© 2014 One Eyeland. All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without permission in writing. All of the photographs contained in this publication, reproduced with permission from the artist, are the property of the artist and may be protected by prior copyright. The photographs appearing in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without first obtaining the permission of the artist. ONE EYELAND 3/2, 1st Floor, 1st Main Road, Seethammal Extension, Teynampet, Chennai 600018, INDIA. +91 44 2431 4841 / 42 / 43 ~ [email protected] ~ www.oneeyeland.com FOREWORD In a moment of astounding prescience, George Bernard Shaw is said to have once remarked: “A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.” No one could have put it better. Although Henri Cartier-Bresson came close when he quipped: “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” Come to think of it, striking gold with the click of a button is not the easiest of tasks. You’ve got to dig around for the perfect subject, knowing fully well that finding one takes eternity. So you have to wait and wait. And wait and wait. Meanwhile, you dredge your mind for clues. Excavate shimmering ideas for possibilities, using every tool you can lay your hands on. You toss over the rubble of the nearly good and the almost there. After prospecting to your soul’s content, one fine day, you see the precious beauty. You try to capture its glittering self in the most immaculate light. And then you give it the 24-carat finish it truly deserves. At One Eyeland, we spend all our lives searching, seeking and scouring for such gems. We chase photographers from seven corners of the world. We tempt them, taunt them, badger them and sweet talk them into sharing their dearest images with us. Applying a ruthless filter called ‘exacting standards’, we then handpick the ‘Best of the Best Photographers’. The One Eyeland Book Volume 4 is an inspiring compilation of this crème de la crème. Melted from a mighty corpus of 107000 uploaded pictures, and forged from a staggering shortlist of 24500 images, the golden collection is a showcase of 191 scintillating photographs worthy of the yellow metal. Imagined by 97 of the finest artists in the business, every image in the Book is a magical visual that lives up to the immortal observation of Ansel Adams that the single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it! Sharad Haksar Founder One Eyeland ONE EYELAND AWARDS 2013 Instituted in 2012, One Eyeland Awards celebrates the finest photographs ever shot. Chaired by a high voltage jury comprising world renowned lensmen like Andreas Smetana, Christophe Gilbert, Christopher Wilson, Erik Almas and Sharad Haksar, One Eyeland Awards is the World’s Largest Photography Awards crowning the most creative Art Directors, Art Buyers, Photo Reps, Ad Agencies, Photography Book Publishers, CGI Artists, Photography Schools and Photographers (Professional, Amateur and Student). www.oneeyeland.com/awards Award winning photographs will carry icons of the respective awards. Gold Silver Bronz Finalist OVERALL TITLE WINNERS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR CHRIS CLOR RAMIRO SALAZAR VICTOR ROMERO AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR KIMBERLEY MUNRO STEFAN KUEHN MARCO CRUPI STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR SANDRA CIFO ANIL BOLUKBAS HARNESH JOSHI ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR SEBASTIÁN VILLAGÓMEZ - LA FACULTAD, QUITO, ECUADOR DEAN ORAM - THE RICHARDS GROUP, USA ART BUYER OF THE YEAR CHRISTIANE ANCTIL - THE RICHARDS GROUP, USA PHOTO REP OF THE YEAR JK AND ARTIST MANAGEMENT, USA (WWW.JKAND.COM) MARIANNE CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES, USA (WWW.MARIANNECAMPBELL.COM) AD AGENCY OF THE YEAR LA FACULTAD, QUITO, ECUADOR (WWW.LAFACULTAD.COM) THE RICHARDS GROUP, DALLAS, USA (WWW.RICHARDS.COM) PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR GLITTERATI INCORPORATED (WWW.GLITTERATIINCORPORATED.COM) CGI ARTIST / COMPANY OF THE YEAR SURACHAI PUTHIKULANGKURA / ILLUSION (WWW.ILLUSION.CO.TH) RETOUCHER ARTIST / COMPANY OF THE YEAR CREAM STUDIOS (WWW.CREAMSTUDIOS.COM.AU) PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL / UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA (WWW.ACADEMYART.EDU) PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY TITLE WINNERS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - ADVERTISING CHRIS CLOR RAMIRO SALAZAR MARC TULE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - ARCHITECTURE VICTOR ROMERO BERNHARD LANG PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - BOOK HOWARD SCHATZ PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - EDITORIAL CHRIS FRAZER SMITH PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - FINE ART MARC TULE LYUBOMIR SERGEEV CHARIT PUSIRI PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - NATURE CRAIG BILL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - PEOPLE CHRIS FRAZER SMITH PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - SPECIAL CHARIT PUSIRI CRAIG BILL AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY TITLE WINNERS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - EDITORIAL ARE TRALLA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - FINE ART KIMBERLEY MUNRO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - NATURE STEFAN KUEHN STUDENT INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY TITLE WINNERS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - FINE ART (STUDENT) SANDRA CIFO PHOTOGRAPHER RANKING (Best Of Best Photographer 2014) RANK NAME COUNTRY IMAGES 1 STAN MUSILEK 13 2 JACKSON CARVALHO DE ALBUQUERQUEJOSE 09 3 BLAIR BUNTING 04 3 CAESAR LIMA 04 3 CHRIS FRAZER SMITH 04 3 ERIC POLITZER 04 3 KEVIN STEELE 04 3 MARC TULE 04 3 RJ MUNA 04 3 SABRINA ROUSE 04 3 SIMON STOCK 04 3 WILLIAM HUBER 04 13 A TAMBOLY 03 13 BRYAN EDWARDS 03 13 CHARIT PUSIRI 03 13 JOSE LAINO 03 13 LYUBOMIR SERGEEV 03 PHOTOGRAPHER RANKING (Best Of Best Photographer 2014) RANK NAME COUNTRY IMAGES 13 MARK WIENS 03 13 MICHAEL CONFER 03 13 RAMIRO SALAZAR 03 13 ROBERT TARDIO 03 13 RON BERG 03 13 STEVE NOZICKA 03 13 THOMAS CHADWICK 03 25 BILLY KAN 02 25 CATERINA BERNARDI 02 25 CRAIG BILL 02 25 CURTIS TRENT 02 25 DAVID ELLIS 02 25 EDUARDO DIAZ BOURGEOT 02 25 FRANCESCO RIDOLFI 02 25 FRANCISCO DE DEUS 02 25 GLEN WEXLER 02 25 KJETIL HANSSEN 02 PHOTOGRAPHER RANKING (Best Of Best Photographer 2013) RANK NAME COUNTRY IMAGES 25 MIGS 02 25 OSCAR BJARNASON 02 25 RAFAEL ASTORGA 02 25 RAYMOND KAM 02 25 ROBB SCHARETG 02 25 STEFFEN JAHN 02 25 SVEN GERMANN 02 25 TERRY VINE 02 25 TIM PLATT 02 25 VICTOR ROMERO 02 45 ADRIAN MUELLER 01 45 ALAN BURLES 01 45 ANDREY ERMOLAEV 01 45 ANTONIO SABA 01 45 ASHLEY PEARSON 01 45 C.P. SATYAJIT 01 45 CHRIS CLOR 01