Black and white photography by Lorenz Berna, documentary, fishermen, Kerala, india, from 10 creative images by emerging photographers

Black & White Award Editors’ Picks of November 2020

Following the results of last Black & White photography award judged by Dutch artist Bastiaan Woudt, we want to share some of the best competition entries that didn’t make it to the final round but showed a remarkable variety of skills, creativity and impressed the editorial team by their overall quality.

Landscape, conceptual, documentary, portrait, and more, we received a fantastic range of works from all photographic fields and we are delighted to highlight the work of some of the many talented photographers who joined the award and whose images are well worthy of exposure.

Published December 16, 2020 - Congratulations to all selected artists: Alex Berger, Burak Isseven, Lorenz Berna, Klaus Lenzen, Mellen Burns, Cristina Dimitrova, Mauro De Bettio, Trevor Cole, William Mark Sommer, Michael James O’Brien,

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