4^th Photography Competition 2022 – Kinanis LLC 

Kinanis LLC announces that its 4^th Photography Competition 2022 has been finalised.

The committee of judges after considering all contesting photographs, taking into account the terms and conditions of the competition, the quality and the consistency of the work presented and the theme of the competition, in a strict confidential approach, selected the winners, the honourable mentions and the shortlisted photographs. The said photographs will be exhibited in accordance with the terms of the competition and will be published on the commemorative catalogue to be printed.

Prizes

The prizes were granted to:

The 1^st prize was granted to Arpan Basu Chowdhury of India for the photograph titled “Amour Bonding”.

The 2^nd prize was granted to Soumyasikha Manna of India for the photograph titled “Now and Forever”.

The 3^rd prize was granted to Simos Charalambous of Cyprus for the photograph titled “Untitled”.

Honourable mentions

The Honourable mentions were awarded to:

Nicolas Georgiou of Cyprus for the photograph "Consciousness”,

Amitava Chandra of India for the photograph “Bonding the structure between past and future”,

Ramazan Cirakoglu of Turkey for the photograph “Little Cowboy”

In addition to the prizes and the honourable mentions the following photographs stood out and were selected for the commemorative book to be published and for the exhibition and relevant auction:

Opening – Award ceremony

The opening and award ceremony will take place on Friday the 3^rd of June 2022 at 7:30pm, at AKAMANTIS Business Center, 10 Egypt Street, 1097, Nicosia, Cyprus where the prizes will be awarded, in accordance with the governmental measures for Covid-19 pandemic. 

The following prizes will be awarded:

• 1^st prize €1000;
• 2^nd prize €500;
• 3^rd prize €250;
• Honourable Mentions. Relevant certificates will be awarded.

                      
The Philanthropic Character of the Photography Competition

The Competition has also a charitable purpose.

The proceeds from the event, as identified in the terms and conditions of the Competition which are found here, as well as a €500,00 donation by Kinanis Law Firm, will be donated to the charitable foundation, ”Iasoneio – Chromata Zois” https://www.facebook.com/iasoniochromatazois.

A commemorative book will be published containing the winners, the honourable mentions and the shortlisted photographs. The book will be sold at the price of €5 each, and all money collected from the sales will be donated to the non-profitable company charitable institution above indicated.

The aforesaid photographs will be exhibited for auction at Akamantis Business Centre, as from Friday 03/06/2022 to Saturday 18/06/2022 and will be eligible for acquisition by bidding process.

In addition to the exhibition, the photographs will also be available for bidding online at https://www.kinanis.com.

The starting bidding price for all photographs exhibited, will be €100 plus VAT.

The highest bidding price of each photograph which will be received by the end of the exhibition on 18/06/2022, will be the winning selling price of that photograph.

The final results of the competition and the amount donated will be audited by external auditors and published after the end of the event at the Kinanis LLC website.

Our Gratitude

We would like to thank and express our gratitude to the committee of judges, Christalla Kyriacou, BAA, MVA, Freelance Photographer, Lecturer, Giorgos Hadjipieris, Composer, Music Producer, Amateur Photographer, David Birkitt, CCO/Owner of DMB Group and Motherland, Giorgos Tsangaris, Graphic & Animation Artist, Film Curator, Animation Lecturer  and Christos Kinanis, Lawyer, Managing Partner at Kinanis Law Firm, who devoted their time, expertise and knowledge for the successful selection of the winning photographs, honourable mentions and shortlisted photographs, after a long and fruitful discussion and consideration.

We also express our gratitude and appreciation to our main sponsors, Messrs. VONPENDE HOLDINGS P.L.C., Akamantis Business Center and C. Efstathiou Audit Ltd for their generosity in supporting this event and its charitable purpose along with our firm.

A big thank you, to the employees of Kinanis LLC, who spent numerous hours to bring this event to success.

We also express our gratitude and respect to all the participants, winners or not, who took part to this charitable event whose participation made the event feasible, reminding also everyone the ancient maxim, «Ού το νικάν αλλά το εύ αγωνίζεσθαι».

We hope that all participants will also honour the 5^th Photography Competition 2023 which will be announced in due course.

We again thank you all for this wonderful journey!

Kinanis LLC
Lawyers’ Limited Company
12 Egypt Street, 1097, Nicosia
P.O. Box 22303, 1520 Nicosia, Cyprus
Tel: + 357 22 55 88 88 – Fax: + 357 22 66 25 00
E-mail: KinanisLLC@kinanis.com – Web site: www.kinanis.com