June 26, 2018

Olympus Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18
Winners Announced
Olympus Corporation (President: Hiroyuki Sasa) is pleased to announce thewinners of the Olympus Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18.
Throughout our near 100-year history, Olympus has been recognized as a pioneer andinnovator focused on contributing to society by making people's lives healthier, safer, andmore fulfilling. In line with these contributions, this year’s Global Open Photo Contest
featured the following six categories related to Olympus’ corporate philosophy: Getting
Outside, Art, Power of Life, Light, Stories and Connections to Cherish. With the Olympus
Global Open Photo Contest, we aim to support the development and spread of photography.
All winning photos can be found on the official photo contest website. Visit the Winners
Announcement page to see which of over 150,000 entries were selected as winners:
https://goo.gl/ui8bZN
We thank all who participated and congratulate all winners.
This year’s winners are:

Grand Prize

Title: Not leave Me
Username: Myo ThetCountry: Myanmar
Category: Power of Life-1-Getting Outside
Category Winners:

Art Category Winners:

Power of Life
Category Winners:

1st Prize
1st Prize

1st Prize

Title: let it fly
Username:visarut_sankham
Country: Thailand

Title: The winds ofAegean Sea
Username: almoustrisCountry: Greece

2nd Prize

2nd Prize
Title: Maternidad
Username: Mick-Villa
Country: Argentina
2nd Prize

Title: Reflection jump
Username:
Noom_Prasert-001
Country: Thailand
3rd Prize
Title: 节节升高
Username: 东海 donghaiCountry: China

Title: The Happy Family
Username: sharkmaster
Country: Thailand
3rd Prize

3rd Prize

Title: Children Games
Username: Ahmad khaled
Country: Egypt

Title: magic situations
Username: fabiom
Country: Italy-2-Title: 아름다운 사람
Username: Homoludens
Country: Korea

Light Category
Winners:

Stories Category
Winners:

Connections to Cherish
Category Winners:

1st Prize

1st Prize

1st Prize

Title: 老酒坊
Username: kjyxh66666
Country: China

Title: salt
Username: giancarlolepore
Country: Italy

2nd Prize

2nd Prize

Title: 火把之夜

Title: **Username: Alexandr
Country: RussianFederation
2nd Prize

Username: 天空
Country: China

Title: Sky full of jeans
Username: jmjoydeepCountry: India

3rd Prize

3rd Prize

Title: Conversation
Username: Ben SeahCountry: Singapore3rd Prize

Title: walk on the light
Username: fabio1962
Country: Italy

Title: Cherished
MomentUsername: rjhay22
Country: United States ofAmerica

Title: WATERLOGGINGFOOTBALL
Username: CHINMOY BISWASCountry: India-3-Judges:
Alexander Hahn

Kim Lau

Tracie Maglosky

Silvijo Selman

Tetsuro Shimizu

Supasit Srisawathsak

Prizes:・Grand Prize
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II + M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO + 1,000,000 Japanese Yen
・Category Winners (1st Prize to 3rd Prize winners and 10 runners-up are selected for each category)
1st Prize：Olympus PEN-F + M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm F2.0
2nd Prize：Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ
3rd Prize：Olympus PEN E-PL8 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ
Runners-up: Moleskine Custom Edition Hardcover Notebook

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