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AAP Magazine #6: B&W

For this 6th edition of AAP Magazine, we received a record number of submissions. It was wonderful to discover so many great works and compelling pictures. Clearly black and white photography continues to hold a prominent place in our hearts and imaginations! The selected portfolios all have different approaches to the unifying theme of black and white photography. Using film, digital photography or even Xrays, deep blacks or light grays, each photographer showcases a unique point of view.

Jackson Patterson (First place winner - United States), Ron Cooper (Second place Winner - United States), Takeo Hirose (Third place Winner - Japan), Jeff Manoury (Merit Award - France), Stephen Wicks (Merit Award - United States), Calin-Andrei Stan (Merit Award - Romania), Helka Ivanyi (Merit Award - Austria), Roberto Soares-Gomes (Merit Award - Brazil), Alain Schhroeder (Merit Award - Belgium), Klaus Lenzen (Merit Award - Germany), Christine Huebner-Berlepsch (Merit Award - Switzerland), Erberto Zani (Merit Award - Switzerland), Jean Michel Clajot (Merit Award - Belgium), Rafal Michalak (Merit Award - Poland), Frank Lynch (Merit Award - Switzerland), Leslie Gleim (Merit Award - United States), Pamela Aminou (Merit Award - United Kingdom), Jenna Mulhall-Brereton (Merit Award - United States), Don Jacobson (Merit Award - United States), Preeti & Prashant Chacko (Merit Award - United Arab Emirates), Kent Krugh (Merit Award - United States), and Mx Lee (Merit Award - France).

AAP Magazine #5: COLORS

For this fifth magazine we chose twenty photographers for their different approach to the theme Colors. We were looking for work that would celebrate colors, showing its influence, its possibilities, and also its nuances. We were also looking for sophisticated images and work that was sometimes unexpected, but was shot with intention and focus. We hope that the images we selected for this edition of AAP Magazine open your mind to new ways of understanding color photography.

Vicky Martin (First place Winner - United Kingdom), C E Morse (Second place Winner - United States), Robi Chakraborty (Third place Winner - United States), Frank Lynch (Merit Award - Switzerland), Ana Santos (Merit Award - Spain), Sucheta Das (Merit Award - India), Alexandro Pelaez (Merit Award - United Kingdom), Roberto Soares-Gomes (Merit Award - Brazil), Klaus Lenzen (Merit Award - Germany), Enrique López-Tapia (Merit Award - Spain), Christine Miess (Merit Award - Austria), David Pace (Merit Award - United States), Wendi Schneider (Merit Award - United States), Juliette Parisot (Merit Award - France), Pelle Sten (Merit Award - Sweden), Don Jacobson (Merit Award - United States), Emmanuel Monzon (Merit Award - United States), Cynthia Dickinson (Merit Award - United States), Jonathan M. Frydman (Merit Award - United States), and Dorrie McVeigh (Merit Award - France).

AAP Magazine #4: SHAPES

For the fourth issue of AAP Magazine we chose eighteen photographers for their different approach to the idea of Shapes. Their work is diverse: documentary, architecture, nudes, still life, abstractions, images ranging from early historical processes like the wet plate collodion tintype to contemporary digital photography. We hope their images will inspire you and that their different approaches to the same theme will open your mind to new possibilities, to different techniques and perspectives. Enjoy!

Monica Denevan (First place Winner - United States), Joshua Sariñana (Second place Winner - United States), Yelena Zhavoronkova (Third place Winner - United States), Katia Platonova (Merit Award - Russian Federation), Marcel van Balken (Merit Award - Netherlands), Evgeny Matveev (Merit Award - Russian Federation), Steven Raskin (Merit Award - United States), George McCann (Merit Award - United States), Allison Roberts (Merit Award - United States), Sylvain Heraud (Merit Award - France), r.a.tinoko (Merit Award - United Kingdom), Magali Chesnel (Merit Award - France), Aristo Risi (Merit Award - Australia), Jenny Sampson (Merit Award - United States), Barbara Dombach (Merit Award - United States), Craig Schwanfelder (Merit Award - United States), Wendi Schneider (Merit Award - United States), and Philip Sager (Merit Award - United States).

