Street Photography Award September 2018


  • Street photography by Orna Naor. Woman carrying baby in the Philippines.

    Winning Photographer Orna Naor

    Winning Photographer Orna Naor

    Title: "Philippines, 2018" © Orna Naor
  • Second Prize Streetmax 21

    Second Prize Streetmax 21

    Title: "Bread160216" - London, UK © Streetmax 21
  • Third Prize Jian Wang

    Third Prize Jian Wang

    Title: "Shave" - China
    "In a small city of Southern China, operates the traditional street stalls. For 10 yuan, one can get a full facial service: haircut, shaving, cleaning of the ears, etc. Most of these stall owners are old men and so are the customers. It this scene I sat aside for a moment and had a chat with the elders and I took this photo after we all felt relaxed." © Jian Wang
  • Color street photography by Wenpeng Lu, basketball players in Paris

    Finalist Wenpeng Lu

    Finalist Wenpeng Lu

    Title: "Basketball" - Paris, France © Wenpeng Lu
  • Finalist Michael Rababy

    Finalist Michael Rababy

    Title: "Firenze puddle #16". © Michael Rababy
  • Finalist Steve Reeves

    Finalist Steve Reeves

    Title: "Horse of the road" © Steve Reeves
  • Finalist Torsak Panjasuparak

    Finalist Torsak Panjasuparak

    Title: "Dark Knights" © Torsak Panjasuparak
  • Finalist Luís Godinho

    Finalist Luís Godinho

    Title: "Football" - São Tomé and Príncipe © Luís Godinho
  • Finalist Jorgen Johanson

    Finalist Jorgen Johanson

    Title: "Taking rest" - Outside a shop in Agadez, Niger © Jorgen Johanson
  • Finalist Raffaele De Vivo

    Finalist Raffaele De Vivo

    Title: "Yellow truck" - Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 2017 © Raffaele De Vivo

Finalists

Jury's Feedback

  • © REZA

    Judge: REZA

    Iranian born photographer Reza is an internationally acclaimed photojournalist and founder of the Paris based Webistan Photo Agency. Over the course of an extraordinary career Reza has worked all over the world bearing witness to moments of war and peace.

    During the past three decades many of Reza’s photographs have been on the covers of National Geographic Magazine, with many more featured in major international publications such as Time Magazine, Stern, Newsweek, El País, Paris Match & Geo.

    Author of thirty books and a Fellow of the National Geographic Society, Reza’s work has been exhibited worldwide and awarded numerous prizes including the World Press Photo, the Lucie Award and the Infinity Award.

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