Winners Gallery Mar 2023
The Motif Collective
  • Home
  • Open Competitions
    • May 2025 Sunrise and Sunset Photography Competition
  • Artists Showcase
    • 2025 Winners
      • Winners Apr 2025
      • Winners Mar 2025
      • Winners Feb 2025
      • Winners Jan 2025
    • 2024 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2024
      • Winners Nov 2024
      • Winners Oct 2024
      • Winners Sep 2024
      • Winners Aug 2024
      • Winners Jul 2024
      • Winners Jun 2024
      • Winners May 2024
      • Winners Apr 2024
      • Winners Mar 2024
      • Winners Feb 2024
      • Winners Jan 2024
    • 2023 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2023
      • Winners Nov 2023
      • Winners Oct 2023
      • Winners Sep 2023
      • Winners Aug 2023
      • Winners Jul 2023
      • Winners Jun 2023
      • Winners May 2023
      • Winners Apr 2023
      • Winners Mar 2023
      • Winners Feb 2023
      • Winners Jan 2023
    • 2022 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2022
      • Winners Nov 2022
      • Winners Oct 2022
      • Winners Sep 2022
      • Winners Aug 2022
      • Winners Jul 2022
      • Winners Jun 2022
      • Winners May 2022
      • Winners Apr 2022
      • Winners Mar 2022
      • Winners Feb 2022
      • Winners Jan 2022
    • 2021 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2021
      • Winners Nov 2021
      • Winners Oct 2021
      • Winners Sep 2021
      • Winners Aug 2021
      • Winners Jul 2021
      • Winners Jun 2021
      • Winners May 2021
      • Winners Apr 2021
      • Winners Mar 2021
      • Winners Feb 2021
      • Winners Jan 2021
    • 2020 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2020
      • Winners Nov 2020
      • Winners Oct 2020
      • Winners Sep 2020
      • Winners Aug 2020
      • Winners Jul 2020
      • Winners Jun 2020
      • Winners May 2020
      • Winners Apr 2020
      • Winners Mar 2020
      • Winners Feb 2020
      • Winners Jan 2020
    • 2019 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2019
      • Winners Nov 2019
      • Winners Oct 2019
      • Winners Sep 2019
      • Winners Aug 2019
      • Winners Jul 2019
      • Winners Jun 2019
      • Winners May 2019
      • Winners Apr 2019
      • Winners Mar 2019
      • Winners Feb 2019
      • Winners Jan 2019
    • 2018 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2018
      • Winners Nov 2018
      • Winners Oct 2018
      • Winners Sep 2018
      • Winners Aug 2018
      • Winners Jul 2018
      • Winners Jun 2018
      • Winners May 2018
      • Winners Apr 2018
      • Winners Mar 2018
      • Winners Feb 2018
      • Winners Jan 2018
    • 2017 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2017
      • Winners Nov 2017
      • Winners Oct 2017
      • Winners Sep 2017
      • Winners Aug 2017
      • Winners Jul 2017
      • Winners Jun 2017
      • Winners May 2017
      • Winners Apr 2017
      • Winners Mar 2017
      • Winners Feb 2017
      • Winners Jan 2017
    • 2016 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2016
      • Winners Nov 2016
      • Winners Oct 2016
      • Winners Sep 2016
      • Winners Aug 2016
      • Winners Jul 2016
      • Winners Jun 2016
      • Winners May 2016
      • Winners Apr 2016
      • Winners Mar 2016
      • Winners Feb 2016
      • Winners Jan 2016
    • 2015 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2015
      • Winners Nov 2015
      • Winners Oct 2015
      • Winners Sep 2015
      • Winners Aug 2015
      • Winners Jul 2015
      • Winners Jun 2015
      • Winners May 2015
      • Winners Apr 2015
      • Winners Mar 2015
  • Awards
    • Awards Overview
    • Awards Comparison
    • Sponsors
  • Judges
    • Judges
    • Guest Judges
  • FAQ
  • Rules
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Open Competitions
    • May 2025 Sunrise and Sunset Photography Competition
  • Artists Showcase
    • 2025 Winners
      • Winners Apr 2025
      • Winners Mar 2025
      • Winners Feb 2025
      • Winners Jan 2025
    • 2024 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2024
      • Winners Nov 2024
      • Winners Oct 2024
      • Winners Sep 2024
      • Winners Aug 2024
      • Winners Jul 2024
      • Winners Jun 2024
      • Winners May 2024
      • Winners Apr 2024
      • Winners Mar 2024
      • Winners Feb 2024
      • Winners Jan 2024
    • 2023 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2023
      • Winners Nov 2023
      • Winners Oct 2023
      • Winners Sep 2023
      • Winners Aug 2023
      • Winners Jul 2023
      • Winners Jun 2023
      • Winners May 2023
      • Winners Apr 2023
      • Winners Mar 2023
      • Winners Feb 2023
      • Winners Jan 2023
    • 2022 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2022
      • Winners Nov 2022
      • Winners Oct 2022
      • Winners Sep 2022
      • Winners Aug 2022
      • Winners Jul 2022
      • Winners Jun 2022
      • Winners May 2022
      • Winners Apr 2022
      • Winners Mar 2022
      • Winners Feb 2022
      • Winners Jan 2022
    • 2021 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2021
      • Winners Nov 2021
      • Winners Oct 2021
      • Winners Sep 2021
      • Winners Aug 2021
      • Winners Jul 2021
      • Winners Jun 2021
      • Winners May 2021
      • Winners Apr 2021
      • Winners Mar 2021
      • Winners Feb 2021
      • Winners Jan 2021
    • 2020 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2020
      • Winners Nov 2020
      • Winners Oct 2020
      • Winners Sep 2020
      • Winners Aug 2020
      • Winners Jul 2020
      • Winners Jun 2020
      • Winners May 2020
      • Winners Apr 2020
      • Winners Mar 2020
      • Winners Feb 2020
      • Winners Jan 2020
    • 2019 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2019
      • Winners Nov 2019
      • Winners Oct 2019
      • Winners Sep 2019
      • Winners Aug 2019
      • Winners Jul 2019
      • Winners Jun 2019
      • Winners May 2019
      • Winners Apr 2019
      • Winners Mar 2019
      • Winners Feb 2019
      • Winners Jan 2019
    • 2018 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2018
      • Winners Nov 2018
      • Winners Oct 2018
      • Winners Sep 2018
      • Winners Aug 2018
      • Winners Jul 2018
      • Winners Jun 2018
      • Winners May 2018
      • Winners Apr 2018
      • Winners Mar 2018
      • Winners Feb 2018
      • Winners Jan 2018
    • 2017 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2017
      • Winners Nov 2017
      • Winners Oct 2017
      • Winners Sep 2017
      • Winners Aug 2017
      • Winners Jul 2017
      • Winners Jun 2017
      • Winners May 2017
      • Winners Apr 2017
      • Winners Mar 2017
      • Winners Feb 2017
      • Winners Jan 2017
    • 2016 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2016
      • Winners Nov 2016
      • Winners Oct 2016
      • Winners Sep 2016
      • Winners Aug 2016
      • Winners Jul 2016
      • Winners Jun 2016
      • Winners May 2016
      • Winners Apr 2016
      • Winners Mar 2016
      • Winners Feb 2016
      • Winners Jan 2016
    • 2015 Winners
      • Winners Dec 2015
      • Winners Nov 2015
      • Winners Oct 2015
      • Winners Sep 2015
      • Winners Aug 2015
      • Winners Jul 2015
      • Winners Jun 2015
      • Winners May 2015
      • Winners Apr 2015
      • Winners Mar 2015
  • Awards
    • Awards Overview
    • Awards Comparison
    • Sponsors
  • Judges
    • Judges
    • Guest Judges
  • FAQ
  • Rules
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

