On the 24th of June 2009 the jury:
Anna Brzezinska – Editor-in-chief of the Polish Press Agency Photo Editorial Office
Wojciech Druszcz –Press Photo Club
Zbigniew Furman – Photographer
Witold Węgrzyn - Lecturer on Gdansk Academy of Arts
Wojciech Rzazewski – Manager of the daily newspaper Fakt Photo Department
has reviewed the sent works and decided on awarding the monetary awards and honourable mentions to the following authors:
Grand Prix – Renata Dabrowska, Lech Walesa during the Press conference on the Gdansk University on the occasion of the Polish Round Table Agreement anniversary
Category: Event
1st prize– Beata Kitowska, Celebrations of the 25th- anniversary of Lech Walesa receiving the Nobel Prize Award
Honourable mention – not awarded
Category: People
1st prize – Damian Kramski, Tczew. The portrait of the seniors taking part in the Miss and Mister of the golden age contest (photojournalism)
Honourable mention – Renata Dabrowska, Lech Walesa during the Press conference on the Gdansk University on the occasion of the Polish Round Table Agreement anniversary
Category: Life and the world around us
1st prize – Kacper Kowalski, The Island (photojournalism)
Honourable mention – Magdalena Ubysz, Members of the Gdansk ice-swimming club during the winter bath in the Baltic Sea (photojournalism)
Honourable mention – Kacper Kowalski, White-tailed Eagle
Category: Culture
1st prize – Adam Bogdan, Teatro Del Silencio. Feta Street Theatre Festival
Honourable mention – not awarded
Category: Sport
1st prize – Wojciech Figurski, Play off PLK Finals
Honourable mention – Rafal Malko, Polish Cup – Lotos Gdynia versus Wisla Krakow (photojournalism)
Category: Photography outside of the region
1st prize – Maciej Moskwa, Kurdistan - Pir Shaliar celebrations - (photojournalism)
Honourable mention – not awarded
The jury have selected for the exhibition the works of the following authors:
Lukasz Glowala, Marcin Kalinski, Tomasz Kaminski, Julia Malinowska, Barbara Ostrowska.
We wish to express our thanks to all the participants of the contest.
The jury and the organisers wish to thank the benefactors of the awards:
Jan Kozlowski - The marshal of the Pomerania Province,
Pawel Adamowicz – The president of Gdansk,
Wojciech Szczurek – The president of Gdynia,
Jacek Karnowski – The president of Sopot.
