25 best works from the Siena Photo Awards 2018 photo contest

The results of the Siena International Photography Awards (SIPA), one of the largest and most prestigious international photo contests, were summed up recently. This year more than 48 thousand works of photographers from 156 countries of the world participated in the competition. The jury selected the winners in eleven nominations: the awarding of the authors took place on October 31 in the Italian city of Siena. We invite you to take a look at the bright and emotional pictures that became the best in 2018.

Source: Daily Mail

"Victim of the battle", the best photo of the year, the main prize of the contest and the title of "Photographer of the Year" went to the Bangladeshi author K. M. Asad, who took a portrait of a Rohingya girl.

"Floating market", first place in the nomination "Splashes of color" Photographer: Sina Falker.

"The game of colors", second place in the nomination "Splashes of color" Photographer: Anurag Kumar.

"Reflection", first place in the nomination "Sport in action" Photographer: Ajuriaguerra Saiz Pedro Luis (Ajuriaguerra Saiz Pedro Luis).

"Castel", honorable mention in the nomination "Sport in action" Photographer: Andrea Staccioli.

"Toy houses", first place in the nomination "Architecture and urban landscapes" Photographer: Fyodor Savintsev.

"4 hours of air traffic", honorable mention in the nomination "Architecture and Urban Landscapes" Photographer: Garret Suhrie.

"Arctic Fox", third place in the nomination "Animals" Photographer: Peter Mather.

"Feeding hoopoe", honorable mention in the nomination "Animals" Photographer: Jacopo Rigotti.

"Nemo at home", honorable mention in the nomination "Animals" Photographer: Matteo Visconti (Matteo Visconti).

"Duel in the snow", honorable mention in the nomination "Animals" Photographer: Matthew Polvorosa Kline (Matthew Polvorosa Kline).

"Volcano Calbuco", first place in the nomination "Beauty of nature" Photographer: Francisco Negroni.

"Underwater view of winter Lofoten", honorable mention in the nomination "Beauty of nature" Photographer: Sergey Lukankin.

"The kid with bracelets", first place in the nomination "Faces and characters" Photographer: David Nam Lip Lee.

"Smoking old woman", honorable mention in the nomination "Faces and characters" Photographer: Qiang Chen.

"Runner", first place in the nomination "Monochrome" Photographer: (Marcel van Balken).

"Eyes and stripes", honorable mention in the nomination "Monochrome" Photographer: Mario Moreno.

"Every breath you take", first place in the nomination "General color" Photographer: (Klaus Lenzen).

"Camels in the desert", the second place in the nomination "General color" Photographer: Weiguo Hu (Weiguo Hu).

"Jump", honorable mention in the nomination "General color" Photographer: Thomas Kaiser.

"Fisherman on Inle Lake", the first place in the nomination "Up to 20 years" Photographer: Yinzhi Pan (Yinzhi Pan).

"Children's care", honorable mention in the nomination "Up to 20 years" Photographer: Anastasia Zazuliak (Anastasiia Zazuliak).

"Wave", third place in the category "Travel" Photographer: Lorraine Turci.

"Sheep grazing", honorable mention in the nomination "Travel" Photographer: Bartolomiej Jurecki.

"Honey Hunters", honorable mention in the nomination "Travel" Photographer: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman (Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman).