Six photo-enthusiasts win big with the Cinnamon Sri Lanka Photo Contest 2017
View(s):Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts announced the winners of the ‘Cinnamon Sri Lanka Photo Contest 2017’, a signature event that was held to celebrate the best photography and videography captured in Sri Lanka. A total of six winners out of 1280 participants, who submitted nearly 5780 entries, were selected from a cross-section of categories as part of the annual online competition.
Raveendra Siriwardene, won the overall grand prize and the ‘Sri Lanka Tourism Photography’ award, and he emerged victorious in the ‘Sri Lanka Tourism Nature, Wildlife & Marine Photography’ category. The ‘Sri Lanka Tourism Landscapes and Cityscapes Photography’ award was won by Chamika Janith Perera and the ‘Sri Lanka Tourism Interiors Photography’ award was bagged by Kaveen Jayawardena.
The ‘Culture & People Award by Mobitel’ was won by Shehan Trek, whilst the awards for categories such as ‘Sri Lanka Tourism Activity and Adventure’ & the ‘Photo-Essay’ were won by Yamuni Perera and Riddhi Parekh, respectively. As the winner of the grand prize, Raveendra will also receive the title of ‘Cinnamon Photographer of the Year’ along with a cash prize of USD 5000, international media exposure, a six-page spread in the Cinnamon Magazine and an all-expense paid curated photography tour around Sri Lanka.
Cash prizes of USD 500 will be given to the winners of each individual category.
