Award winners
The second EU-OSHA photo competition, launched in May 2011, challenged photography enthusiasts across Europe – both professional and amateur – to once more pick up their cameras and capture their image of safety and health in the workplace. The competition captured the interest of some 2,500 photographers from across the EU and beyond, with the winners announced at the Healthy Workplaces Campaign Closing held in Bilbao, on the 22nd and 23rd November, 2011.
First prize: Dressmaker, Krzysztof Maksymowicz, Poland
This photo was selected by the jury for its ‘clean simplicity, which captures risk prevention in its most basic form.’
Commenting on his winning photo, Krzysztof Maksymowicz said: “When taking this photograph I was trying to capture a universal occupational safety image, something that could apply to every person. And so I came up with the idea to photograph a sewing woman (dressmaker) with a needle and a thimble – a tool which is slowly becoming forgotten.”
Second prize: Grow up, Isa Kurtt, Turkey
Third prize: Gold panner, Saša Kosanović, Croatia
For the first time, a youth prize was awarded to the best entrant aged under-21 which this year was presented to Paweł Ruda of Poland for his imaginative and provocative ‘Cold Sandwich.’
Commended:
Solving the enigma, Vladica Adamov, Serbia
Balancing over the waves, Jose Luis Morales Martin, Spain
The Solution, Riccardo Cigno, Italy
Breaking the wall, Davide Franceschini, Italy
The victim, Zsolt Dobóczky, Hungary
Beginners, Miran Beškovnik, Slovenia
Blind man’s bluff, Josef Hinterleitner, Austria
Working with a view, Felipe Antonio Juarez Moreno, Spain
