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"Architecture ​​" 2019 Theme Winners

​A special subject and the inspiration for so many great photographers!  Large or small and not only the center of focus for so many amazing images but also the heart and soul of so many lives and communities.  ​

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Warrior BY ​Tony Sellen​

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Tony Sellen​​​​​​​ from Hornchurch United Kingdom
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Tony Sellen is a self-taught, award winning photographer. He is passionate about fine art, long exposure images and, based in London, the City is where Tony finds most of his inspiration

Visit more of Tony's amazing  ​work online at:
www.londonfineartphotography.co.uk

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Erasmusburg ​BY Oscar ​Lopez

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Oscar​ Lopez from Hamburg Germany


I was born in 1977 in Mexico.  

I am married and lucky father of two girls.  

After spending most of my young life in Mexico, I went to Germany when I was 22 to pursue my studies in mechanical engineering. Now I work as an engineer in the aerospace industry in Hamburg.  

I have always been curious about art. My interests in the concepts of the aesthetics in nature as well as in urban landscapes, led me to start doing photography to capture its beauty not only for the sake of it, but to convey emotions.  

As I have grown older, I have found the need of expressing myself through photography, showing the things that I not only see but feel and share them with the world.​

Visit more of Oscar's amazing  ​work online at:
http://lopezo.1x.com

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Hidden heart​ by Halu Chow

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Halu Chow​​​ ​​​from Hong Kong
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A self-taught photography hobbyist who was born and grown up in Hong Kong.  Having obtained his first interchangeable-lens camera in 2016, Halu established "Seal of Lens", by which he strives to record his home town, Hong Kong, through his lenses.

Visit more of Halu​'s amazing  ​work online at:
instagram.com/sealoflens

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Casa da Música Antonio ​Coelho

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Our  Honorable Mention Winner was also submitted by 
Antonio Coelho​​​​​​​​ from Recarei, Portugal


I am an electrical engineer, and I have an enormous taste for photography, something I have already been able to instill in my 6 year old daughter.

The fact of being an engineer allowed at the beginning of my development of photography, start with theory, such as physics, optics and chemistry. I developed a huge taste for conceptual, abstract and macro photography. I started a new study of street photography, in an abstract way and with a different view of what one normally sees in street photography, using 10mm objective or voluntary movements of the machine, creating effects of "motion blur".

In the last years I have won some prizes, publications in the site 1X, as well as in the best book of 1X. I participated in several national and international competitions with 1st, 2nd place and honorable mentions: "Solitude" - Portugal Winner, National Awards, Sony World Photography Awards 2018 "MC Hescher" - Commended, Enhanced, Sony World Photography Awards 2018 "the city" - 3rd place monoawards 2017, conceptual "the city" - 2place  35awards 2016, conceptual "the city" - honorable mention, PX3 2017 "the city" - honorable mention, monovisions 2016, conceptual "the city" - honorable mention, International Photographer of The year 2016, fine art: conceptual "the city" (series bnw and color)- Honorable Mention - Fine Art - Conceptual, ND Awards 2017 "the city of colors" - published on 1X book, "X book" 2017 "the city" - contest winner on viewbug.com, Monochrome Objects Photo Contest "4 elements" - 1st place XPOSURE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Sharjah - UAE, still life theme 

Visit more of Antonio​'s amazing  ​work online at:
https://gallery.1x.com/member/antoniobernardino

Theme Shortlist

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

Paul Licman - Unfinished Temple I
Brian Hunt - Bucaco staircase
Hans Wichmann - Bicycle Rider
Judith Kuhn - Palazzo Pubblico
Paolo Felletti - Lucca, scala
Antonio Coelho - Oriente Train Station
Maureen M. Miller - Muscle
Diana Mehrez - Take Off
Josip Miskovic - Birds and Butterfly
Dale M Reid - Bluenose Ship Building Barn, Lunenburg
Daniel Heilig - Minimal Housing Complex 2
Tony Sellen - Silver
Deryk Baumgaertner - Mont Saint Michel
Addison Likins - Abyss
Diana Mehrez - Continuum
DOW HENDRICKS - CLEVELAND REFLECTIONS
Edyta Kielian - Oculus
Eldred Boze - Familia Sagrada Basement
EVA-MARIA DARGE - Biel
Fausto Rosa - One World Trade Center
Oscar Lopez - Lookup Sprinkenhof
Francesca Pompei - Railway
Judith Kuhn - Phare d'Eckmühl
Geoff Comfort - Lime face
Halu Chow - Compass in the garden
Hans Wichmann - Niemeyer
Hendrik Fuchs - Staircase
Brian Hunt - Union Station
Hin Mun Lee - Jewel Rain Vortex
James Fink- Argyle House
Jeff Adams - 121 Seaport
Tony Sellen - Facing
Jeremiah Gilbert - Tate Modern London
Jose Roberto Bassul - Next to Nothing
Annette Wood - Petronis Towers
Judith Kuhn - Notre Dame de Laon
Judith Kuhn - Ponte dei Sospiri
Kayla Mahood - Night in the Building Museum
Ken Renk - Peek a Boo
Paolo Felletti - Venezia, Palazzo Cini
Daniel Heilig - Porthouse of Antwerp 1
Kip Harris - Taj Mahal at Dawn from Gardens
Lilyan Aloma - Ubiquity
Luca Tranquilli - Stairs
Marike Schnitzler - Sydney sunset
Maurizio Pol - Into the court
Michael Jantzen - The m-house
Tony Sellen - Inner Darkness
Nathan Gross -Superannuated Staircase
Oscar Lopez - Basel World
Oscar Lopez - Inside Calatrava
Paolo Felletti - Lucca, Torre delle ore
Paul Licman - Unfinished temple Connection
Rebecca Carr - Time Lapse
Richard Brooks - Canary Wharf London
Salma Alhinaidi - Alrooshan
Sandro Tedde - Windows
Geoff Comfort - Data centre yellow

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