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The 2017 edition of the 9mobile Photography Competitors, a talent development initiative by 9mobile, is coasting to the climax with the announcement of the 3 finalists and the Voters’ Selection winner.
The three shortlisted finalists as chosen by the judges are: Amanda Ihemebiri, for "The NestOil Tower" Oluwaseun Otitoola, for "Fragment of CMS Bookshop Building" and Taiwo Omotosho, for Lines Side by Side. For the voters’ decision category, Ikenna Ogbenta emerged winner for his image "Skies and Scrapers." He had the highest number of votes on the web.
The trio of Ihemebiri, Otitoola and Omotosho had been selected from the list of ‘Top 100’ by a jury primarily based on top quality, creativity and relevance of their entries. The jury comprising Hakeem Saalam, Kola Oshalusi and Kunle Awolowo - who are all achieved international photographers - will carry out a final review of the shortlisted photos and thereafter announce the winner and the two runners-up.
On the other hand, Ogbenta emerged winner of the Voters’ Option having earned the highest number of votes through the on the internet voting for his entry, ‘Skies and Scrapers’, a slanted image of 1 of the 1004 Estate towers at Victoria Island, Lagos standing against a beautiful blue sky.
Prizes will be awarded to the winner, runners-up and Voter’s Option winner throughout the winner announcement, scheduled to take location in Lagos on November 3.
Speaking about how the competition has fared, Director, Brands and Experience, 9mobile, Elvis Ogiemwanye, expressed delight at the higher level of interest and participation which the competition generated this year, and commended the participants for the creativity and excellent of their entries.
"We are very excited by the volume of entries that have been received this year. The 2017 9mobile Photography Competition was keenly contested, and this further affirms 9mobile’s leadership position in actively engaging our subscribers, specially the youth by enabling and encouraging them to express their talents.
"At 9mobile, we are totally committed to the development of Nigeria’s creative sector by promoting talent development across arts, literature, science, sports and entertainment segments. We have and will continue to discover techniques we can support talent mining to better position and empower our subscribers to give them the required edge to succeed," he enthused.
Mr. Ogiemwanye added, "We are glad that entries received for the 2017 edition of 9mobile Photography Competition are impressive each in terms of creativity, good quality and relevance. The judges have accomplished an outstanding job in choosing the 3 finalists. I congratulate the Voters’ Selection winner, Ikenna Ogbenta, whose entry got the highest number of votes on line."
This year’s edition of the annual 9mobile Photography Competition kicked off on August 7 with a contact for entries, which closed on September 11. The competition serves as a platform to uncover, reward and empower budding photographers to fulfil their passion and capture compelling pictures that celebrate our Nigerian heritage.
