The photographers who scooped the top prizes for the 2020 Creative Photo Awards have officially been announced – and whether they're professional or amateur, there are some incredibly talented photographers in the mix. The Creative Photo Awards has sixteen categories for photographers to submit their images to, including Conceptual, Nature & Landscape, Nudes and Fashion.
Talented professional and amateur photographers from over 100 different countries submitted over 24,000 photos to the competition. However, the overall winner of the Creative Photo Awards was Hardijanto Budiman from Indonesia, who scooped the "Photographer of the Year" 2020 title with his incredible image of ping pong players.
Hardijanto Budiman said: "Ping pong is my favorite sport. When I was young I used to be a ping pong player in my home town club. So when the idea came up, I straight away started the project! This picture is about daily activities of ping pong players in a club. I made the concept look different and unique, representing my signature style."
Budiman will be awarded the crystal sphere 'Pangea Prize' for beating out the stiff competition with his incredible image. See the list of winning photographers in the full sixteen categories below:
Conceptual: Ralph Gräf, GERMANY Abstract: Stephen Hayes, IRELAND Nature & Landscape: Robert Lie, INDONESIA Nudes: Paul Veron (Amazilia Photography), GUERNSEY Wedding: Gianfranco Bernardo, ITALY Architecture: Mohammed Shajahan, BANGLADESH Animals/Pets: Pedro Jarque Krebs, PERU' Portraiture: Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas, ARGENTINA Still life: Boyz Bieber, USA Experimental: Gloria Marco Munuera, ITALY Open theme: Mikhail Potapov, RUSSIA Beauty: Fang Liu, CHINA Fashion: Peyman Naderi, IRAN Product: Andre Boto, PORTUGAL Food&Beverage: Elena Otvodenko, RUSSIA Series: Cara Louwman, HOLLAND
The winning photographs will be on public display at the "I Wonder If You Can" exhibition, which will be held in Siena during the "Siena Awards" Photo Festival. If you can't wait that long, then check out some of the winning and commended images below or visit the Creative Photo Award website.
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