Portrait - Amateur , 9th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Klaus Pfeiffer

Germany

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Success"
Ambition spurred him to success.

Brazil

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Dona Maria Making Art"
This lady makes small objects handicraft, at Paraty in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The smile of pleasure that she expressed caught my attention.

jayanta roy

India

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Aghori "
The Aghori or naga are a Shaivite Hindu sect mostly composed of ascetic sadhus They are, for instance, known to engage in post-mortem ritual, they also often dwell in charnel grounds, have been witnes

Chiye Li

China (PRC)

Honorable Mention

"Yi Boy"
Yi people are an ethnic group in China who live primarily in rural areas in Sichuan, Yunan, Guizhou and Guangxi. This photograph was taken in Southern Sichuan Province, China, 2014.

Trond M. Skaret

Norway

Honorable Mention

"Dorka Framed II"

Nick Ng

Malaysia

Honorable Mention

"Within The Broken Window"
This image was shot from outside a home of this man in the rural villages of Yunnan. It shows the poor living conditions of him.

Mihai Chebac

USA

Honorable Mention

"Swimming champs #7"

Klaus-Juergen Roericht

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"The stoker"
In the narrow alleys of Marrakech he lives and works alone in the underground to heat the hammam in the upper floors for carriage trade and Tourists.

Bencai Gong

USA

Honorable Mention

"Cubans"
taken in Cuba in year 2011

Paulo Mittelman

Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Mutant"
This man walked the streets of Paraty, a historical city in Brazil, covered with colored clay body. It was a very cold day.

Sanghamitra Sarkar

India

Honorable Mention

"Enjoying the rain together"
Children enjoying with leaf of Arum in the rain

Marco Benedetti

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Papis Konez"
Portrait of a Senegalese Wrestler

Donna Pinckley

USA

Honorable Mention

"Sara with scooter"

abdulrahman alterkait

Kuwait

Nominee

"Consider sharp"
Old man with a strange Outlook

abdulrahman alterkait

Kuwait

Nominee

"Eritrean migrant"
Artria refugee living in the desert of Sudan

abdulrahman alterkait

Kuwait

Nominee

"The last cigarette"
More than ninety years old and smoke cigarettes

abdulrahman alterkait

Kuwait

Nominee

"Clean eye"
Clean eye

Abhishek Dasgupta

USA

Nominee

"Nanny"
Nanny

Alexander Kamakaev

Russia

Nominee

"Alexandra"

andrea ballaratti

Italy

Nominee

"The Cook"
Venice - Italy

Anik Rahman

Bangladesh

Nominee

"Portrait of Politics"
The recent chronic violent political demonstration by the opposition allies of Bangladesh started posing threat to the lives of common people. Random usage of handmade bombs on streets forced many to

Badescu Alexandrina

Romania

Nominee

"My Grandfather"
My grandfather at the beautiful age of 81.

Beatrix Jourdan

Hungary

Nominee

"in the Wind"

Brian Jones

Australia

Nominee

"Mustafapasha Matron"
Woman at Mustafapasha, Turkey

Candace Casey

USA

Nominee

"Prized Possession"
An Emirate man and his beloved camels posed at the Al Dhafra Camel Festival. Al Dhafra United Arab Emirates

Christopher Moffat

Australia

Nominee

"The Gaurdian"
Lucky he was wearing white

Chuck Turner

USA

Nominee

"In Motion"

Colleen Sternberger

USA

Nominee

"Kiowa"

Costanza Nicolosi

Italy

Nominee

"Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride"
Nowadays, it's increasingly difficult to find "the one". Here, a young "black bride" poses next to her family's wedding portraits, wondering whether she'll ever be a bride.

Daniel Arranz Molinero

Spain

Nominee

"The shopping bag"
Indonesia

Dave Rudin

USA

Nominee

"Girls with Antlers, Nara, Japan, 2005"

Don Whitebread

USA

Nominee

"Jeddet Adham and Her Favorite Scarf, Egypt"
A friend's grandmother from the small village of Aqaba in southern Egypt showing off her favorite scarf.

Edwin Soriano

USA

Nominee

"Civil War Soldier"

Ellin Pollachek

USA

Nominee

"Standing Woman"
En route to Ladakh

Felicia Simion

Romania

Nominee

"The shape you're in"
The woman who took the last train to Heaven.

