University Hospital Clementino Fraga Velho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Other Winning Photos

"Hugs to Survive" by Mads Nissen | Denmark (1st Prize Winner in Humanity. $20,000 prize.) "Embrace" by Ilhan Kilinc | Turkey (2nd Prize Winner in Humanity. $18,000 prize.)
"Blast Scars" by Marc Abou Jaoude | Lebanon (3rd Prize Winner in Humanity. $16,000 prize.) "High Hopes" by Fabrizio Maffei | Italy (4th Prize Winner in Humanity. $10,000 prize.) "Rescue" by Biplab Hazra | India (5th Prize Winner in Humanity. $6,000 prize.) "Melting Gold" by Charles Saswinanto | Indonesia (1st Prize Winner in Architecture. $15,000 prize.) "Playful Moon" by Amri Arfianto | Indonesia (2nd Prize Winner in Architecture. $13,000 prize.) "The Eye" by Lin Jing | China (3rd Prize Winner in Architecture. $11,000 prize.) "Spiral" by Beatriz Fernandez Mayo | Spain (4th Prize Winner in Architecture. $9,000 prize.) "Eye in the Sky" by Rahul Bansal | India (5th Prize Winner in Architecture. $7,000 prize.) "Final Destination" by Sameer Al-Doumy | France (1st Prize Winner in General - Color. $15,000 prize.) "Camille" by Fatima Zahra Cherkaoui | Morocco (2nd Prize Winner in General - Color. $10,000 prize.) "Sanctuary" by Eirik Gronningsaeter | Norway (3rd Prize Winner in General - Color. $5,000) "The Social Distance" by Giuseppe Cocchieri | Italy (1st Prize Winner in General - B&W. $15,000 prize.) "Solitude" by Yadi Setiadi | Indonesia (2nd Prize Winner in General - B&W. $10,000 prize.) "Visitor From Above" by Bambang Wirawan | Indonesia (3rd Prize Winner in General - B&W. $5,000)

Over half a million entries were submitted to this year's contest from photographers based in 203 countries around the world.

Read also : This Whale Photo Just Won $120,000

The latest HIPA season has the theme "Nature." You can find out more and enter your work over on the HIPA website.

Image credits: All photographs copyright their respective photographers and courtesy HIPA.

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