Love Photography? Let These Award-Winning Photographers Blow You Away

From protestors in Gwanghwamun Square to the traditions of African hair braiding being given a contemporary twist, these 12 international photographers, recently announced as winners of the prestigious Magnum and LensCulture Photography Awards, capture the diversity of our world to captivating effect.

Magnum and LensCulture have teamed up again to provide a platform for photographers to “recognize, reward and support photographic talent,” hailing from across the globe.

This year’s winning projects chosen from six categories: Street, Portrait, Photojournalism, Open, Fine Art and Documentary, deal with a variety of themes from exploring non-binary identity and illegally traded wildlife products to the pursuits of Dubai’s elite and the ongoing plight of migrants.

Street Series Winner: Losing Face by Argus Paul Estabrook, South Korea

Open Series Winner: Chroma: An Ode to J.D. Okhai Ojeikere by Medina Dugger, Nigeria

Fine Art Series Winner: Botanical Inquiry by Daniel Shipp, Australia

Portrait Series Winner: Beautiful Boy by Lissa Rivera, United States

Living Room I (Portrait as a Wife), 2017

Documentary Series Winner: Bread and Circuses by Nick Hannes, Belgium

Photojournalism Series Winner: Destination Europe by Jason Florio, UK

Street Single Image Winner: Choral by Hakim Boulouiz, Switzerland

Portrait Single Image Winner: Kasia by Artur Zdral, Poland

Documentary Single Image Winner: Street Wrestling by Retam Kumar Shaw, India

Open Single Image Winner: Confiscated by Britta Jaschinski, UK

Fine Art Single Image Winner: Stars by Ellie Davis, UK

Photojournalism Single Image Winner: Fleeing Death by Szymon Barylski, Ireland

In addition to the cash prize, each photographer will get exposure in a digital exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery in London as well as at various photography festivals worldwide.

View all 41 winners in this year’s Magnum and LensCulture Photography Awards here.

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