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Singapore Garden Photographer of the Year 2017 photo competition
The Singapore Garden Photographer of the Year (SGPY), a year-long national photo competition, aims to create a greater appreciation and awareness of our natural heritage through the lens of the community. It was first launched in 2014 in celebration of Singapore’s 50th birthday.
The SGPY 2017 photo competition was officially launched on 29 November 2016 and invited participants to submit photographs of what they think best represents three themes – “Gardens and Landscapes”, “People and Nature” and “Our BiodiverCITY”. The competition features an open category and Instagram category. For the open category, a maximum of 10 photographs per theme is allowed for each participant. For the Instagram category, there is no limit on the number of entries that can be submitted.
Theme 1 (Gardens and Landscapes) and Theme 2 (People and Nature) attracted more than 8,000 entries in total. Theme 3 (Our BiodiverCITY) and Theme 3A – Marine Biodiversity (Our BiodiverCity) of the competition are currently ongoing and will close on 23 August 2017.
Participants compete for cash and camera prizes worth about $30,000. The top three winners will receive $4,500 worth of cash prizes and Nikon cameras. There will also be eight merit prizes worth $250 each and 10 Instagram prizes worth about $100 each. A special prize will be awarded to the photograph that best exemplifies what it means to be living in a City in a Garden. The winner will receive $1,000 cash and a guided walk for two to the Sisters’ Islands Marine Park.
The competition’s presenting sponsor is City Developments Limited (CDL), supported by Nikon and the Photographic Society of Singapore (PSS).
For more information on the competition, visit www.nparks.gov.sg/sgpy
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Winners of Theme 1 (Gardens and Landscapes)
Open Category - First Prize Ong Yi Chao “Our Garden City Telok Ayer Green”
Open Category - Second Prize Koh Meng Hua “Landscape Design @ D-Skyville at Dawson”
Open Category - Third Prize Tan Yong Lin “Misty Evenings Punggol Waterway Park”
Open Category - Merit Prizes Chiang Shun Jie Jonathan “Undertale, Punggol Park Connector”
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Chris Ang Seow Peng “Sunrise Sungei Buloh”
Wong Chek Poh “Sunset Lower Peirce Reservoir”
Thigh Wanna “Green Field Pasir Ris Park”
Lee Kang Jun “The Climber Moment MacRitchie Reservoir”
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Guo Chang Ming “Heaven to Earth Marine Barrage”
Andrew Bi “The Fort Canning Light House”
Tee Shu Zie “Other Half, Xiao Gui Lin”
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Winners of Theme 2 (People and Nature)
Open Category - First Prize Peh Siong San “Into the Light Kampong Trail”
Open Category - Second Prize David Ng Soon Thong “Relaxing in the Park in front of Asian Civilisation Museum”
Open Category - Third Prize Phang Mong Whye “Kayaking MacRitchie Reservoir”
Open Category - Merit Prizes George Tay Meng Tark “You Never Walk Alone”
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Ahmad Iskandar Bin Abdullah “Tranquility MacRitchie Reservoir”
Daniel Lim “Top of the World Pulau Ubin”
Lai Junyang Benjamin “This is how to fly!”
Ong Yi Chao “Wonderful Bubbles!”
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Mai Hung Son “Good Morning Singapore”
Yap Kai Lin Kathleen “Relaxing in nature”
Chong Yoke Chooi “Health is wealth, Chinese Garden”
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Special Category – Fort Canning Park (People and Nature)
This year, we introduced a Special Category – Fort Canning Park (People and Nature), supported by partners from Fort Canning Park. Under this category, participants submitted photographs that depict activities at Fort Canning Park.
Winners
First Prize Ong Yi Chao “Yoga at Fort Canning Park”
Second Prize Michele Rossi “Children Swing”
Third Prize Ahmad Iskandar bin Abdullah “Bonding with Nature”
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