Beautiful Winning Black And White Photos From The 2019 Monochrome Photographer Of The Year Contest

Grand Prize: Monochrome Photographer of the Year – Professional. The Mundari cattle camp By Trevor Cole from the United Kingdom

While the norm has become to embrace all things technicolor, nothing beats the classics. From iconic films like It’s a Wonderful Life and To Kill a Mockingbird, to the original works of Disney and other famous cartoonists, black and white imagery was and has always been the original color, telling superlative stories far before digital editing and graphics made their way into the arts. To those who have forgotten the impact that black-and-white schemes can have on artwork, the Monochrome Photography Awards are here to remind us in a way that we’ll never forget!

Showcasing stunning monochrome moments captured on camera by both professional and amateur photographers in a wide variety of categories, bringing out every glorious shade from white to black and back again. The 2019 winners of this competition will have you craving a taste of the golden age of art once more!

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Grand Prize: Monochrome Discovery of the Year – Amateur. Hou_Huibo_Witches_Finger_2 By Huibo Hou from the United States

1st Place Winner: Landscapes Photographer of the Year – Professional. Abyss By Masaya Akamatsu from Japan

2nd Place Winner: Landscapes Photographer of the Year – Professional. House in White By Frank Peters from the Netherlands

3rd Place Winner: Landscapes Photographer of the Year – Professional. Lonely Island By Markus Casutt from Switzerland

2nd Place Winner: Landscapes Discovery of the Year – Amateur. Floating church By Ales Krivec from Slovenia

3rd Place Winner: Landscapes Discovery of the Year – Amateur. Moonset Over Ther 9/11 Memorial Lights By Lucjan Gorczynski from the United States

1st Place Winner: Nature Photographer of the Year – Professional. Glowing Dust By Janine Krayer from Botswana

2nd Place Winner: Nature Photographer of the Year – Professional. Calma By Eugenio Rodriguez from Chile

3rd Place Winner: Nature Photographer of the Year – Professional. Pegasus Wing By Woottigon Angworakul from Thailand

1st Place Winner: Nature Discovery of the Year – Amateur. Where the muddy river meets the ocean By Joao Galamba from Portugal

2nd Place Winner: Nature Discovery of the Year – Amateur. Klimawandel und globale Erwärmung (Climate change and global warming) By Jacek Krefft

3rd Place Winner: Nature Discovery of the Year – Amateur. Swamp Idyll By Caroline Peppiatt from the United States

1st Place Winner: Wildlife Photographer of the Year – Professional. The bull sharks dance By Serge MELESAN from France

2nd Place Winner: Wildlife Photographer of the Year – Professional. Polar Walk By Thomas Vijayan

3rd Place Winner: Wildlife Photographer of the Year – Professional. Walking penguins By Aleksander Myklebust from Norway

1st Place Winner: Wildlife Discovery of the Year – Amateur. Sky Dance By Andreas Oberg from the United Kingdom

2nd Place Winner: Wildlife Discovery of the Year – Amateur. The Norm-Breaker By Pallavi Laveti from India

3rd Place Winner: Wildlife Discovery of the Year – Amateur. The King By Victoria Carlson from the United States