People - Amateur , 8th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Joanna Borowiec

Poland

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Carefree childhood"
Gi crew

Brazil

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Lost In Time"
Stretched over the 200 kilometers of the Bandiagara Cliffs in southern Mali, you will find hundreds of houses embedded into the mountains. That is where the Dogon people have been living for over a th

Dianne Yudelson

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Perception"

Giorgio Bianchi

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Cherubim"
Young monks praying at Shwedagon Paya

David Saxe

USA

Honorable Mention

"jesus"

Zanzib

Russia

Honorable Mention

"Dreams of reason"
from the series "Madhouse"

Kim Tan

UK

Honorable Mention

"Ray"
I met Ray in his 80s at a community centre, and was amazed when he showed me two photos of himself, aged 9 and 21. It reminded of how time flies by.

Kip Harris

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Tire Dancer"

Aleksandr Romanov

Russia

Nominee

"My friend Charlie"
Indigenous people of the North

Aleksandr Romanov

Russia

Nominee

"My first throw"
Indigenous people of the North 2

Aleksandr Romanov

Russia

Nominee

"Bird of happiness"
Indigenous people of the North 4

Aleksandr Romanov

Russia

Nominee

"Fillipok"
Indigenous people of the North 3

Aleksandr Romanov

Russia

Nominee

"Children's conversation"
Indigenous people of the North 5

Alessandro Pardi

Italy

Nominee

"Make-up"
Celle Ligure, Italy, summer 2012

Alessio Pavese

Italy

Nominee

"Waiting"

Alex Izvekov

Russia

Nominee

"The parallels"
Parallel. South Korea, Busan. Reflections about two different parallel dimentions where the nation lives at the same time

Alex Izvekov

Russia

Nominee

"little Anya"
Little Anne.Young Anya conveys her concerns and requests to God after the morning service in the church.

Alexander Kamakaev

Russia

Nominee

"Siberian fisherman"

Alfio Alberto Castro

Italy

Nominee

"Kids"
Nepal 2012

Angad Singh Sekhon

India

Nominee

"Game of Life"
Four elderly men in a game of

Angela Vicedomini

Germany

Nominee

"Innocence"

Angela Vicedomini

Germany

Nominee

"Heavens Touch"

Anthony Pappone

Italy

Nominee

"hairstyle"
boy of the tribe Dasanech with the classic hairstyle with the hair gathered and ostrich feathers

Arno Enzerink

Finland

Nominee

"Game-on"
Locals playing a game on an island in the Philippines

Beatrix Jourdan

Hungary

Nominee

"Emotions"

Bertol Arrieta

Spain

Nominee

"evolution or involution"

Bill Klipp

USA

Nominee

"Hanging by the Stairs"
Hanging out often seems like the national past-time in Havana Cuba. Active apartment building staircase.

Bjoern Obst

Canada

Nominee

"Waiting to be Blessed"
In Ethiopia people gather around a priest in hopes of being blessed.

Bobby Dong

Singapore

Nominee

"An Aspiring Gymnast"
A little girl attempting a jump. And she was really happy with herself after she landed.

Boris Voglar

Slovenia

Nominee

"Observer"
The Watcher of Fairy Tale Hour at Days of Poetry and Wine Festival in Ptuj, Slovenia - 2011

brent washa

USA

Nominee

"communal pool"

Brian T. Adams

USA

Nominee

"Gunslinger"
An actor in Tombstone, Arizona shows the audience how the West was won.

Carla Vermeend

Netherlands

Nominee

"My friend"

Carlos Cabral

Portugal

Nominee

"Faith"

Carlos Cabral

Portugal

Nominee

"The Portraitist"
Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Charlotte Bailey

USA

Nominee

"Vedic Chanters"
Young students learning ancient vedic chants in Kerala

Charlotte Bailey

USA

Nominee

"Prayers (1)"
Gujurati Sufis praying

Christian Vinroth Engfors

Sweden

Nominee

"The Sketchist"
This is a portrait of a great painter and sketchist. By the time I took the portrait he had done over 800 diferent monsters in one book. By the time Im wrigting this he is up to over 1200 monsters!

