The judges of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards today announce the photograph “Reckless Kids” by Nikunj Rathod, as the winner of India National Award.
The Sony World Photography Awards is the world’s largest photography competition, and the National Awards is a global program open to photographers of all abilities. It aims to find the best single photograph taken a local photographer in 65 countries.
Rathod's winning image "Reckless Kids" is an action filled image of kids playing captured on at the Mahim bay in Mumbai.
Rathod, 29, is an independent filmmaker and an award-winning photographer based in Mumbai. He enjoys working within the mediums of film and photography and was awarded second place in the 2016 India National Award.
"This image was taken in March 2016 at Mahim bay which is in Mumbai. I was wandering around that area and was waiting for the evening to come to take some silhouette photographs. After a while, some noise near by caught my attention. The noise was quite chaotic. From the distance, I saw a group of kids playing around some junk yard cars, screaming, throwing bottles at each other, fighting. It's only when I went closer that I realized how reckless they were,” said Rathod.
The runners up positions for India National Award were given to Avishek Das for the image "The Faith of Life " and Prabha Jayesh for the image "Untitled".
Rathod's winning work will be shown alongside the awards’ other winning and shortlisted images at the Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr – 2017 Exhibition in London between April 21 and May 7 and published in the annual winners’ book.
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