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
Arctic Light by: Craig McGowan
Night Shooter by: lukas rodriguez
Autumn Nostalgia by: Ana Paula Avila
Honourable Mentions
Wildflower Under Burning Sky
by: Froydis Dalheim
Brouillard et Couleur
by: Tomasz Spychala
The Great Divide
by: Janessa Anderson
Cabin Among The Aspens
by: Paty Hunt
Up To The Light
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
Hey Little Birdie by: Ivan Glaser
Honourable Mentions
Showy Peacock
by: Laurie Bucci
World’s Most Beautiful Duck
by: Bobby Tan
Goliath
by: Mizael Palomeque
Greeting To The Day
by: Mariusz Kowalski
lucernaria Quadricornis
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
El Matador Cave by: Steve Hammond
Combination of Water by: Ammar Alsayed Ahmed
Love at First Sight
by: Raheel Azim
Honourable Mentions
Jetty Sunrise
by: Craig McGowan
The Gold Path
by: Andrea Izzotti
The Misty Road
by: Yousif Albadi
Norwegian Wood
by: Daniel Ravid
L Diem
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
Depression by: Elena Bolshakova
The Carpenter by: Rachel Pansky
Synchronized by: Fabian Ortiz
Honourable Mentions
The Fire
by: Manish Lakhani
Wind Girl
by: Juliana holck
The Boy From The Mountain
by: Vladimir Karamazov
Patrick Lacey
by: Martin Lacey
Edita
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
Solitude by: Anna Jast
Paint-Demic by: Priscilla Ong
The Warrior’s Rest by: Yousif Albadi
Honourable Mentions
Red Masks
by: Yanyun Liu
Covid Diaries
by: Yousif Albadi
Mascara Contra Cabellera
by: Leonardo Reyes-Gonzalez
Social Distancing
by: Yousif Albadi
True Hero
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.
Runners-Up
skyline Above The Clouds
by: Ammar Alsayed Ahmed
First Avenue Station
by: Tim Gerdes
City Light Trails
by: Lukas Rodrigues
Honourable Mentions
Love Way Out
by: Ana Paulaavila
Many Lives Many Stories
by: Daria Klepikova
Toronto Gold Reflection
by: Dee Potter
Transit Love
by: Sarah Olson
A Blue Angel Over The Golden Gate