Gloria Golden

USA

Nominee

"Farmer"
He has little, but is happy in China's farmland.

Grace Willan

Canada

Nominee

"MY BEAUTY"
Iconically Beautiful/ Omo Valley Ethiopia

Hans Bauer

Germany

Nominee

"Old woman praying"

Helen McFadden

Australia

Nominee

"Madagascar Belles"
Beautiful girls selling snacks by the side of the road on market day, southern Madagascar

Helen McFadden

Australia

Nominee

"Mardin Donkey-Saddler"
In the covered market in Mardin, Turkey, this man is making a saddle for a donkey

Helen McFadden

Australia

Nominee

"Mongolian Eagle Hunter"
This young competitor is proud of his golden eagle, Golden Eagle Festival, Mongolia

Henk Langerak

Netherlands

Nominee

"Balinese lady"

Iulia Iacoban

Romania

Nominee

"The little big man"

Julie Garran

Australia

Nominee

"Barbie Dolls"
Teenage schoolgirls gathering to dance at the Pushkar Camel Fair.

Julie Garran

Australia

Nominee

"My Parents"
While staying in the holy city of Pushkar, India.A friend invited me to her home, where I met her family. Her father asked me to photograph him with a revered photo of his deceased parents.

Keran Woods

Australia

Nominee

"Thoroughbred Aussie"
This bloke is 'true blue'.

Lisa Franklin

USA

Nominee

"Tenderloin #1"

Lizy Manola

Greece

Nominee

"Untitled"

Llewellyn Douglas

Jamaica

Nominee

"Fudgie"

Marian Rubin

USA

Nominee

"Tobacco Farmer, Cuba "
A 93 year old tobacco farmer in Cuba.

Marina Proniakova

Russia

Nominee

"Smile and Laughter"

Mario Bejagan Cardenas

United Arab Emirates

Nominee

"Burqa"
Emarati cultural tradition of women wearing the Burqa–a revered heritage worn as an embellishment: to show pride and high morality of the woman who wears it, as well as symbol of elegance & pride.

Marius Noreger

Norway

Nominee

"Sax"

Martina Platte

Hong Kong

Nominee

"Today's the Day"
Taken in Hallstatt/China a copy town of the original place in Austria where couples from all over the country come to have their photo taken.

Mauricio Villahermosa

Venezuela

Nominee

"This is his home"
A small house in the Venezuelan Andes

Michael Greig

USA

Nominee

"Greig-Michael_The Fat Woman;Havana,Cuba 2013"

Michele Taras

Canada

Nominee

"Boy with Toy"
Boy with Toy

Michele Taras

Canada

Nominee

"Cherri"
The hard life of those living on the fringe

Nancy Hill

Canada

Nominee

"La feinte"

Nikolay Smolyak

Russia

Nominee

"People as elves"

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"Girl with Umbrella"
Day of the Dead Festivities, Mexico, 2013

PATRICIA DINU

USA

Nominee

"Innocence"

Peter Kurdulija

New Zealand

Nominee

"Nina"

Philip Lawrence

Australia

Nominee

"Village Elder"
105 year old head of family in a small village near Tabanan , Bali ,Indonesia

Porus Khareghat

India

Nominee

"Buddhist Monk"
A teary eyed monk with a captivating smile in remote Ladakh

Porus Khareghat

India

Nominee

"Hindu Priest"
A Hindu Priest stretching to to see into the distant furture

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"The street kid"
Kolkata, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Muslim Lady"
Hajipir, Bhuj, Gujrath, India

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Indian Village"
Nandgaon, India

Ron Cooper

USA

Nominee

"Omaha Dancer"

Saibal Gupta

India

Nominee

"Tuning"
Young minds unite in music.

sankar sridhar

India

Nominee

"drummer heralds rain"
A drummer from a remote monastery in the high altitude cold desert of Ladakh declares the beginning of a harvest festival, aimed primarily at appeasing rain gods

Sesh Sareday

USA

Nominee

"Prayer "
Eighty two year old woman from a vanishing Myanmar tribe praying to her ancestors.

Sesh Sareday

USA

Nominee

"Tribal enchantment"
"There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me" Did Rudyard Kipling mean her or her great grand mother in his poem Back to Mandalay ?