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Sensing the world around you
Sucheta Das, International
2013 marked the ninth edition of Metro Photo Challenge, and we were incredibly excited about letting the world loose on this editions topic. For 2013, we asked our read-ers to capture more of a process than a thing. A process both they and their camera have a lot of experience with: sensing the world around them.
We know the camera is an expert at sensing and recording visual phenomena, but how did the participants persuade it to capture other stimuli, like taste and touch?
So it’s with great gratitude and a truly honour to be able to present this fine selection of some of the best photos sub-mitted in the six categories: Hearing, Sight, The Six Sense, Smell, Taste and Touch. With more than 120.000 images submitted by 39.000 participants in 203 countries, Metro Photo Challenge continues as the world’s largest photo competition.
A great thanks to all sponsors, partners and jury members for making Metro Photo Challenge 2013 an incredible suc-cess.
See you all for the 10th edition anniversary of Metro Photo Challenge in autumn 2014!
Capturethe human senses
HearingOur senses of hearing and sight are closely linked.
Visual clues help us understand what we hear people say to us, and soundtracks and other types of auditory stimuli enhance the way we experience visual input. But what about hearing alone? and the sounds we hear? Can these phenomena be expressed in
a photograph?
We often hear thunder – or maybe that eerie silence – before we see the storm. and we live in a world of sounds that
send all kinds of signals to us. every hour of every day.
Ana Cecilia Armejo, Peru
Oleksandr Svysunov, Russia
Juaeliton Campos, Brazil
Eva-Maria Steger, Portugal
Ricardo Biserra, Brazil
Saumalya Ghosh, USA
Gui Lopes, Brazil
Tara Lowry, Canada
Esthefania Bedoya, International
Peter Leone, Brazil
Pascal Deruyck, Belgium
Dignitas, International
Thijs Brienen, Netherlands
Noora Eronen, Belgium
Marcel Jirásek, Czech Republic
Felipe Sant Ana Pereira, Brazil
Fokje Otter, Netherlands
Stephan Lemay, French Canada
Chris Stephens, Sweden
Felipe Valduga, USA
Armando Serralde, Mexico
Dimas Oliveira, Brazil
Roy Fochtman, International
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SigHTOf course you can take pictures of things
– asking your camera to act as a third eye that records the things you see. But can you photograph the seeing itself? and if so, how would you do it? is our sense of sight about our own physio-
logy? The way our eyes and mind deal with visual input? Or is it a form of ne-
gotiation between the thing we see and the way we see it? Do our eyes even have to be involved? They’re not when we see
things in dreams, are they?
Jan Mohammad Shaikh, International
Erdõs Júlia, Hungary
Amélie Legrand, France
Алексей Ханыков, Russia
Sudipto Das, International
Simon Victor, Sweden
Karine Gazaryan, Russia
Gerardo Torres, Chile
Kanehun Kane, Hong Kong
Valkó Dávid, Hungary
Abílio Silveira, Portugal
Mario Cucchi, International
Felicia Simion, Canada
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Carlos Rosas, International
Ilyas Essadek, Belgium
Sandip Das, USA
Mounir Rabhi Hallner, Sweden
Cristian Cadiz Contreras, Chile
Renata Maranhäo, Brazil
Mila Ivanova, International
Majed Alfaraj, USA
Johan Persson, Sweden
Bruno Gomes, Brazil
Martin Martel, French Canada
Lia Marmelstein, International
SiXTH SenSenobody knows what the sixth sense is but you. is it a premonition
that something is about to happen? Or is it the return of a loved one to haunt your dreams – or daydreams? is it déjà vu? is it an out-of-body experience? is it visual, auditory, tactile…?
Or is it beyond ordinary sensory perception – that gnawing sensation in the pit of your stomach?
The deeply personal nature of the sixth sense makes this theme the most challenging of all this year. You’re on your own. You
and your camera. and – for this theme alone and only if you wish – your retouching and advanced editing skills.
