The first Berlin race: six themes, eighteen photographs, an exhibition at the Wale Cafe, and Philipp Wolfart at the top of a podium he would return to.
The first Berlin edition of the Urban Photo Race ended the way the race always ends: with the photographs on a wall. The exhibition at the Wale Cafe brought the participants back together a few weeks after race day, and the results were read out there.
Six themes were revealed during the day: Personal Ritual, Behind, Sounds of the city, Balance, Wrinkles and Experience. Three photographs per theme, eighteen in total, and the jury scored the body of work as well as each series.
The team thanked everyone who took part and everyone who helped, on the day of the race and on the day of the exhibition. A group effort, in their words, in which everyone did their part.
The series
Philipp Wolfart
1st place
Personal Ritual
Theme 1
Behind
Theme 2 · Best Theme
Sounds of the city
Theme 3
Balance
Theme 4
Alan Disiro
2nd place
Personal Ritual
Theme 1
Behind
Theme 2
Sounds of the city
Theme 3
Balance
Theme 4 · Best Theme
Shuying Lin
3rd place
Personal Ritual
Theme 1
Behind
Theme 2
Sounds of the city
Theme 3 · Best Theme
Balance
Theme 4
Andrew Kirkwood
Wrinkles
Theme 5 · Best Theme
Claudia Steinau
Personal Ritual
Theme 1 · Best Theme
Claudio Cicali
Experience
Theme 6 · Best Theme
What the winners take home, announced with the results.
Best Photographer
- 1st placeBest Photographer
Six themes
- Each themeSix themesPersonal Ritual · Behind · Sounds of the city · Balance · Wrinkles · Experience.
Theme winners
- Each themeTheme winnersPersonal Ritual, Claudia Steinau · Behind, Philipp Wolfart · Sounds of the city, Shuying Lin · Balance, Alan Disiro · Wrinkles, Andrew Kirkwood · Experience, Claudio Cicali. Each theme winner received a UPR world ticket.