People - Professional , 19th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Clark James Mishler

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Horse Haircut"
A young woman clips the mane of a large horse, Virginia

China (PRC)

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

" A moment of respite "
Beneath a large glass wall of a tech museum, a row of chairs is filled with people taking a rest. The stark contrast between the dark shadows of the resting crowd and the bright exterior visible throu

Jean-Sebastien Vaillancourt

Canada

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Vietnam No. 6"
This image was taken as part of an initiatory photo essay in Vietnam.

Nancy Ney

USA

Honorable Mention

"Houseboat"
Lopburi River in Ayutthaya,Chiang Mai, Thailand

Clark James Mishler

USA

Honorable Mention

"Man at Museum"
Man in Checked Shirt, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2023

Victoria Parnall-Vaughan

UK

Honorable Mention

"Anonymous Family"

Paul Swen

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bride"
A young Maasai woman reflects during preparation for a wedding ceremony.

James Veysey

UK

Honorable Mention

"London"
An early morning pre-wedding shoot in Westminster, London

Francisco Mata Rosas

Mexico

Honorable Mention

"Mar de Cortes"
A fisherman working.

Barry Toranto

USA

Honorable Mention

"Black and White"

Jeff Schewe

USA

Honorable Mention

"People 4"
Three old Italian ladies on a bench.

Jonathan Banks

UK

Honorable Mention

"In Transit"
A young man waiting on a bus in Salyan, Azerbaijan.

Douglas Dubler

USA

Honorable Mention

"Sleeping Lady"
Sleeping Lady

Dragomir Vukovic

USA

Honorable Mention

"Life Cycle One"

Richard Cox

USA

Honorable Mention

"Avett Brothers "
The Avett Brothers in Concert

Carl Young

USA

Honorable Mention

"Malibu Memory"
A lone surfer studies the waves on a hazy beach in Malibu, California.

Caesar Lima

USA

Honorable Mention

"Giza"
Giza Pyramids in Cairo - Egypt (Leica Q3)

Victoria Parnall-Vaughan

UK

Honorable Mention

"Body Envy"

Scarlett Freund

USA

Honorable Mention

"Sisterhood of the Metro"
Two friends engage in deep conversation between metro stops in Paris.

Jessica Davis

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dancing InThe Rain"
Young men dancing during a ceremony. Datoga Tribe, Tanzania

Joseph Anthony

UK

Honorable Mention

"Sound of the underground "
Spiral staircase

Sara Ruedi

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Applause"
and in the end-there is applause

Eugenio Opitz

Venezuela

Honorable Mention

"Photographers"
Image of tourist photographers at the hill of Budacastle in Pest side of Budapest city Hungary

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Honorable Mention

"Three Men"
Three cadets walking in Italy.

Alberto Cicchini

Italy

Nominee

"Gli Incappucciati di Chieti"
Processione storica del Cristo morto di Chieti (Italy) gli Incappucciati

Andrei Duman

USA

Nominee

"Icelandic Pool"
Iceland, pool, people, remote, infrared

Angelo Brancaccio

Italy

Nominee

"Potemkin"
Milano, Italy, 2024. This granmother with a child reminds me of Ėjzenštejn and Rodchenko.

Angelo Brancaccio

Italy

Nominee

"Synchronized"
Cremona, Italy, 2024. These boots are made for walking!

Anna Beyger-Pasternak

UK

Nominee

"The Storm"
Thai sailor in a Storm.

Anna F

UK

Nominee

"All That Thinking"
A Pandemic Of Confusion, Solitude and Emptiness- London-Nov 2020

Antonio Crutchley

USA

Nominee

"Love Within"
Couple’s Wedding Portrait Between the Stairwell at The Mondrian Miami Beach

Antonio Crutchley

USA

Nominee

"Dancing Hearts"
Newlywed Exiting Ceremony Dancing

Bart Vos

Netherlands

Nominee

"Shipyard"
Worker posing in dry dock. Part of photo series of worker in port of Amsterdam

Claude Ka Kit Tsang

Hong Kong

Nominee

"Taking a break"
To prevent pedestrians from staying outside the store, decorative steel wires are fixed along the store's exterior walls. However, some people can still squat on the wire for a break,

Cornelis Kamminga

Netherlands

Nominee

"Chasing the Indian"
Dutch traditional costumes while chasing an Indian on a Solex

David Poznic

USA

Nominee

"The Genesis"
The Copenhagen Collective rises above

Diana De Rosa

USA

Nominee

"The Freedom of Flying High - Read It In Their Eyes"
Look Into Their Eyes - Horses are amazing creatures allowing the talented to showcase their skills in a loving human/equine partnership.

Diana Feil

USA

Nominee

"Nala"
Beach stroll.

Donell Gumiran

Philippines

Nominee

"The Suri Family"
Suri people are a vibrant and resilient community with a rich cultural heritage that continues.

Duncan de Fey

Netherlands

Nominee

"Rain"

Edmond Terakopian

UK

Nominee

"Order"
Queuing to order. Borough Market, with 1000 years of history behind it. London, UK.

Edmond Terakopian

UK

Nominee

"Celebration"
Crowds gather in Ely’s Yard as doors open for the RCA2023: Graduate Show.