Tani Pilz, International
Юлия Напольская, Russia
Юлия Напольская, Russia
Evgeny Matveev, Russia
Tóth Zoltán, Hungary
Natan Bolckmans, Belgium
Lukas Marcel, Colombia
Ana Lígia, Brazil
Maja Topagic, International
Olof Holm, Sweden
David Mauquoy, Belgium
Carlos Pinho, France
Tania Volobueva, Russia
Alexey Mikhaylov, Russia
Federico Ariu, Belgium Sebastián Aliaga Mena, Peru
Dominika Wypych, Sweden
Dongjoo Artursson, Sweden
Audré Kieffer, French Canada
Юлия Напольская, Russia
Desiree Meijer, Netherlands
Colin Pauwels, Belgium
Raphael Alves, Brazil
Gaëtan Chekaiban, France
Sára Révai, Hungary
Audré Kieffer, French Canada
Dmitri Maruta, Russia
Denise Abbade Miller da Silva, International
SMeLLa rose smells like a rose, but what does that smell like? Just abst-ractly? Translated into another sense? Can your camera capture the scent of a rose? Or of anything else? are some scents easier to capture visually than others? and when, where and how do
scents leave their traces?
Perhaps it would make more sense – to you – to explore the act of smelling. The practice of the sense. Who engages in it? People, to be sure, but people as cultured beings – or as the human ani-
mal? Or maybe just plain animals.
Hans Bornfalk, Sweden
Juha Lampinen, Finland
Adriana Garcia Assis, Portugal
Octavio Benalcazar Rivera, Ecuador
Thais Buarque, Brazil
Francesco Grillo, Italy
Ciaran Butler, International
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Sofia Örberg, Sweden
Anderson Augusto, Brazil
Marcel van Balken, Netherlands
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Sudipto Das, International
Garamvári Gábor, Netherlands
Jossefien Mongaré, Belgium
TaSTeWhat does taste look like? is it in colour or black and white?
Do different tastes have different colours or shades of grey? and where does a taste actually reside? is it in the thing that tastes? Or is it inside you, only coming to life when you taste something
that tastes? good or bad. Pure or more diffuse.
Can a taste sound like anything? Can you feel a taste? and is it possible to imagine a world without taste? if so, what would life be like? Surely less interesting – but different in other ways too? is taste only about pleasure or displeasure? Or does our sense of
taste serve other, less obvious purposes?
Audré Kieffer, French Canada
Anderson, Brazil
Helga Boom, Belgium
Thiago Lontra, Brazil Rodrigo Corona, Mexico
David Bermúdez Medina, Colombia
Jim Henderson, Canada
Marcelo Teixeira, Brazil
Virginia Yunes, Brazil
Ирина Козороr, Russia
Leo Vainio, Finland
Dennis Keizer, Netherlands
Salym Fayad, Colombia
Tomás Svoboda, Czech Republic
Gabriel Pérez, Mexico
Nagy Antal Balázs, Hungary
Isabelle Theiller, France
Kicia Randagia, Italy
Charlotte Valerie Feijen, Netherlands
Petr Žižák, Czech Republic
Cathy Björk, Sweden
Kurt Drubbel, Belgium
Natasha Mota, Brazil
J.C. Celmer, Brazil
Guillaume Marlin, France Martina Gebarovska, Czech Republic
Audrey Dubé, French Canada
TOUCHClose your eyes and touch something near you – your phone, a pen, your own shoe, maybe. Can you describe it in visual terms? Sure, you could trace its outline and probably even draw it. But
what about the way it feels to the skin? Soft, steely, clammy, rough, porous, wet… Can you capture tactile sensations with your
camera, and express them in purely visual terms?
Or do we really have to portray a touch to communicate this human sense visually? a tickling feather. Toes in the sand.
a paper cut. The first caress.
