Bulent Kilic, Alexey Furman Among Top Winners at POYi Competition So Far

February 6, 2015 Marco | Editor

By David Walker

Spot News, first place: An air strike against militants of the Islamic State, October 23, 2014. ©Bulent Kilic

Several winners in the 72nd annual Pictures of the Year International competition have been announced this week. Winners so far include Bulent Kilic, who won first place in the Spot News category for his dramatic photograph of an air strike against ISIS militants near the Turkish border; and Alexey Furman, first place winner in the Portrait category for his photograph of a woman who survived the shelling of her home in eastern Ukraine.

Philip Montgomery won first place in the Feature category …read more

Via: PDN Pulse

Marco | Editor

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