"Street" 2023 THEME WINNERS
Random in location and subject, street photography captures the human element, whether personal or through objects illustrating our character. Always inspired and many times providing amazing insights into our challenges and dreams, they can be bold and the subject of many of the worlds finest images.
Bike shadow BY Francesco Luongo
Our First Place Winner was submitted by
Francesco Luongo from Livorno, Italy
Francesco Luongo from Livorno, Italy
I was born in 1982 and my passion for photography only started in 2018.
Self-taught, I never attended courses, but I studied and deepened photography by myself and visiting many exhibitions throughout Europe.
Little by little I focused my style on street photography: shadows, contrasts, framing, layering, juxtaposition, and in general to the people daily life, but without ever ceasing to experiment in many other genres and styles.
Visit more of Francesco's amazing work online at:
https://www.instagram.com/francesco_blues_luongo/
Self-taught, I never attended courses, but I studied and deepened photography by myself and visiting many exhibitions throughout Europe.
Little by little I focused my style on street photography: shadows, contrasts, framing, layering, juxtaposition, and in general to the people daily life, but without ever ceasing to experiment in many other genres and styles.
Visit more of Francesco's amazing work online at:
https://www.instagram.com/francesco_blues_luongo/
NO4 - rush hour BY Deryk Baumgärtner
Our Second Place Winner was submitted by
Deryk Baumgärtner from Cologne, Germany
I'm a travel and landscape photographer. I'm based in Cologne / Germany and my journey into photography actually started way before I ever picked up a camera. I was actually always into art and drawing and that’s pretty much what I was focused on throughout school. As a photographer I love the challenge of trying to include just enough subjects into the frame to plant a seed of a story and then make the viewer to imagine the rest. I want my viewers to feel like they are right in the middle of the scene.
Visit more of Deryk's amazing work online at:
www.deryk.photography
Deryk Baumgärtner from Cologne, Germany
I'm a travel and landscape photographer. I'm based in Cologne / Germany and my journey into photography actually started way before I ever picked up a camera. I was actually always into art and drawing and that’s pretty much what I was focused on throughout school. As a photographer I love the challenge of trying to include just enough subjects into the frame to plant a seed of a story and then make the viewer to imagine the rest. I want my viewers to feel like they are right in the middle of the scene.
Visit more of Deryk's amazing work online at:
www.deryk.photography
Border of Hope by Yuliy Vasilev
Our Third Place Winner was submitted by
Yuliy Vasilev from Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Yuliy Vasilev from Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Yuliy is an urban and culinary photographer, born in 1985 in Bulgaria. He was very keen on travelling and discovering new places and cultures, which led him to study in the field of hospitality. He is the holder of a Master's degree in Business Management diploma. On one of his trips to London at the beginning of 2012, he discovered that photography was his real passion. He has been devoted to urban and street photography ever since. Art became his life and love. Yuliy has shot in over 30 countries across three continents. His passion and interest in food and culinary led him to experiment in the field of culinary photography, where he is currently one of the most prominent creative culinary photographers in the world, with a distinctive style and technique. Yuliy’s talent for spotting the details and seeing the world from a different perspective made his pictures stand out very quickly, and so far his photographs have won more than 300 awards on six continents. Yuliy has participated in over 100 exhibitions all over the world and has been published in many editions, including Forbes. Since 2022, he has held the prestigious EFIAP/Silver title from the International Federation of Photographic Art. Yuliy also won the most prestigious club photography competition—the FIAP World Cup For Clubs—in 2018 as chairman of Photoclub BGArt.
Visit more of Yuliy's amazing work online at:
yuliyvasilev.wix.com/tales
Visit more of Yuliy's amazing work online at:
yuliyvasilev.wix.com/tales
Look at the cyclist by Sara Goli
Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by
Sara Goli from Tehran, Iran
I am a minimalist and street photographer and have won multi international awards.
Sara Goli from Tehran, Iran
I am a minimalist and street photographer and have won multi international awards.
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!
