GuruShots: Winning Photographs from The Impressive Still Life Contest


Rebekah Raybould – United Kingdom

Billed as the world’s greatest photo game, GuruShots is an online platform that provides a fun, structured way to showcase your images while gaining global exposure for your work.

By competing in epic challenges against millions of photographers, you can get instant feedback from over three billion monthly votes and increase your ranking from Newbie to achieve the ultimate status (and bragging rights) of Guru.

GuruShots’ challenges are voted on by the platform’s Gurus and the wider community, and there’s a fresh challenge every day. Winners can receive prizes from GuruShots’ sponsors such as Adorama, Kodak, Lowepro and Lensbaby.

The ‘Impressive Still Life’ contest tasked entrants with pushing their creative vision in this most traditional of fields.

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Frank Werle – Germany


Micha Mettier – Switzerland


Andrei Krylovich – Russia


Jasminka Konjevic – Croatia


Jo Whitnell – United Kingdom


Harjeet Kaur – Spain


Zsuzsa Balog – Hungary


Yana Raaga – Latvia


Anne-Marie Fuller – South Africa


Snjezana Brajnovic – Croatia


Lazar Constantin – Romania


Gwen Carr – United States


Hermann Klecker – Germany


Theo Collett – South Africa


Kritee Mahanti – Sweden


David Hayden – United States


Petr Vydra – Czechia


Queen Of Snails – Austria


Per Cardell – Sweden


Matthew DiGiacomo – United States


Lynn DeStefano – United States


Franco Papaianni – Italy

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