Sensing the world around you

Sucheta Das, International

2013 marked the ninth edition of Metro Photo Challenge, and we were incredibly excited about letting the world loose on this editions topic. For 2013, we asked our read-ers to capture more of a process than a thing. A process both they and their camera have a lot of experience with: sensing the world around them.

We know the camera is an expert at sensing and recording visual phenomena, but how did the participants persuade it to capture other stimuli, like taste and touch?

So it’s with great gratitude and a truly honour to be able to present this fine selection of some of the best photos sub-mitted in the six categories: Hearing, Sight, The Six Sense, Smell, Taste and Touch. With more than 120.000 images submitted by 39.000 participants in 203 countries, Metro Photo Challenge continues as the world’s largest photo competition.

A great thanks to all sponsors, partners and jury members for making Metro Photo Challenge 2013 an incredible suc-cess.

See you all for the 10th edition anniversary of Metro Photo Challenge in autumn 2014!

Capturethe human senses

HearingOur senses of hearing and sight are closely linked.

Visual clues help us understand what we hear people say to us, and soundtracks and other types of auditory stimuli enhance the way we experience visual input. But what about hearing alone? and the sounds we hear? Can these phenomena be expressed in

a photograph?

We often hear thunder – or maybe that eerie silence – before we see the storm. and we live in a world of sounds that

send all kinds of signals to us. every hour of every day.

Ana Cecilia Armejo, Peru

Oleksandr Svysunov, Russia

Juaeliton Campos, Brazil

Eva-Maria Steger, Portugal

Ricardo Biserra, Brazil

Saumalya Ghosh, USA

Gui Lopes, Brazil

Tara Lowry, Canada

Esthefania Bedoya, International

Peter Leone, Brazil

Pascal Deruyck, Belgium

Dignitas, International

Thijs Brienen, Netherlands

Noora Eronen, Belgium

Marcel Jirásek, Czech Republic

Felipe Sant Ana Pereira, Brazil

Fokje Otter, Netherlands

Stephan Lemay, French Canada

Chris Stephens, Sweden

Felipe Valduga, USA

Armando Serralde, Mexico

Dimas Oliveira, Brazil

Roy Fochtman, International

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SigHTOf course you can take pictures of things

– asking your camera to act as a third eye that records the things you see. But can you photograph the seeing itself? and if so, how would you do it? is our sense of sight about our own physio-

logy? The way our eyes and mind deal with visual input? Or is it a form of ne-

gotiation between the thing we see and the way we see it? Do our eyes even have to be involved? They’re not when we see

things in dreams, are they?

Jan Mohammad Shaikh, International

Erdõs Júlia, Hungary

Amélie Legrand, France

Алексей Ханыков, Russia

Sudipto Das, International

Simon Victor, Sweden

Karine Gazaryan, Russia

Gerardo Torres, Chile

Kanehun Kane, Hong Kong

Valkó Dávid, Hungary

Abílio Silveira, Portugal

Mario Cucchi, International

Felicia Simion, Canada

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Carlos Rosas, International

Ilyas Essadek, Belgium

Sandip Das, USA

Mounir Rabhi Hallner, Sweden

Cristian Cadiz Contreras, Chile

Renata Maranhäo, Brazil

Mila Ivanova, International

Majed Alfaraj, USA

Johan Persson, Sweden

Bruno Gomes, Brazil

Martin Martel, French Canada

Lia Marmelstein, International

SiXTH SenSenobody knows what the sixth sense is but you. is it a premonition

that something is about to happen? Or is it the return of a loved one to haunt your dreams – or daydreams? is it déjà vu? is it an out-of-body experience? is it visual, auditory, tactile…?

Or is it beyond ordinary sensory perception – that gnawing sensation in the pit of your stomach?

The deeply personal nature of the sixth sense makes this theme the most challenging of all this year. You’re on your own. You

and your camera. and – for this theme alone and only if you wish – your retouching and advanced editing skills.

