The winners of theSiena International Photo Awardshave been announced, with a number of images selected from thousands of photos submitted by photographers from 140 countries.
It celebrates the works of all manner of photographs in categories that include nature, architecture, street photography and more. The winning images are being exhibited in Siena, Italy along with the Creative Photo Awards, the Drone Photo Awards and more.
We’ve collected some of the award-winning photos for your enjoyment. If you’d like to see more, checkout the full gallery here. The awards are free to enter, so if you think your photos are good enough you could try submitting some next year.
Overall winner - Woman from Evia
This photo was taken by Greek photographer Konstantinos Tsakalidis and was selected as the overall winner of this year’s competition.
It shows a moment of hardship and worry as 81-year-old local Kritsiopi Panayiota reacts to the wildfires drawing ever nearer to her home.
The fire caused all sorts of damage during a heatwave that had hit the country with temps reaching 47 degrees centigrade. It destroyed masses of forest and burned houses too.
Street Photography winner - Smokey Coat
This photo by Michael Kowalczyk shows an enigmatic man dressed like a detective walking through a cloud of steam passing through vents of New York’s streets.
It was selected as the winner of the street photography category of the Siena Awards.
Journeys and Adventures winner - Work
The Journeys and Adventures category has a winner featuring the Nagarbari Ghat port. Busy workers cast a shadow on the surroundings as they go about their work.
Rahat Bin Mustafiz took this photo in an area that supports the import of fertilizers,cereals, coal and cement into the region. Hard labour for which the workers are paid based on how many bags they shift.
Fascinating faces and characters - Angelina Jolie and Bees
On World Bee Day Angelina Jolie worked with Natgeo to promote the Women for Bees initiative with UNESCO.
On World Bee Day Angelina Jolie worked with Natgeo to promote theWomen for Bees initiative with UNESCO.
This photo was taken as part of the promo and required the actress to stand still for 18 minutes with bees gathering all over her. Having been attracted by the Queen bee’s pheromones.
It was then selected as the winner for the fascinating faces and characters category of this year’s competition.
The beauty of nature - Way to hell
This angry and dangerous view of a series of erupting volcanic craters won the beauty of nature category.
Animals in their environment - Mother, Tender love
This wonderful sight shows an underwater view of a mother Polar bear and its child. It was selected as the winner for the animals in their environment category.
Architecture and urban spaces - Joker Smile
Architecture certainly makes for some curious images sometimes. Find the right building and a good angle and you’re able to create an award-winning photo like this.
Architectural photos certainly make for some curious images sometimes. Find the right building and a good angle and you can create an award-winning photo like this.
Sports in action - Finding Nemo
This photo won the sports in action category of the awards and it’s easy to see why.
Olympic athletes in action are already impressive enough but this photo is even more special as it captures a fish in flight at the same time as Ana Marcela Cunha swims the final Marathin event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Documentary and Photojournalism - High Hopes
A photograph of heroes in action. Well deserving of an award, both for the subjects of the photo and the photographer for capturing their efforts.
This image was taken during the pandemic but shows how people were still busy fleeing war and poverty and people also needed to rescue those who got in trouble.
Under 20 - Kiss me
The winner of the under 20 category features an image of a girl with a sad expression along with a curious bird who has appeared in the frame.
