CSIS Photography Competition

Press Release:

The Container Shipping Information Service (CSIS) has announced that Andrew Sassoli-Walker, from Southampton, UK, is the winner of its global photography competition.

Launched in August, and entitled ‘The box that changed our lives’, the competition was aimed at amateur or ‘have-a-go’ photographers, and was designed to raise awareness of the enormous benefit - usually unrecognised - that container shipping has on our lives. To enter the competition, applicants were asked to email unusual or creative pictures of container boxes.

The winning entry and the two runners up were picked by a panel of judges, including US-based professional photographer Nick Souza and CEO of Maersk Line, Mr. Eivind Kolding.  The two runners up were Danny Cornelissen from Rozenberg, Netherlands and Matthew Gudenius from Napa, California, USA.

Nick Souza said: “We received a number of high quality entries but Andrew’s skillful entry captured a perspective that we rarely see - containers caught in a lightning storm.  This type of shot is extremely rare as it’s almost impossible to determine the exact moment when the lightning will strike.  The colours and natural effects captured in the shot were exceptional.”
 
He continues, “Container shipping affects every single one of us. We might think that they are boring steel boxes, but this competition has shown them in a new light and exposed the variety of places, climates and uses that they are put through.”

The winning entries and a selection of other entries can be viewed by logging onto the Ship and Sandboxes website.