Abstract - Professional , 8th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Martin Miller

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Giardia"
from the Pestilence Series

Nita and Wales Madden III

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"5 oclock somewhere"

Italy

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"The battle of oranges"
A scene from the Battle of the Oranges in Ivrea. The inhabitants, during the carnival, commemorate with strokes of orange the expulsion of a baron who starved the city in the Middle Ages.

Adoniram Sides

USA

Honorable Mention

"Cracks"
The subtle contractions and expansions of early ice caused these geometric patterns in the midst of a swamp.

Jayne Silberman

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bursting Wide Open"
I looked up at a ceiling and discovered extraordinary texture in the peeling paint.

Paul J Harvey

UK

Honorable Mention

"GTO2"
Location - Montlhery Classic Car Fete, France 2011.

Bruce Warren

USA

Honorable Mention

"Crossbeams"

Mike Crews

USA

Honorable Mention

"Steppin Out of Time"
Long Exposure of Street Entertainer, Chicago

Brenda Lindfors

USA

Honorable Mention

"Windows"

Lisa Powers

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Silk Factory"
Bags filled with silk threads in Chinese factory.

Joerg Hempel

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Schoolyard, Germany"
Due to a special " defect" of my digital back, I develop a special technique taking images in between a shot. This leeds me to a new way to see architecture, which is more a light-painting...

Adam Williams

USA

Nominee

"Slide Study 7"
Playground slide, Centennial, Colorado.

Adoniram Sides

USA

Nominee

"The Mountain"
A collapsing retaining wall presented beautiful landscapes in its decay.

Aleksandr Korolev

USA

Nominee

"Quick snow"

Aleksandr Korolev

USA

Nominee

"Promenade"

Alix de Montaigu

France

Nominee

"Naissance du bleu de Sèvres"
Cité de la Céramique

Allan Hunter Shoemake

USA

Nominee

"Circle Line"

Aloisi Gioia Gorini Monica

Italy

Nominee

"unknown Soldier"
arc de triomphe de l'étoile Paris -Feast of July 14, taking of the Bastille, reflection

Andrea Kornfeld

Hungary

Nominee

"Mustache"
Poster in sunshine not Photoshop

Annette Willis

Australia

Nominee

"NY Subway"
Trains fly by in a conjunction of lines.

Annie Katz

USA

Nominee

"Antelope Canyon"
Looking through dark canyon walls, your eyes play tricks trying to discern foreground from background.

Balázs Merész

Hungary

Nominee

"nature and citizen"

Barb Young

USA

Nominee

"Into The Light"

Bill Sosin

USA

Nominee

"Gathering Rain"
From a new series of images titled Proper Souls.

Bill Pielsticker

USA

Nominee

"Pattern 011413A"
Transient pattern on a frozen lake in winter.

Bill Pielsticker

USA

Nominee

"Pattern 011413C"
Transient pattern on a frozen lake in winter.

Brigitte Kroone

Netherlands

Nominee

"Brandvanegmond light object"

Chris McLennan

New Zealand

Nominee

"Puddle"
A street lamp reflected in a puddle of the streets of Dunedin, New Zealand

Christian Mushenko

Australia

Nominee

"chain"
a chain of legs

Clayton Bastiani

UK

Nominee

"Tim Andrews Clockwork Parkinsons Cure"
A portrait taken of Tim Andrews for his ongoing photographic project, called Over The Hill, asking photographers to interpret him and his Parkinson's Disease

Clayton Bastiani

UK

Nominee

"Fibre Optic"

Clayton Bastiani

UK

Nominee

"Light Study Number One"

Daniel Cramer

Germany

Nominee

"U.S. Way Out"
U.S.WAY OUT

Dave Bowman

UK

Nominee

"Cubic Star"
An abstract view of the famous Cubic Houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Diana Johnson

UK

Nominee

"Train of Thought"
Who knows the working of the mind?

