AAP Magazine #47 - Shadows 2025
Shadows
Announcing Winners and Merit Awards
Winner's Gallery
Harvey Stein
Woman on Pier Looking Skyward, Coney Island, Brooklyn,NY
First Place winner
$500 Cash Prize
United States
Woman on Pier Looking Skyward, Coney Island, Brooklyn,NY
Fabien Dendiével
Untitled
Second Place Winner
$300 Cash Prize
France
Hugo Thomassen
Untitled
Third Place Winner
$200 Cash Prize
Netherlands
Merit Award's Gallery
John M. Francis
It Hastens From The Light
This is at an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho. I was attracted to take the photograph by the form of the unusual tree and did not really notice the shadow's resemblance to a figure at first.
Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro
Travessa do Soriano
A silhouette of a person holding an umbrella passes in front of a vivid yellow wall in Macau, their profile sharply defined by the backlight. The colonial-style columns and textured wall evoke the city’s blend of Eastern and Western architecture. The contrast between shadow and brightness creates a striking composition, turning a simple moment into a powerful visual narrative of place and identity.
Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro
Macau
Dominic Dähncke
Ghost
A series where I use two elements (my own shadow and my iPhone) to create mysterious images that can represent as many meanings as there are viewers. In my case I seek to convey the dark presence of the ghosts that inhabit our minds, which, with all the strength we give them with our thoughts and beliefs, become one more of us, living in our physical world, although without the presence of matter.
Dominic Dähncke
Spain
Francesco Pace Rizzi
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Francesco Pace Rizzi
Italia
Carol Isaak
Haveli doorway
Man entering haveli, India
Carol Isaak
United States
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Jet Long
The Broad Museum
The Broad Museum is a contemporary art museum situated in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, California. The museum’s most distinctive feature is its innovative design, characterized by a honeycomb-like “veil” exterior constructed from concrete and glass. The focus of this photograph is to highlight the honeycomb-like exterior structure through light and shadow.
Anna Biret
OUT OF THE SHADOW
B McCormick
Untitled
B McCormick
United States
Junxian Wang
Untitled
Maxine Harraway
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Saurabh Sirohiya
My Shadow Birds
A striking contrast between nature and art is evident in the image of a bird flying over a blue wall, with its shadow and other birds casting a moment of intrigue. This image encourages us to contemplate the connections between our environment and our aspirations.
Peter harlow
Seven
Evening sun on a bayside beach
Divyanshu Verma
Shadows behind Saree
This photo of shadows I've captured in my hometown, Prayagraj during Mahakumbh.
Divyanshu Verma
India
Klemen Razinger
In the Dark - refugee crisis, Dobrova, Croatian-Slovenian border, 2015
At 3 AM on a chill autumn night, a large group of men, women and children are being led from their drop off point at the Croatian-Slovenian border to a refugee shelter. Many do not know where they are, where they are going – but they know what they are walking away from. In the dark I see these people have no faces. They have no religion, no nationality. They have no age and no gender. In the dark we are all the same. We have no name. In the dark this could be us. In the dark – this is us.
Sabrina Caramanico
Circus
Trapeze artist in flight, from my project Circus.
Sabrina Caramanico
Italia
Gudula Röttger
Framed by Fabric, a Desert Street Scene
Sunlight filters through draped fabrics, framing a quiet street in a desert town. A man in red trousers walks with an unhurried pace, a motorcyclist rushes past, and two young women stroll together in the distance. The warm tones of the buildings contrast with the vibrant textiles, creating a moment that feels both intimate and expansive - a glimpse into everyday life in the arid landscape.
Denise Pensky
fowl play...
Mantanzas Cuba, 2025
Denise Pensky
United States
Patrick J. Cicalo
Untitled
Patrick J. Cicalo
United States
L.L. Ekkel
Untitled
Hüseyin Karahan
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Lev L. Spiro
The Pool
My work, including this series which I made in Iceland last summer, explores the duality of light and darkness, evoking the natural world as both a sacred space where beauty offers moments of solace, and as a starkly indifferent universe in which humans are left to seek meaning on their own. The images try to navigate this paradox, finding grace in shadow and disquiet in the sublime, constituting meditations on survival, spirit, and the fragile poetry of existence.
Lev L. Spiro
United States
Thank You!
