Filipino Marianne Nill Wins Sony Ericsson’s World View 2008 Expert Choice Award

Filipino Marianne Nill Wins Sony Ericsson�s World View 2008 Expert Choice Award

Marriane Nill from the Philippines has won the ‘Expert’s Choice Award’ of Sony Ericsson’s World View 2008 camera phone photo contest. Her picture of her newborn godson flashing the V-peace sign won for her a photography trip for two worth £10,000 or about $14,800.

This year’s camera phone photo competition received 64,905 entries from 27 countries. Gisela Cañete from Argentina was named as the winner of the “The People’s Choice Award”.

World View 2009 will commence in the first half of 2009. Dates and timings will be announced in Q1 2009. Entries must be taken / made from a mobile camera phone; no DSLRs, no compact cameras.

[Site: Sony Ericsson]

Published by Chris Malinao

Chris teaches Lightroom as workflow software to photography students at the FPPF, Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation. He also teaches smartphone photography.