AAP Magazine #3: TRAVELS

For the third issue of AAP Magazine, we were looking for your travel photographs, near and far, to the edge of the earth and to the places perhaps known only to you. Whether you were hauling around a view camera and a tripod or just pulling a mobile phone out of your back pocket, we wanted to see what you've captured and how you were telling your story. And we were not disapointed - most of the images you've submitted are simply stunning!

Choosing only a few was a very difficult task to the point that instead of the expected fifteen winners, we couldn't decide and went with a selection of seventeen photographers: Valerio Nicolosi (First place Winner - Italy), Vladimir Nosalskiy (Second place Winner - Russian Federation), Paolo Nigris (Third place Winner - United States), Giovanni Diffidenti (Merit Award - Italy), Paige Lipsky (Merit Award - United States), Emmanuel Monzon (Merit Award - United States), Istvan Kerekes (Merit Award - Hungary), Larry Chait (Merit Award - United States), Polod (Merit Award - Thailand), Silvia Alessi (Merit Award - Italy), Filip Gierlinski (Merit Award - United Kingdom), Clarence Lin (Merit Award - United States), Robert Moran (Merit Award - United States), Kinuko Esther Asano (Merit Award - France), Wendy Stone (Merit Award - United States), Daniel Haeker (Merit Award - Germany), and MdTanveer Rohan (Merit Award - United States).

AAP Magazine #2: FACES

For the second issue of AAP Magazine, we primarily looked for an expression on the face that conveyed the subject's feelings at the moment the photograph was taken. Or if the subject's thoughts remained a mystery, we looked for a face that had been caught in a revealing light. We also decided to showcase very diverse type of works so that readers could discover different approaches to the same theme.

Choosing only a few was a difficult task to the point that instead of the expected fifteen winners, we couldn't decide and went with a selection of twenty photographers: Neil Kremer & Cory Johnson (First place Winner - United States), Michael Joseph (Second place Winner - United States), Ron Cooper (Third place Winner - United States), Judith Walgren (Merit Award - United States), Robi Chakraborty (Merit Award - United States), Stephen Wicks (Merit Award - United States), Rebecca Moseman (Merit Award - United States), Steve Lease (Merit Award - United States), Laena Wilder (Merit Award - United States), Anja Bruehling (Merit Award - United States), K.K. DePaul (Merit Award - United States), Arianne Clément (Merit Award - Canada), Tatsuo Suzuki (Merit Award - Japan), Polod (Merit Award - Thailand), Suzette Luiken (Merit Award - Netherlands), Alain Schroeder (Merit Award - Belgium), Lauren Welles (Merit Award - United States), Miranda Schmitz (Merit Award - Belgium), J. Fredric May (Merit Award - United States) and Jean-Yves Coquelin (Merit Award - France).

AAP Magazine #1: LIGHT

For it's firt issue, the jury chose 15 photographers for their different approach to the definition of photography itself "drawing with light". Their work is diverse from fine art to documentary, poetic beauty or abstraction.

In addition to the unique visual language of each photographers, the short texts written by the artists themselves allow you to discover different voices, point of views and backgrounds.

This issue features the following photographers: JP Terlizzi (First place Winner - United States), Emmanuel Monzon (Second place Winner - United States), Alain Schroeder (Third place Winner - Belgium), Paul Crampton (Merit Award - Canada), Diane Fenster (Merit Award - United States), Robert Hecht (Merit Award - United States), Nicolas Thomas (Merit Award - France), Remi Chapeaublanc (Merit Award - France), Jake Mein (Merit Award - New Zealand), Vanessa Marsh (Merit Award - United States), Brad Patocka (Merit Award - United States), Alexandrino Lei Airosa (Merit Award - Macau), William Nourse (Merit Award - United States), Francis Meslet (Merit Award - France) and Mo Verlaan (Merit Award - Netherlands).