300:(South Africa), Documentary and Photojournalism: Mohammad Sazid Hossain (Bangladesh), Journeys and Adventures: Amirmahdi Najafloo Shahpar (Iran), Fascinating Faces and Characters: Silvia Alessi (Italy), The Beauty of Nature: Tobias Friedrich (Germany), Animals in their Environment: Jonas Classon (Sweden), Architecture and Urban Spaces: Attila Balogh (Hungary), Sports in Action: Diogo Cancela (Great Britain), Street Photography: Olesia Kim (Russia), Under 20: Riccardo Marchegiani (Italy), Short Documentary: Nader Saadallah (Egypt)
273:(South Africa), Documentary and Photojournalism: Marcus Westberg (Germany), Journeys and Adventures: Sergey Savvi (Russia), Fascinating Faces and Characters: Selene Magnolia (Italy), The Beauty of Nature: Shirley Wung (Taiwan), Animals in their Environment: Ronan Donovan (United States), Architecture and Urban Spaces: Gustav Willeit (Italy), Sports in Action: Anupam Roy Chowdhury (India), Street Photography: Lopamudra Talukdar (India), Under 20: Ben Pulletz (United Kingdom), Short Documentary: Farida Alam (Bangladesh)
381:(Israel), Sports in Action: Tim Clayton (United Kingdom), Architecture And Urban Spaces: Hans-Martin Doelz (Germany), Animals In Their Environment: Sergey Gorshkov (Russia), The Beauty Of The Nature: James Smart (Australia), Fascinating Faces And Characters: Joao Taborda (Portugal), Journeys And Adventures: Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland), General Monochrome: Jack Savage (Great Britain), General Color: Jonathan Bachman (USA), Under 20: Zijie Gong (China)
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240:(United States), The Beauty of Nature: Nadine Galandi (Germany), Animals in their Environment: Amos Nachoum (Israel), Architecture and Urban Spaces: Muhammad Almasri (Jordan), Sports in Action: Jonne Roriz (Brazil), Street Photography: Michael Kowalczyk (Germany), Under 20: Raffael Gunawan (Indonesia), Underwater Life: Francisco Javier Murcia Requena (Spain), Short Documentary:
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326:(Great Britain), The Beauty Of The Nature: Ignacio Medem (Spain), Fascinating Faces And Characters: Matt McClain (USA), Journeys And Adventures: Susana Girón (Spain), Photojournalism: Alessio Paduano (Italy), Jump for Joy: Bram Paulussen (Belgium), Under 20: Mohit Khetrapal (India), Short Documentary: Nick Kontostavlakis (Greece)
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Winners – Storyboard: Gordon Welters (Germany), Cultural Value Of Man's Relationship With Food: Luca Bracali (Italy), Sport: Joseph Tam (Australia), Architecture: Jorgen Johanson (Norway), Wildlife: Mateusz Piesiak (Poland), Nature: Hasan Baglar (Cyprus), People And Portrait: Linelle Deunk
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Winners – Story-Telling: David Chancellor (Great Britain), Splash Of Colors: Sina Falker (Germany), Sports In Action: Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz (Spain), Architecture And Urban Spaces: Fyodor Savintsev (Russia), Animals In Their Environment: Amos Nachoum (USA), The Beauty Of The Nature:
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Winners – Storyboard (General News): Siegfried Modola (Italy), Storyboard (Nature, environment, and conservation issues): Morgan Heim (United States), Storyboard (Daily life and contemporary issues): Laetitia Vançon (France), Documentary and Photojournalism: Andras D. Hajdu (Hungary),
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According to the organizers, SIPA (Siena
International Photo Awards) is part of a broader project of the Siena Awards. It represents an effort to bring people together from all around the world who are passionate not only about photography, but global connection, cultural exchange and art as a
429:(Norway), The Beauty Of The Nature: Giuseppe Mario Famiani (Italy), Fascinating Faces And Characters: Jiming Lv (China), Journeys And Adventures: Leyla Emektar (Turkey), General Monochrome: Marcin Ryczek (Poland), General Color: Danny Yen Sin Wong (Malaysia), Student: Krishna Vr (Mexico)
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Winners – Story-Telling: Constanza Portnoy (Argentina), Creative & Still Life: Hardijanto Budiman (Indonesia), Sports In Action: Maxim Korotchenko (Russia), Architecture And Urban Spaces: Elizabeth Jenny Taner (Indonesia), Animals In Their Environment:
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Negroni (Chile), Fascinating Faces And Characters: David Nam Lip Lee (Malaysia), Journeys And Adventures: Zach Lowry (USA), General Monochrome: Marcel van Balken (Netherlands), General Color: Klaus Lenzen (Germany), Under 20: Yinzhi Pan (China)
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Category Winners – Storyboard: Peter Mather (Canada), Documentary and Photojournalism: Fabrizio Maffei (Italy), Journeys and Adventures: Rahat Bin Mustafiz (Bangladesh), Fascinating Faces and Characters:
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Siena International Photographer of the Year – Konstantinos Tsakalidis (Greece)
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