ND Awards (Neutral Density Awards) announced the winners of their international photography contest!
The judges reviewed thousands of images submitted from 77 countries. Sandro Baebler (Switzerland) has been announced as the overall winner of Professional category with the title: ND Photographer Of The Year 2015 and $2500 prize money. In Non-Professional category Lola Mitchell (United States) won the title ND Discovery Of The Year 2015 and $1300 in cash.
ND Awards aim to promote photography and photographers. Their idea is to create new opportunities to present most valuable work to the audience all over the world. To build a place where photographers can show diverse points of view and thrive through competition. ND Awards official website: www.ndawards.net
Take a closer look at our selection of black and white photographs featured in ND Awards 2015.
ARCHITECTURE: BRIDGES – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Grant Galbraith (Australia)
ARCHITECTURE: BUILDINGS – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Werner Elmer (Austria)
ARCHITECTURE: BRIDGES – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD JEFFLIN LING (Malaysia)
ARCHITECTURE: BUILDINGS – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Anique Naseeruddeen (United Arab Emirates)
ARCHITECTURE: INDUSTRIAL – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD John Eaton (United States)
ARCHITECTURE: OTHER – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Akira TAKAUE (Japan)
ARCHITECTURE: OTHER – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Yoshihiko Wada (Japan)
FINE ART: ABSTRACT – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Valerie Franc-Houge (United States)
FINE ART: CONCEPTUAL – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Louis Agius (Malta)
FINE ART: CONCEPTUAL – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Lola Mitchell (United States)
FINE ART: LANDSCAPE – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Pierre Pellegrini (Switzerland)
FINE ART: LANDSCAPE – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Mark Monk-Terry (United Kingdom)
FINE ART: LANDSCAPE – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Patrick Ems (Switzerland)
FINE ART: NUDES – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Yuri Shalimov (Russian Federation)
FINE ART: NUDES – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Vladimir Tikhorskiy (Russian Federation)
FINE ART: OTHER – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Alexandru Crisan (Romania)
FINE ART: OTHER – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Brigitta Moser (Austria)
FINE ART: PHOTOMANIPULATION – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Milad Safabakhsh (Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
FINE ART: OTHER – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Mihai Chebac (United States)
NATURE: OTHER – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Steve Blackwell (Canada)
NATURE: SEASCAPES / WATERSCAPES – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Steve Fisher (United States)
NATURE: SEASCAPES / WATERSCAPES – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Dave MacVicar (Canada)
NATURE: SKY – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Andrea Cevo (Italy)
NATURE: TREES – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Vesa Pihanurmi (Finland)
NATURE: TREES – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Gregor Borwig (Germany)
NATURE: TREES – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Scott Bolendz (United States)
NATURE: WILDLIFE – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD pekka Järventaus
PEOPLE: CHILDREN – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Maura Ladosz (Poland)
PEOPLE: CHILDREN – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Froi Rivera (Philippines)
PEOPLE: OTHER – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Tomasz Krauze (United Kingdom)
PEOPLE: OTHER – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Vesa Pihanurmi (Finland)
PEOPLE: PORTRAIT – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Rachel Faivre (France)
PEOPLE: SELF-PORTRAIT – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Gregoris Mentzas (Greece)
PEOPLE: TRAVEL / CULTURE – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Heinrich Wegmann (Italy)
PEOPLE: PORTRAIT – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Renata Młynarczyk (Poland)
SPECIAL: FASHION / BEAUTY – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Vineet Suthan (United Arab Emirates)
SPECIAL: LONG EXPOSURE – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Jisoo Kang (Korea, Republic of)
SPECIAL: LONG EXPOSURE – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Thibault Roland (United States)
SPECIAL: PANORAMIC – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Dennis Ramos (United States)
SPECIAL: STREET PHOTOGRAPHY – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Tatsuo Suzuki (Japan)
PEOPLE: PORTRAIT – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Sandro Baebler (Switzerland)
ADVERTISING: FASHION – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Benedikt Ernst (Germany)
ADVERTISING: PRODUCT / OBJECTS – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Małgorzata Fober (Poland)
ARCHITECTURE: BRIDGES – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Joseph Romeo (United States)
ARCHITECTURE: BRIDGES – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Noel Baldewijns (Belgium)
ARCHITECTURE: BUILDINGS – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD JACKY WONG (Malaysia)
ARCHITECTURE: BUILDINGS – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD CHONG KOK YEW
ARCHITECTURE: INDUSTRIAL – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Joseph Romeo (United States)
EDITORIAL: DAILY LIFE – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Mohammad Rakibul Hasan (Bangladesh)
EDITORIAL: DAILY LIFE – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Linda de’Nobili (Italy)
EDITORIAL: DOCUMENTARY – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Foad Mirzaei (Kenya)
EDITORIAL: DOCUMENTARY – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Christian Werner (Germany)
EDITORIAL: GENERAL NEWS – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Babak Aliasgharian (Iran, Islamic Republic Of)
EDITORIAL: OTHER – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Kosuke Ryujin (Japan)
EDITORIAL: SPORTS – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Matt Palmer (Australia)
FINE ART: BOOK – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Francesco Mastalia
FINE ART: LANDSCAPE – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Yi Sun (United Kingdom)
FINE ART: LANDSCAPE – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Jack Curran (United States)
FINE ART: NUDES – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Arthur Meehan (Denmark)
FINE ART: OTHER – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Chris Kovacs (Canada)
FINE ART: PHOTOMANIPULATION – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Mariano Belmar Torrecilla (Spain)
FINE ART: PHOTOMANIPULATION – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Cedrick Nöt (France)
NATURE: OTHER – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Mitsu Yoshikawa (United States)
NATURE: SEASCAPES / WATERSCAPES – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD JEFFLIN LING (Malaysia)
NATURE: TREES – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Jack Curran (United States)
NATURE: TREES – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Steven Fudge (Australia)
NATURE: UNDERWATER – 1st – GOLD STAR AWARD Christian Vizl
PEOPLE: CHILDREN – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Elika Hunt (Estonia)
PEOPLE: PORTRAIT – 2nd – SILVER STAR AWARD Michal Podrucki (United Kingdom)
PEOPLE: PORTRAIT – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD Refat Mamutov (Russian Federation)
PEOPLE: TRAVEL / CULTURE – 3rd – BRONZE STAR AWARD chee keong Lim (Malaysia)
ND Awards official website: www.ndawards.net