The names of the winners of the “Black and White Photo Awards” for the year 2022 have just been revealed, and every single one of the photographs is stunning in its unique way. The Black and White Photo Awards are being given out for the first time this year, and the prize pool of over 1,700 euros has already been dispersed.
The shot of a cheetah mother and her cubs taken by the Belgian photographer Johan Willems earned him the title of “Absolute Winner” of the Black and White Photo Awards 2022.
Please scroll down to view further outstanding photographs selected for inclusion on the winning list of the competition.
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#1 Absolute Winner – Johan Willems, “Cheetah with cubs.”
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#2 Bronze Mention Architecture – Lars Oliver Michaelis, “Stairways from heaven.”
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#3 Bronze Mention Architecture – Zhenwei Wang, “The Last Emperor”
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#4 Golden Mention Architecture – Antonio Figueras Barranco, “Waves”
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#5 Category Winner Architecture – Hector Ballester Ballester, “A light at the end of the tunnel.”
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#6 Bronze Mention Fauna and Flora – Enric Adrian Gener, “Bottlenose Dolphins surface reflections.”
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#7 Golden Mention Fauna and Flora – Ricardo Tormo Massignani, “Posado de girafas”
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#8 Silver Mention Fauna and Flora – Alessandro Accordini, “Backlight horse.”
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#9 Silver Mention Fauna and Flora – Pavlos Evangelidis, “Fan Club”
Image source: Black and White Photo Award “A gorgonian fan coral’s intricate patterns as a silhouette in the bright South Pacific water. A natural mini-maze. Shot underwater in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands.”
#10 Category Winner Fauna and Flora – Enric Adrian Gener, “Mobulas in the Mediterranean”
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#11 Winner Haida Special Award – George Digalakis, “Echoing Spaces”
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#12 Bronze Mention Landscape – Andy Gray, “The famous Great Ridge walkway in the Peak District England.”
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#13 Bronze Mention Landscape – Xu Dong, “Country Road Take Me Home”
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#14 Golden Mention Landscape – Ales Krivec, “The Dolomites Seiser Alm”
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#15 Category Winner Portrait – Kazutoshi Kawakami, “Pattern”
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#16 Bronze Mention Portrait – Antonio Damián Gallego, “Estudiante de Bobo-Dioulasso”
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#17 Golden Mention Portrait – Corine Bakker, “Ode”
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#18 Silver Mention Portrait – Karen Gajate Schoormans, “Entre luces y sombras retornan sus sueños”
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#19 Special Prize for Creativity – Dusty Cooper, “Levitate”
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#20 Category Winner Street – Saurabh Sirohiya, “Patterns of Eid”
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