Spectacular Bird-Winners From The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards
Winner: “Egret and Ladyfish” by Xiaoping Lin, China
The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards celebrated the artistry and passion of bird photographers, showcasing stunning images of avian life in diverse, breathtaking settings. These photographs captured both the elegance and fragility of birds, inspiring appreciation and a call to protect their natural habitats. Continue reading »
The Art of Street Photography: Black and White Photos from The Decisive Moments Magazine
The Decisive Moments Magazine presents exceptional black-and-white street photographs, capturing the raw energy, emotion, and spontaneous beauty of urban life. Through light, shadow, and composition, these images transform everyday scenes into extraordinary stories, showcasing the enduring artistry of street photography in monochrome. Continue reading »
Amazing Winning Images Of The The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards
Grand Prize: “Bengal Tigers” by Mangesh Ratnakar Desai, India
The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards highlighted breathtaking moments from around the globe, celebrating photographers who captured the beauty and power of Earth’s diverse ecosystems. From sweeping landscapes to intimate wildlife portraits, the award-winning images showcase nature’s grandeur and fragility, inspiring deeper appreciation and awareness for conservation. Continue reading »
Spectacular Fine-Art Winners From The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards
1st Place Winner: “Delicate” by Hilda Champion
The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards celebrated fine-art photographers who have redefined visual storytelling through simplicity, highlighting the profound beauty in minimalism. The award-winning works, from serene landscapes to striking abstractions, showcase how thoughtful use of negative space and single subjects can evoke deep emotional responses and reveal powerful narratives. Continue reading »
Beautiful Winners of the 2024 Epson International Panorama Photo Awards
Open Photographer of the Year: Kelvin Yuen, Hong Kong
The 2024 Epson International Panorama Photo Awards named Kelvin Yuen from Hong Kong as Open Photographer of the Year for his breathtaking landscapes from remote locations like China’s Guilin mountains, Patagonia, and Iceland. This competition showcases the finest in panoramic photography, celebrating photographers who masterfully capture the grandeur of the world’s most extraordinary views. Continue reading »
Beautiful Award-Winning Black and White Landscapes from the 2024 reFocus Photography Awards
Gold: Wave Washing on Iceberg, Antarctica by Jeff Schewe
The 2024 reFocus Black and White Photography Awards spotlight breathtaking landscape photography from around the globe, showcasing how monochrome enhances contrast, texture, and form to transform natural scenes into powerful works of art. Continue reading »
Incredible Winning Photos From The 2024 reFocus Black And White Photography Awards
1st Place: The Right To Know by Roberta Vagliani
The 2024 reFocus Black and White Photography Awards showcased an awe-inspiring collection of photos that highlight the emotional depth and storytelling power of monochrome imagery, from striking portraits to dramatic landscapes. Continue reading »
Spectacular Long Exposure-Winning Photos From The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards
1st Place Winner: Torii by Ulana Switucha
The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards featured stunning long exposure photographs that masterfully combine light, time, and minimalist aesthetics, turning everyday scenes into ethereal compositions. The winning photographers displayed exceptional skill in balancing technical precision with artistic vision, celebrating the elegance of minimalism in photography. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Images From The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards
Minimalist Photographer Of The Year: Anna by Eva Chupikova, Czech Republic
The 2024 Minimalist Photography Awards celebrate the art of simplicity, featuring powerful images that use minimal elements like composition, light, and space to create evocative and captivating works of visual storytelling. Continue reading »
Nature Winning Photos From The 2024 Prix De La Photographie Awards
1st Place Winner: “Wild Flowers” by Anne Mason-Hoerter, Germany
The 2024 Prix De La Photographie Awards honored extraordinary nature photography from around the world, highlighting the breathtaking beauty and intricate connections within our environment through stunning landscapes and intimate wildlife moments, inspiring us to appreciate and protect the natural world. Continue reading »
Spectacular Black-And-White Winning Photos From The AAP Magazine Awards
1st Place Winner: “Macadam” by Manuel Besse (France)
The AAP Magazine Awards honor exceptional black-and-white photography, featuring diverse, masterfully composed images that captivate with their powerful storytelling and emotional depth, proving color unnecessary for conveying meaning. Continue reading »
Breathtaking Finalist Photos Of The 2024 Ocean Photographer Of The Year
Finalist, Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Jake Wilton, Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea
