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Black and White Spider Awards is the
leading international award honoring excellence in black and white
photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best
professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest
images with the highest achievements in black and white photography.
PRESTIGE
Celebrating
its 4th year, the Awards are juried by the world's most prestigious
curators, auctioneers, editors, and dealers of black and white photography,
including captains of the industry from Magnum Photos, Leica Gallery,
Bonni Benrubi, PDN, Man Ray Trust, LIFE Magazine, Communication Arts,
Fratelli Alinari, Tate Gallery and Hamiltons of London.
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The Jury
"From the photos and names I've seen among the nominees, this
has quickly become the premier competition among professional photographers."
Henry
Georgi - Canada, Honor of
Distinction in Sports
AWARDS
Nominees vie for 101 coveted
title awards representing the best work of the year. Entries are judged in
25
categories.
Receiving a Black and White Spider Award is an endorsement of distinction
from the most trusted names in the business.
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View Winners & Nominees
List
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JURY NEWS...
We welcome
the following esteemed guests to the panel:
We are
delighted to announce
David
Heffel, President
 of
Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Canada's national auction house has joined the awards
judging panel and will select winning works as a member of
our international Jury.
 We
also welcome back to the panel the VII Photo Agency
who have assigned Aleksandra Flora
- Assignments Representative to the Jury.
Dr
Juliet Hacking - Sotheby's
Institute of Art, London
Carolyn Bare - Bellagio Gallery of
Fine Art, Las Vegas
Martha
Tepper Takayama - Tepper
Takayama Fine Arts, Boston
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BOOK
Three years in
the making and 13,000 images screened,
"The World's Greatest Black & White Photography, No.1"
is the essential collection of winning images from Black and White Spider
Awards. A
'best of' chronicle from the previous three Award shows. This book is
guaranteed to Inspire!
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Order Now!
EXPOSURE
 60 major works by Spider
Fellows were
exhibited at the inaugural "Masters of Photography
International Exhibition" in Curitiba, Brazil.
Photographers donated over $31,000 of Award Winning work to benefit APADEH
children's day school.
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Exhibition
LIVE GALA NIGHT
The climax of
this year's competition can be seen live, in an exclusive online
Nomination and Winners Presentation webcast June 15, 2008. Last year's
event reached an audience of over 10,000 online viewers live on the
night from over fifty countries. >
View Program
Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the world's
premier black
and white photographic showcase.
"The world's reigning
champions of monochrome."
Digital Photography User Magazine
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Photographer of the Year
1st Place,
Professional
Abstract 009
MICHELE CLEMENT - USA
Photographer of the Year
2nd Place, Professional
Boxers
ADAM HINTON - UK
Photographer of the Year
3rd Place,
Professional
No. 12
WERNER BRANZ - AUSTRIA
Photographer of the Year
1st Place, Amateur
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JULIO HARDY - SPAIN
Photographer of the Year
2nd Place
Amateur
Old Car Interior
COLE THOMPSON - USA
Photographer of the Year
3rd Place
Amateur
Dying Heritage
SJ CARTER - USA
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