One additional news update from the first day of CPOY judging:
Mohammadreza Soltani won an Award of Excellence in the Portrait Category.
Picture by Mohammadreza Soltani.
The picture of an elderly Arab woman who takes a cooling bath was the subject of a long discussion in the jury about the use of photoshop and desaturation. You can hear the debate approx. 42 minutes into the screencast.
Mohammadreza Soltani from Iran is currently studying at our photo1 programme.