Urban - a byword for all things metropolitan and concrete, crowded and gritty. Like McDonald's.
CBRE’s annual Urban Photographer of the Year competition looks to celebrate those photographers who have captured urban life in its natural state - no trickery, no overly artistic lens flare, but pure, storytelling pictures.
British photographer Mark French beating over 12,500 entries from around the globe to claim first place with his image titled ‘Looking good at work’, snapping the moment a Hong Kong commuter took a less than subtle moment to inspect his appearance.
The competition required entrants to submit the time their photo was taken, so as to build up a 24 hour picture of the world's urban locations. As well as awarding prizes for first, second and third, awards were given to the best photograph of each individual hour. You can see the top three and our favourite hours in the gallery below.
(Images: CBRE)
Looking good at work
Photographer: Mark French, UK
Location: Hong Kong
Fly's eyes
Photographer: Glenn Surtees, UK
Location: Singapore
Life for life
Photographer: Rui Pedro Moura Barbosa Dias, Portugal
Location: Portugal
Break on piazza Navona (4am)
Photographer: Tatiana Volobueva, Russia
Location: Rome
Chickens are transported to market (8am)
Photographer: Peter Graney, New Zealand
Location: Cambodia
Vertical (3pm)
Photographer: David Candlish, UK
Location: UK
17h in Bucharest (5pm)
Photographer:Corneliu Cazacu, Germany
Location: Bucharest
Nocturnal (7pm)
Photographer: Jeff Lombardo, USA
Location: Las Vegas
Pachinko (8pm)
Photographer: Linda Rahmat, Hong Kong
Location: Tokyo
Waiting for a train (10pm)
Photographer: András Harsányi, Hungary
Location: Hungary
