The Independent Photographer, an international network of photographers and photography enthusiasts, has announced the winners of its Color Photography Award.
The Color Photography Award aimed to discover and bring exposure to the best contemporary artists working across all photographic fields. On this occasion, photographers driven by their artistic eye and passion for color were invited to join the competition and celebrate the beauty and diversity of color photography.
The 2020 edition was judged by Shannon Ghannam, the Global Education Director at Magnum Photos, responsible for the celebrated agency's educational programming globally, including the recently launched online learning platform Magnum Learn. Shannon has worked in various roles during a 20-year career including Screen Labs, Night Contact photography, and multimedia festival. Previously she managed Content Strategy and Development at Reuters, working to showcase the agency’s multimedia content globally.
We invite you to discover the images of 10 talented artists, whose work shows an exceptional level of quality.
1st Prize – Lainey Foster
Image credits: laineyfoster_
Title: 'Bloom' - New South Wales, Australia
Prize: 1000$
Prize: 1000$
The ever-beautiful Eden, on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, in algal bloom known as a 'bioluminescent dinoflagellate.'
2nd Prize - Kara Kapelnikova
Image credits: nitedrives
'Untitled'
Prize: 600$
Prize: 600$
Crumpled up airplane peanuts wrapper.
3rd Prize - Joson
Image credits: josonstudio
Title: 'Pet project'
Prize: 400$
Prize: 400$
The 'Pet' project focuses on children with their pets (this is not a digital composite). I started the project working for a client focusing on ‘traditional’ pets like cats and dogs. I decided to explore my own fears of some of the more exotic animals such as snakes and combined that with my focus on the innocence of children in my photographs. I was determined to pair up the fearlessness that I saw in the children with the adult perception of these animals as being dark and sinister.
Finalist - Carlos Antonorsi
Image credits: carlosantonorsi
Title: 'The selfie'
Wynwood, Miami, Florida
A woman it taking a selfie in Miami, Florida.
A woman it taking a selfie in Miami, Florida.
Finalist - Javier Arcenillas
Image credits: javierarcenillas
Title: 'AmA' - Northern Peru
Under the Amazon basins, at the heart of the jungle is the ravine of the Nanai River. For generations, the indigenous people have worked the environment explored the light on a journey towards a latent reality of the climate, for them that origin is in need of satisfying a basic impulse of the dominion of their cosmos. They are dreams materialized in a hidden place in the jungle. In a meeting of two worlds, their universes divide or intertwine over water or earth, soil and stars, consciousness and matter.
Finalist - Jean-François Houde
Image credits: jfhoude
Title: 'Rose' - Quebec, 2020
Finalist - Kevin Barranco-Perez
Image credits: kiwifilm
Title: 'Wavelengths' - Colorado Springs, USA
A psychedelic rendition of the Paint Mines in Colorado Springs.
Finalist - Olga Russo
Image credits: picsolga
Title: 'JOY'- Italy
Part of the ongoing “Colorful” project reflecting on the situation of African migrants in Italy today.
Finalist - Stepan Chubaev
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From the series 'Twice Better' - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Andromeda Syndrome is a rare mental disorder that affects people with a fragile soul and bright eyes, as well as those who are acutely aware of the presence of invisible spots on white paper. Those who have experienced attacks compare with the physical struggle of color and form in abstract spaces. Each subsequent image in the series illustrates a new step of pathology, moving away from the real world, and approaching the world of hallucinations.
Finalist - Tom Leighton
Image credits: tleighton
Title: 'HK Scaffolding' - Hong Kong
Impressive bamboo scaffolding cloaking a Hong Kong building. This series of works explores the incredible architecture of Hong Kong. The structures go to extremes of beauty and functionalism and sit so densely packed, they can give the impression of an impenetrable facade.