Mumbai: The picture which captured cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar taking his final walk from his dressing room to the crease to play his last Test match was given the ‘Picture of the Year award 2013’ on Wednesday.
The photograph was clicked by 41-year-old photojournalist Atul Kamble and was published in Mid Day. The Mumbai journalist bagged the award at the fourth MFI-Yes Bank National Press Photo Contest 2014.
The Mumbai photojournalist clicked the historic moment in November 2013 when the master blaster played his final Test innings and his fans enthusiastically jostled to capture it.
The picture was unanimously selected as the winner from over 8,000 images submitted by more than 240 photojournalists across India, making Kamble win prize money of Rs.75, 000. The picture was also judged the best in the sports category. The awards ceremony will be held in New Delhi next month.
Here is the list of 22 other photojournalists, who won prizes in six categories:
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Spot News – First Prize: Raju Shinde/Mumbai Mirror, Second: Ravi Sahani/Freelancer, and Third: Manvender Vashist/PTI.
General News – Ronny Sen/Freelancer, Raul Irani/OPEN magazine and Vijayanand Gupta/Hindustan Times, Honourable Mention – Arindam Dey/Agence France Presse
Daily Life – Anindito Mukherjee/Thomson Reuters, Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press and Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency, Honourable Mention – Sanjeev Syal/Freelancer.
Arts and Culture – Second Prize to Raj K. Raj/Hindustan Times, Third Prize to K.R. Deepak/The Hindu, Honourable Mention – Ajit Solanki/Associated Press.
Sports – Atul Kamble/Mid Day, Amit Chakravarty/Indian Express and Divyakant Solanki/European Pressphoto Agency, Honorable Mention – Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times.
Best Photo Story – Harikrishna Katragadda/Fountain Ink, Abhijit Patil/Freelancer and A. Raja Chidambaram/The New Indian Express, Honorable Mention – Subrata Biswas/Hindustan Times.
The jury comprised Pablo Batholomew, Arko Datta and Rafeeq Ellias and the awards were announced in the presence of Yes Bank CEO and managing director Rana Kapoor here Wednesday evening.
They will be awarded cash prizes of Rs.50, 000, Rs.30,000 and Rs.20,000.