ellesse announces the 4 winners of Sport and The City
13 October 2010
Earlier this summer ellesse launched 'Sport & The City' an online photographic competition supported by Lonely Planet.
The 'Sport & The City' competition aimed to document any sporting event that makes a city special. The competition lasted for 9 weeks over the course of which 9 interim prizes of digital cameras were awarded to the weeks most inspiring uploads.
The brief was to submit compelling images that truly captured the spirit and emotion of a city – based upon 3 fundamental principles - Sport, Style and Creativity. 700 images were uploaded to the gallery from 118 different countries.
Almost 40,000 votes were compiled and the 4 winners were eventually chosen by a judging panel, including travel expert Tom Hall from Lonely Planet.
The four winners are "The City That Never Sleeps" by Slond003 from New York, "Jump London" by LSPHOTO from the UK, "Street Football" by Kushel Gangopadhyay from India and "Slackline in Rio" by Igo Bione from Brazil. Of the winners Tom Hall from Lonely Planet commented:
"The London shot blew us all away, while the slackline walker summed up the playfulness of Rio's outdoor lifestyle. The street football in India felt like we'd just walked around the corner and tumbled across this wonderful scene. New York isn't always thought of as a cycling city, but the final shot we chose proved that its broad boulevards are great on two wheels. There were some very strong other contenders and picking the winners is never easy, but we're confident we've picked out some great shots."
The 4 winners are travelling to London, Barcelona, Rome or Athens whilst documenting their trip with a new DSLR Camera. They will all be commissioned to create a travel guide for their city which will be put together with Lonely Planet.
The final images along with the weekly winners are being showcased in an online gallery at: ellesse.com/sportandthecity
