2023 National & Regional Awards Winners

Oday Shanshal

Knights

This photograph was taken in November 2022 at a horse festival in Morocco. The picture was taken using a slow shutter speed, while panning the camera to follow the movement of the knights.

Sandra Handschin

Dynamic Athlete

To demonstrate the dynamic nature of this young Swiss athlete I worked with water splashes and gelled lights.

Adil Javed

Retro Vibes

As a fan of the 1980s, I wish today's technology was available in those days.

Mateusz Żurowski

Sirens Dawn

A portrait of a woman I met at the Baltic Sea in Poland.

Samia Berbiche

Old Car Full of Flowers

This image was taken in Mexico City in April 2022. We were walking along the street when we saw this beautiful old car full of flowers and took the opportunity to use it in a photoshoot.

Angela Perez

Imperfect

What the world might see as imperfections are what make us unique. For this portrait I wanted to strip my subject to their most basic self, removing the colour and background distractions to show them in their true form.

Pradeep Kodimana Ramakrishnan

Tuffie

Navigating life's twists and turns, one step at a time.

Fabian Jung

Untitled

To create this photograph I positioned my model behind a piece of broken glass, which was illuminated by a red LED strip.

Uku Sööt

1,001 Yachts

An aerial view of the yacht harbour.

Niks Freimanis

An Absolution

The second night of the volcanic eruption in Meradalir valley, Iceland, which started in early August, 2022.

Cristina Băzăr

Nature’s Abduction

While travelling in Madeira, I was mesmerised by this specific tree engulfed in fog. I decided to photograph it alongside a mysterious human presence.

Ivana Dostálová

Vojtech

Vojtech, a ballet student in Prague. This portrait is from the series Ballet Life.

Dávid Balogh

Convergence

Team Brazil competes in the preliminaries of the women’s team highlight artistic swimming event during the 2022 World Aquatics Championships at the Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest.

Maria Guțu

Portrait of a Girl

This portrait of Nastea was taken in Varancau, Moldova. It is part of a series entitled Homeland, which explores the connections between young people from the northern part of Moldova and their surroundings. One third of Moldova's population has emigrated and the number of citizens leaving increases every year. Homeland isn’t only a place, person or event. It is a poetic quest for my roots; for a home whose meaning always changes.

Filip Hrebenda

Portal of Night

Winter in the mountains has its charm, even at night. The patterns formed in the frozen lakes are natural artworks in their own right, and help the creativity of the artist who is trying to capture them. This photograph was taken in early winter in Tatra National Park, Slovakia.

Sima Bivolarska-Stoyanova

Flame

A woman represents fire; she is like an element that burns you.

Elena Georgiou

The Girl with the Red Hat

A little girl walking through Eleftheria Square in Nicosia, Cyprus. This great building was designed by Zaha Hadid.

Alexandros Othonos

Lady of the Garden

This image is from my series, Lady of the Garden. As with other portraits in the series, I wanted to create a sense of movement in the photograph.

Vlatko Rafeski

Roots of Life

This photograph was taken around Passo delle Erbe in the Italian Dolomites, with the magnificent peak of Sass de Putia (Peitlerkofel) behind. I took the shot just before sunset with an ultra-wide-angle lens, using a polarising filter to maximise the drama in the sky.

Hajime Hirano

Phoenix

After the harvest, the farmers in my hometown burn the straw back to the soil. From the air, this burning wheat field looks like a phoenix.

Gyu Seob Shim

Forest Entrance

I spotted this person riding their bicycle on the bike path next to the Yangjaecheon, a small river in Seoul. The path was surrounded by trees that were so dense the road could not be seen, so it felt like he was riding into a deep forest.

Kyujin Jeong

The Peaceful Morning

It was a foggy November morning at Nara Park in Nara, Japan, when I photographed the autumn leaves and grazing deer. It was so peaceful.

Lee Jongkee

Slow Motion

Sometimes, watching a still diver can be beautiful.

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