Christine Spring

New Zealand

Nominee

"Respite"
Dubai, UAE

Christophe Vaille

France

Nominee

"Kids of Tibet"
Kids of Tibet

Daniel Groneberg

Australia

Nominee

"Thirsty"
Part of a series of images taken while in Nepal December 2012 focusing on the children of Kathmandu and the Annapurna Ranges.

danielle moir

USA

Nominee

"Old School Officer"
Wall Street One Year Anniversary Protest

Darren Agius

Malta

Nominee

"Venetians"
After some 'stalking', managed to get a shot of an elderly Venetian couple with the same pace near a Ponte Rialto sign

David Saxe

USA

Nominee

"men"
Gay Pride, Lake Worth, FL

David Saxe

USA

Nominee

"Old Lady Drinking Beer"
An old lady drinks beer in a bar

David Saxe

USA

Nominee

"Lovers (1)"

David Saxe

USA

Nominee

"Man with Trumpet"
Musician at street festival, Miami

David Martin

USA

Nominee

"Enthralled Audience"
Neighborhood club, Afro-Cuban dance performance.

Deba Prasad Roy

India

Nominee

"ANNUAL JOURNEY TO PUSHKAR"
THIS IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN PUSHKAR, IN THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN, INDIA. DURING PUSHKAR CAMEL FESTIVAL, THE CAMEL OWNERS OF RAJASTHAN AND ADJOINING STATES OF INDIA COMES HERE FOR CAMEL TRADING, SOMEONE SELL

Deba Prasad Roy

India

Nominee

"FIRE EATER"
THIS IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN KISAMA VILLAGE IN KOHIMA, IN THE STATE OF NAGALAND, INDIA, DURING "HORNBILL FESTIVAL".THE PERFORMER IS A MEMBER OF "MON" TRIBES AMONG THE 16 MAJOR TRIBAL...

Deba Prasad Roy

India

Nominee

"LOADING WAGONS"
THIS IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN MALPAHARI, IN THE STATE OF JHARKHAND, INDIA.THE WORKERS POURING STONE CHIPS INTO BUCKETS, SOME OTHERS ARE CARRYING IT TO THE WAGONS TO BE LOADED AND A SINGLE WORKER IS PLACING

Dewi Puspasari

Indonesia

Nominee

"Wayang Maker"

Dianne Yudelson

USA

Nominee

"Gossip Girls"

Donna Rosser

USA

Nominee

"Coop"
A woman looks over her chickens.

Dorothï¿½e Rapp

Germany

Nominee

"addiction"

duncan cunningham

Australia

Nominee

"Taken for granted"
Take her to the pictures!

Dustin Thomas

Canada

Nominee

"The Bow 5"
The workers joking around doing what they want.

Dustin Thomas

Canada

Nominee

"The Bow 6"
I like this one since the workers feel very natural

Ed Sancious

USA

Nominee

"no exit"

Edwin Soriano

USA

Nominee

"Spare Change Please"
These siblings are ready to entertain anyone for a dollar.

ELIZABETH KODELA

Australia

Nominee

"Elevated Thoughts"

ELIZABETH KODELA

Australia

Nominee

"Mending Nets"

Elohim Pedraja

Venezuela

Nominee

"Grandparents"

Ezra Safra

Brazil

Nominee

"Window dressing"

Federico Giovannini

Italy

Nominee

"At the hairdresser"
San Francisco

Francisco Alcala

Mexico

Nominee

"Mexican Musician"
Mexican Musician at the Plaza waiting to be hired

Francisco Alcala

Mexico

Nominee

"Summer for Everyone"
Enjoying the park during summer in Spain

Francisco Alcala

Mexico

Nominee

"Friends (1)"
A group of friends in a street in India

Francisco Alcala

Mexico

Nominee

"Woodboard Nap"
Next to the Ganges river in Varanasi India this man was enjoying a nap last October, 2012.

Gabriel Stanciu

Romania

Nominee

"Life at Polovraci Monastery I"
part of a series

Ghassan El-Moussa

UK

Nominee

"Waiting outside the SAM "
Pic as So

Giancarlo Andreotti

Italy

Nominee

"runner"
A man runs along the river in Berlin

Guido Brandt

Australia

Nominee

"Travelling the Lines"
The Santiago Calatrava designed high-speed train station in Liege-Guillemins

Ignacio Romero Naves

Spain

Nominee

"Baby"
Kathmandu, Nepal.

