Children of the World - Professional , 16th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Donald Graham

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Boy with Bible, Little Rock, Arkansas"
Photograph included in ONE OF A KIND by Donald Graham published by Hatj Cantz, 2021

Wei Fu

Thailand

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"praying boy"
Boy praying in the train during the Muslin Bishwa Ijtem in year 2020.

Francisco Mata Rosas

Mexico

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Juan y Tobias portrait"
With a new cable bus behind him this boy holds his rooster, creating a metaphor between modernity and tradition.

Deborah Maxx

Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Bakers Rest"

Maki Amemori

Japan

Honorable Mention

" Graduation "
Kids are running happily celebrating their graduation, keeping up with the coronavirus pandemic.

Thomas Margrave

USA

Honorable Mention

"Katilyn Freckles"

Rachel Reeve

UK

Honorable Mention

"Hand of God"
The little boy came up during communion, unsure of what he had to do, knelt & received a blessing

Helen Bartlett

UK

Honorable Mention

"Childhood Wonder"

Ruben Buhagiar

Malta

Honorable Mention

"Coming of Age"
Getting dressed up for Holy Communion, at 7 years. It is a moment when a long boy starts coming of a

Markku Lahdesmaki

USA

Honorable Mention

"Winter Storm"
Fun after the winter storm.

Pieter Clicteur

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Marwan"
Marwan, the boy with the dark eyes

Sreekumar Krishnan

India

Honorable Mention

"Slam Dunk"
Slam Dunk Child at Play

Anand Sharan

India

Honorable Mention

"Joyous life!"
A carefree life of letting go of oneself.

Jiri Tondl

Czech Republic

Honorable Mention

"Snack"

Tom Brownold

USA

Honorable Mention

"Young proud and strong"
A chance meeting on the street led to this quick portrait in a Hudson NY doorway.

Laurie Freitag

USA

Honorable Mention

"Charley thinks Bow-Wow"

Piotr Powietrzynski

USA

Honorable Mention

"Looking for Love"
A 2-year-old girl is walking on the street holding a balloon with the words: I LOVE YOU. Lower Manhattan. New York.

Dave Monk

USA

Honorable Mention

"Mongolia Boy"
A young lad airs it out near his camp in the vast Mongolian landscape

Jiri Tondl

Czech Republic

Honorable Mention

"Barber and her clients"

Nancy Ney

USA

Honorable Mention

"Me and My Portrait"
Boy in Remedios Cuba

Heather Wilson

USA

Honorable Mention

"Waiting "
Boy waiting for the rain to end in a stormy dreary day.

Asa Deleau Wiklund

Sweden

Honorable Mention

"First step"

Donell Gumiran

Philippines

Honorable Mention

"Connected Ceremony"
“Tribal Dance Ceremony, One of the most feared tribes in Omo Valley famed for their unique story-tel

Danny Turner

USA

Honorable Mention

"Future Acrobats"
Boys jumping on old mattresses pulled out of the trash during a remodel project

Dragos-Radu Dumitrescu

Romania

Honorable Mention

"Untitled"
Resting on a mattress in a former Roma community in Bucharest. Taken on film.

Trevor Cole

Ireland

Honorable Mention

"Symbiosis"
A moment of Mundari bonding between child and Ankosi Watule cow

Andrew Robert Fox

UK

Nominee

"Boys of Imlil"
High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Christian Barroso

Brazil

Nominee

"Boys Don't Cry"
A young boy awaits, in the sun, the start of a popular party in Maranhão, Brazil.

Emilia Kashfian

USA

Nominee

"The Faces of Nepal Series, #5"
A look into the lives of Nepalis, taken on a volunteer trip to Kathmandu, Nepal in April 2017.

Erwin van Halteren

Netherlands

Nominee

"Dropy eyes"
Myanmar, child with sad look

Gill Shaw, Abipp Ampa

UK

Nominee

"Face of Despair"
Image taken on a remote island of Arquipelago dos Bijagos off of Guinea Bissau in 2018

Hans Withoos

Netherlands

Nominee

"portrait of Jeannie"
For Charity Organisation 'Orange Babies' they help mothers and children in their fight against HIV

Harriet Brocket

UK

Nominee

"Heatwave"
Children the world over can't resist fountain fun in the heat.

Harry Donenfeld

USA

Nominee

"Milo Smiles"
Smiling unicorn

James van Leuven

Netherlands

Nominee

"Going to Oirschot"
Child passing new bridge to Oirschot / The Netherlands

Joe Patronite

USA

Nominee

"Girl Scouts at the border "
Members of Nogales, Arizona (USA) Girl Scout troop prior to 4th of July parade .

Joe Patronite

USA

Nominee

"Trump teen"
With rude T-shirt- teen in Sturgis, South Dakota (USA) during annual rally.

Jonathan Banks

UK

Nominee

"The Human Connection"
The "human connection" is one that you make without judgement in the split second of meeting someone

Jumpei Tainaka

Germany

Nominee

"Boy's Dream"
When I looked at the street, the strange boy just kept looking up at the sky.

Katherin Wermke

Spain

Nominee

"Next Generation"
India, Mysore. Don Bosco Centre for Boys

Katherin Wermke

Spain

Nominee

"Sleepless Nights"
India, Mysore. Transit Home for Boys.

Kirsten Heer

Germany

Nominee

"Boys from Hamburg"
Kirsten_Heer

Laurie Freitag

USA

Nominee

"Sheltering-In-Place Day 34"

Maki Amemori

Japan

Nominee

"Dancing under a cherry tree"
A girl wearing a traditional Japanese Hakama is dancing to celebrate her graduation 2021.

Margrieta Jeltema

Italy

Nominee

"Mille Gigli (A Thousand Lilies)"

Mel Karlberg

USA

Nominee

"Surrounded"
Surrounded with water, protection and love, she swims while her grandparents look on.

Molly Garg

USA

Nominee

"The Jump"
a young boy excitedly jumps into a pool

Neil L. Johnson

USA

Nominee

"Flight"
Lake BIstineau, NW Louisiana. I'm down low. Boy up on roof of boathouse. Flight.

Pieter Clicteur

Belgium

Nominee

"Juno"
Juno, the little skater boy

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Childhood"
Sunderban, West Bengal, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Siblings"
Konyak, India

Ronald Seymour

USA

Nominee

"Boys in India"
While driving in Madras

Canada

Nominee

"Hair Colouring Experiments During Covid"
Throughout the pandemic our family hasn't gone to a hair dresser, which has given my daughter a lease to try new styles she creates. The colour and cut was done by herself for the first time, and we

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