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"Minimalism" 2022 THEME WINNERS

Minimalism or the absence of distractions from shadows, light and often a single subject, line or emotion is also the core of every photograph we take where instead of being subtle and undefined it becomes the dramatic force of the image.

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Escape Route BY Marc Apers

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Marc​ Apers​​​​​​​​ from Kontich, Belgium
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Freelance photographer, always looking for typical subjects with an emphasis on shapes and structures, light and dark, sun and shade.  My images emerge from deep human contacts and a continuous intensive look at the dynamic environment.  I decide which environment I choose, how I experience it and which emotion will be reflected in the image in question.  Inevitably I manipulate the complexity of the environment/emotion to a greater or lesser extent by among other things, sketching a strong geometric framework and maintaining a well-considered symmetry.  Combining emotion and story in one image is my ultimate goal.
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​Visit more of Marc​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.marcapers.be

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Complete Route​ By Ali​ Zolghadri

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Ali Zolghadri​​​ from Tehran, Iran
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Ali Zolghadri lives in Tehran, Iran. where he continues his studies in computer science.  He has been photographing for 7 years and has been doing professional photography in the style of minimalism and fine arts for 5 years.  



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Wrong Direction by Ali Zolghadri

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 Our Third Place Winner was also submitted by 
Ali Zolghadri​​​ from Tehran, Iran

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--- ¦ (The Wall) by Martin Kucera

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Martin Kucera​ ​from Komarno, Slovakia


Photography has been a part of my life since I was a child, as my father was a fan of photography, we also had a darkroom at home.  So at first I unconsciously perceived all the things around photography and later I started to try it all in practice. Photography is my passion and part of my life, even though I don’t do it professionally or commercially. I am constantly trying to improve and understand the world of photography even better.  I don’t avoid any genre but my favorite genre is landscape photography.  Landscape photography and nature is what I photograph the most and I like it most.

I have been awarded the artistic title of “Artist FIAP” (AFIAP) by THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART and more than 60 different awards.
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Visit more of Martin's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://photographymk.eu/en

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! 

Alireza Bagheri Sani - No3
Alex Politis - Conformity
Bence Mate - White Fang
Ahmed Elsakhawy - A walk under the Crescent
Alireza Bagheri Sani - Minimal Cargo
Annemarie Jung - F
Arcangelo Piai - In the moonlight
Judith Kuhn - La gondola nera
Emo Gene - Best View
Bo Bergstrom - Shadows
Bob Debski - Red Roof
Brian Ashworth - Silver Rain
Christian Rast - Reaching-for-the-Sun
Emo Gene - UofA Industrial
Bence Mate - Territorial
Sara Goli - The forbidden zone
Conrad Peloquin - Birds of a Feather
Corey Melton - Expedition Antartica-1
Dale M Reid - Space Lupins 2
Henry Hauser - Oaxacan street
Bence Mate - Friendly Advice
Daria Maria Pysera - Incomplete Tealight
Franklin Neto - Timeless
LIU SHUCHUAN - Vision Music 1
Jeremy Walter - Front Row
Emo Gene - Tents
Eric Schneider - Sevilla Plates
Hao Lun Lan - Spread wing
Hsu tien Jui - The wall
Franklin Neto - Pitagoras
Lin Tien Ci - Zoom in
Henry Hauser - Stick in the snow
Hsing-Hui Tsai - Only Here Only Now
Karim Shokair - Lahmy Skies
Jacek Kutyba - Handy line
ChunYang HOU - T Bridge
Jacek Kutyba - Paula 03
Christy Mandeville - Purple Rain
JayCee - Street light
Doug Testa - Islands in a dream
Jeff Parker - Falling
Joseph ONeill - Pattern 7657
Si Thu Ye Myint - Golden Field
Judith Kuhn - White love
Nicole Urbscheit - De Rotterdam
Karen Safer - Deserted Tracks
Kelly Zhang - Colorful Soap Bubbles
Antoine Buttafoghi - Le Manguier
Kimberly Means - Dragonfly on branch
Kylo-Patrick Hart - Svalbard
Masaaki Onaka - Brothers
Jane Weinmann - Lonely Tree
Don Kline - Pools
LIANG YAO WEN - Birds soaring over a room of purity
陳沛錞 - 一 葉知秋
Livinus Bleyen - Park Bridge
Roni Schuetz - Oceanic Manta
Lucy Aron - Seeking the Light
Brisson Alexandre - Misty Escape
Madison Sosnowski - Stretch
SeungHun Yang - Attention in repetition
Marc Apers - Winding Thought
Marc Quireyns - Yellowstone Tree
Marcin Gryc - Roadside Picnic
Marilyn Strauss - Winter Garden
Mark Lindberg - Minimal Willow Ptarmigan
Martin Kucera - Foggy Island
Marwen Wafi - Stormy day at sunset
Shawn Huang - Man On The Deck
Matt Keller - Balancing Act
Max Dobens - Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Jan Nyka - Into the White
Durul Dalkanat - Sunrise Loneliness
Melissa Spitz - Sky Line
Michael ManChoi Chow - And this too shall pass
Michael Sales - Empty Bench
Minna Palmén - After the Rain
Minna Palmén - You and Me
Mitchel Anolik - Twins
Mitchell Krock - Windows
Michele Hallmen - Afternoon boy
Nikola Tenzera - Water Bird
Patrizia Burra - The street near the ocean
Paul Newton - Fence Horizon
Paul Newton - Left Behind
Pedro Perim - Empty stroller
Yves Demers Paris - The solitary
Phoenix Marks - Serinity at Longnook Beach
Bhumika Iroji - Crayon
Rick Bogacz - Ice Covered Rocks
Wil Scott - Spiral
Rick Bogacz - Pier Remains
Sandra Belitza - Vazquez-Flying Tulip
David Baltozer - Childrens Museum Arches
Sara Goli - Among The Shape
Sara Markese - Sentry
Severin Messenbrink - Women at the beach
Si Thu Ye Myint - Thin Red Line
Simon Biddie - Beginnings of Life
Suzan Mandla - Heads Up
Robert Scott - Flethers Pond KIBU
Suzan Mandla - Iceolation
Tanya Holden - Morning Fishing in Zihua
Tomas Tison - Alone in fields
Tracy Miller - Half Dome
Vincent Ayvayan - Untitled
Wendi Rinaldi - Winter has come
Werner Schwehm - Lamp Ballet
Werner Schwehm - Under Surveillance
Wil Scott - Devil's Sundial
William Goodwin - Swimming to Oblivion

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