Tani Pilz, International

Юлия Напольская, Russia

Юлия Напольская, Russia

Evgeny Matveev, Russia

Tóth Zoltán, Hungary

Natan Bolckmans, Belgium

Lukas Marcel, Colombia

Ana Lígia, Brazil

Maja Topagic, International

Olof Holm, Sweden

David Mauquoy, Belgium

Carlos Pinho, France

Tania Volobueva, Russia

Alexey Mikhaylov, Russia

Federico Ariu, Belgium Sebastián Aliaga Mena, Peru

Dominika Wypych, Sweden

Dongjoo Artursson, Sweden

Audré Kieffer, French Canada

Юлия Напольская, Russia

Desiree Meijer, Netherlands

Colin Pauwels, Belgium

Raphael Alves, Brazil

Gaëtan Chekaiban, France

Sára Révai, Hungary

Audré Kieffer, French Canada

Dmitri Maruta, Russia

Denise Abbade Miller da Silva, International

SMeLLa rose smells like a rose, but what does that smell like? Just abst-ractly? Translated into another sense? Can your camera capture the scent of a rose? Or of anything else? are some scents easier to capture visually than others? and when, where and how do

scents leave their traces?

Perhaps it would make more sense – to you – to explore the act of smelling. The practice of the sense. Who engages in it? People, to be sure, but people as cultured beings – or as the human ani-

mal? Or maybe just plain animals.

Hans Bornfalk, Sweden

Juha Lampinen, Finland

Adriana Garcia Assis, Portugal

Octavio Benalcazar Rivera, Ecuador

Thais Buarque, Brazil

Francesco Grillo, Italy

Ciaran Butler, International

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Sudipto Das, International

Garamvári Gábor, Netherlands

Jossefien Mongaré, Belgium

TaSTeWhat does taste look like? is it in colour or black and white?

Do different tastes have different colours or shades of grey? and where does a taste actually reside? is it in the thing that tastes? Or is it inside you, only coming to life when you taste something

that tastes? good or bad. Pure or more diffuse.

Can a taste sound like anything? Can you feel a taste? and is it possible to imagine a world without taste? if so, what would life be like? Surely less interesting – but different in other ways too? is taste only about pleasure or displeasure? Or does our sense of

taste serve other, less obvious purposes?

Audré Kieffer, French Canada

Anderson, Brazil

Helga Boom, Belgium

Thiago Lontra, Brazil Rodrigo Corona, Mexico

David Bermúdez Medina, Colombia

Jim Henderson, Canada

Marcelo Teixeira, Brazil

Virginia Yunes, Brazil

Ирина Козороr, Russia

Leo Vainio, Finland

Dennis Keizer, Netherlands

Salym Fayad, Colombia

Tomás Svoboda, Czech Republic

Gabriel Pérez, Mexico

Nagy Antal Balázs, Hungary

Isabelle Theiller, France

Kicia Randagia, Italy

Charlotte Valerie Feijen, Netherlands

Petr Žižák, Czech Republic

Cathy Björk, Sweden

Kurt Drubbel, Belgium

Natasha Mota, Brazil

J.C. Celmer, Brazil

Guillaume Marlin, France Martina Gebarovska, Czech Republic

Audrey Dubé, French Canada

TOUCHClose your eyes and touch something near you – your phone, a pen, your own shoe, maybe. Can you describe it in visual terms? Sure, you could trace its outline and probably even draw it. But

what about the way it feels to the skin? Soft, steely, clammy, rough, porous, wet… Can you capture tactile sensations with your

camera, and express them in purely visual terms?

Or do we really have to portray a touch to communicate this human sense visually? a tickling feather. Toes in the sand.

a paper cut. The first caress.

