The CEWE Photo Awards is the name of the competition, and is considered the largest in the world. Hortensgutten was rewarded for his photo contributions with a place in the 31.–1000 group. The height, that is, when we know how many people have taken part.

This photo competition has judged more than half a million works submitted by photographers in nearly 150 countries.

– The spectacular photos were taken by professional and amateur photographers and capture moments that show the beauty and vulnerability of the world we live in, said the message the organizers sent to Gjengangeren.

– Good

– It’s always nice to receive good feedback, and in this case it includes gifts, says Jan Willi to Gjengangeren.

– I submitted photos to several competitions, some large, some local. As in regular competitions at Horten Fotoklubb.

– Do you work with the camera every day?

– No, not every day, but quite often. But when I first started, I took a lot of pictures. I think photography is fun, as you can see.

– With a cell phone?

– No, as little as possible. I only use my phone when absolutely necessary, in an emergency. If I want to take a photo, I use a camera – and now also a drone -, explains Jan Willi Talgø.

Starting from sports to architecture

This year’s winner is from Indonesia, while two Norwegian pictures are in the 11–30 category.

The various categories being contested are sports, people, landscapes, animals, architecture and technology, nature, travel and culture, food and cooking, hobbies and recreation, and aerial photography.

– This competition is an appreciation for the art of photography and photographers from all over the world. The number of contributions this year was at a very high level, said Lisbeth Bjerknes, marketing director at CEWE Scandinavia.

In this year’s competition, two Norwegian photos took numbers 11 – 30. The photos were taken by Olav Thokle from Volda and Roald Synnevaag from Bergen.

Facts about competition

CEWE is a European leader imaging product supplier. The CEWE Photo Award is the world’s largest photo competition with 509,612 entries submitted this year.

Contribution has been submitted from a total of 54,250 amateur and professional photographers from 147 countries.

The jury is broad composed of photographers and experts from around the world and led by Michel Comte.

For each sent contribution to the competition, CEWE donated 10 cents to the work of SOS Children’s Villages. The contribution from this year’s competition was 50,961 euros.

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