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"Black and White​" 2021 THEME WINNERS

​Black and White is at the core of the art, being the original format of photography and it requires us to look at line, shadow and contrast in such a different way when shooting.  

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The gateway to light​ BY Juan Lopez Ruiz

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Juan​ Lopez Ruiz​​​​​​​​ from 
Madrid, Spain
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Amateur photographer born in Madrid, Spain.   My passion for photography has been with me since I was a child and I have always found it very interesting to be able to portray and immortalize the unique moments that nature offers us.
  
In 2017 I could finally buy my first digital reflex camera and since then I have not stopped learning and perfecting myself in this beautiful art being able to combine my passion for photography and nature, until now I have not stopped documenting myself in an autodidactic way learning to understand light and perfecting my technique in the use of the camera as well as in the subsequent digital edition of my images which for me is something fundamental.  

My specialty is landscape photography but I have also developed a special interest in architectural and wildlife photography.   

​​Visit more of Juan​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:

www.jlopezruiz.com

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Echo​ BY Muhammad Almasri

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Muhammad Almasri​​​ from Amman, Jordan


My name is Muhammad Almasri, Chess Player and Award-Winning Photographer born and raised in Zarqa, Jordan.

I always feel that time behind my camera lens is short, regardless of how much time I spend trying to capture the photos. Every time something draws my attention, I try to frame it in my vision, and then through my camera. I am interested in architecture and abstract photography, and sometimes in landscape since I started as a landscaper. I believe that we can mostly make art out of everything around us, only if we looked at it more than once and from different perspectives.
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​​Visit more of Muhammad's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://www.instagram.com/mmalmasri/

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Golden Spiral by Rafael García Luna

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Rafael​ García Luna​​​​ from Cordoba, Spain
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It was back in 2006 when my first SLR camera came into my hands. It was then that my passion for photography began. Mostly self-taught, I took several training courses, which have helped me to acquire knowledge and a workflow, which I am trying to improve every day.  

Currently I combine my profession with this passion, which has become a way of life. It is the reason why I take my camera wherever I go, to try to capture those seconds and share my vision of the world through my photographs, some of them have been awarded in various national competitions.
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Visit more of Rafael​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.rglunafotografia.com

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Between the Seats​ by Werner​ Schwehm​

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Werner Schwehm ​from Markkleeberg, Germany


German based photographer, architecture, street, landscape - mainly in black & white travelling a lot around Europe   
started with photography about 30 years ago, but kind of "serious" photographer since 2016 organizing photowalks, photography classes and workshops in Germany,  Austria and Spain.​

Visit more of Werner​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.werner-foto.com

Theme Shortlist

Below are the amazing  images that shortlisted into the top tier of this themes competition.  A  big congratulations to all the talented photographers that participated! 

Dan Wheeler - Going Nowhere
Johnny Stern - Great cormorants having fun
Kem Oleg - Das Laboratorium des Fortschritts
Debdatta Chakraborty - Bulb Staircase
Ales Krivec - Winter lines
Juan Lopez - The cubes
Hilda Champion - Grand Mosque at Night
Andy Radka - Just Whistle
Leigh Ann Edmonds - Heritage
Inge Vautrin - Over the Hill
Judith Kuhn - Winter world
Georgi Georgiev - Indian woman
Emmanuelle Becker - Heaven Can Wait
Gabriela-Dumitrescu-Abstract
Garry Everett - Winter View
Garry Everett - Ghost Gums
Juan Lopez - The light on the earth
Anja Vogel - Beautiful death
Herve Boutrouille - Up in the city
Rafael Garcia Luna - Swing to the Sky
Muhammad Amdad Hossain - Enjoy The Rain
Dale M Reid - Oyster Mushroom 4
Hilda Champion - The Ancient Ones
Johnny Stern - Happy Cormorant
Paul Gibert - Cocktail Lounge
Inge Vautrin - Chillin
Janin Bergmann - Tunnel and the end
Judith Kuhn - Dancing trees
Evelyn M - Clown Princess of Munson
Kang Le - On the Train
Shawna Hinkel - An Old Soul
Kelly Ann Thompson - Breathe
Corrada Onorifico - Penitenti durante la Semana Santa in Siviglia
David L. Hickman - Bodacious
Zvonimir Tanocki - Dancing Bear
Daniel Reid - Microchip
Lee Musgrave - Light Struck
Eleni Fragou - Cycladic forms
Leigh Ann Edmonds - Rodeo
Masaaki Onaka - Small Force
Warren Eakins - Banking on an Afterlife
Maurizio Pol - Trees in the sky
Tatsiana Navitskaya - Underwater grace
Josip Miskovic - Mad masks
Dan Hickman - Rancher
Andrea Gluckman - Naxian Village View
Maurizio Pol - Wolf in winter time
Demetrio Jereissati - Black Suit
Milos Grujic - Femme Lost and Found
MISTERHANDSPEAK - MAKER DESTROYER
John Laue - Mountain Spirit
Ian Kemp - There is rapture in solitude and space
Muhammad Amdad Hossain - Fight With The Environment
Olive Alpert- Giraffes at sunset
Werner Schwehm - In the Stadium
Richard Condlyffe - Tiger Ripples
Saiful Islam - A Winter Morning
Sara Camporesi - Who are you
Vijay Mewada - Scintillation
Tracy Miller - Half Dome, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Suzan Mandla - Dormant
Olive Alpert- Liberty
Sven Thamm - Trapped
Trevor Messersmith - Tulip
Warren Eakins - Untitled
Y Hope Osborn - Turkey Tail 5
Yelena Baimukhanova - The expectation
Richard Brooks - Graphic Key

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