From bold geometric compositions to delicate patterns, silhouettes, architectural details, and unexpected visual connections, the winning photographs of AAP Magazine #59: Shapes reveal just how expressive form can be.
All About Photo is pleased to announce the winners of the 59th issue of its international photography publication, bringing together photographers from 15 countries across four continents. United by the theme of Shapes, the selected works explore the ways geometry, structure, repetition, lines, and visual patterns can transform the way we see the world.
Rather than treating shape as simply a formal element, these photographers use it to create atmosphere, rhythm, tension, balance, and meaning. Some images are carefully structured around symmetry and repetition, while others embrace abstraction, unusual perspectives, bold contrasts, or unexpected visual disruptions.
The result is a diverse collection that demonstrates how shapes can be found almost anywhere—from the rigid geometry of architecture to the curves of the human body, from shadows and reflections to seemingly ordinary objects seen from an entirely different perspective.
#1 Series 'Iceland From Above' By Dede Pickering

5points
#2 The Third Place Winner Is Nicolas Castermans (France) With The Series 'First Language'

4points
#3 Mauna Kea Volcano And Observatory, Hawaii From The Series 'Patterns Of The Earth From The Air' By Stuart Chape

4points
#4 Series 'Els Verds' By Ralph Milewski

4points
#5 Trimmed From The Series 'Sidewalk Stories' By Julie V Garner

4points
#6 Lemon From The Series 'Colorverse' By Julia Classen And Magdalena Lepka

4points
#7 Jumpseeds 2016 From The Series 'A Chimerical Garden' By Kazutoshi Takeuchi

3points
#8 Still Life With A Red Bowl, Diptych, 2026 From The Series 'Near Monochrome Series, Forms Project' By Olena Zubach

3points
#9 Inner Cosmogonies: The Flow Of Form From The Series 'The Origin Of Awareness' By Claudio Limiti

3points
#10 Series 'Shadows Of Santa Fe' By Carlos Esguerra

3points
#11 Silo From The Series 'Urban Echoes' By Peter Harlow

3points
#12 Le Miroir De La Rue By Francesca Pompei

3points
#13 Series 'Holding Infinity' By Tracy Burke

3points
#14 Striped Surprise From The Series 'Shapes Of The World' By Marco Parenti

2points
#15 Series 'Open Air Cinema Geometry' By Jaroslav Mareš

2points
#16 Series 'The White House' By Klaus Lenzen

2points
#17 Sand Sledders From The Series 'American Roadschool' By Ralph Milewski

2points
#18 The Plastic Veil From The Series 'Reality Plays Along' By Maya Meshel

1point
#19 Out Of Context (Desert Outpost) From The Series 'Context & Chaos' By Michael Prais

1point
#20 Architectural Anatomy III From The Series 'After Coherence' By Zechen Huang

1point


