2021 500px Fall Competition Winners

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Grand Prize Winner

“ROAD”

by: Daria Klepikova

I am a photographer based in Moscow, Russia. I have been photographing for five years. I do female portrait photography, street shoots, as well as mobile photography. My interest in photography began during family trips when I was a child, and it eventually grew into my dream job. For me photography is a means of self-expression. It is a unique combination of harmony and beauty.

Landscape Winners

First Prize

Dreamer

by: Tomas Havel

Tomas Havel is a self-taught, award-winning landscape photographer from the Czech Republic. His work has been published and rewarded worldwide in multiple media outlets, such as National Geographic, Nasa, or Discovery. Tom is most known for his self-portraits from Northern Norway. His dramatic landscape images highlight how small humans are in comparison to the nature that surrounds us. He aims to capture a pristine landscape by using his own vision and unique style and show some of the most amazing places on Earth.

IG account: @tomashavel
Website: https://www.tomashavel.com

Runners-Up

Autumn Nostalgia by: **Ana Paula Avila**

Honourable Mentions

by: Froydis Dalheim

by: Tomasz Spychala

by: Janessa Anderson

by: Paty Hunt

by: Tom Pavlasek

Wildlife Winners

First Prize

Face to Face

by: Andrea Izzotti

Andrea Izzotti is an italian photographer born in 1968. Emotion hunter, passioned of travels and nature he has visited some among the most remote places of the planet, always searching "fragments of reality" to capture. Its photo is, therefore, often the result of sudden intuition: little preparation and instant realization. "The nature is the best and the humblest artist, it’s up to us to try to pick up the endless differences of its proposals. Let’s approach nature in a conscious way

Runners-Up

Beautiful Maasai Mara by: **Ivan Glaser**

The Magnificent Seven by: **Mathieu Foulquie**

Honourable Mentions

by: Laurie Bucci

by: Bobby Tan

by: Mizael Palomeque

by: Mariusz Kowalski

by: Petr Polach

Golden Hour Winners

First Prize

Society at Sunset

by: Vladimir karavmazov

I am an actor dedicated to theatre, film and television. I was born on April 27, 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria. I receive training in classical drama theater at the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts in Sofia. I have been an actor at the Ivan Vazov National Theater for 20 years. In 2007-2014 I am the host of the world rally format of the Bulgarian edition of Survivor. Photography is my passion. In the last few years, it has occupied a large part of my life, because this is the second scene on which I create.

Some of my photographic awards are: In 2021 he became the People's Photographer of the Year at the Moscow International Awards - MIFA. I am also a winner in PX3 2021, 35AWARDS 2020, Chromatic Award 2020, Monovision 2021, TIFA 2020, VIEPA 2021, MALTA Travel Awards, AFIAP, finalist of the 18th annual SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE PHOTO CONTEST 2020, Inoventa Awards, Winner of Khayyam 2020. For more information about my work: www.vladimirkaramazovphotography.com

Runners-Up

Combination of Water by: **Ammar Alsayed Ahmed**

Honourable Mentions

by: Craig McGowan

by: Andrea Izzotti

by: Yousif Albadi

by: Daniel Ravid

by: Lara Diem

People/Portrait Winners

First Prize

Women Water Colours

by: Marc Lamey

Marc Lamey is an award winning, photographer whose work focuses mainly on portraiture and fashion. Located in Paris -France , Marc's work has been featured in international publications and media. Marc’s work is often linked to Music Lyrics

Runners-Up

Honourable Mentions

by: Manish Lakhani

by: Juliana holck

by: Vladimir Karamazov

by: Martin Lacey

by: Marketa Janoscova

Pandemic Diaries Winners

First Prize

Social Distancing

by:Jason Au

Jason Au is an award-winning fine art photographer based in Hong Kong. His high-aesthetic black & white photography incorporates creative, geometric and balanced compositions, with prominent use of contrasting light and shadows. His street photography series ‘Geometric Hong Kong’ portrays the way of life of urban characters in the context of their surrounding geometric and labyrinthine environment, which works metaphorically to imply urbanity within modern metropolises.

Runners-Up

The Warrior’s Rest by: **Yousif Albadi**

Honourable Mentions

by: Yanyun Liu

by: Yousif Albadi

by: Leonardo Reyes-Gonzalez

by: Yousif Albadi

by: Anna Jast

In The City Winners

First Prize

Road

by: Daria Klepikova

My name is Daria Klepikova and I am a photographer based in Moscow, Russia. I have been photographing for five years. I do female portrait photography, street shoots, as well as mobile photography. My interest in photography began during family trips when I was a child, and it eventually grew into my dream job. For me photography is a means of self-expression. It is a unique combination of harmony and beauty.