The Incredible Winners of the 2022 Siena International Photo Awards

The Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA) have introduced the winners of its 2022 competitors that options a mixture of some newcomers in addition to a number of the most iconic images taken within the final yr.

The competitors is held by the non-profit group Artwork Picture Journey yearly and is one in every of three such “Siena” branded awards, the others being the Drone Picture Awards and the Artistic Picture Awards. The group says that it goals to unfold, promote, and improve the artwork, monuments, traditions, cultures, and pure magnificence from all all over the world.

Winners of its competitions, together with the Worldwide Picture Awards, are exhibited in Siena along with incomes their share in $1,500 in images gear together with journey and lodging to the Siena exhibition.

Artwork Picture Journey’s Siena Awards commonly entice massive names in images expertise, and that’s no exception this yr because the general successful picture is without doubt one of the most well-known photographs taken within the final yr. Captured by Greek photographer Konstantinos Tsakalidis, the picture titled “Girl from Evia” depicts the desperation of Kritsiopi Panayiota, an 81-year-old lady, because the flames are approaching her house in the course of the severe forest fires that hit the nation in summer season 2021 and brought on intensive environmental injury.

The picture, which was chosen from tens of hundreds of photographs despatched by photographers from 140 nations, can be on show in Siena from October 1 to November 20, together with the successful images of the 12 classes of the SIPA 2022, the Artistic Picture Awards, Drone Picture Awards and the solo exhibitions of Danish Siddiqui (Indian photographer killed on 16 July 2021 whereas documenting the fight between Afghan troops and the Taliban), in addition to exhibitions that includes the work of Ami Vitale, Dan Winters, and Peter Mather.

Under are the winners of the opposite classes together with the descriptions of the images (offered by SIPA) which may even be on show on the Siena exhibition.

Avenue Pictures

“Dressed like a detective from previous occasions, a gentleman is passing by means of a cloud of underground steam rising from beneath East thirty seventh Avenue. Within the background, skyscrapers and historical buildings full the image.”

Journeys and Adventures

“Nagarbari Ghat is without doubt one of the busiest river ports within the nation. Importers of fertilizers, meals grains, coal, and cement use this route for simple transportation. Often, laborers work right here all day lengthy to unload the merchandise from the ships. They carry the luggage and receives a commission per bag on the finish of the day.”

Fascinating Faces and Characters

“This portrait was shot for Natgeo to advertise Angelina’s Ladies for Bees initiative on World Bee Day. Everybody on set needed to put on a full bee swimsuit. The precise queen bee pheromone was utilized on Angelina to make the bees congregate there. Angelina stood completely nonetheless for 18 minutes with out a sting.”

The Great thing about Nature

“A line of small erupting craters within the West of the Land of Ice and Fireplace. A river of lava guides the viewer’s eye, whereas thick smoke rises excessive into the sky. Seeing a volcanic eruption, listening to and smelling it, and feeling the unbelievable warmth in your pores and skin is a novel expertise.”

Animals in Their Surroundings

Mom bears, specifically, are very caring of the younger ones. Immediately, as a consequence of local weather change, bears should journey larger distances to forage for meals and survive. Typically the mom should maintain her younger one by her aspect whereas trying to find the following searching space.

Structure and City Areas

“It’s stated that buildings are lifeless topics. Nonetheless, as an architectural photographer, the writer thinks it’s precisely the other. The title of this picture tells a special story: the one in every of a polka-dot constructing with a smiling roof. The moon completes the face of this brick Joker.”

Sports activities in Motion

“Brazilian Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ana Marcela Cunha competes within the Ladies’s 10km Marathon Swimming Last occasion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games at Odaiba Marine Park. A small fish splashes out of the water, going backwards from the athlete’s stroke.”

Documentary and Photojournalism

“Even in 2020, whereas we had been all scuffling with COVID, the world didn’t cease: folks continued to flee from wars and poverty, on the lookout for a greater future and placing their lives in danger. Within the Mediterranean Sea, even the rescuers, led by hope, haven’t stopped.”

Beneath 20

“A woman, with a tragic expression and lips painted with lipstick, is the mannequin for a photograph shoot. The picture idea is revolutionized by the arrival of a curious little hen. Her coloured lips entice a spider hunter, immortalized in flight.”

Underwater Life

“On this section of their life the juvenile seahorses often transfer holding on to any floating object with their tails. Typically they seize and swim on a bit of seagrass, seaweed, or on a bit of plastic. This time, the younger seahorse strikes utilizing the feather of a seagull.”

All of the successful photographs in addition to runners-up in every class might be discovered on the Siena International Photo Awards 2022 website.

Picture credit: All images are individually credited and offered courtesy of the Siena Worldwide Picture Awards 2022.