Dilip Bhatia

India

Nominee

"Sea Link"

Edoardo Romagnoli

Italy

Nominee

"Monte Bianco_3769"
Edoardo Romagnoli has a longstanding and special relationship with the moon which he has featured in many of his photographs and which, in return, seems to have concede to him the most exclusive and s

Elena Isenegger

Russia

Nominee

"falling towers"

Enric Macia

Spain

Nominee

"elefante "

Eric Loh Yong Kim

Singapore

Nominee

"Reflection (1)"

Eugenio Opitz

Venezuela

Nominee

"My old Chevy Nova "
Macro close up photography

Eydis Einarsdottir

Canada

Nominee

"Holocaust Memorial II"
Holocaust Memorial, Berlin - Collage

Galia Yotova

Bulgaria

Nominee

"Shadow"
An ex chapel with a hospital in Ruse, Bulgatia. It used to be a morgue and laboratory. There were just shadows roaming there in the summer of 2000.

Gillian Lindsay

Canada

Nominee

"Lighthearted"
'Light Imitating Art' series: distortion of light

Gillian Lindsay

Canada

Nominee

"A Light Twirl"
'Light Imitating Art' series: distortion of light

Gillian Lindsay

Canada

Nominee

"Masquerade"
'Light Imitating Art' series: distortion of light

Gillian Lindsay

Canada

Nominee

"Bring To Light"
'Light Imitating Art' series: distortion of light

Harvey Duze

USA

Nominee

"Train - New Canaan"
Commuter train leaving the station at New Canaan, CT

Jeff Johnson

USA

Nominee

"Silken"
A Dahlia in dreamstate. Well, in my dream anyhow!

Jiri Jiroutek

Czech Republic

Nominee

"Concorde"

Joanne Scherf

USA

Nominee

"Slinky"
Sleight of hand; a walking spring toy of visual deception

Jocelyn Watts

Australia

Nominee

"Sensual"
The sensual feminine form is portrayed with incense smoke.

John E. Kelly

USA

Nominee

"Burnt Matchsticks"
Single subject, one dimensional, abstract still life.

Jorg Bräuer

Belgium

Nominee

"Bench"

Karen Hirsch

USA

Nominee

"Milwaukee_Egg_Shell"
Digital Interpretation of my photo of a hallway

Karen Hirsch

USA

Nominee

"Through_a_tent_lightly"
Photo taken at a Chicago area hotel

Karen Hirsch

USA

Nominee

"Mercurial_drop"
Digital interpretation of an architectural structure

Katarina Jesna - Smikova

Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Shadows"
Casa Batlló, Barcelona

Ken Sivertsen

Norway

Nominee

"WATERWOMAN 01"
A Woman receives yoga in water, Part One

Kimmo Lang

Sweden

Nominee

"Rovers"
Lights in the sky

Kristofer Dan-Bergman

USA

Nominee

"Monet1"
Monet in the Park

Larry Angier

USA

Nominee

"Trolly crossing"
Trolly tracks intersect a crosswalk on the streets of Belgrade, Serbia.

Laurent Girard

USA

Nominee

"tear"
water museum, piracicaba, brazil, 2009

Leon van der Flier

Netherlands

Nominee

"BlAckWHiTE"

Lisa Powers

New Zealand

Nominee

"Earthquake!"
The terror of being trapped during the major earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand 2011

Marcus Buck

Germany

Nominee

"Pylon 02"
Pylons is a serie playing with forms and contrasts taken 2012

Marcus Buck

Germany

Nominee

"Pylon 04"
Pylons is a serie playing with forms and contrasts taken 2012y

Mark Vitaris

Canada

Nominee

"Oasis, Calgary, Alberta"

Mark Vitaris

Canada

Nominee

"Ice Water. Elkwater, Alberta"

Martin Miller

USA

Nominee

"Lyme Disease"
from the Pestilence Series

Martin Miller

USA

Nominee

"Dengue Fever"
from the Pestilence Series

Martin Sitta

USA

Nominee

"Reflection (3)"
Human vs. nature shapes

Martin Sitta

USA

Nominee

"Sheet of paper 2"
Composition was created with one sheet of paper.

Miguel Matos

USA

Nominee

"The Bottles of Crystal Palace"
Crystal Palace is a glass palace located in Madrid's Buen Retiro Park.

Ming Chien Chia

France

Nominee

"Wire & Clouds"
Taken in Saigon, a city where the sky is often blocked by a jungle of overhead wires, this photo illustrates that an eye-sore can also offer up poetry.