Ionut Cirja

Romania

Nominee

"Rainy days"
October 2012, Iasi, Romania

Jessica Nolte

Brazil

Nominee

"Behind Faith"
A group of boys sitting on the dirt of the street, each with a little wooden board in hand chanting the words of the Koran… that is a very common sight all over the country of Mali, in West Africa. Th

Jessica Nolte

Brazil

Nominee

"The Kazakh Hunter"
Fleeing tribal warfare in the late 1600s, a small group of Kazakhs settled in the isolated province of Bayaan Olgii, nestled in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. Until this day they have kept their lan

jiang li an

Taiwan

Nominee

"Endless wait"
Endless wait

Joydeep Mukherjee

India

Nominee

"My School "
A Little Girl Got Punishment from Class of a Village School

JP Terlizzi

USA

Nominee

"American Girl"

Julie Garran

Australia

Nominee

"Sisters (1)"
Sisters in their backyard, showing off their long hair.

Julie Garran

Australia

Nominee

"Summertime"
Young boys at their local pool.

Karin Charteris

New Zealand

Nominee

"Camel Rider"
Camel Rider - Syria.

Kenneth Borg

Malta

Nominee

"Three Shy Musicians"

Kevin Ng

Canada

Nominee

"Bag"
Taken in NYC, USA

Kevin Ng

Canada

Nominee

"Contol and Indulgence"
Taken in Toronto, Canada

Kevin Ng

Canada

Nominee

"Immortalized"
Taken in Italy

Kimber Wallwork-Heineman

USA

Nominee

"Cowboy Rainbow"

Kimber Wallwork-Heineman

USA

Nominee

"Spirit Dancer"

Kristine Hellevik

Norway

Nominee

"Jokia"
Jokia, blind and known for being one of the most gentle elephants in the herd. Elephant Nature Park, Thailand.

Kurt Steinle

Belgium

Nominee

"Herbst"
Paris im Herbst

Laurie McCormick

USA

Nominee

"Cuban Cool"
Cuban Cool

Lee Grossman

USA

Nominee

"origin of paranoia"

Lev Tsimring

USA

Nominee

"Inemuri - Japanese siesta"

Lexi Traylor

USA

Nominee

"Anticipation"

Louis Agius

Malta

Nominee

"benares cleansing"

Louise Salmond Smith

UK

Nominee

"Homeless"

Luciano Lavadini

Italy

Nominee

"a relax moment"

Luciano Lavadini

Italy

Nominee

"the mirror"

Marcos Semola

Brazil

Nominee

"Ipanema"
Ipanema beach and a traditional landscape in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mark Bochsler

Canada

Nominee

"Papua Warriors"
Cigarettes and Christianity are the only evidence of western culture in this traditional Yali village in central West Papua, Indonesia. Elders pose after performing a dance.

Mark Bochsler

Canada

Nominee

"Stocking Ship"
Early morning on the docks of Bai Tu Long harbour, northern Vietnam. A single gang plank serviced many ships. An overcast dreary day provided great light.

Mark Bochsler

Canada

Nominee

"Mekong Rice Porter"
Can Tho, Vietnam (Mekong Delta). The decision to shoot from below against the sun was a good one. However, I was covered in rice by the end of it.

Mark Bernhardt

USA

Nominee

"Torah Scrolls"
The long-standing Jewish tradition of hand-scribing Torah scrolls is brought to fruition under the watchful supervision of the rabbi and a very curious child. This project typically takes one year.

Martin Alpert

USA

Nominee

"Infidel"
In the Souk, Jerusalem

Martin Alpert

USA

Nominee

"Waiting..."
at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

Martin Alpert

USA

Nominee

"Lovers (2)"
Andy Warhol's Lovers by Richard Avedon at SFMOMA

Maryna Dubavets

Belarus

Nominee

"Childhood"
There are some moments in my life when I wish to stop, look back and fix them forever, but time is running forward and nothing will be back again. So passed the childhood. Minsk, 2012

Masahiro Narita

Japan

Nominee

"Hope of Fukushima earthquake"
Children smile is hope.

Massimo Gagliani

Italy

Nominee

"blackandwhite"
One sunnyday at the Hookipa Beach, Maui, Hawaii

Matej Peljhan

Slovenia

Nominee

"HCB"

Megan Douglas

USA

Nominee

"The Throne"

Michael Radin

USA

Nominee

"White Carpet"
La Defense, Paris, France

Michele Taras

Canada

Nominee

"Boys with Goat"
Photograph of boys in Haiti with their goat.

