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Photo Gallery

2011 Photo Contest: Winners and Finalists

On the other side of thinking “Bicycle parades can be seen in Sofia several times a year – while the city remains one of the least adapted for cyclists of all the European capitals. With high car accident rates, many traffic jams and little parking space in the city, the bicycle represents an alternative to the car.”
© Manol Donchev | Photo details
Mobile biogas stations go to Jailoo “A pilot mobile biogas power station with solar batteries, used for the production of fuel and warm water, to improve the living conditions of local farmers, is presented in a Jailoo – a high-mountain pasture 3000 metres above sea level. Kyrgyzstan, Don Alysh village.”
© Eleonora Kazakova | Photo details
Metro “The picture represents the construction of the Sofia subway. For decades the people of Sofia have faced difficulties in transportation. Due to the mass influx of citizens from all parts of Bulgaria to the capital, traffic jams have become part of everyday life. This image depicts the hope of the people in Sofia in the benefits of the subway.”
© Dimitar Petarchev | Photo details
Crossroads “The so-called 4-6 tram is one of the main and busiest arteries of Budapest's public transport system. It goes from Buda through downtown Pest and back to Buda again, transporting thousands of people from early morning until late into the night.”
© Zoltan Balogh | Photo details
Flight into the Future “When we learned that there was no wind generator in our region, we decided to draw and build one. This boy will grow up appreciating the value of preserving the environment, and developing clean energy technologies.” Kaluga region, Russia.
© Zlata Elbakyan | Photo details
Let the green transport emerge “This bike coming out of the water symbolizes the emergence of new environmentally-friendly ways of producing energy and transporting goods. This candid photograph underlines how urgent it is to fundamentally change collective and individual behaviours in terms of transportation in order to safeguard our future.”
© Nathan Grison | Photo details
With the might of the Wind “Once again, it is to nature that we entrust our hopes for life; we humans, are also the ones who destroy it …we bring together new and old knowledge and we create huge machines - mixtures of steel and mind - and we offer them as a gift to the wind. A secret conspiracy between man, god and machine. If you are lucky, you can for once in your life 'hear' their conversation.” Serres, Greece.
© Mihalis Konstantinidis | Photo details
Alternative energy (windmills) “Children try to draw attention to the problem of environmental safety and the use of alternative energy sources everywhere.” Armavir, Krasnodarsky Krai, Russia.
© Alexander Kovyazin | Photo details
Still biking “Bikes are in motion all around the world! Vintage meets new technology and until now, nothing has achieved as much perfection as a bicycle... It depends only on our will and effort to roll - and if we don't give up, bikes won’t either.”
© Helena Marina | Photo details
Healthy and sustainable transportation “Visitors are encouraged to bike around the beautiful scenery of the Norwegian fjords. The bike has become one of the most popular vehicles in the past few years, due to its healthy, efficient and environmentally friendly characteristics. Shifting from motors to bikes will result a more sustainable Earth.”
© Shen Jung Pai | Photo details
Solar energy “Solar panels at full performance, fully integrated into the landscape.” Barcelona, Spain.
© Maximo Panes Garcia | Photo details
Standstill “A traffic jam on London’s busy Whitehall brings everything to a standstill.”
© Alexander Semkin | Photo details
Tangled Wires “It was the first time I saw electrical wires set up and tangled like this.” Bucharest.
© Tatiana Stepanova | Photo details
Power lines “A surfer paddling by a wind farm, off Colwyn Bay, North Wales, United Kingdom. The perfect synergy of people power, eco energy and green transport.”
© Adrian Trendall | Photo details

This gallery exhibits the winners and finalists of the 2011 OSCE photo contest on the topic of sustainable energy and transport.

Date Date:
16 August 2011
Source Source:
OSCE Chairpersonship

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