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.
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”.
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.