Korea Railroad Announces 45 Winning Entries of the 'Railway Photo Contest'

‘Snowstorm Blowing’ by Yoo Young-bok, winner of the Gold Prize at the '2022 Railroad Photography Contest'. Provided by Korea Railroad Corporation

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) announced the selection of 45 outstanding works in the ‘2022 Railroad Photo Contest’ on the 13th.

Now in its 13th year, this contest is held annually by soliciting photos featuring railroads in different seasons and selecting outstanding works.

This year’s grand prize went to Yu Young-bok’s ‘Snowstorm Blowing.’ This work is praised for realistically capturing the dynamic movement of the KTX-Eum speeding through the snow near Pyeongchang Station on the KTX Gangneung Line.

The silver prize was jointly awarded to Byun Yang-ok’s ‘Silver Grass Field Mugunghwa’ capturing the Mugunghwa train passing against the backdrop of sunrise and silver grass fields on the Donghae Nambu Line, and Lee Chang-yong’s ‘The End and Beginning of a Journey’ which conveys the excitement of a night train trip on the platform at Busan Station.

Provided by Korea Railroad Corporation

KORAIL awards 2 million won to the grand prize winner, 1 million won to the silver prize winners, totaling 13 million won in prize money. Additionally, six major awardees receive commendations from the President of Korea Railroad.

A total of 910 works were submitted to the contest, and KORAIL formed an external judging panel to evaluate the entries.

All winning works can be viewed on the Korea Railroad website, KTX onboard videos, KORAIL TV, and the KORAIL blog.

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