The 2024 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition has revealed its remarkable finalists, showcasing breathtaking underwater images that capture the ocean’s beauty and mystery. With over $12,898 (£10,000) in prizes, the competition, hosted by Oceanographic Magazine, will announce the overall winner and top category awards next month. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Analogue Photos of The 2023 International Photography Awards
3rd Place In Analog/Film/Landscape: “Sunkissed Hills” By Bernarda Nibera Conič
The 2023 International Photography Awards (IPA) featured amazing analog photography that enthralled audiences worldwide. We enter the magical world of analog photography with these stunning fine art, landscape, and portrait winners. Continue reading »
Gabriele Serrini’s Powerful Abstract Pop Art Paintings
Italian painter Gabriele Serrini, who is presently residing in Spain, creates visually arresting paintings by fusing pop culture motifs with abstract expressionism. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images Of The United Nations World Oceans Day Photo Contest 2024
Awaken New Depths: Winner by Renee Capozzola (USA)
To mark World Ocean Day 2024 on June 8, Dive Photo Guide announced the winners of its 11th annual photo competition. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos Of 2024 Exposure One Black And White Photography Awards
1st Place Professional: “Feathered Warriors: A Moment of Suspense” by Paul Lukin
The 2024 Exposure One Black and White Photography Awards have revealed a stunning array of winning images, each exemplifying the timeless elegance and powerful impact of monochromatic photography. These captivating photographs span a spectrum of emotions, landscapes, and moments, each narrating a unique story through the simplicity of black and white. Continue reading »
Michael Cheval’s Vibrant Masterpieces Reveal the Hidden Strangeness of Our Existence
A master of the unexpected, Michael Cheval is a contemporary artist who wields a wild imagination. His surrealist paintings, drawings, and portraits aren’t mere depictions; they’re reality turned inside-out, a portal into the depths of the human psyche and the inherent paradoxes of existence. Continue reading »
“This Is Manchester”: Michael Ashcroft’s Truthful Series Of Paintings That Celebrate The Northern City
A master of landscape and cityscape in oils, Michael Ashcroft’s truthful style has captured the heart of Manchester and its art lovers. His familiar Northern scenes, like wet roads at dusk, raddled pub facades, and landmarks in the afternoon sun, are painted to celebrate the bustling and beautiful nature of this city. Continue reading »
Impressive Conceptual Architecture And Art Projects By Michael Jantzen
Michael Jantzen (previously) explores art, architecture and design in his imaginative renderings of conceptual buildings and structures inspired by nature, technology and science. Continue reading »
Michael Pederson’s Miniature World Of The Unexpected: Artist Uses Skill And Humour To Enlarge Small, Everyday Things
“Please wait here until called,” says the sign by a small hole in the sidewalk. There are ropes and stanchions to corral the visitors waiting for, well, what? What’s inside? Who can fit though the portal to the VIP club, popular restaurant or haven on the other side? Who calls? Michael Pederson (previously), aka Miguel Marquez Outside, could tells us. He made the sign and other intriguing tableaux of small worlds. But we don’t want to know. We’ve stumbled upon something new and delightfully small. It needs no explanation. It just is. And it’s wonderful. Continue reading »
Photographer Michael Salisbury Visualizes Chicago As An Abandoned City
Chicago is the home of over 2.7 million people, making it the third most-populated city in the U.S. What would the bustling metropolis look if it were abandoned? Continue reading »
“We’re All Mad Here. I’m Mad. You’re Mad”: The Superb Concept Artworks By Michael Kutsche
Michael Kutsche is an award-winning German artist based in Berlin, Germany. He is a self taught artist who works both in traditional and digital media. His work is best described as an astoundingly lifelike depiction of parallel realities, populated by odd characters reminiscent of movies, comics but also Flemish Renaissance Painting. Continue reading »
Craftsman Jeffrey Michael Samudosky Transforms A Fallen Redwood Tree Into A Giant Eight-Tentacle Sea Creature
Washington-based woodcarver Jeffrey Michael Samudosky has been creating elaborate figural works from a variety of Pacific Northwest trees since he started his company JMS Wood Sculpture in 1998. Continue reading »
“Nightland”: Breathtaking Urban Nightscape Photography By Michael Streckbein
Michael Streckbein is an professional photographer and artist currently based in Cologne, Germany. Michael focuses on architecture, urban and street photography. Continue reading »
Photographer Michael Massaia Captures Haunting Images Of Central Park When No One Is Around
During his mid 20s, Michael Massaia developed a terrible case of insomnia. In order to give himself a break from sitting around all night “staring at the walls,” he began to go on long walks. Massaia grew up in New Jersey but became enamored with New York City during his late-night strolls, when the city was less congested and fewer people were around. Thankfully, the self-taught photographer took his camera along, creating the series “Deep in a Dream, Central Park.”
Massaia worked a series of “crappy” jobs, including stints in movie theaters and warehouses, before finding photography. Continue reading »