Santhosh Kumar, USA
Shanna Maassen, Netherlands
Emmy Persson, Sweden
Maurice Spees, International
Pedro Nunes Siqueira, Brazil
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Ale Vianna, Brazil
Anderson Fagundes, Brazil
Raquel Huijgen, Netherlands
Raquel Huijgen, Netherlands
Alexis Robitaille, French Canada
József Vavreczky, Hungary
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Adrienn Józan, Hungary
Tamás Berki, Hungary
Daniel Rosero, Ecuador
Frank Joe Hansen, International
Gianfranco Zanobini, Peru
Antoine De Winter, Belgium
Tamás Gillicze, Hungary
Javier Rincon, Guatemala
Daniel Ponce de Leon, Sweden
Raquel Huijgen, Netherlands
Júlio Matheus, Brazil
Maciej Makowski, International
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reach for Change invests in social entrepre-neurs with ideas for improving the lives of children. Through our work in 2013, we im-proved the lives of over 1 million kids across the globe.
in order to identify the challenges we collecti-vely face, we strive to see and understand the world from a child’s perspective and listen to children’s stories. each and every one of these amazing photos of children that was submit-ted during Metro Photo Challenge 2013 tells a powerful story. We believe it’s our responsibi-lity to listen to them.
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All photos from Metro Photo Challenge 2013.
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Photographers
Abílio SilveiraAdriana Garcia AssisAdrienn JózanAle SilvaAle ViannaAlexey MikhaylovAlexis RobitailleAmélie LegrandAna Cecilia ArmejoAna LígiaAnderson AugustoAnderson FagundesAndres David Jaramillo LafuenteAntoine De WinterArianna van der VeenArmando SerraldeAudré KiefferAudré KiefferAudré KiefferAudrey DubéBruno GomesCarlos PinhoCarlos RosasCathy BjörkCharlotte Valerie FeijenChris StephensCiaran ButlerColin PauwelsCristian Cadiz ContrerasCyril Blanchard (Cover)
Daniel Ponce de LeonDaniel RoseroDavid Bermúdez MedianDavid MauquoyDenise Abbade Miller da SilvaDennis KeizerDesiree MeijerDignitasDimas OliveiraDmitri MarutaDominika WypychDongjoo ArturssonDongjoo ArturssonElena KuznetsovaEmmy PerssonErdõs júliaEsthefania BedoyaEva-Maria StegerEvgeny MatveevFederico AriuFelicia SimionFelipe Sant Ana PereiraFelipe ValdugaFokje OtterFrancesco GrilloFrank Joe HansenGaál BenjáminGabriel PérezGaëtan ChekaibanGaramvári GáborGerardo Torres
Gianfranco ZanobiniGui LopesGuillaume MarlinHans BornfalkHelga BoomIlyas EssadekIsabelle TheillerJ.C. CelmerJan Mohammad ShaikhJavier Rincon,Jim HendersonJohan PerssonJossefien MongaréJózsef VavreczkyJuaeliton CamposJuha LampinenJúlio MatheusKanehun KaneKarine GazaryanKicia RandagiaKurt DrubbelLeo VainioLia MarmelsteinLukas MarcelMaciej MakowskiMaja TopcagicMajed AlfarajManon Van WezenbeekMarcel JirásekMarcel van BalkenMarcelo Teixeira
Marcio FabianMario CucchiMario DiasMartin Martel Martina GebarovskaMaurice SpeesMila IvanovaMounir Rabhi HallnerNagy Antal BalázsNatan BolckmansNatasha MotaNoora EronenOctavio Benalcazar RiveraOleksandr SvysunovOlof HolmPascal DeruyckPedro Nunes SiqueiraPeter Leone,Petr ŽižákRaphael AlvesRaphael AlvesRaquel HuijgenRaquel HuijgenRaquel HuijgenRegien PaassenRenata MaranhãoRicardo BiserraRicky SiegersRodrigo CoronaRosane MottaRoy Fochtman
Salym FayadSandip DasSanthosh KumarSára RévaiSara VertanenSaumalya GhoshSebastián Aliaga MenaShanna MaassenSimon VictorSofia ÖrbergStephan LemaySucheta DasSudipto DasSudipto Das Tamás BerkiTamás GilliczeTani PilzTania VolobuevaTara LowryThais BuarqueThiago LontraThijs BrienenTomás SvobodaTóth ZoltánTwan ZijlstraValkó DávidVirginia YunesАлексей ХаныковИрина КозороrЮлия НапольскаяЮлия Напольская
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