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"Silhouettes​​" 2019 Theme Winners

​Silhouettes can be both subtle and dramatic. They will always have an impact on the mood, composition and overall flow of our work.  From the sublime to the bold they have also long been a critical part of many of the worlds finest images!

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Woman Mursi BY ​Svetlin ​ ​Yosifov

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Svetlin Yosifov​​​​​​​​​ from Burgas, Bulgaria
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Not a professional freelance photographer, I define myself as a travel-documentary-art photographer.  Almost 20 years now photography has been part of my life.  My passion is catching street portraits and trying to figure out my object's character. Point of interest - traditions in primal and natural places like India, Ethiopia, Kenya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Cuba and more.  I  consider good photography to be much more that a snapshot or a memory, it is something that tells a story, strong enough to influence the world we live in and raise more awareness. Throughout the years my interviews and photographs have been published in many magazines and websites.  Among recently won awards and competitions are:

Xposure International Photography Competition 2019 Sharjah UAE 1st place Portrait and People
WORLD'S TOP 10 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHERS 2019 – One eyeland
2019 International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention
Fine Art Photography Awards - 2nd place Winner in People 2019
35AWARDS 2018 – 1st place Great photographer in BLACK & WHITE
35AWARDS -1st Award Winner 2018 in BLACK & WHITE
13th World Championship for the FIAP Clubs – 1st place BGArt Photo Club
 2018 PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS at Fotoforum and Pro Photo Forum 1st place Travel Photography
 ONE EYELAND AWARDS 2018 – Editorial Travel

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Romantic Overlook ​BY Inge ​Vautrin

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Inge​ Vautrin​ from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

Inge Vautrin was born and raised in Viborg, Denmark and now lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Her pictures span many genres of photography to include nature and macro photography; fine art; photojournalism and street photography.  She especially enjoys working in black & white and the challenges of conveying different moods through, texture, contrast and shadows. She has been honored to receive several awards at the local and international levels.

Visit more of Inge's amazing  ​work online at:
www.ingevautrinphotography.com

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Fly Pattern ​BY INGE ​VAUTRIN

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Our Third Place Winner  was also submitted by 
Inge​ Vautrin​ from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

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Phare du Petit Minou by Leyla ​Emektar

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted
Leyla​ Emektar​ from Erdek, Balikesir Turkey

Leyla graduated from Çukurova University, Art Department of Faculty of Fine Arts.  She started her career as Visual Arts Teachers and is also tutoring part time at Kocaeli University, Department of Photography of Faculty of Fine Arts.

She has received awards from Xposure Sharjah International phtography award in the category of photojournalism, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum international photography award (HIPA) received award in the category of digital manipulation. (2017& 2018), the first prize in the International Photography Festival that is held in Siena, winner in The Alfred Fried Photography Award, Austria, 2016.

Theme Shortlist

Below are the amazing  images that shortlisted into the top tier of this themes competition.  A  big congratulations to all  of the talented photographers that participated! 

Emma Stasko - Texas Maternity
Paolo Felletti - Shoah
Anja-Buehrer - The Visitor
Abu Hanif - Childhood
Inge Vautrin - A Cowboy Life
Willem Kuijpers - Dia de Muertos
Adrian Wider - Serene evening
Hin Mun Lee - Thai Craft
Alan Bigio - One More Run
Hin Mun Lee - Equilibrium
Pavlos Evangelidis - The Ugandan Flag
Anatoliy Anshin - Nio Gate Guardian
Willem Kuijpers - Musicians getting ready for the concert
Lorenzo Lumeras - Dancing abstract shilouettes
Judith Kuhn - King of the forest
Anja Bührer - Dance With Me
Annette Wood - Silhouette at Sunrise
Ben Ayling - Seaside Photographer
Ben McRae - Utoto Moon Rise
Brendon Kahn - Phone Time
Hitoshi Orikasa - Playground
Willem Kuijpers - Sisters in Sync
Brian Ashworth - The Sentinels
Monika Deviat - Dark Matters
Mathieu Nonnenmacher - The Way
Abu Hanif - Fire Rescue
Nguyễn Quốc Bửu - Women in the salt fields
CLAUDIO MELE - UOMO CON CAPPELLO
Shyamala Thilagaratnam - Learning From Dad
Mateusz Piesiak - Little dragon
Monika Deviat - Home
David G Moreno - Boy Jumps
Svetlin Yosifov - Camel vendors
Diep Ngo - Salt Harvesting
Craig Walters - Fisherman
Pavlos Evangelidis - Catch of the Day
Monika Deviat - Without A Sound
Kalen Sheng Fu - The Colors of Love
TRAN TRUNG HOA - End of the day
Frank Martinez - Mountain Layer Sunset
Stephanie Jung - Times Square
ChunYang Hou - A View Of Back
Andrea Muscatello - Games of child
Garry Everett - Swan Lake
Halu Chow - 2 to 1
Ben Collins - Collecting Thoughts Before A Wonder
Robert Beliczay - Searching for mussels
Jonathan Banks - Electrical silhouettes
Josip Miskovic - Within
Sue Dougherty - Botswana Magic
Julian Dutton - Feeding
Carlos Gulisano - Melancholic
Kalen Sheng Fu - Yilan Sunset
Karim Shokair - Precious Time
Kel Morales - Casablanca Sunset
Madelyn Robinson - St. Michael's Piercing the Sunset
Fausto Rosa - Famous Silhouette
Giuseppe Cardoni - Boxing Notes 01
Shyamala Thilagaratnam - The Boy and His Camels
Zoe Walker - Connecting to the Cosmos
Mohammad Saleh - Flamingos on the move
Monika Mazurkiewicz - Water Reflection
Aruni Mukhopadhyay - Stance
Paolo Felletti - Venezia, Calatrava bridge
Paul Licman - Expectations of tomorrow
Prasenjit Basu - Play Wheel
Prasert Prapanoppasin - Parade
Robert Nowak - Sun and Shadow
Rosa Mariniello - Monte Sacro di Viggiano
Sandro Tedde - Reds
Susheel Marcus - Conversations
Anders Nilsson - The Creature
Valentin Boitel-Denyset - Toil
Maria Kremneva - Indomitable
Frank Martinez - Joshua Tree Milky Way
Md Tanveer Hassan Rohan - Boundless Childhood

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