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As always, we’re incredibly excited to share a stunning selection of photographs, this time curated by The Artist Gallery Awards 2024. The jury faced the tough task of selecting finalists across ten themed categories: Night, Architecture, Minimalism, Wildlife, Travel, Documentary, Black & White, Places, Portrait, and Street.
Scroll down to admire this fascinating collection of images shared by the competition, and let us know in the comments below which photograph stands out to you as the best!
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2nd Place, Wildlife: Free Ride By Randall Ball, USA
Young cub of the Paradise Pride gets a free ride from his mother in the Masai Mara.
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Jane No Dough Jane No Dough Community Member
Makes me think the little ones purposely misbehave so that they're carried...
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Bored Panda reached out to Gianluca Rubinacci, an Italian photographer who won 1st place in the Night category of The Artist Gallery Awards 2024 for his captivating 360-degree panorama of Norway’s aurora, titled “Dancing Queen.” Gianluca shared insights into the meticulous preparation behind capturing the breathtaking natural phenomenon: “I usually plan the locations I will visit from home and try to create possible shooting plans based on the position of the sun or the stars: to the question I would say half and half because, as much as you can plan the shots, many times you have to improvise based on the weather or the conditions that we find ahead. In the specific case of this photo the location was already foreseen in my plans but such a strong aurora was a surprise since you can't plan in advance.”
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1st Place, Wildlife: I Spy By Turgay Uzer, USA
A young leopard had stashed a k**l on a tree branch and was hiding in the bushes underneath. Occasionally it would check on its k**l, and that's when I spotted its eye through a keyhole in the thicket.
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A cat is a cat, no matter where it's at...
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1st Place, Night: Dancing Queen By Gianluca Rubinacci, Italy
360 panorama of an aurora kp6: near flakstad beach (Norway), the sky started dancing above my head and gave me an hour before it completely covered, giving me time to take this panorama.
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When asked about obstacles the photographer faced during the shoot in Norway, Rubinacci responded: “The aurora is a subject that presents many difficulties, in this shot the major difficulties were two: the first concerns the movement of the aurora which, being very fast, forced me to use very short exposure times to avoid problems in the panoramic union; the second was the light intensity of the aurora which, changing suddenly, made it difficult to capture the light from every angle with the same shooting settings. In general, I believe that the best weapon to overcome a night under the aurora with good results is to keep calm and stay focused on the goal because in front of a show like that it is easy to get caught up in the euphoria for what you have in front of you.”
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2nd Place, Places: Skyland By Riccardo Morresi, Italy
One of the most beautiful lighthouses on the island of Tenerife in Punta de Teno, under one of the spectacular skies you can find, which is how this wonderful overview was born
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Jane No Dough Jane No Dough Community Member
Haunting...
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2nd Place, Night: Shore Bound By Liam Man, United Kingdom
According to Icelandic folklore, the Reynisdrangar Trolls [sea stacks] were created when two trolls were attempting to drag a three-masted ship to shore. In their haste they didn’t notice that the sun was rising. As the rays of daylight hit them, they (and the ship) were instantly turned to stone.
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maybe someone asked them how their name was spelled
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We were curious about the role patience plays in Gianluca’s work as a photographer, particularly when capturing something as unpredictable as the northern lights. Here’s what he shared with us: “Patience is the foundation of landscape photography: any weather condition is unpredictable and many times there are more failed sessions than successful ones, the important thing is to never let failures discourage you and try to continue pursuing your photographic objectives; in the case of the aurora, patience is the weapon that allows you to bring home the result especially if, as in my case, the sky was overcast and I had to wait for a long time before the clouds cleared giving me the opportunity to shoot.”
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3rn Place, Night: Bottle Tree By Rositsa Dimitrova, Bulgaria
The Socotran bottle tree is endemic to the Yemeni island - you can only find it there. It is especially beautiful under the dark skies and the Milky way.
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Jane No Dough Jane No Dough Community Member
Mystical..
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2nd Place, Architecture: Suburban Dystopia By Florian Kriechbaumer, UAE
A collection of identical villas in one of Dubai's purpose built neighbourhoods, only differentiated by their colour scheme.
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Jane No Dough Jane No Dough Community Member
"Little boxes......and they all look just the same."
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Lastly, the Italian photographer explained how Flakstad Beach, where the winning image was captured, enhanced the beauty of the photograph. Gianluca shared: “Flakstad beach is a very characteristic location of the Lofoten Islands and I wanted to have a photo that portrayed it, specifically I chose it because it is very far from the inhabited centers and the light pollution is minimal, this allows not to have many glares in the sky and significantly improves the vision of the celestial vault.”
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3rd Place, Minimalist: Lotus By Chao Yang Huang, Taiwan
The lotus hides like a shy girl.
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Not that shy I can see her pink bits
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2nd Place, Minimalist: Justice By Dsara Zafarana, Italy
Dedicated to Floyd 2020
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Jane No Dough Jane No Dough Community Member
Powerful!
