"Black and White" 2018 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.
Reaching out BY SANGHAMITRA SARKAR
Our First Place Winner was submitted by
Sanghamitra Sarkar from Kalyani, India
Sanghamitra Sarkar from Kalyani, India
I am an Amateur Photographer. Photography is my passion.
I started my photographic carrier from July 2011 after getting my first camera Nikon D90.
I started to participate in different international salons from 2011 and got almost 2500 - 3000 acceptance in different salons in different countries. One of my picture was shortlisted as top 10 photographs in the Low light category in Sony world photography competition 2016. My pictures were also nominated and awarded in Black and white Spider award on 2014 & 2015.
I started my photographic carrier from July 2011 after getting my first camera Nikon D90.
I started to participate in different international salons from 2011 and got almost 2500 - 3000 acceptance in different salons in different countries. One of my picture was shortlisted as top 10 photographs in the Low light category in Sony world photography competition 2016. My pictures were also nominated and awarded in Black and white Spider award on 2014 & 2015.
Jump BY SANGHAMITRA SARKAR
Our Second Place Winner was also submitted by
SANGHAMITRA SARKAR from KALYANI, India
SANGHAMITRA SARKAR from KALYANI, India
Arctic Light by Thomas Vijayan
Our Third Place Winner was submitted by
Thomas Vijayan from Ontario, Canada
My name is Thomas Vijayan, I am basically an Architect hailing from Kerala, India also known as God’s Own Country, but was born and brought up in Bangalore and later moved to Canada, where I am now settled with my family. I have traveled all the seven continents for photography which is my passion but not my profession.
The big cats have always been my favorite. To me there is nothing called "perfection" in any photography, every click to me is an experience and the more I click I feel I have learned something new out of it, and I give more importance to quality pictures than quantity. I love nature and I can never be bored by staying in nature for long, photography to me is a combination of my love for nature, travel, practice, patience, passion, care, friends and gear; more than anything else, its a blessings of the creator to be able to witness the special moments in nature. My love for photography has got me many awards including Wildlife Photographer of the Year (NHM) and also made me a Brand Ambassador of the most renowned brand Nikon from 2015 until now for Middle East & Africa. Most recently I got selected in the Top 100 Photographers In The Web ranking 2nd in position.
With my little experience I can say we can learn a lot, when we spend time with the nature and start seeing the life cycle of the tangible living things which belongs to this beautiful world, it can also help us become a better person, who would then understand the necessity of respecting nature and maintaining the stability of our eco-system. For the same realization I would like to use this passion to bring the beauty of nature to the common man so that they can start loving and respecting the Mother Nature and stop exploiting it.
Visit more of Thomas's amazing work online at:
www.thomasvijayan.com
Thomas Vijayan from Ontario, Canada
My name is Thomas Vijayan, I am basically an Architect hailing from Kerala, India also known as God’s Own Country, but was born and brought up in Bangalore and later moved to Canada, where I am now settled with my family. I have traveled all the seven continents for photography which is my passion but not my profession.
The big cats have always been my favorite. To me there is nothing called "perfection" in any photography, every click to me is an experience and the more I click I feel I have learned something new out of it, and I give more importance to quality pictures than quantity. I love nature and I can never be bored by staying in nature for long, photography to me is a combination of my love for nature, travel, practice, patience, passion, care, friends and gear; more than anything else, its a blessings of the creator to be able to witness the special moments in nature. My love for photography has got me many awards including Wildlife Photographer of the Year (NHM) and also made me a Brand Ambassador of the most renowned brand Nikon from 2015 until now for Middle East & Africa. Most recently I got selected in the Top 100 Photographers In The Web ranking 2nd in position.
With my little experience I can say we can learn a lot, when we spend time with the nature and start seeing the life cycle of the tangible living things which belongs to this beautiful world, it can also help us become a better person, who would then understand the necessity of respecting nature and maintaining the stability of our eco-system. For the same realization I would like to use this passion to bring the beauty of nature to the common man so that they can start loving and respecting the Mother Nature and stop exploiting it.
Visit more of Thomas's amazing work online at:
www.thomasvijayan.com
Triumphal Arch by Oussama Mazouz
Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by
Oussama Mazouz from Blagnac, France
Oussama Mazouz is an Algerian photographer based in France and is passionate about architectural and nature
photography, is always in the quest for new perspectives and compositions to create a personal style.
He fell in love with monochrome photography and realized he was wrong when he thought that black is associated to sadness and the absence of life. He discovered that black is the origin of all life, especially after his experience with
architectural photography. Oussama is fascinated by the interplay between human built structures and nature and has decided to explore whether there is any limit in the beauty that color black can capture.
Oussama's awards include Honorable Mentions in (Monovisions-IPA-ND-Chromatic-Monochrome-IPOTY), Awards 2017 in Professional Architecture + Landscapes Category and a Nominee in the Color awards 2017. He has been published in 1x.com, the Chromatic Awards Annual Book 2017 and in https://www.photographize.
Visit more of Oussama's amazing work online at:
Oussamamazouzphotography.com
https://1x.com/member/MazouzOussama/photos/latest
https://www.instagram.com/oussamamazouzphotography/
https://www.facebook.com/oussama.mazouz.144
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!
