Spring 2022 500px Competition Winners

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Grand Prize Winner

“Giant”

by: Sara Zanini

Sara Zanini is a talented landscape and aerial photographer. She often works with drones to capture a scene from unexpected angles and has captured many recognized locales through a perspective that feels new and enthralling. Many others have attempted to capture these beautiful locations, yet it is through her unique artistic eye and detailed planning that this final image was created.

Landscape Winners

First Prize

Light, Fog & Snow

by: Antonio Valente

A landscape photographer based in Switzerland, Antonio Valente. Often working with Sony equipment, his landscapes have an otherworldly quality and although working in naturally beautiful settings his technical skill takes the location to another level.

Runners-Up

Honourable Mentions

by:Thomas Rieger

by: Christian Bangerter

by: Deryk Baumgartner

by: Karthik Subramaniam

by: Aleksander Aleksovsky

Wildlife Winners

First Prize

Fasten Your Seatbelt

by: Karthik Subramaniam

The San Francisco-based photographer knows how to capture nature and wildlife. The image “Fasten Your Seatbelts, We’re Landing” captures the elegant bird at just the right moment with the eye staring straight at the lens and the contrast between the wings and the sky drawing the viewer in.

Runners-Up

The Adorable Walk by:
**Yosuf Ratlamwala**

Honourable Mentions

by: Antonio Sementa

by: johan Von Solms

by: Chase Knight

The Curious Case of the Little Chacma Baboon

by: Thomas Hall

by: John Redup

Aquatic Winners

First Prize

The Round Fishnets

by: Sarah Wouters

Sarah Wouters 61 years old, is a Dutch citizen but native Thai. She is a travel photographer who lived in the Netherlands for more than 25 years then immigrated back to Thailand 7 years ago where she began practicing photography.

Runners-Up

Swimming in the Sky by: **Andrea Izzotti**

Heavens’s Touch by: **Charles Jason Wolcott**

Farm in the Ocean
by: **Vladimir Karamazov**

Honourable Mentions

by: Atmo Kubesa

by: Charles Jason Wolcott

by: Christian Bangerter

by: Matt Hardy

by: Atmo Kubesa

People/Portrait Winners

First Prize

Same

by:Martin Neuhof

Martin Neuhof is based in Germany and works to capture fellow human beings to meet a diverse pool of needs. From weddings to portraits and business, this photographer can creatively meet any portrait needs.

Runners-Up

Queen of the Village by:
**Gustavo Chams**

Honourable Mentions

by: Tim Drake

by: Veronika K Ko

by: Tommaso Matteo Veroesi

by: Tim Drake

by: Martin Neuhof

Architect Winners

First Prize

Giant

by: Sara Zanini

Sara Zanini is a talented landscape and aerial photographer. She often works with drones to capture a scene from unexpected angles and has captured many recognized locales through a perspective that feels new and enthralling. Many others have attempted to capture these beautiful locations, yet it is through her unique artistic eye and detailed planning that this final image was created.

Runners-Up

Secluded From Time by: **Aluis Dos Santos**

Thinking Blade Runner by:
**Elena Bolshakova**

Honourable Mentions

by: Christian Bangerter

by: Patrick Atlas

by: Yusuf Ratlamwala

by: Nicholas Lonack

by: Sara Zanini

StreetLife Winners

First Prize

Rabat Playground

by: Olivier Unia

The simple everyday moments can be the hardest to capture in a manner that makes them feel grand. Olivier does this with finesse in the image “Rabat Playground”, using the natural light, negative space, and silhouette in an artistically creative way.