Santhosh Kumar, USA

Shanna Maassen, Netherlands

Emmy Persson, Sweden

Maurice Spees, International

Pedro Nunes Siqueira, Brazil

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Adrienn Józan, Hungary

Tamás Berki, Hungary

Daniel Rosero, Ecuador

Frank Joe Hansen, International

Gianfranco Zanobini, Peru

Antoine De Winter, Belgium

Tamás Gillicze, Hungary

Javier Rincon, Guatemala

Daniel Ponce de Leon, Sweden

Raquel Huijgen, Netherlands

Júlio Matheus, Brazil

Maciej Makowski, International

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reach for Change invests in social entrepre-neurs with ideas for improving the lives of children. Through our work in 2013, we im-proved the lives of over 1 million kids across the globe.

in order to identify the challenges we collecti-vely face, we strive to see and understand the world from a child’s perspective and listen to children’s stories. each and every one of these amazing photos of children that was submit-ted during Metro Photo Challenge 2013 tells a powerful story. We believe it’s our responsibi-lity to listen to them.

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Credits

Photographers

Abílio SilveiraAdriana Garcia AssisAdrienn JózanAle SilvaAle ViannaAlexey MikhaylovAlexis RobitailleAmélie LegrandAna Cecilia ArmejoAna LígiaAnderson AugustoAnderson FagundesAndres David Jaramillo LafuenteAntoine De WinterArianna van der VeenArmando SerraldeAudré KiefferAudré KiefferAudré KiefferAudrey DubéBruno GomesCarlos PinhoCarlos RosasCathy BjörkCharlotte Valerie FeijenChris StephensCiaran ButlerColin PauwelsCristian Cadiz ContrerasCyril Blanchard (Cover)

Daniel Ponce de LeonDaniel RoseroDavid Bermúdez MedianDavid MauquoyDenise Abbade Miller da SilvaDennis KeizerDesiree MeijerDignitasDimas OliveiraDmitri MarutaDominika WypychDongjoo ArturssonDongjoo ArturssonElena KuznetsovaEmmy PerssonErdõs júliaEsthefania BedoyaEva-Maria StegerEvgeny MatveevFederico AriuFelicia SimionFelipe Sant Ana PereiraFelipe ValdugaFokje OtterFrancesco GrilloFrank Joe HansenGaál BenjáminGabriel PérezGaëtan ChekaibanGaramvári GáborGerardo Torres

Gianfranco ZanobiniGui LopesGuillaume MarlinHans BornfalkHelga BoomIlyas EssadekIsabelle TheillerJ.C. CelmerJan Mohammad ShaikhJavier Rincon,Jim HendersonJohan PerssonJossefien MongaréJózsef VavreczkyJuaeliton CamposJuha LampinenJúlio MatheusKanehun KaneKarine GazaryanKicia RandagiaKurt DrubbelLeo VainioLia MarmelsteinLukas MarcelMaciej MakowskiMaja TopcagicMajed AlfarajManon Van WezenbeekMarcel JirásekMarcel van BalkenMarcelo Teixeira

Marcio FabianMario CucchiMario DiasMartin Martel Martina GebarovskaMaurice SpeesMila IvanovaMounir Rabhi HallnerNagy Antal BalázsNatan BolckmansNatasha MotaNoora EronenOctavio Benalcazar RiveraOleksandr SvysunovOlof HolmPascal DeruyckPedro Nunes SiqueiraPeter Leone,Petr ŽižákRaphael AlvesRaphael AlvesRaquel HuijgenRaquel HuijgenRaquel HuijgenRegien PaassenRenata MaranhãoRicardo BiserraRicky SiegersRodrigo CoronaRosane MottaRoy Fochtman

Salym FayadSandip DasSanthosh KumarSára RévaiSara VertanenSaumalya GhoshSebastián Aliaga MenaShanna MaassenSimon VictorSofia ÖrbergStephan LemaySucheta DasSudipto DasSudipto Das Tamás BerkiTamás GilliczeTani PilzTania VolobuevaTara LowryThais BuarqueThiago LontraThijs BrienenTomás SvobodaTóth ZoltánTwan ZijlstraValkó DávidVirginia YunesАлексей ХаныковИрина КозороrЮлия НапольскаяЮлия Напольская

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Publisher: Metro InternationalCover photo: Cyril Blanchard, France, Metro Photo Challenge 2013Production and layout: Emilie Rud, Metro International | Johanna Runebjörk, Metro InternationalPartners: Reach for Change and Colourbox

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