Perspectives 2019: PhotoPlus Expo Annual Photography Contest

Deadline: September 24, 2019
Entry fee: Professional: $30, Amateur: $25
Prizes: Trip to photokina in Cologne, Germany, or PhotoPlus Expo in New York City or Studio of Masters in China for the exhibition. VIP Expo Passes to the PhotoPlus Expo and photokina. Participation in exhibitions and publications. Valuable prizes from $150 to $600.

Sections

Professional
Amateur

Perspectives 2018 Winner

Amateur Submission: Architecture / Landscapes

Punctorum
© Steve Day, Cremorne, VIC, Australia
First Place
Grand Prize

Day’s series is an examination of geometric construction and architecture in Melbourne, Australia.

Untitled
© Stephen Leonardi, Sacramento , CA, United States

Leonardi captured his friend jumping at this spot in northern California.

Amateur Submission : Food Photography

Untitled
© Masumi Shiohara, Shiojiri-City, Nagano-Prefecture, Japan
First Place

A fruit farmer, Shiohara conveys the main growth process of grapes.

Bedouin Family Meal
© Leah Morgan, New York, NY, United States

Morgan’s work depicts people sharing a meal and afternoon tea in Jordan.

Amateur Submission : Portraits

Suffocation
© Camila Orleansky, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico
First Place

In “Suffocation,” Orleansky creates self portraits using a piece of transparent fabric.

George; Fading Into Light
© Marianne Smith Dalton, Cazenovia, NY, United States

Portraits of Smith Dalton’s father captured as he was developing Alzheimer’s.

Amateur Submission : Street-Photography

Street Colors and Shadows
© Lu Wenpeng, Paris, France
First Place

Wenpeng captures people “making their mark on the abstract geometry of the urban environment.”

Circus
© Liliana Ranalletta, Roma, Italy

In “Circus,” Ranalletta documents a local circus, including the performers and animals.

Professional Submission : Architecture / Landscapes

Urban Sprawl-Emptiness
© Emmanuel Monzon, Bellevue, WA, United States
First Place

The images in this series are tied together by the extraction of beauty from the mundane urban landscape, says Monzon.

Billboards
© Tianran Qin, Savannah, GA, United States

Qin transforms billboards into bodies of light to enhance their presence and critique their significance in consumer culture.

Professional Submission : Food Photography

From Father to Son
© Riccardo Colelli, Catania, Italy
First Place

“From Father to Son” documents the olive harvest on a family farm in Sicily.

Mignardises
© Jun Honda, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

Honda’s series captures the delicate work of a patissier as he creates miniature pastries and sweets.

Professional Submission : Portraits

Portraits of Haenyeo, female divers in the Korean province of Jeju who harvest seafood while holding their breath underwater.

Professional Submission : Portraits, Kings & Queens in Their Castles, © Tom Atwood, Stamford, CT, United States, Perspectives: PhotoPlus Expo Annual Photography Contest

Atwood’s portraits of LGBTQ subjects at home nationwide, including celebrities. His work offers a glimpse into the lives and homes of some of America’s most intriguing and eccentric personalities.

Professional Submission : Street Photography

Images taken in Canosa di Puglia, a town in Italy, on Holy Sunday when several hundred women dress in black with their faces covered walk through the town.