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Ghanaian Photographer Michael Aboya Wins “wins 2019 World’s Best Photo at Agora Awards

Ghanaian self-taught photographer Michael Aboya has won the World’s ‘Best Photo of the Year’ at the 2019 Agora Awards.

The 24-year-old Aboya was announced the winner on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at a ceremony held at the Fàbrica Estrella Damm in the Spanish city of Barcelona.

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The Awards saw the submission of 130,000 images from photographers all over the world. these submissions were narrowed down to just 15 images with Michael being a part of.

Michael emerged winner with $25,000 as cash price. His submission for the competition was titled “Songs of Freedom” and was shot in La (Labadi), a suburb of Accra.

The photo captures skin tone boys in a rural setting with one of them playing the violin passionately while his friends surround him with their eyes shut and arms raised towards the sky.

Songs Of Freedom’, Best Photo of the Year winner.PHOTO: MICHAEL ABOYA @EIGHTHMAN (GHANA) – AGORA AWARDS

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According to Forbes, Unlike any other contest, the #AGORAawards2019, in its third year and open to professional and amateur photographers who can join for free, recognizes the single most-voted photo of the year, without any photography genre categories.

Speaking after his win, Aboya disclosed that he became a full-time photographer just about two years ago.

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