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Monochrome Awards Grand Prix 2016 (Amateur) GRAND PRIZE (Amateur) 1st Place Winner - Portrait Discovery of the Year 2016Pure by Mikhail Shestakov (Russian Federation)

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2nd Place WinnerRising Waters by Fabienne Cresens (Belgium)

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3rd Place Winnermari by Nobuhiro Ishida (Japan)

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Honorable MentionLook up by mark anthony agtay (United Arab Emirates)

51st Place Winner - People Discovery of the Year 2016Girl with vitiligo by Mikhail Shestakov (Russian Federation)

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2nd Place WinnerThe shepherd by azzam alshuaibi (Kuwait)

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3rd Place WinnerRunning on the bridge by Germano Miele (Italy)

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Honorable MentionIn the shadows of the Taj Mahal by Jacqueline Haeussler (Germany)

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Honorable MentionThe joy of children by Said Fauzi (Indonesia)

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Honorable MentionPonte della Musica by Tommaso Del Croce (Italy)

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1st Place Winner - Wildlife Discovery of the Year 2016Couples by RongXi Li (China)

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2nd Place WinnerGregarious by Mandy Karlowski (Germany)

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3rd Place WinnerThe Eye in the Dark by Nicola Di Sario (Italy)

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Honorable MentionFull Nature by Chris McCann (United States)

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Honorable MentionSwans by Paul Spencer (United Kingdom)

161st Place Winner - Abstract Discovery of the Year 2016Entre Noir Et Blanc by Patrick Ems (Switzerland)

172nd Place WinnerPowerlines by Christoph Oberenzer (Germany)

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3rd Place WinnerMudam #9 by Wolfgang Sonnemann (Germany)

191st Place Winner - Architecture Discovery of the Year 2016The Office by Noel Baldewijns (Belgium)

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2nd Place Winneracross the bridge by Klaus Lenzen (Germany)

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3rd Place Winnerinside the cube by Hans-Martin Dölz (Germany)

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1st Place Winner - Conceptual Discovery of the Year 2016Empty by Eder Sanchez (Spain)

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2nd Place WinnerBarandilla y nube by Mariano Belmar (Spain)

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3rd Place WinnerIt's nothing by Anja Matko (Slovenia)

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1st Place Winner - Fashion / Beauty Discovery of the Year 2016•In anticipation of a wonderful evening at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, 1931 in New York by Fierz Madeleine-Josephine (Switzerland)

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2nd Place WinnerJeanne d'Arc by Tasos Anestis (Greece)

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3rd Place Winner6725 ss by Eli Matityahu (Israel)

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Honorable MentionFlower by Yan Huang (China)

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1st Place Winner - Fine Art Discovery of the Year 2016Concealed by Christian Grass

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2nd Place WinnerListening to Vivaldi by Massimiliano Balo' (United Kingdom)

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3rd Place WinnerThe Bus by Joshua Sarinana (United States)

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Honorable MentionMonoliths: Part I by Anna Laudan (Germany)

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1st Place Winner - Landscapes Discovery of the Year 2016Shining Summit by Julien Fumard (France)

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2nd Place WinnerJust a breath of mist by Gérard Verbecelte (Belgium)

353rd Place WinnerMOUNTAIN ADVENTURE by XABIER MATA (Spain)

361st Place Winner - Nature Discovery of the Year 2016Volcano Etna Eruption by Giuseppe Mario Famiani (Italy)

372nd Place WinnerCrow in the Bamboo forest by Paolo Ameli (Italy)

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3rd Place Winnerunderwater lilly by György Hegedüs (Hungary)

391st Place Winner - Nude Discovery of the Year 2016Artemis by Andris Apsenieks (Latvia)

402nd Place WinnerVeil Of Shadow by Marc Boily (Canada)

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3rd Place WinnerVineyards love by Artemiy Terichev (Russian Federation)

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Honorable MentionMeditation by Andris Apsenieks (Latvia)

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1st Place Winner - Photojournalism Discovery of the Year 2016Life in Furnace by Sudipta Dutta Chowdhury (India)

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2nd Place WinnerTravel by Rony Barua (Bangladesh)

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3rd Place WinnerThe Battle of St Schuman by Andrea RICCI (Belgium)

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Honorable MentionGoing to Sea by Jianbo Lai

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1st Place Winner - Photomanipulation Discovery of the Year 2016Hacia la luz by Juan Jesús González Romero (Spain)

482nd Place WinnerPasarela al cielo by Juan Jesús González Romero (Spain)

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3rd Place WinnerDeliverance by Carina Gall (Germany)

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Honorable MentionUp in the Air 02 by Thomas Finkler (Germany)

January 16, 2017 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Monochrome Awards.Music : Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche

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