"Reflections" 2023 THEME WINNERS

From endless materials and objects around us, glass water, rivers or drifting tides reflections have long been a wonderful part of many magnificent images in photography. What really seems to set them apart always seems to be a step away from the traditional rules as though them seem to take on a personal introspective perspective while being framed up.

Picture

Reflexion of a Muse BY Patrizia Burra

Picture
Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Patrizia Burra​​​​​​​​​ from Udine, Italy​
​

I am a painter and photographer. Painting gives a lot of energy, but it doesn't allows you to catch the moment. This is one of the main factor that lead me to the conclusion that I could not be a painter only.  My goal, as photographer, is to translate my more wild, passionate and restless vision into an image. "With photography we try to reproduce the world.  But the world is much more interesting when it becomes a work of art".
​
I think that photography and the images we create, are the realities transformed into dreams. Our life needs imagination, emotions, an inner impulse that leads us to create. I work every day and many hours a day. This is my way of venting, a road that may be open to everything. And it is in that way that I feel free to create. Here wonderful things can happen. Here, in this fantasy world, my creatures come to life by participating in my dreams.

​​Visit more of Patrizia​​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.patriziaburra.com

Picture

Splash! By Judith ​Kuhn

Picture
 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Judith​ Kuhn​​​​​ from Immenstaad, Germany

​
I would like to call myself an “ambitious amateur photographer”. My main focus is nature and landscape photography, but I also like to make detours to other genres.

Everything I know about photography is self-educated. A few books here, some internet research there, inspiration from the works of other photographers and a lot, really a lot of trying things out has brought me to where I am today.​

My great happiness is my home on beautiful Lake Constance, where I have a lot of photo spots right on my doorstep and the way to the Austrian, Swiss and Italian Alps is not too far. I also love to travel to more exotic destinations on my vacation, with the north being particularly appealing to me.

