MonoVisions Photo Awards 2018 Winners Color the World in Black and White
After a successful first year in 2017, the MonoVisions Photography Awards made a much anticipated return this year, inviting international photographers to portray their visual language through black and white photography.
Photographers of all backgrounds and levels, professionals and amateurs, were encouraged to enter, the main goal was to give recognition and reward these artists for their work. The photographers competed for $5,000 in cash and two main prizes: Black & White Photo of the Year and Black & White Series of the Year.
Colombian photographer Daniel Garay Arango used iconic monuments to defy gravity and took the Grand Prize home for Black & White Series of the Year 2018. While Italian photographer Pietro Di Giambattista captured the reality of immigrants in his home country, giving him the award of Black & White Photo of the Year 2018.
With 12 categories ranging from Abstract to Street Photography, you can see the winner of each one below.
SERIES CATEGORY WINNERS
ARCHITECTURE
BLACK & WHITE SERIES OF THE YEAR 2018 & 1ST PLACE, ARCHITECTURE
DANIEL GARAY ARANGO
Colombia
“GRVTY2”
© Daniel Garay Arango – Click to see full series.
ABSTRACT
1ST PLACE, ABSTRACT
HIRONORI NAKAMURA
Japan
“.Rhythm”
© Hironori Nakamura – Click to see full series.
CONCEPTUAL
1ST PLACE, CONCEPTUAL
ORIANO NICOLAU
Spain
“Projections”
© Oriano Nicolau – Click to see full series.
FINE ART
1ST PLACE, FINE ART
LEILA FORÉS
Spain
“Promenade”
© Leila Forés – Click to see full series.
LANDSCAPES
1ST PLACE, LANDSCAPES
AYA IWASAKI
Japan
“Ippon-One Pine Tree”
© Aya Iwasaki – Click to see full series.
NATURE & WILDLIFE
1ST PLACE, NATURE & WILDLIFE
LUISA LYNCH
Spain
“Conversations”
© Luisa Lynch – Click to see full series.
NUDE
1ST PLACE, NUDE
FIDEL COMAS
Spain
“19 Dreams”
© Fidel Comas – Click to see full series.
PEOPLE
1ST PLACE, PEOPLE
WEI TAN
China
“Waiting in Limbo: Kashmir’s Half-widows”
© Wei Tan – Click to see full series.
PHOTOJOURNALISM
1ST PLACE, PHOTOJOURNALISM
RUI CARIA
Portugal
“The refugrants”
© Rui Caria – Click to see full series.
PORTRAIT
1ST PLACE, PORTRAIT
MARZENA KOLARZ
Poland
“Contrast”
© Marzena Kolarz – Click to see full series.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
1ST PLACE, STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
SEVIL ALKAN
Turkey
“Stray with me”
© Sevil Alkan – Click to see full series.
TRAVEL
1ST PLACE, TRAVEL
BENJAMIN DECOIN
France
“Atomic Commuters”
© Benjamin Decoin – Click to see full series.
SINGLE CATEGORY WINNERS
PHOTOJOURNALISM
BLACK & WHITE PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2018 & 1ST PLACE, PHOTOJOURNALISM
PIETRO DI GIAMBATTISTA
Italy
“Gypsy Boy”
© Pietro Di Giambattista
ABSTRACT
1ST PLACE, ABSTRACT
HANS PETER RANK
Germany
“olympic lines”
© Hans Peter Rank
ARCHITECTURE
1ST PLACE, ARCHITECTURE
MIKE HOLLMAN
New Zealand
“Modern Architecture, Singapore.”
© Mike Hollan
CONCEPTUAL
1ST PLACE, CONCEPTUAL
MICHEL KIRCH
France
“behind the panorama”
© Michel Kirch
FINE ART
1ST PLACE, ABSTRACT
SEONG JAE WOO
Korea, Republic of
“memory”
© Seong Joe Woo
LANDSCAPES
1ST PLACE, LANDSCAPES
ANDRE MELO-ANDRADE
Brazil
“Just my city”
© Andre Melo-andrade
NATURE & WILDLIFE
1ST PLACE, NATURE & WILDLIFE
ROMAIN TORNAY
Switzerland
“Ocean Fury”
© Romain Tornay
NUDE
1ST PLACE, NUDE
PAULINE GOYARD
France
“L’appel du vide”
© Pauline Goyard
PEOPLE
1ST PLACE, PEOPLE
PIERRE FAURE
France
“Me, Myself and I.”
© Pierre Faure
PORTRAIT
1ST PLACE, PORTRAIT
MARKÉTA NOVÁKOVÁ
Czech Republic
“Soul of nature”
© Markéta Nováková
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
1ST PLACE, STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
CLAUDIO ARESI
Italy
“sp40”
© Claudio Aresi
TRAVEL
1ST PLACE, TRAVEL
MARCELO REBRO
Slovakia
“Train jumpers”
© Marcel Rebro
Loved the photos of the first place winners? Then be sure to check out the photos of the runners-up and honorable mentions, which can be seen at MonoVisionsAward.com. And, if you’re a B&W photographer and feel like you have the eye to capture these precise moments, submissions are already open for 2019.
