RongRong & Inri honored with 2016 Sony World Photography Award for Outstanding Contribution
RongRong & Inri, a talented artistic duo with Chinese and Japanese roots, have been awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Photography for the 2016 Sony World Photography Award. This prestigious competition, organized annually by the World Photography Organisation, will celebrate their achievement at an event on April 21 at Somerset House in London. Following the ceremony, an exhibition showcasing their previous and current works, along with other nominees, will run from April 22 to May 8 at the same venue. Since starting their collaboration in 2000, they have produced notable series like Mt. Fuji, In Nature, and Tsumari Story. They also run the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, established in 2007 in Beijing, which was China’s first private non-profit gallery focused on photography and video art.
Key facts
- RongRong & Inri received the 2016 Sony World Photography Award for Outstanding Contribution to Photography
- The award ceremony is scheduled for 21 April at Somerset House in London
- An exhibition of their works will be held from 22 April to 8 May at Somerset House
- The artists have collaborated since 2000
- They direct the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, founded in 2007
- The centre's Beijing location is in the Caochangdi art district in a building designed by Ai Weiwei
- A second branch opened in Xiamen in 2015
- Previous award recipients include Eve Arnold, William Klein, Marc Riboud, William Eggleston, and Phil Stern
Entities
Artists
- RongRong
- Inri
- Ai Weiwei
- Eve Arnold
- William Klein
- Marc Riboud
- William Eggleston
- Phil Stern
Institutions
- World Photography Organisation
- Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
- Sony World Photography Award
Locations
- Beijing
- China
- Kyoto
- Japan
- London
- United Kingdom
- Somerset House
- Caochangdi
- Xiamen