LOBA 2020 – Shortlist Overview
The twelve finalists in the main category for the internationally-renowned Leica Oskar Barnack Award photo competition, that will be granted this year for the 40th time, are set. All shortlisted candidates will be presented in the coming weeks.
Matthew Abbott (Australia)
Black Summer
Nominator: Gaia Tripoli
Ragnar Axelsson (Iceland)
Arctic Heroes – Where the world is melting
Nominator: Matjaz Krivic
Giovanni Cocco (Italy)
Displacement – New Town No Town
Nominator: Manila Camarini
Vincent Fournier (France)
Space Project
Nominator: Magdalena Herrera / Claudio Composti
Emil Gataullin (Russia)
Mezen: By Sky’s Edge
Nominator: Matjaz Krivic
Maïmouna Guerresi (Italy)
Beyond the Border – A journey to Touba
Nominator: Azu Nwagbogu
Luca Locatelli (Italy)
Future Studies
Nominator: Alice Gabriner
Christina de Middel (Spain, based in Brazil)
Journey to the Center
Nominator: Claudio Carreras
Davide Monteleone (Italy, based in Russia)
Sinomocene
Nominator: Enrico Stefanelli
Hashem Shakeri (Iran)
Cast Out of Heaven
Nominator: Elisa Medde / Soren Patger
Namhun Sung (Korea)
Red Island
Nominator: Sujong Song
Anastasia Taylor-Lind (United Kingdom)
5km from the Frontline
Nominator: Alessia Glaviano