Beloved Kaarina Photo competition was held in the winter of 2020, with 163 photos taken. In the competition’s final people voted for their favorites.We warmly thank all the photographers and voters! Now is the time to announce the winners.
Beloved Kaarina Photo competition has been organized by Know Your Hoods, The City of Kaarina, Kaarinan Kehitys Oy and a local newspaper Kaarina-lehti. The competition has run weekly during the spring 2020.
We accepted photos taken from Kaarina and following our weekly themes which were (1) natural environment (2) modern and historical Kaarina and (3) the lives of people of Kaarina. People participated with 163 photos taken all over Kaarina and the most popular sceneries were found in Littoinen, Voivala, Kuusisto and Kaarinan keskusta.
A jury of organizers selected 20 photos for the finals and the readers were voted for their favorite. The voting was open from March 17th-29th 2020 on our blog. There was 182 votes given in the finals and all the photos had their supporters. However, the top 5 photos gathered as much as 80% of all the votes.
And now, drumroll, please!
The winner of the overall competition - The Rising Sun in the Lake Littoinen
The winner of the overall competition is Jyri Aerikkala (Instagram account @aerijyr), who received as much as 37% of all votes. His stunning photo captures the sunrise in its full colors at the Lake Littoinen in Littoinen neighborhood. The beautiful sunset creates its own outstanding atmosphere. The winner is rewarded with a 100 € gift card to 50/50 Bistro. Congratulations Jyri!
2nd place - Hovirinta shore in November
Photographer Carolin Nedermo (Instagram account @carolinfridolin) got as much as 18% of all votes and therefore received the second place in the competition. Her dreamy picture from the shore of Hovirinta in the center of Kaarina is almost like it was from a fairy tale. Congratulations Carolin!
3rd place - August Sun in Kuusistonsalmi
The third place went to Päivi Niskanen with her amazing photo of a sunset on Kuusistonsalmi. This piece of art got 10% of all votes and describes well the calmness and attractiveness of Kuusisto. Congratulations Päivi!
Joint 4th place - Sunset in Kuusistonsalmi
Photographer Jari Kouvo shared joint 4th place with this magical picture that reminds you of a painting of the sea view in Kuusisto. Congratulations Jari!
Joint 4th place AND weekly theme winner "Life in Kaarina" - Saaristo Open
Joint 4th place was shared with Taru Sysinoro's amazing picture of Saaristo Open festival. This atmospheric picture of a festival crowd and a famous Finnish artist Michael Monroe was nominated as a best picture during a theme week "Life in Kaarina"! Saaristo Open festival is usually organised in the center of Kaarina in Hovirinta during summertime. Congratulations Taru!
Weekly theme winner "Modern and historical Kaarina" - The Bridge in Auranlaakso
Eve Penttinen won the theme week of "Modern and historical Kaarina" with this modern picture of a historical bridge in Auranlaakso. Congratulations Eve!
Weekly theme winner "Natural environment" - Sunset over Voivala
Johanna Siivonen won the theme week of "Natural environment" with this calm and beautiful picture of Voivalanranta. Congratulations Johanna!
Thank you for participating the Beloved Kaarina competition!
-Susanna and theKnow Your Hoods team
What's next?
Know Your Hoods is hosting even more photo competitions! Get to know our newest competition Beautiful Spring 2020 and participate latest at 13.4. In addition, we made a picture gallery about the sunny, yellow houses from the cities of Kaarina and Turku. Vote your favorite by 13.4.
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