EU-OSHA
Photo Competition 2011
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) announced the winners of its pan-European photo competition at the Healthy Workplaces Summit in Bilbao in November 2011. The first prize was awarded to Krzysztof Maksymowicz of Poland for his photograph ‘dressmaker’.
Commenting on his photo, Krzysztof said: ’When taking this photograph I was trying to capture a universal occupational safety image, something that could apply to every person. And so I came up with the idea to photograph a sewing woman (dressmaker) with a needle and a thimble – a tool which is slowly becoming forgotten.’
The jury panel was led by Peter Rimmer who was joined by three professional photographers: Mertxe Alarcón of Spain, President elect of the Federation of European Photographers Jørgen Brandt, and award-winning photojournalist Marco Di Lauro, alongside OSH multimedia specialist Vincent Aubert-Jacquin.
EU-OSHA received over 2,500 entries from 36 European countries to its second photo competition which challenged professional and amateur photographers to share their perspective on safety and health in the workplace.
Krzysztof Maksymowicz received the first prize of €3,000 with 2nd and 3rd prizes of €2,000 and €1,000 handed to Isa Kurtt of Turkey for his photo ‘Grow Up’ and Saša Kosanović of Croatia for ‘Gold panning’. For the first time, a youth prize of €1,000 was awarded to the best entrant aged under-21, Paweł Ruda of Poland for his imaginative and provocative ‘Cold Sandwich.’