​Visit more of Judith​s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.dreamscape-pictures.de​

Picture

Shirakawako​ By Kohei Shingai

Picture
 Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Kohei ​ Shingai​​​​​ from Kashiwazaki, Japan
​

Hi, My name is Kohei ​ Shingai​​​​​.
Based in Niigata, Japan. I am conscious of creating works that are like paintings.​​

​Visit more of Kohei 
​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://www.instagram.com/borography_/​


Picture

Mirror, Mirror By Dan Mitler

Picture
Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Dan Mitler​​ ​from Missouri, USA
​

Dan spends most of his days working in the field of sustainability, which can sometimes feel like swimming against the ingrained current of generations of doing things a certain way. He finds time spent in nature to be an invigorating reminder of our interconnection and photography to be an endless source of inspiration and challenge. It brings him great joy to be able to share his passion with others through his camera. He invites you to check out his other works on his website and he hopes to see you out on the trail!

Visit more of Dan​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://www.wildlandsphoto.com

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 Pourkhan - Facade glass cleaners nr3
Dan Mitler - Northern beacon
Patrizia-Burra - Reflexion of her soul
Judith Kuhn - Dubai Business Bay
Lin Tien CI - Twin
Hin Mun Lee - Lonesome Blue, Reflective Perspective
ChunYang Hou - Spaces
Cory Snearowski - Kart In Sky
Donatella Sarchini - Cassandra
Dan Mitler - Desert rain
David Cohen - I Am Golden
David Calkins - Gator Reflection
Debdatta Chakraborty -The Lotus
Juan Lopez - Night Eystrahorn
Annemarie Jung - floating
Daniel De Bord - Reflecting Majesty
Debra Behr - Low Tide
Eddy Verloes - Apocalypse now
Judith Kuhn - Laurin's kingdom
Cristobal Alonso - Twin houses
Carlo Rondinone - Modena Amendola Park
Juan Lopez - Stokksnes Sunrise
Judith Kuhn - Skyline Dubai
Francesca Pompei - Blue night
Francesca Pompei - Deep in the earth 2
Francesco Luongo - Kites
Jeremy Walter - Abduction
Francesco-Luongo - Clouds
Francisco Jimenez - Karlov Most Praha
Judith Kuhn - The magic of yellow larches
Frank Curran - In Flight
Beatrice Hardacre - Majestic Mirror
Antonio Coelho - The City
Antoine Buttafoghi - Pigeons
Eleonora Bianchi - High Tide
Heidi Fickinger - Perfect Calm
William McKenna - Satin Afternoon
Juan Lopez - The Glacier
Mitchell Anolik - Twins
Greg Buening - River View
David Cohen - In The Hood
Domenico Orsini - Forever green
Juan Lopez - Dark Coast
Hsing-Hui Tsai – Kapok Road
Dale M Reid - Lonely Boat, Newfoundland
Jacob Ricker - Ultraviolet to Infrared
Jeremy Walter - UFO Radio
Jesse Mechling - Salar
Jesse Mechling - First Encounter
Joanna Madloch - Palimpsest
Judith Kuhn - Jökulsárlón
Si Thu Ye Myint - Washing Day For Housewife
Karen Safer - Meet Me In Seattle
Kohei Shingai - Nakazunako
Kylo-Patrick Hart - Parallel
Maarten Steunenberg - The message
Margarida Palma - Reflections on Xmas time
Maria Kremneva - Alice
Conrad Peloquin - Skimming Skimmer
Maria Kremneva - Netherlands
Markus van Hauten - RED
Max Dobens - Reflection on Motherhood
Mayur Sarma - Reflections of Innocence
Richard Condlyffe - Liquid Gold
William McKenna - Pas de deux
Ino Steffen - Bus Stop
Fabian Otero - Dicotomy
Michael Sales - Winter lake lowell
Olivier Colle - Ears
Ties van Brussel - Nightbus Hong Kong
Francisco Negroni - Perfect
Pedro Perim - Playing with Mirrors
Shohrab Titu - Childhood
Petr Vapenik - An Alley
Sandro Tedde- AbstrActure 3
Pontus Rönnholm - The icecube
Renee Olshefski - Morro Rock Through The Looking Glass
Kohei Shingai - In Dreaming
Rick Davis - Dix River Kaleidoscope
Samuele Marzi - La potenza del guardiano
John Laue - A Passing Fancy
Rick Lingo - Reflection
Si Thu Ye Myint - The Fishing Net
Seth Kupferschmid - Within and Beyond the Gallery
Sara Markese - Drifting Diagonals
Sandro Tedde- AbstrActure 2
Sky McCoy - Reaching for My Reflection
Souhayl A - The Chagall Fresco
Sandro Tedde- AbstrActure 1
Stephen Mimms - Back Horbor storage
Steve Anderson - Red Tissue Body Through Glass
Suliman Alatiqi - Giant Oceanic's Reflection
Tanim Ridwan - Opposite Faces
Vera Regina Dandeira - Silencio
William Morris - A Union Square

We Focus On Photography!
SUBSCRIBE
Picture
FAQ    About    Awards    Contact

© 2025 The Motif Collective