Seodaemun-gu Digital Photo Contest Best Work?... 'Ansan Bongsudae Night View'

Announcement of Winners for the 5th Cultural City Seodaemun Digital Photo Contest... Among 365 Entries, Best Award (1), Excellence Awards (2), Encouragement Awards (3), and Honorable Mentions (10) Selected... 'Night View of Ansan Bongsudae' Wins Best Award, 'Lovers in the Rain' and Others Selected as Excellence Awards

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) has selected the winners of the "5th Cultural City Seodaemun Digital Photography Contest."

The district held a photography contest open to everyone from July to August to widely promote the area's beautiful cityscapes, natural scenery, landmarks, and cultural events.

As a result, a total of 365 works were submitted. After the first preliminary screening last month, the second online screening, and the final judging involving university professors, the winning works were chosen.

The grand prize was awarded to the work titled "Night View of Ansan Bongsudae," which captured the cityscape from Ansan (鞍山) in Seodaemun-gu.

The excellence awards went to "Lovers in the Rain," depicting hikers walking along the Metasequoia forest trail on the slopes of Ansan (鞍山), and "Bulkwangcheon after the Rain," which captured a beautiful stream with Bukhansan Mountain and fluffy clouds in the background.

"Dinosaur Wearing a Mask and a Woman," showing a dinosaur sculpture in front of the Seodaemun Natural History Museum wearing a mask; "My Hometown...," capturing children playing in the Hongjecheon Stream; and "Hongjecheon with Water Mist," depicting a landscape where fog and the stream blend, were selected as encouragement award winners.

Additionally, ten works including "Night View of Sinchon," "Autumn at Seodaemun Independence Park," and "Seodaemun Dressed in Sunset" were chosen as honorable mentions. Winners will receive certificates and a modest prize money. The district plans to exhibit the 16 winning works in the first-floor lobby of the district office from the 19th to the 23rd of this month and use them for future district promotion.

A district official stated, "Despite many festivals and cultural events not being held due to the novel coronavirus infection, the response to this digital photography contest was great, with nearly twice as many participants and submissions compared to last year, and the quality of the works was also high."

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