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Three Pakistani photographers are among the 15 international winners of
the Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 annual photography competition announced
on Thursday.
The world's largest photography competition has included Pakistani
photographers for the last two years.
This year, Wiki Loves Monuments drew 277,365 entries from 10,748
participants this year, the largest pool of submissions of any photo
competition.
10 photographs from Pakistan made their way to the international stage
of the competition. Pakistan had the seventh-largest number of
submissions and participants, with 370 participants who submitted 11,000
photographs.
The competition aims to improve illustrations in Wikipedia articles
about cultural and historically significant properties, and helps
preserve the world's cultural heritage sites by encouraging people to
take photographs and upload them to Wikipedia under a free license.
The winners of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 competition are below:
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District courthouse, Berlin
Ansgar Koreng, a lawyer by profession, studied the arches and staircases
of the Berlin district courthouse as he came and went for work, "not
always liking the place."
One afternoon, the crowds disappeared, the light from the towering
windows softened and captured its elaborate elegance. |
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Royal Albert Hall, London
Colin waited for the Open House London to photograph the Royal Albert
Hall.
He hauled a tripod to the central box of the grand tier and set to work
hoping the light wouldn’t change as he pieced together a high-resolution
composite image, giving music lovers a glowing view of the legendary
venue. |
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Perch Rock Lighthouse, UK
Richard J Smith, an amateur photographer, went back to the lighthouse,
the same spot where he kickstarted his hobby. |
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Castle of Torrechiara, Italy
Lara Zanarini photographed the hills of Emilia-Romagna in Italy which
are the home of the Castle of Torrechiara, seen here at sunset. |
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Arun temple, Thailand
Fifth place. The two mythical giant demons Thotsakan (left) and
Sahatsadecha (right) guard the Buddhist Wat Arun temple in Thailand. The
photographer journeyed to the temple waited for hours to take this shot
of the temple at twilight after a journey via the Chaopraya River. (Janepop
Atirattanachai).
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Pakistan Monument, Islamabad
Muhammad Ashar photographed the Pakistan Monument during the 'blue
hour'. The photographer traveled from Lahore to Islamabad to share this
view of Pakistan’s symbol of unity with the world.
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Presidential Palace, Brazil
Photographer Gastão Guedes took this photo "at the right place, at the
right moment". Many years of experience culminated in the photograph of
an illuminated Palanalto Palace at sunset.
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Bibi Jawindi tomb, Uch
Usama Shahid captured this photograph of the three-tiered octagonal Bibi
Jaiwindi shrine in Uch, which was built for the great granddaughter of a
Sufi saint in the 1400s. |
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St. Lawrence Church, Slovakia
User Volodka22 photographerd this 14th century church in Zliechov,
Slovakia amid fog, golden leaves and a wintery atmosphere.
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Derawar Fort, Bahawalpur
Tahsin Shah, a police chief, drove 500 kilometers pursuing the "romance
and decaying glory" of the ninth century Derawar Fort. He captured a
camel caravan strung along its bastions, a scene that could have taken
place 1,000 years ago, for tenth place.
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