Black and White Photography Contest - Winners The Artist Gallery

1st PLACE!
SHAPES.

FLORIAN KRIECHBAUMER, GERMANY.

"The flowing Abaya of a local women along the flowing lines of the Heydar Aliyev Center. The design was meant to break from the rigid forms prevalent in most of Baku's Soviet legacy architecture."

IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT FLORIAN'S WORK, TAKE A LOOK TO HIS INSTAGRAM HERE!

1st 2 Both Shapes_The flowing Abaya of a local women along the flowing lines of the Heydar

2nd PLACE!

UMBRELLA AXE.

KENT SKIBSTAD, NORWAY.

"Captured in Oslo, Norway. I am a photojournalist and contemporary documentary street photographer focusing on weather and climate. I combine it with compositions."

IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT KENT'S WORK, TAKE A LOOK TO HIS INSTAGRAM HERE!

3rd PLACE!

ETERNAL MARCH.

RICK LINGO, USA.

"American Cemetery in Luxembourg"

HONORABLE MENTIONS

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND. Jayakumar MN, UAE.

The tiny unaccompanied human form traverses the vastness of ups and downs, light and darkness, discrete, and striving to reach beyond without being sucked up into the loop of infinity.
Heydar Aliyev Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan.

MELASTI CEREMONY. Jason Hioe, Indonesia.

The Melasti Ceremony is an important Hindu Balinese purification ceremony - the biggest in this religion and carried out throughout the country. In this image great numbers of people make their way down the cliff to Melasti Beach, where the ceremony will take place.

ENDLESS. Bart Vos, The Netherlands.

Blistering heat, humidity, smog, thunder and rain storms. Buildings in Jakarta face harsh conditions from the elements and traffic every day. And so do the maintenance crews that clean and renovate the towers in city. Washing dirt off windows and walls and giving them paint jobs. A 365 cycle.

LIGHT TRIANGLE. Parviz Besharat, Iran.

The entrance of light from the roof gap above an underpass and creating a triangular gate of light that will host a human being.

REBIRTH. Michael Potts, USA.

From an underwater shoot that's not part of my Dreamtime series, it is nonetheless one of my favorite images. Is the person male or female? Young or old? We are all born, but most of us go through at least one rebirth. We say cats have nine lives; how many will you have?

LIFE ON A PROSTHESIS. Michael Dorohovich, Ukraine.

ETYANA LITUS - is a potter, ceramist, blogs on social networks about the specifics of work, life on a prosthesis. The girl who overcame oncology lost her leg, but did not lose herself. Specially does not hide the absence of a limb and a prosthesis, believing that people in our society should treat.

CHRISTINE. Jim Chung, Canada.

A long abandoned pickup truck seemingly comes to life in the forest.

REFLECTION ETERNAL. Rafael Medina, USA.

A line of white cars were perfectly aligned during a snowy day in Downtown Providence.

BROKEN. Isabel Doody, Ireland.

After a fight with his brother over mating rights, he sat defeated in the rain. He watched on as his brother walked off in the distance.

AMERICA'S CUP PAVILION. David Fonda, USA.

The America's Cup Pavilion, the focal point for the 2007 America’s Cup held in Valencia, Spain; designed by architect David Chipperfield.

CHILDHOOD. Joy Saha, Bangladesh.

Children play among hundreds of giant hat-shaped bamboo cones in a rice field in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. These cones protect freshly collected, dried rice from rain and fog. Rice mill workers start at 5 am and work till 2 pm every day, after which their children play the afternoon games.

SPARROW KILLING WEAVER. Willem Kruger, South Africa.

I realized there were some interesting bird interactions going on amongst the birds in my backyard, so I set out to capture some of interaction. In this image, a male Cape Sparrow is attacking a male Southern masked weaver, in order to establish domination on the branch.

HYEANA ZEBRA HEAD. Willem Kruger, South Africa.

Location – Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Early one morning on our game drive in the park we came across three spotted hyenas walking along the road. One the hyenas was carrying the head of a Zebra presumably from a lion kill nearby walking straight toward us.

GIMME SHELTER. Sean Owens, USA.

A monkey mother shelters her newborn baby safely in her arms.

THE LIGHT I SHINE ON YOU. Thomas de Franzoni, Italy.

The sun just set gives a splendid atmosphere to this truly majestic and unique landscape.

ETHEREAL GRACE. Katrine Moite, USA.

Every detail in this shot, from the smooth lines to the softness of the light, symbolizes the miracle of creating life. The silhouette of the expectant mother, enveloped in shadow and light, conveys the tender anticipation and inner harmony.

LA GONDOLA NERA. Judith Kuhn, Germany.

enice, sestiere San Marco, january 2022.

DANCING TREES. Judith Kuhn, Germany.

Once again a trip to the Windbuchen on the Schauinsland near Freiburg im Breisgau. I had hoped to be above the fog and catch a glimpse of color in the sky, but the foggy atmosphere also had its charm. In any case, great to experience a little winter.

A BALINESE LOVESTORY. Jeff Baus, Luxemburg.

This couple stay together for more than 70 years. This love and happyness had open my heart.

ALIGNED. Florian Kriechbaumer, Germany.

While photographing the Taj Mahal during sunrise from the shorelines of the nearby Yamuna river I observed this bird of pray circling the river, before it landed on a wooden stick among some nearby farmland. On my way back I managed to align it with the hazy silhouette of India's famous landmark.

CITY IN THE CLOUDS. Florian Kriechbaumer, Germany.

The sun illuminates the world's tallest building from the east, while thick fog rolling in from the desert covers the ground, creating the illusion of a city in the clouds.

SACRED PLACE. Kazutoshi Kawakami, Japan.

The banyan tree, which is said to live for thousands of years, is divine and even the air is clear.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

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