Nabarun Bhattacharya

India

Nominee

"Grampa's Contraption"
Photo taken at Rumtek Monastery at Sikkim in India. People in the background are seen waiting for the Guru Rinpoche, while the children keep themselves busy with grandpa's wheelchair

Nelson Cheang

Macao

Nominee

"Bamboo scaffolder"

Nicola Roberto

Italy

Nominee

"Sisters (2)"

Nikolay Smolyak

Russia

Nominee

"Walk"

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"Dance for the Devil"
Day of the Dead Festivities, Mexico

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"Wedding Couple"
Day of the Dead Festivities, Mexico

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"The Girl and the Skeleton"
Day of the Dead Festivities, Mexico

Ora Walker

Canada

Nominee

"Got the Shot"
When my husband "gets the shot" he does the happy dance.

Pamela Schwarz

USA

Nominee

"Prayer Wheel"
Nepal 2010

Paul Melhado

USA

Nominee

"Domestic Goddess"

Paul Ponticell

USA

Nominee

"Sitting with Faulkner and Fitzgerald"

Paulo Monteiro

Portugal

Nominee

"Day of joy"
Holy Spirit festivity, island of San Miguel, Azores, 2012.

Pedro Farias-Nardi

Dominican Republic

Nominee

"Between Nuns"
At the Zocalo -main Plaza- in Meixco City, MExico; a biker pass among nuns waiting for the traffic light.

philippe bouthiere

Spain

Nominee

"The japanese wisdom"
Tokyo-october2012. In the train to Narita airport, I play with my phone, i sleep, i read. The japanese train's version of i can't talk, i can't speak, i can't hear

Porus Khareghat

India

Nominee

"Path"
Buddhist monks in india

Robert Ferd Frank

USA

Nominee

"Contemplating Hanalei"
2012

Robert Ferd Frank

USA

Nominee

"Hood Ornament"
2010

Robert J. Martin

USA

Nominee

"Masking Fear"
Overcoming her fear of heights, a woman crawls out onto the see-through sky deck of Chicago's Willis Tower, flashing a peace sign with one hand, while clinging to the plexiglass with the other

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Boy catnapping at a Sufi prayer meeting"
Nizamudin Shrine, New Delhi, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"The pilgrim on a train"
Habra, West Bengal, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Pilgrims arrive at the temple"
Tarakeshwar Temple, West Bengal, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"And silently he followed"
Bolpur, West Bengal, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Urban rural conflict"
Uttar Pradesh, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Santal Groom about to meet his bride"
Santal village, Bolpur, West Bengal, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Western Sadhus among Nagas "
Kumbh Mela, Allahbad, India

Rudi Neumaier

Switzerland

Nominee

"Jodeling_Competition"
... in Switzerland, of course

Sergio Muscat

Malta

Nominee

"Untitled (From 7,000,000,000:1) (1)"
This image is part of 7,000,000,000:1, an ongoing project observing society within the context of the increased individual isolation within an ever more connected world.

Sergio Muscat

Malta

Nominee

"Untitled (From 7,000,000,000:1) (2)"
This image is part of 7,000,000,000:1, an ongoing project observing society within the context of the increased individual isolation within an ever more connected world.

Shabnam Sirur

India

Nominee

"Morning tea"
A walk around the market in small town India and you will never be disappointed with a cup of fresh tea and news to match.

Shari Bradbury

USA

Nominee

"Into the Light"

Shelley Milbank

Australia

Nominee

"Market day in Morocco"
Taken from the back of the bus as we passed through a small town between Fez and Marrakesh. End of the local market day and the women are being driven home and the boys on their bikes are showing off...

Sita Mae

USA

Nominee

"Will's Girl"

Soren Harbel

Spain

Nominee

"Berlin 32"
Berlin Museum

Stanley Padilla

USA

Nominee

"Farewell"

Stephen Buhagiar

Malta

Nominee

"Working people"
During an annual parade in Valletta, the capital city of Malta.

Sundari Narayan-Swami

USA

Nominee

"Man In Doorway"
A man stands in a doorway in Rajasthan

Terence Lyons

USA

Nominee

"Night Sweeper"
A street sweeper in Mexico working to the last vestiges of light.

Terence Lyons

USA

Nominee

"The Brotherhood"
The hooded man has been carrying a 100-pound bundle of thorns on his bare back for hours. It is as a show of faith and repentance. His burden is eased by an escort of the brotherhood.