
Monochrome_Photographer_of_the_Year_2015_Professional-Barossa_Bolt_by_Luke_Tscharke
The 2015 Monochrome Awards winners were recently announced, and while everyone is still fixated on how Nikon selected a poorly Photoshopped image, these will instead really inspire you–if you’re into black and white photography that is!
Check them out after the jump.
PS: If you’re really into black and white photography, you should send a pitch for La Noir Image.
Grand Prize

Grand Prize Winner for Amateur: Koeln-Moschee
Professional

Wildlife 3rd Place Winner Professional: Jackson Albuquerque

Wildlife 2nd Place Winner Professional: Mohammad Murad

1. The shot was taken on Nov 13, 2014.
2. Yes, the original file is RAW.
3. This image was taken in a channel between La Paz Bay and Espiritu Santo Island, Baja California Sur, México.
4. The photographer is Christian Vizl
5. A brief description of the situation: Usually the Sea Lions of this area are found on a tiny island called La Lobera, about 1.5 hours by boat from La Paz. But this group was just outside the Bay in an area where there there a lot of fishes. Probably they go here to hunt. When I encounter them, most where resting at the surface, but one couple in particular where playing among themselves, having a great time and being very tender to each other. The image was taken using only natural light with a single exposure. The postrocesing was done in Lightroom, with minimal cropping, rotated 180 degrees, converted into Black and White, applied basic adjustments and a post-crop vignetting.

Portrait 3rd Place Winner Professional: Susanne_Middelberg

Portrait 2nd Place Winner Professional: Olivier Douliery

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Photomanipulation 3rd Place Winner Professional: Gerard Frances

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Photomanipulation 1st Place Winner Professional: Refat Mamutov

Eiffel Tower turns out its lights as mark of respect to victims.

Lesbos, Greece. A boat with more than 150 persons on board is just arrived from Turkey. Often these boats can make two or three trip a day. © Gianluca Panella

Photojournalism 1st Place Winner Professional: Larry Louie

People 3rd Place Winner Professional: Neeraj Narayan

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People 1st Place Winner Professional Andrew JK Tan

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Nude 2nd Place Winner Professional: Cal Mero

Nude 1st Place Winner Professional: Martin Krystynek

Nature 3rd Place Winner Professional Annie Katz

Nature 2nd Place Winner Professional Alexandre Manuel

Nature 1st Place Winner Professional Nigel Maudsley

Landscapes 3rd Place Winner Professional Patricia Dinu

Landscapes 2nd Place Winner Professional: Damien Looney

Landscapes 1st Place Winner Professional Luke Tscharke

Fine Art 3rd Place Winner Professional Luana Sambugaro

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Fine Art 1st Place Winner Professional Flemming Norager

Fasion and Beauty 3rd Place Winner Professional Lukasz Malczewski

Fasion_and_Beauty_2nd_Place_Winner_Professional_Irma_Lamidze

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Conceptual_3rd_Place_Winner_Professional_Antonella_Arismendi

Conceptual_2nd_Place_Winner_Professional_Pierluigi_De_Rubertis

Conceptual_1st_Place_Winner_Professional_Marinka_Masseus

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Architecture_2nd_Place_Winner_Professional_Frank_Machalowski

Architecture_1st_Place_Winner_Professional_Yoshihiko_Wada

Abstract_3rd_Place_Winner_Professional_Robert_Maynard

Abstract_2nd_Place_Winner_Professional_Scott_Hoyle

Abstract_1st_Place_Winner_Professional_Sarah_Martinet
Amateur

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Shake it Off

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Portrait_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Krystian_Gacek

Portrait_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Ima_Mfon

Portrait_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_Pedro_Renata_Mlynarczyk

Photomanipulation_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Andre_Woodard

Photomanipulation_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Arkadiusz_Kikulski

Photomanipulation_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_Pedro_Diaz_Molins

Photojournalism_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Guido_Guglielmelli

Photojournalism_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Jan_Moller_Hansen

Photojournalism_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_Antonio_Gonzalez_Caro

People_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Luis_Maria_Barrio

People_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Mikhail_Shestakov

People_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_May_Sim

Nude_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Kalin_Kostov

Nude_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Iwona_Aleksandrowicz

Nude_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_Ingo_Kremmel

Nature_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_James_Anderson

Nature_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Michael_Salmela

Nature_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_Jan_Kucmierz

Landscapes_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Mohammad_Rahman

Landscapes_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Peter_Humphrey

Landscapes_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_Michael_Salmela

Лебедь на Колосе

Mono Awards 2015 entry

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Fashion_and_Beauty_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Tasos_Anestis

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Fashion_and_Beauty_1st_Place_Winner_Amateur_Pascal_Hubrich

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Conceptual_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Ivana_Miletic

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Architecture_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Michael_Köster

Koeln-Moschee

Abstract_3rd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Massimiliano_Balo

Abstract_2nd_Place_Winner_Amateur_Mihai_Florea

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