The competition was organized by “Nowiny Jeleniogórskie” and the Nowiny Jeleniogórskie Foundation, in cooperation with a number of institutions involved in promoting our region. Partners and prize sponsors included the Karkonosze National Park, Hotel Kryształ and the Municipality of Szklarska Poręba, as well as the Jeleniogórska Strefa Fotografii Association, Samotnia Mountain Shelter in the Karkonosze, the Spirit of the Mountains Partnership LGD Association and the C.K. Norwid Theatre in Jelenia Góra.

Interest in the competition was considerable: the 34 photographers qualified for the competition submitted a total of 135 works. The standard of the photographs was very high, as can be seen in the post-competition exhibition. The photographs include landscapes of Szklarska Poręba and its immediate surroundings.

The winners were congratulated and presented with their prizes by the editor-in-chief of “Nowiny Jeleniogórskie,” Andrzej Buda; the mayor of Szklarska Poręba, Grzegorz Sokoliński; deputy director of KPN, Przemysław Tołoknow; president of the Jeleniogórska Strefa Fotografii Association, Dariusz Goetze; head of Galeria Skene, Janusz Jaremen; and the host of the ceremony, president of the Nowiny Jeleniogórskie Foundation, Daniel Antosik.

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The winning works are:

  • First prize: Anna Więckowska “Śnieżne Kotły,” June 2014.
  • Second prize: Artur Menażyk “Autumn Gold of the Spirit of the Mountains” (set of photographs), Izera Mountains – Karkonosze, October 2013.
  • Third prize: Izabela Opala “Rudawy Janowickie,” September 2014.
  • Fourth prize: Cezary Jackowski “Podgórna Waterfall,” Przesieka, September 20, 2014.
  • Fifth prize: Ryszard Literacki “Śnieżka from My Window,” Jelenia Góra, May 30, 2014.
  • special prize: Stefania Kędzior “Skiing in Retirement,” Karpacz, July 19, 2014.
  • special prize: Paweł Jonczyk “Rest, Lala,” Izera Mountains – Kamienicki Ridge, September 28, 2014.
  • special prize: Aleksandra Michalska “A Close Encounter with the Spirit of the Mountains at Chojnik,” Chojnik Castle, August 20, 2014.
  • honorable mention: Tomasz Ujma “Frost in the Tunnel,” railway tunnel in Kowary, January 2014.
  • honorable mention: Jerzy Zając “Castle of the Spirit of the Mountains,” Karkonosze, 2013.
  • honorable mention: Grzegorz Truchanowicz “Silken Ribbons,” Kowary-Karpacz, August 13–15, 2014.

The winning photographs are available on the Szklarska Poręba municipal office website.

www.szklarskaporeba.pl/ii