The results of ND Awards Photo Contest 2020 were announced on November 22 and Archisearch.gr in collaboration with photographer Pygmalion Karatzas present a selection of images from the winners and honorable mentions awarded mainly from Architecture Category which focuses around the built environment.
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The 2020 results were announced on November 22. Full list of results can be viewed here!
In its seventh year, this international competition offers distinctions to both professional and non-professional photographers, in six main categories: architecture, editorial, fine art, nature, people, and special, with a number of sub-categories in each. The architecture category includes: bridges, buildings, cityscapes, interior, industrial, and other. Participants can choose between single-image entries for stand-alone works and series of five images that best capture larger photographic projects.
In this presentation the selected images from the winners and honorable mentions focus around the built environment, showcasing an exuberant diversity of authors’ perspectives on the subject matter as well as encompassing the typological spectrum of architectural photography from topographic/documentary to editorial to expressive/artistic, as analysed in the paper “The Integral Lens” co-authored by professor of architecture Mark DeKay and photographer Pygmalion Karatzas.
TSE KI PIU, SERIES ‘TONG LAU – THE COLOURFUL BUILDING BLOCKS’. ND ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, AND 1ST PLACE ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSTSE KI PIU, SERIES ‘TONG LAU – THE COLOURFUL BUILDING BLOCKS’. ND ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, AND 1ST PLACE ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSROMAIN THIERY, SERIES ‘REQUIEM POUR PIANOS’. 1ST PLACE ARCHITECTURE-INTERIORROMAIN THIERY, SERIES ‘REQUIEM POUR PIANOS’. 1ST PLACE ARCHITECTURE-INTERIORJO SON, SERIES ’75 VIEWS THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE’. 2ND PLACE ARCHITECTURE-BRIDGESJO SON, SERIES ’75 VIEWS THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE’. 2ND PLACE ARCHITECTURE-BRIDGESYOONG WAH ALEX WONG, SERIES ‘THE RED SANCTUARY’. 3RD PLACE ARCHITECTURE-CITYSCAPESYOONG WAH ALEX WONG, SERIES ‘THE RED SANCTUARY’. 3RD PLACE ARCHITECTURE-CITYSCAPESPYGMALION KARATZAS, SERIES ‘TUNNEL VISION – ATTIKO METRO’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-OTHERPYGMALION KARATZAS, SERIES ‘TUNNEL VISION – ATTIKO METRO’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-OTHERPETER PLORIN, SERIES ‘LOOK UP’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-INTERIORPETER PLORIN, SERIES ‘LOOK UP’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-INTERIORANDREW PROKOS, SERIES ‘METROPOLIS ABSTRACTED’. HONORABLE MENTION FINE ART-ABSTRACTANDREW PROKOS, SERIES ‘METROPOLIS ABSTRACTED’. HONORABLE MENTION FINE ART-ABSTRACTNASER ALOMARI, SERIES ‘ARCHES AT INTERCHANGE’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BRIDGESNASER ALOMARI, SERIES ‘ARCHES AT INTERCHANGE’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BRIDGESPYGMALION KARATZAS, SERIES ‘THE ORBIT’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSPYGMALION KARATZAS, SERIES ‘THE ORBIT’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSOSCAR RIALUBIN, IMAGE ‘DESERT ROSE’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSDENNIS WEHRMANN, IMAGE ‘DOCKLAND HAMBURG. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-CITYSCAPESVIKTOR SUKHORUKOV, IMAGE ‘IT LOOKS FUTURISTIC’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSSARAH CALDWELL, IMAGE ‘TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-INTERIORSARAH CALDWELL, IMAGE ‘DISORDER IN GEOMETRY’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSVITALY GOLOVATYUK, IMAGE ‘BRIDGE SYMMETRY’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BRIDGESMARC SABAT, IMAGE ‘OPTICAL ILLUSION’. HONORABLE MENTION FINE ART-CONCEPTUALVITALY GOLOVATYUK, IMAGE ‘NOT A SMALL HK ISLAND’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-CITYSCAPESCHRIS BEKOS, IMAGE ‘ONE WAY’. HONORABLE MENTION FINE ART-ABSTRACTYOSHIHIKO WADA, IMAGE ‘SMOKE ON THE WATER’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-CITYSCAPESOLIVIER JARRY-LACOMBE, IMAGE ‘PARADISE ISLAND’. HONORABLE MENTION SPECIAL-DRONEGIULIO COBIANCHI, IMAGE ‘BELIEVING IN DREAMS’. HONORABLE MENTION SPECIAL-PANORAMICG.B. SMITH, IMAGE ‘SUSPENDED REFLECTION’. ND DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR, AND 1ST PLACE ARCHITECTURE-BRIDGESGRAEME GORDON, IMAGE ‘UNTITLED’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSFABIO SARTORI, IMAGE ‘THE CATHEDRAL. 2ND PLACE ARCHITECTURE-INDUSTRIALFRANK LODDENKEMPER, IMAGE ‘OKULUS’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-INTERIORGERARD HELOISE, IMAGE ‘EMPIRE STATE BUILDING’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSSANTIAGO MARTINEZ DE SEPTIEN, IMAGE ‘CORONAVIRUS CONFINEMENT IN SPAIN’. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTUREARTHUR CADRE, SERIES ‘CARTESIAN DREAM’. 2ND PLACE FINE ART-CONCEPTUALIVAN REFFERO, IMAGE ‘FUTURE CHICAGO’. 2ND PLACE ARCHITECTURE-CITYSCAPESSOM ROY, IMAGE ‘PORTRAIT OF A TEMPLE – ULUN DANU BERATAN TEMPLE BALI INDONESIA. HONORABLE MENTION ARCHITECTURE-BUILDINGSPETER WINGERTER, IMAGE ‘TINY HOUSE’. 3RD PLACE ARCHITECTURE-OTHERPETER HUI, IMAGE ‘WEDDED ROCKS, FRAME 3, ISE JAPAN’. 2ND PLACE SPECIAL-LONG EXPOSURE READ ALSO:"Unearthed" photography series | Pygmalion Karatzas
