Photo Prize 2010 Winners Announced

16 November, 2010, Basel, Switzerland

Syngenta announced the winners of its 2010 Photo Prize competition at a special exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Nigel Hallett from Australia, Zoltán Balogh from Hungary and Mario Pereda from Spain were awarded first, second and third prize vouchers of $8000, $5000 and $3000, respectively. The winning photos were selected from 3800 entries from 87 countries, based upon their quality, creativity and interpretation of Syngenta’s purpose: Bringing plant potential to life.

“As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary, I have enjoyed seeing so many creative and original interpretations of our company’s purpose,” said Mike Mack, Syngenta CEO. “Agriculture comes in all shapes and sizes. The power of photography brings the richness and diversity of our industry to life. The photos are a great reflection of our daily job, where we work with farmers in the field and the environment they live in.”

Syngenta employees also submitted over 900 photographs, with winning entries from the Netherlands, the UK and Germany. All external and internal winning entries were judged upon their creative interpretation, color and composition, and quality and technique. The diverse judging panel included Syngenta representatives, a Syngenta customer and professional and amateur photographers.

The winning entries were:

External - Amateur and Professional:

1st: Nigel Hallett

Australia

Summer scorcher

2nd: Zoltán Balogh

Hungary

Countryside in Finland

3rd: Mario Pereda

Spain

Ifugao rice terraces

Internal- Syngenta Employees:

1st: Cor Pennekamp

The Netherlands

Removing the last flowers from the tulips to get a better bulb

2nd: Monica Garcia-Alonso

UK

Honeybee

3rd: Simone Bayer

Germany

Not all bananas are yellow

Read the Syngenta Photo Prize 2010 press release here.