MonoVisions Awards are proud to announce the winners of the 2021 photo contest, selecting the winning photographs from 3550 entries from across the globe!
Japanese photographer Kohei Ueno won the single photo category. His entry, titled In My Own Bubble, which is an image of Thibault Guignes, one of the French national freediving champions, won the Black & White Photo of the Year 2021, along with a $2000 cash prize.
Kohei Ueno – In my own bubble, BLACK & WHITE PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2021 Award
For the series category, Australian photographer Paul Giggle won the Black & White Series of the Year 2021, with a $3000 cash prize. By using nudes to capture trust and vulnerability, each picture in this unique Africa series delivers a strong message towards conserving Africas wildlife and habitat.
Paul Giggle – AFRICA, BLACK & WHITE SERIES OF THE YEAR 2021 Award
The panel of judges consisted of: Katerina Kouzmitcheva, Gregory Kramer, Svetlana Tarasova, Gary Beeber, William Mark Sommer, Dmitriy Krakovich, Anna Lazareva, Andrzej Pilichowski Ragno, Mattia Baldi, Allan Teger, Gian Angelakis, Tatiana Kurnosova, Gee Hurkmans, Ricardo Canales, Clayton Anderson, Michael Nguyen, Jérôme Brunet.
Full winners gallery: monovisionsawards.com/winners-gallery
Katia Shtina – In collaboration with nature and randomness, 1st place Series, Abstract
Marcel van Balken – The insignificance of man, 1st place Series, Architecture
Anna Lazareva – Metaphysical Body Landscape, 1st place Series, Conceptual
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Alexandra Black – Coyopapalotl Itemic [coh-yoh-pah-pah-loh-khl eeh-teh-mik], 1st place Series, Fine Art
Janis Palulis – Night power, 1st place Series, Landscapes
Petr Polách – Mystery of flooded caves, 1st place Series, Nature and Wildlife
SVETLIN YOSIFOV – Mursi People, 1st place Series, People
sharwar Apo – Waiting for last wave, 1st place Series, Photojournalism
Donald Graham – ON OF A KIND, 1st place Series, Portrait
Roberto Di Patrizi – Railway Station III, 1st place Series, Street Photography
Sylvia de Swaan – Who Am I Really?, 1st place Series, Travel
Marcin Giba – Harmony, 1st place Single Photo, Abstract
Zdeněk Vošický – Drowned in the fog, 1st place Single Photo, Architecture
Peter Eleveld – Black Tulip, 1st place Single Photo, Fine Art
Francisco Negroni – Ufo cloud, 1st place Single Photo, Landscapes
Shivang Mehta – Black Magic, 1st place Single Photo, Nature and Wildlife
Kristian Liebrand – lights – lines – love, 1st place Single Photo, Nude
Sandra Ventura – Generation, 1st place Single Photo, People
Eduardo Lopez Moreno – Abandonment and rural death by Covid-19, 1st place Single Photo, Photojournalism
Szymon Brodziak – Emersion, 1st place Single Photo, Portrait
Deepak Kumar – World within us, 1st place Single Photo, Street Photography
Roberto Pazzi – The Young Breeder, 1st place Single Photo, Travel
Full winners gallery: monovisionsawards.com/winners-gallery
