The Photographer of the Year honors are awarded to the most outstanding photographers working in black and white

Photographer of the Year Contest

International Photographer of the Year

Light descends in perfect symmetry, converging on a silent cross

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Arturo Gómez Sierra

Mexico

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Photographer of the Year

The historical windows were captured in the 120-year-old Concubine Lane in Malaysia. The concept of cracked, burnt windows conveys the message that the historical values of famous places are wearing off as modernization occurs, and how good it is if we can remember those beautiful values, isn’t it?

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The Forgotten History

Lee Ching Kai

Malaysia

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Silver

Life's journey is filled with experiences and connections which leave traces in our lives like imprints of where we've been and who we've been with. Together they shape who we are, creating a tapestry of steps each one representing a memory, a lesson, a feeling.

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Traces

Alexandra Thannhäuser

Germany

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Bronze

An installation of gleaming rods suspended, as if in mid-air.

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Conceptual Installation

Gregory Buck

United States of America

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clearcut

Craig Howard

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People’s Vote Award

A series of Elephant and Rhinoceros detailed textures

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Wild Namibian Textures

Earl Harper

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From above, the wide, structured Bulevardi i Ri, in Tirana, slices through the city like a sharp line of progress, contrasting vividly with the narrow, winding roads of the older neighborhoods it intersects.

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Bulevardi

Paulo Dos Santos Sousa

Shot under the moonlight, this aerial view of Eboliang’s Yadan landforms reveals an alien, wind-carved world. In the vast silence, a lone light glows—human presence dwarfed by geologic time. Stripped of color, only shadow, form, and eternity remain.

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Moonlit Silence of Eboliang

Zhengjie Wu

China

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The towering dunes of Sossusvlei , from the air opens up a whole new perspective

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Devils pitchfork

Jandré Germishuizen

Namibia

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Look up

Jana Hejzlarova

Czechia

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A corridor of time.
Steel, rust, and shadow layered in infinite rhythm.

Each arch frames a moment,
each line carries memory.

Beneath the towering industrial arches of Parco Dora, Turin —
past and present speak through texture and geometry.

In black & white, in color —
time becomes visual poetry

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Timeless Line

Pierluigi Gualano

Italy

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Windows face a courtyard in the early morning Mediterranean sun.

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Looking to the Sky

At its heart, it speaks to the quiet strength that comes from shifting perspectives—questioning your direction, embracing change, and steadily aligning your path with your hopes rather than your fears.

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Inverted Realities

The body seeks balance in a space that resists it. It falls, rises, repeats. Each gesture a word in a silent sentence. From concrete, a fragile dance emerges—one of rhythm, resilience, and the will to move when stillness is not an option

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MOVEMENTS

Jozef Danyi

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High contrast, tension, and kinetic energy. In the skatepark, BMX riders and skateboarders merge with the geometry of space, creating a rhythmic visual symphony where strength, speed, and architecture blend into a single motion.

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Skatepark

This series explores spiritual transcendence and self-reflection through poetic landscapes, using nature as a metaphor to invite stillness and introspection amid the noise of modern life.

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An Internal Odyssey

Tzion Essel

United Kingdom

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Ein Flugzeugflügel wird mit Enteisungsflüssigkeit besprüht. Der feine Nebel hebt sich kontrastreich vom dunklen Metall ab. Im Hintergrund: winterliche Kälte, verschwommene Konturen – eine stille, technische Momentaufnahme.

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DE-ICED

Alessandro R. Moser

Switzerland

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