Female
July 2020
Artists : ANNA LAURA FESTA, Jackie Knapp, Ruocong Ma, Bianca Ceriani, Juliette Wayenberg, ZOSIA
 United Kingdom London This picture represent to me a very delicate moment in a woman life: the pre-adolescence. The way Paola is looking at the camera makes me think that she is growing in self-awarness while her shy, younger sister looking at the floor reminds me of the difficulty of accepting that self.... |
 Australia Brisbane Zosia Zoltkowski is an interdisciplinary Polish, first generation Australian artist; researching, creating and collaborating across mediums of painting, performance, installation, sculpture and video. Her site-specific executions aim to create a synergistic relationship between viewer, per... |
 Italy roma “Whenever the earth is covered with the fragrant, multi-colored flowers of spring, then from the thick darkness you will rise again, a marvelous prodigy for mortal men and gods.
Homeric hymn to Demeter, vv. 401 – 403
Kore daughter of Demeter and Zeus spends half of the year underground in the... |
 United Kingdom London Transdisciplinary artist Ruocong Ma examines the contradiction and correlation of spiritual strength, human body, sexual representation, and feminism in our society, working on oil painting, performance, and sculpture. Ruocong's figurative women portrait painting is primarily concerned with celebrat... |
 United States of America Berkeley The female body is nothing short of a miracle, stronger than any of us were taught to think about ourselves. During the pandemic deep into the shelter in place order, I got to witness a home birth. These images were inspired by the water birth, the beauty of both the before and after. As the po... |
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Special Award
July 2020
Artists : Daniela Mastronardi, Anna Filatova, Jessica Ethington, Rosie Lonsdale,Gwen Datyner
 Netherlands Leeuwarden These are the photos of my mom. Her life turned 360 when she got 50. She got divorced after 30 years of marriage, moved to another city 5000 km away from her hometown where she has spent all her life, changed jobs, changed people around, bought a funky orange bicycle. At that moment of her life she... |
 United Kingdom MAIDSTONE Normally, my work consists of documenting other people, light underwater or just capturing mundane life. However, while at home in isloation, it made me try other ways of creating work. It forced me to photograph myself when I don't normally like to and I found it to be a very valuable exp... |
 United States of America Provo Look in the mirror and what do you see? I saw flaws. I saw blemishes in my skin. I saw parts of my body I wish would disappear.
As many people so often do, I struggled with my own self image and how the rest of the world looked at me. I wondered if they saw my insecurities. I didn’t want to... |
 United Kingdom Acton “50% of women say they always or often feel unsafe walking alone at night. 61% of women regularly take steps to avoid being sexually assaulted (YouGov, Mar 2019)” For women living in any city, travelling home late at night, whether after a late-night shift or night out, can be a daunting task and le... |
 Italy Cesena The image of woman has always been defined by symbology and stereotypes which despite all the fights and the achievements are still present in the contemporary society.
The search of a proper and collective identity guides this project, not to give us answers but to leave us with old and new ques... |
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Best Picture of the month
July 2020
Photographers : Alexandre Desane, Stéphanie Barbetta, Jiang Feng, Yilin Wong, Taylor Franz
 Switzerland Geneva the substance brute project captures unrefined poetry in ordinary places and through daily objects
do more with less conception of art
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 France Paris Crépus is an on-going photo series on Black hair of Black people in France. I’ve started this series back in 2019, everything began with a global project on Racism I'm still working on, with different lines of research.
A short film I've directed called "The Orange child", it deals with the vision... |
 Taiwan New Taipei City This series juxtaposes the torn and dirty USian flag with the naked bodies of all genders, races, sexuality, nationality, and cultural backgrounds to capture their vulnerability, emotions, and strength, critiquing the United States as the dreamland and shelter for all humans. The U.S. was alleg... |
 United Kingdom London I'm originally from Hong Kong. Having lived in multiple countries from a young age, I have come across people from all walks of life. These experiences, both good and bad, have influenced her culturally and personally. My work revolves around travel, diasporas, and the human condition. I combine my... |
 United States of America Columbus Documenting Skate Date, a Central Ohio collective, creating safe spaces for gals, trans, and non-binary folks to skate together.
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Best Picture of the month
June 2020
Photographers : Emily LaRoche, Ben Malcolmson, Coco Johnson, Christy, Lo Lok Lam, SARA CAMPORESI
 China - Hong Kong / Macau Hong Kong The idea of Unpeeling started with one of the artist’s grandma’s after dinner habits - peeling oranges and share them with her family. The act of peeling oranges symbolizes sharing, connecting and healing. Peeling the orange reveal the vulnerable center, and metaphorically this action exposes the ar... |
 Italy FORLI A young photographer who has always had a passion for art, for some time she has combined this interest with the spontaneity of the photographic storytelling, conceived not only as a classic account of experiences, but as a real story that with more personal and creative shots conveys the secret cha... |
 United Kingdom Belfast Reflecting upon a personal sense of identity within the Northern Irish landscape. Influenced by layers of historic conflict prominent within the region. The body of work 'Murmur' delves into the connection of migration and selfhood, looking at the subtle changing relationship within one's identity a... |
 United States of America San Francisco There's always tension between our private and our public presence. I explore where these intersect in everyday life. I am interested in the humor that comes from the interconnection and isolation between people as they move throughout their day, as well as the transcendent moments that arise in res... |
 United States of America Pawtucket As an emphasis was put on making your own protective mask at home during the pandemic, I began sewing fabric breasts into a protective helmet or shield. Once completed, I decided to push the concept further by making a protective body suit. In isolation, I used myself as a model. I began exploring t... |
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Best Picture of the month
May 2020
Photographers : Frank Edwards, vicki couchman, Jasmine De Silva, Hólmar Hólm, Stefanie Schmid Rincon
 United Kingdom London As the UK struggles with Lockdown fatigue during the Covid19 crisis, couples and friends escape their homes to enjoy the warm weather and exercise. Swimmers respect the social distancing rules, cooling off in the River Lea, Hackney , London UK. So to get this shot I went out armed with my 70-200mm l... |
 United Kingdom London Several weeks before the lockdown we had hiked up the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, to capture the sunrise. It was a very cold Feb morning we had left the car park in the dark when we reached the old man. Having taken shots of the Old man I turned around and this shot was directly behind me.... |
 United Kingdom London The focus of Crystal Clean, is to explore the idea that seemingly absolute perfection is a prison and entrapment we unknowingly encase ourselves in.
This crystal shell she lives in is striking and audacious, not easy to miss. It acts as a label slapped across her body to be stared at,... |
 Germany Berlin Since this Pandemic has taken over, and we need to stay home for health and safety matters. The work life of most has changed. Home office for some, or no official office at all for others (Freelancers or artists) Myself as a photographer who works mainly on Events and Performance Music photography... |
 Iceland Hafnarfjörður Exploring the boundaries of gender and gendered expression, these photographs draw on the art of drag and female illusion, combining or conflating them with more traditionally masculine styles. The photographs also allude to queer culture and counterculture, as viewed through a mostly camp... |