APO Productivity Photo Contest 2010
Announcing the winners!
November 2010 (Tokyo, Japan)

Thanks to all who sent in their best shots to the APO 2010 Photo Contest.

Launched in 2001 as part of the APO’s 40th anniversary celebrations, the biennial APO Photo Contest has received thousands of images captured in member countries, each illustrating efforts related to productivity.

Judging of the 2010 contest took place at the Secretariat on 7 October. This year, the preliminary judging was done by photography experts Chikako Yatabe, former Associated Press Regional Photo Editor, Asia, and Seiji Nomura, Sankei Shimbun Photo Editor/Photographer. Yatabe and Nomura carefully reviewed each of the 813 images that had been received, commenting appreciatively as they circled the Secretariat conference room where all the prints had been hung.

After the preliminary selections had been made, the final judging took place, assisted by Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission Singtong Lapisatepun of the Embassy of Thailand and APO Secretary-General Ryuichiro Yamazaki.

List of winners (click here to view the 2010 photo gallery)

Gold Prize	Gift from the Sea, Dang Thi Huong Hoa (Vietnam)
Silver Prize	Fishing at Dawn, Yutapond Siriwikul (Thailand) Salt Farmers in Hon Khoi, Ngo Duc Can (Vietnam)
Bronze Prize	Dressed Up with Gadgets, Nguyen Tran Hung (Vietnam) Planting Season, Osamu Takeda (Japan) Sky Lanterns Afloat, Pongnathee Pookung (Thailand)
Merit Prize	Life, Arun Mondhe (India) Studying for Tomorrow, Gregorio B. Dantes Jr. (Philippines) On the Way to Market, Arun Mondhe (India) Geometry of the Light, Subodh Natu (India) The Rewarding Gift, Nguyen Ngoc Hai (Vietnam)

		See the winning images from previous contests