Eduardo Soler

USA

Nominee

"Walking Home"
Late afternoon, people walking home from work. San Francisco.

Eduardo Soler

USA

Nominee

"Three Generations"
Street photographers are always looking for a good shot, and there it was. Barcelona, Spain.

Edwin Loyola

Philippines

Nominee

"The No Pants Subway Ride"
THE ANNUAL NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE @ Los Angeles

Ellis Vener

USA

Nominee

"long day's work"
a line cook takes a break between the lunch and dinner shift

Emilie Maillet

France

Nominee

"La ronde des rubans"
Issu d'un reportage de mariage en france

Eric Kanigan

USA

Nominee

"Shinkansen"
Japan’s mechanical marvel, the Shinkansen, carries commuters past a group of tennis players.

Etienne van Sloun

Netherlands

Nominee

"Portugal Beach 100"

Gabriella Giannini

USA

Nominee

"Gracious"

Gian Giacomo Stiffoni

Italy

Nominee

"A solitary man"
Trieste. Risiera di San Sabba. March 2024

Gill Shaw, Abipp Ampa

UK

Nominee

"My Canal Boat Home"
Welcome to my home

Gunnar Stroem

Norway

Nominee

"The reception"
Canon EOS300 Hotel Delano, Key West

Irene Hill

USA

Nominee

"The Driver"

James Patrick Cooper

USA

Nominee

"Dressed in Black "
Black Coat Grand Central Terminal Kay

Jean-Charles Folliet

France

Nominee

"The boat"

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

"People 2"
Old Italian woman, coming and going.

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

"People 3"
The handoff, not sure what.

Jessica Davis

USA

Nominee

"Sisters"
Two sisters embrace during a ceremony. Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Jose Donatz

Netherlands

Nominee

"THE MASK"
SERIE THE MASK COVID

Keith Tsuji

Hong Kong

Nominee

"Hanging out"
Local Turkish people hang out in a street in Istanbul, Turkey.

Kirsten Heer

Germany

Nominee

"Sheep shearing in Northern Germany"
Heer_Kirsten_ Schafschur in Nordddeutschland

Kirsten Heer

Germany

Nominee

"Cool Motorcyclist"
Heer_Kirsten_ Cool Motorcyclist

Laura Jean Zito

Ireland

Nominee

"Man with a Hookah"
A Bedouin man smokes a hookah, a handmade one, by his encampment at a camel race in Sharm-el-Sheikh Egypt.

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Nominee

"Peeking In"
A child begging for money in India.

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Nominee

"Clean Up"
Cleaning up after serving a meal in India.

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Nominee

"Cobbler"
A cobbler making shoes in India.

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Nominee

"Sweeping Up"
Women sweeping the streets during a parade in India.

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Nominee

"Saying Goodbye"
Nonna saying goodbye at the end of a visit in Italy.

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Nominee

"Nonna"
Nonna cooking a meal in Italy.

Leigh Ann Pincus

USA

Nominee

"The Quite Life"
Man sitting quietly in a chair.

Leland Bobbe

USA

Nominee

"Contemplation"
Shot in NYC

Luisa Gonzalez P

Canada

Nominee

"Gnocchi"
Nikon Z 7II, Lens NIKKOR Z 26mm f/2.8, f/4, 1/125

Man Ching KC

UK

Nominee

"Personal Space "

Mark Seawell

USA

Nominee

"Words of the prophets"
Ogden Utah and the fire of God pours forth from their testimony..words of the prophets.

Matt Lit

USA

Nominee

"Jazz man"
Jazz man Al provides some accordion during an "open mic" jam session.

Michele Zousmer

USA

Nominee

"Loneliness is felt"
ALONE , ISOLATED, LIVING POST COMMUNISM

Michiel Poodt

Netherlands

Nominee

"Captured 1"
emmen shark

Muhammad Farhan Osman

Singapore

Nominee

"Gritty Skinhead"
"A skinhead vocalist lost in the moment, commanding a sea of punks in full riotous frenzy."

Nancy Ney

USA

Nominee

"Roots of Life"
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Patricia Jarvis

USA

Nominee

"Sampan on the Mekong"
Sampans are used for transport on the Mekong Delta, Saigon

Patrick Kelly

USA

Nominee

"Carpenter"
The carpenters used metal to frame the building, I used it to frame the them!

Pedro Noel da Luz Guerreiro

Portugal

Nominee

"We are what we are"
A woman waits for someone at the Tejo river in Lisbon city, Portugal

Robert Houser

USA

Nominee

"Float"
Belling dancer floating.

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Buddhist pilgrims"
Buddhist monks, Ladakh,India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Monks"

S. Rick Armstrong

USA

Nominee

"Farm, Hungary"
Village Farm

S. Rick Armstrong

USA

Nominee

"Midway"
Midway Moment

Scarlett Freund

USA

Nominee

"The Long Pour"
A mystical long pour of mint tea in Morocco.

Shawna Gibbs

USA

Nominee

"Lost World Tour 2023, The Cure"
The Cure's first North American tour since 2016. Not only did they give fans an incredible performance but also frontman Robert Smith won partial ticket refunds for fans for unduly high fees.