Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) announced winners of their annual photography competition.
Collaborating together David Tortora and Jaime Travezan won overall Professional category with the title: Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year 2016 and $3000 prize money. Their winning series called ‘Flora (2015)’ is a celebration of nature.
Nudes – Professional – 1st Place – Jaime Travezan and David Tortora – Grand Prize
Additionally, in Amateur category photographer Florian Ruiz was announced as Amateur Fine Art Photographer of the Year 2016 with $2000 prize money. His winning series called ‘Mirage cities’ capture Chinese towns that are now known as “Ghost Cities”.
Cityscape – Amateur – 1st Place – Florian Ruiz – Grand Prize
In 2016 Fine Art Photography Awards received more than 3994 submissions from 83 countries around the world. Winners were selected by highly acclaimed panel of international judges, including: Qingjun Huang, Carolyn Guild, Klaus Kampert, Pini Hamou, Rupert Vandervell, Pongsatorn Sukhum, Kilian Schönberger, Peter Kool, Lara Zankoul and GMB Akash.
Fine Art Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for Professional and Amateur photographers. FAPA mission is to celebrate Fine Art photography and to discover emerging talent from around the world.
Abstract – Amateur – 1st Place – Paulina KlonowskaAbstract – Professional – 1st Place – Sandrine RousseauArchitecture – Amateur – 1st Place – Patryk KuletaArchitecture – Professional – 1st Place – Zsolt HlinkaCityscape – Professional – 1st Place – Silvestre MachadoConceptual – Amateur – 1st Place – Eder SanchezConceptual – Professional – 1st Place – Martin HillFashion – Amateuer – 1st Place – Tasos AnestisFashion – Professional – 1st Place – Marie DelagnesFine Art – Amateur – 1st Place – Ella RynehartLandscape – Amateur – 1st Place – Jayanta RoyLandscape – Professional – 1st Place – Maroesjka LavigneNature – Amateur – 1st Place – Valentina AbinantiNature – Professional – 1st Place – Suzanne ForrestNight Photography – Amateur – 1st Place – Alexis AcostaNight Photography – Professional – 1st Place – Gianluca PanellaNudes – Amateur – 1st Place – Bartek NinoVeronOpen Theme – Amateur – 1st Place – Hiroo FujitaniOpen Theme – Professional – 1st Place – Laima KavaliauskaitePanoramic – Amateur – 1st Place – Lorenzo RossatoPanoramic – Professional – 1st Place – Jacopo PaglionePeople – Amateur – 1st Place – Niki BoonPeople – Professional – 1st Place – Alexvi LiPhotojournalism – Amateur – 1st Place – Jan Møller HansenPhotojournalism – Professional – 1st Place – Paolo MarchettiPhotomanipulation – Amateur – 1st Place – Damiens NicolasPhotomanipulation – Professional – 1st Place – Alexei SovertkovPortrait – Amateur – 1st Place – Monica FrisellPortrait – Professional – 1st Place – Katerina BelkinaSeascape – Amateur – 1st Place – Csaba TokolyiSeascape – Professional – 1st Place – Yigal PardoStreet Photography – Amateur – 1st Place – Radu DiaconuStreet Photography – Professional – 1st Place – Koji TajimaTravel – Amateur – 1st Place – Larry SniderTravel – Professional – 1st Place – Simona BonannoWildlife-Animals – Amateur – 1st Place – Pedro JarqueWildlife-Animals – Professional – 1st Place – Claire Watson