AAP Magazine #32 - B&W 2023
B&W
Annoucing Winners and Merit Awards
Winner's Gallery
Alain Schroeder
Kim City 2
Pyongyang, North Korea.
A young woman, wearing traditional clothing, snaps a selfie with her all-female group in front of the Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Struggle monument on the left of the Mansudae Grand Monument with its 22-meter-high bronze statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. The 50-meter-long tribute depicts over 200 statues of soldiers followed by a crowd of factory workers, farmers, etc.
First Place winner
$500 Cash Prize
Belgium
Kim City 2
Anastasia Pagonas
Cozette
Second Place Winner
$300 Cash Prize
United States
Cozette
Fenqiang Liu
Secret Garden
After patiently waiting one spring morning in Florida, my efforts paid off when a Great Egret finally took flight. I captured this moment that genuinely encapsulates the beauty of these magnificent creatures. As a photographer, I aim to express my interpretation of reality through my work. During post-processing, I darkened the sky and added a lighting effect. These creative choices resulted in a dreamy and mysterious image, transporting the viewer to a world that exists only in imagination.
Third Place Winner
$200 Cash Prize
United States
Secret Garden
Merit Award's Gallery
Eric T Kunsman
Unknown Number- 85 Cafe, 1140 Grand Avenue, Las Vegas, NM 87701
From my series "Life-Lines Throughout the United States."
Beamie Young
Untitled
Andre Bogaert
Untitled
Jason Hioe
Holy Journey
Jason Hioe
Indonesia
Andrea Bettancini
On the Waterfront
Zanzibar Divers are a group of lively children engaged in skilled diving activities every day at sunset in Forodhani Gardens in Stonetown Zanzibar, nicknamed Makachu Forodhani, this has become a major attraction and spectacle for tourists.
Jaejoon Ha
Way to the church
Sister on her Way to the church
Gavin Libotte
Wave 9
Part of a series called New Wave.
Paul R Gibert
Kelp and surfers
This shot to me most clearly depicts the sense of magic that surfers have often described to me. They are so close to shore yet feel far away. They are alone on their boards yet part of a community. In the end, the fog is the element that brings this series of images together for me.
Gerald Assouline
Waiting for...Trieste, Italy, 2019
Rain, darkness, solitude...captured with a Holga.
Gerald Assouline
France
Johan Willems
Cheetah with cubs
This photo was taken during our safari in December 2019 in the Masai Mara NP. We were lucky that the cheetah with its cubs was close to the road.
Johan Willems
Belgium
Jonas Scheck
Firefighters with heat-sensored camera
This photo series captures a firefighter exercise in the city of Ins, Switzerland. The instructor hides human dummies within a building and simulates low visibility by filling the area with smoke. To locate the dummies, firefighters rely on heat-sensored cameras and navigate through the challenging environment.
Abdulrahman Adi
Untitled
Abdulrahman Adi
Germany
Joan Morse
Tobacco farmer humor
Irony abounds.
Joan Morse
United States
Manuel Besse
A l'Origine
Klaus Lenzen
Concrete shades of gray V
Concrete shades of gray - seen under a bridge over the Rhine in Düsseldorf, Germany
Kevin Lyle
Portalism 19461
Objectively, portals are points of entry; doors, windows, gates, openings, etc.
Subjectively, portals can represent the realms to which they seem to lead.
Some portals are open, some are closed.
Some portals are inviting, some are prohibitive.
Martin Miklas
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Max Marienko
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New York City
Max Marienko
United States
Pelin Guven
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Mitchell Anolik
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Mitchell Anolik
United States
Carl Young
Backtrack
From the series "Just outside the door": An impressionistic exploration of place and memory.
Demetrio Jereissati
Embraced by Nature
Machu Picchu ( A Personal Journey) I went to Machu Picchu on a personal trip. The power of the Incas could be felt in nature, in the mountains, on the Urubamba River. How did they build this? Where did they go? Are we the next Incas?
Thank You!