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1st Place, Portrait: The Bitter Face Of War By Erçin Ertürk, Turkey
Sergey Raylyan lost his eyes and feet during a car explosion on an anti-tank mine in 2022 near Maryinka in the Donetsk Oblast. Then commander of a mortar artillery group in the Ukrainian army, 26-year-old Raylyan was seriously wounded after his unit drove a pickup truck into an anti-tank mine.
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at least he wasn't mortally wounded
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1st Place, Black And White: Shapes By Florian Kriechbaumer, Germany
The flowing Abaya of a local women along the flowing lines of the Heydar Aliyev Center. The design was meant to break from the rigid forms prevalent in most of Baku's Soviet legacy architecture.
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Watch out Mario's coming around rhe corner
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2nd Place, Documentary: Semana Santa Sevilla - Bola De Cera By Juan Carlos Hervás, Spain
As in the first picture of the series, a child asks for wax to make his ball. Now older, he doesn’t need his father’s help, and at the end of the week he will compete with his friends to see who has the biggest wax ball.
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To get his satan badge?
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1st Place, Travel: Mesquite Flat Sand Dune By Witold Ziomek, Poland
Sunset at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley, US
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Kenny Ryan Kenny Ryan Community Member Follow
looks lost, watch out for worms Muadibe
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2nd Place, Travel: Sunset With Gelada By Turgay Uzer, USA
Gelada monkeys huddle against the chill of evening in northern Ethiopia's Simien mountains canyonscape. Soon they will climb down the steep walls to spend the night on tiny ledges where they are safe from leopards and hyeans.
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Tesla monkeys
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3rd Place, Travel: Bricked Life By Arturo Lopez Illana, Spain
In the picture you can see a worker in the ever-stifling brick factories in Bangladesh. They work really hard and you can see the dirt and dust covering their faces.
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I just saw a documentary about brick workers in Pakistan who are basically indentured slaves. They're in "debt" to the kiln owner (they can't read and the shady owner won't show them any paperwork) and never expect to get out of it. Everyone in the families from the elderly to the kids work around the clock making bricks. :(
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3 Place, Places: Escape The Dream By Thomas De Franzoni, Italy
A small stream in the woods, autumn giving beautiful colors to the foliage. The water whispering between the rocks and slipping away.
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It's a faerie land, lovely.
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1st Place, Places: Jotunheimr By Thomas Garzaro, Italy
Imposing Dolomite rock framed by wonderful native plants.
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Brutal and comforting...
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2nd Place, Street: America, The Beautiful By Eric Davidove, USA
San Francisco, California. A candid street photo taken near the UN Plaza.
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3rd Place, Black And White: Eternal March By Rick Lingo, USA
American Cemetery in Luxembourg
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1st Place, Street: Sukkot By Mark Zilberman, USA
Sukkot dancing in Brooklyn, NY
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1st Place, Architecture: Architectural Playground By Florian Kriechbaumer, UAE
A child rides a scooter across the plaza of the flowing lines of the Heydar Aliyev Center. The design by the late Zaha Hadid, was meant to break from the rigid forms prevalent in most of Baku's Soviet legacy architecture, and bring a more playful and gentle tone to the city.
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3rd Place, Wildlife: First Stream Scorpio By Avilash Ghosh, India
Scorpions are active during night for prey and when i was searching for scorpion for my photograph i found this one over sand dunes and between patterns, and at that time i captured the image.
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3rd Place, Architecture: Art Steps By Zorica Dramicanin, United Kingdom
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3rd Place, Portrait: I Am Who I Am By Andrea Francolini, Australia
The grip of social media on today’s youth is shaping their identities, flooding them with external information from a young age. This influences values and beliefs, often stifling critical thinking. To protect their individuality, fostering habits of questioning, reflection, and independent thought.
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3rd Place, Street: Barber By Sai Min Htet Oo, Myanmar
A man is giving a haircut to a customer while children are playing on the street nearby.
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1st Place, Minimalist: Look The Ocean By Marcus Cederberg, Sweden
If you use the electric vibrator near water, you may come and go at the same time
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2nd Place, Portrait: Secret Eye By Irene Fittipaldi, Italy
A glimmer of the window of the soul.
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2nd Place, Black And White: Umbrella Axe By Kent Skibstad, Norway
Captured in Oslo, Norway. I am a photojournalist and contemporary documentary street photographer focusing on weather and climate. I combine it with compositions.
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1st Place, Documentary: Fire Hell By Jurica Galic, Croatia
Climate change causes fires in Mediterranean Croatia. A fire destroys a car in the vicinity of the city of Split.
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I long for the days before climate change when there were no fires.
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3rd Place, Documentary: Every Joy By Kim Black, United Kingdom
I was walking home when I encountered a football march celebrating a win. I had my camera with me do I walked amongst it. This group of friends caught my eye.
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3rd Place, Portrait: Incognato By James Abbott, United Kingdom
Abstract portrait of Nate with a rich blue background. Distorting and refracting light, a surreal, dreamlike quality, as though the viewer is observing the person through a rainy window or submerged in water.
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