2025 International Photography Exhibition award winners introduced

The 2025 International Photography Exhibition options 40 unique images taken abroad in 24 totally different international locations by 29 Ohio State college students, workers, college and alumni. Over 390 members of the campus group submitted greater than 785 images throughout three classes: People, Places and Arts & Culture. The exhibition features a numerous number of photos captured in Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Spain and Vietnam.

Alumnus Richard Michael Smith earned Best in Show for his “Juwiring Umbrella Painter” photographed whereas touring in Indonesia. WOSU workers member Ryan Staples earned First Place award within the People class for his portrait, “Cat Nap in Katmandu” captured in Nepal. Undergraduate pupil Ethan Liu was award Second Place for “Barred Light of Solace.” An worldwide graduate pupil from India, S. Snehil Pulluri earned Third Place within the People class for “Maintenance at Dusk.”

The high picture within the Places class was “Dutch Windmill” by alumna Linda Teufel. Second place went to “An Uncomfortable Perspective” by graduate pupil S. Snehil Pulluri. Captured by alumnus Shin Wong, “Fishing Village In Senja Island” was awarded Third Place within the Places class. 

Taken by a global graduate pupil from India,  “Absorbed in his art” earned the First Place award within the Arts & Culture class for Anuvab Sarkar. “Time and Tobacco” earned the Second Place award for alumnus John Butterfield. Jiazheng (Jayden) Zhu an undergraduate pupil from China received the Third Place award for “Circumambulate” within the Arts & Culture class.

The 40 photos chosen for the exhibit had been entered into an internet People’s Choice vote by the Office of International Affairs Facebook web page and Instagram feed. More than 4,300 votes had been solid and People’s Choice winners had been chosen by the general public in every class. Graduate pupil S. Snehil Pulluri’s picture “Maintenance at Dusk” was honored within the People class. Captured by Chinese graduate pupil Shaoru Cheng, “Sydney Opera House with a Crown” received the folks’s alternative honor within the Places class. “Absorbed in his art” earned the folks’s alternative award for graduate pupil Anuvab Sarkar in Arts & Culture.

The 29 exhibition photographers represented a cross-section of Buckeyes together with: eight undergraduate college students, three graduate college students, 9 workers members, one college member, and eight alumni. Not solely are the images worldwide, however lots of the photographers are as effectively. Twelve photographers are worldwide and hail from 5 international locations: Afghanistan, Canada, China, India and South Korea. Six of the photographers are from China.

Photographs within the exhibition had been first submitted in three classes to the International Photography Competition, an annual contest open to all members of the Ohio State group. As a part of the competitors, Ohio State Buckeyes from 41 international locations submitted images taken in 79 international locations. China topped the checklist with 68 worldwide photographers and 24 had been from India, greater than 200 photographers from the United States submitted photos.

The Places class had essentially the most complete submissions with 340 photographs entered. Over 215 images had been submitted within the People class and 227 photos within the Arts & Culture class.

The place winners and finest in present images had been chosen by a three-person judging panel of inventive Buckeyes together with college member Jonathan Combs-Schilling, workers member Corey Wilson and final yr’s Best in Show winner Jen Heaton. The judges honored one choice with the general Best in Show award and chosen first, second, and third place winners in every class. The judges additionally awarded honorable point out recognition to 30 images.

The 2025 International Photography Exhibition is on show within the Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise from November 3 – December 18, 2025. Open hours Monday-Wednesday, 2-5 p.m. and Friday, 3-5 p.m. The Barnett Center is positioned in Sullivant Hall at 1813 North High Street Columbus, OH 43210.

Organized yearly by the Office of International Affairs, the worldwide pictures competitors and exhibition has showcased Ohio State’s high worldwide pictures for greater than 20 years.