Black and White portrait of young boy in car by Max Marienko

Black & White Award Editors’ Picks of June 2023

Following the results of the last Black & White photography award, judged by Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol, the editorial team wants to share some of the competition entries that didn’t make it to the final selection but presented a great variety of skills, creativity, and impressed us in their overall quality.

Landscape, conceptual, documentary, portrait, and more, we received a fantastic range of works from all photographic fields. 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 July 30, 2023 - Congratulations to all selected artists: Dusty Cooper, Edmond Leong, Zhenhuan Zhou, Trevor Cole, Gary Wagner, Ian McFarlane, Nick Price, Javier Arcenillas, Fenqiang Liu, Max Marienko, Luiza Marinas, Michel Ghatan,

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