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WINNERS GALLERY Jan 2023

"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.

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 Bike shadow BY Francesco Luongo

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
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.
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​Visit more of Francesco​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://www.instagram.com/francesco_blues_luongo/

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NO4 - rush hour​​ BY Deryk​ Baumgärtner

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Deryk​ Baumgärtner​​​​ from Cologne, Germany

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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​

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Border of Hope​ by Yuliy Vasilev

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 Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
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

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Look at the cyclist by Sara Goli

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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.

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! 

Corey Melton - Masked Pup
Enric Ramoneda - Seny, pit i collons
Monika Mazurkiewicz - Button
Antoine Buttafoghi - The pianist
Dan Gindling - Balloons
Ali Zolghadri - Waiting for freedom
Antoine Buttafoghi - The painter
Antoine Buttafoghi - The cigarette
Giuseppe Cardoni - Nudestreet
Dovlet Annayev - Rose Head Man
Lin Tien Ci - Thanks but no
Dovlet Annayev - Gel Doy
Brian Hunt - Hope street
Chao-Yang Huang - God on the Street
Yuliy Vasilev - Thoughts
Robert Scott - Sunday Best White Shoes Red Socks
Christian Fassin - Beggar and child
Conrad Peloquin - Evening Coffee in Rome
Craig Glass - Behind Schedule
Ali Zolghadri - The path of no return
Corrado Gatto - Life in Cannalomga #2
Josip Miskovic - Sweet dreams
Croci - Not the greatest saxist
Dave Cohen - Dance On Air
Dave Cohen - Sunshine Blues
Greg Bolger - The Sleuths
Dovlet Annayev - A moment in a Kreuzberg U-Bahn station
Al Garber - Research
Igal Stulbach - Windows
Bo Bergstrom - Time for attention
Lorenzo Ardito - The creator of waves
Gerald Gutschmidt - Trail
Gerald Gutschmidt - Hanging
Gerhard Wagner - Streetscene in red
Giorgio Di Ridolfo - Vatican shadows
Greg Bolger - Smoke Break
Prohaska Mark Daniel - Lonnliness
John Hall - Trolley Dash
Peter Meyer - Jumping the Crowd
Hervé Boutrouille - Urban hug
Igal Stulbach - Nargila
Michele Fogazzi - SMILE
Ivan Ferrer - Height of Joy
Noa Grayevsky - Myles
Prohaska Mark Daniel - Working man
Monika Mazurkiewcz - Poser
Ping Li - Pray for auspiciousness
Josip Miskovic - Saints and superstitions
Vladimir Karamazov - Love
Maria Kremneva - Busy
Enric Ramoneda - Sunset sur la Seine
Syed Mahabubul Kader - Rain in the city
Ties van Brussel - Nightbus
Han Choo Wong - Inside charcoal kiln
Kylo-Patrick Hart - Player
Nguyen Phu Son - Go to nowhere
Roberto Corinaldesi - Amsterdam's Glance
Werner Schwehm - I am Walking
Katia Cutropia - Street reflection
Alexis Holley - I Spy
Kevin OConnell - Streets-of-Venice
Francesca Natali - Promenade à Monmartre
Kilhwa Lee - Oasis
Kobbie Pessach - Religion and daily routine
Antoine Buttafoghi - The queen of pigeons
Corey Melton - Birds Of A Feather
Robin Yong - A little bit of Bruce
Rajib Rana Das - Livelihood on Street
Marwen Wafi - Under the colorful umbrellas
CARLO RONDINONE - ITALIAN CITY
Max Dobens - People and Windows
Rick Lingo - Follow the Pink Painted Road
Santiago Martinez de Septien - Szechenyi Baths
Craig Glass - Gaining Clarity
Max Dobens - Reflection on Motherhood
Ming De Zeng - Cries
Pedro Perim - Playing with Mirrors
Denis Rossi - Domenega-Al-lak
Karen Safer - Corn Stand Istanbul
Werner Schwehm - Entering the Scenery
Prohaska Mark Daniel - Summer
Rajib Rana Das - Colord Life
Harry Longstreet - Still Life
ChunYang Hou - Meet
Robert Scott- Sidewalk Racers in West Detroit
Karim Shokair - Brothers
Sara Goli - Hunting the moment
Katia Cutropia - The great synagog reflection in water puddle
Shohrab Hossain - Coexistance
Manju Parkavi - Public Display Of Affection
Simona Bonanno - Horse and Canadair
Stanley Olivera - Boardwalk Dancing
Stephen Mimms - Get a poem
Varun Chauhan - Hell On Earth
Vera Regina Bandeira - Paris
Vladimir Karamazov - Hotel under the stars
Gabriela Pantu - Up
Alexandre Brisson - Infrared Wheel
William Cooper - On the Edge
Yuliy Vasilev - Lost in the Matrix
Yves Demers Paris - Waiting
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