People - Amateur , 16th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Jason Au

Hong Kong

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Reality and Illusion"
A juxtaposition interplay between wall reliefs, striding motions of passers-by and their reflections

Pat Rose

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Sun Gazers"
Two elderly ladies witness the total solar eclipse of August 2017 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Jon Onstot

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Covid Despair"
Overland Park, Kansas, November 2020. A prisoner in her home.

Anthony Iacuzzi

USA

Honorable Mention

"Leaning In"
This classical statue at the Chicago Art Institute seems to be posing for the tourist and his camera.

Prashanta Hridoy

Bangladesh

Honorable Mention

"Circus Girl"
Swarna (13 years old) is a circus girl. She shows game in circus. She is doing decorating before sho

Peter Aitken

USA

Honorable Mention

"Ballet Dancer"
Ballet dancer rehearsing in Camaguey, Cuba

Lynn Tait

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Bahamian Man with Fish"
Long Island, Bahamas at the local fish market.

Emir Ali Kaya

Turkey

Honorable Mention

"The Smile "
90 years old couple in a small village of Sivas which is a city in central Anatolia. He is telling a story with a great smile on his face.2020

John Giannatos

Greece

Honorable Mention

"The Old man of Bergamo"
Street Photo An old man standing alone in Bergamo Italy

Ricardo Pareyon Aveleyra

Mexico

Honorable Mention

"Holiday"
Vacation days in Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

Ivan Pesic

USA

Honorable Mention

"Beauty and the Beast"
Hollywood, October 2020

Stephen Clough

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Let's dance"
Let's dance

Erik Olson

USA

Honorable Mention

"Beach selfie"

Maciej Szemelowski

Poland

Honorable Mention

"S.O.S"
S.O.S

Holger Buecker

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Andy of Combichrist and Fans"
Andy of Combichrist in interaction with the fans at Mera Luna Festivel

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Catch your Iceland Dream"
This is a famous plane wreck in southern Iceland, normally surrounded by tuorists, thoug it is an hours walk off the ring road. My daughters ail was from the beginning to climb this wreck, and so we g

Nicole Vittoria de Jager

South Africa

Honorable Mention

"Summer 2021 Remote Office Look Book"
Office dress code and boardroom meetings replaced with anything goes, kitchen counter zoom sessions.

Elizabeth Schatz

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Hula Niu, Dance of the Palms"

John Giannatos

Greece

Honorable Mention

"Old and Young"
Street Photo. The old and the Young.

Alexander George

USA

Honorable Mention

"Woman looks out at Street from Window"

Nestor Novo

USA

Honorable Mention

"Domino Hands"
Domino Hands

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Along the canal"
2018, Belgium

Robin Zygelman

USA

Honorable Mention

"Happy 25th, Dear"
South Beach, Miami

Michel Groleau

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Fiddlehead"
Sometimes during a concert, it's not just for hearing. Some winks can be as pleasant as the music.

Carol Zulman

USA

Honorable Mention

"Asleep At the Wailing Wall"
Jerusalem

David O'Rourke

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Man in the Middle"
This fellow in the middle of Times Square caught my attention.

Demetrio Jereissati

Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Afternoon Lights"
Street scene in "La Habana Vieja", Cuba.

Jim Lustenader

USA

Honorable Mention

"Got Reindeer?"
A New York Santa makes do by hailing a taxi near Grand Central Station; 2019

Abdulla AlMushaifri

Qatar

Nominee

"Hard Worker "
Hard Worker pulling a cargo basket in Turkey

Adam Felde

USA

Nominee

"Family"
A New Family Member

Adriana Kastelan

Croatia

Nominee

"walk of life"
One sunny morning in Zadar, Croatia

Afonso Neves

Portugal

Nominee

"Love & Hope Under Covid 19"
86 year old couple still in love take off their masks to smile at each other

Ahmed Mohamed Hassan

Qatar

Nominee

"Two Man BW"
Image took with nikon D750 with nikkor 28-300mm lens , F5.6 , exposure 1/60 , ISO 320 , Qatar

Alexander George

USA

Nominee

"Signing the Register"
Young Couple sign the Wedding Register

Amardeep Singh

India

Nominee

"The Girl Next Door"

Andreas Brauer

Germany

Nominee

"Blacksmith"
Blacksmith/HANDwerk

Arman Barbuco

Philippines

Nominee

"Boat Vendor"
Taken in Thailand, these vendors are seeling foods while riding a boat.

Ashok Viswanathan

India

Nominee

"checking the details"
theyyam ritual at remote villiage temple kerala , where man is possesed and becomes god..not for the faint hearted.

Barbara Maker

USA

Nominee

"Street walkers"
Walking people

Barbara Collister

Canada

Nominee

"Beads"
Masii Village, Kenya

Berry Bingel

UK

Nominee

"We need a job"
Informal portrait of 4 young Spanish unemployed men who are very keen to find work

Bindu Chandan

India

Nominee

"Guardian of the Ancient"
Temple Guard

Budd Parker

USA

Nominee

"Looking into the Future"

Carlos Cabral

Portugal

Nominee

"Maria"
Sintra, Portugal

Carolyn Knorr

USA

Nominee

"Break Time"
Checking messages at break time.

Chun Hei Che

Hong Kong

Nominee

"The workers "
The workers are taking a break after lunch.

Colin Vince

Canada

Nominee

"Self Portrait (Isolation)"
Working from home in 2020!

Cuneyt Gumushaneli

Turkey

Nominee

"Fishermen"
Transfer of nets from boats to the harbor floor on the day the fishing season is over

Cuneyt Gumushaneli

Turkey

Nominee

"Craving for normal"
during our walk with my friend,while trying to suppress our longing for habitual travels

Danqing Liu

USA

Nominee

"Rainy Lonely"
The lonely man in the rainy day at NYC Coney land.

David O'Rourke

Canada

Nominee

"Trouble"
This situation looked like trouble to me.

Debbie Scott-Queenin

USA

Nominee

"Tunnel Vision"

Derek Chiang

Singapore

Nominee

"Cardboard Collector"
Cardboard Collector

Domenico Iannantuono

Italy

Nominee

"The sewer worker in Naples"

Dominic Cox

USA

Nominee

"Make Love"
Taken at this couple's apartment on June 26th, 2016 in Brooklyn, NYC

Ellin Pollachek

USA

Nominee

"Prayer at the Western Wall"

Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"Untitled 16"

Emir Ali Kaya

Turkey

Nominee

"Wings "
Seagulls are icons of Istanbul city. Due to the covid lockdown there are less people around and they are now bolder to come down to the streets and look for food.2021

Emir Ali Kaya

Turkey

Nominee

"Shadow"
Near to St Peter's Square, Vatican City , a nun walking by the wall with her mystic shadow. 2017 Rome

Esperanza Gomez

USA

Nominee

"Healing Hands"

Francisco Alcala

Mexico

Nominee

"Boxed In"
Walking the streets of Havana Cuba, you always find interesting people and moments.

Gary Matson

USA

Nominee

"Embrace"

Gerd Guenzel

Germany

Nominee

"Lord of the pigeons"
Street, Paris

I-Fan Chen

Taiwan

Nominee

"Photographer's Perspective "
Photographers tend to see things differently. Their vision and perspective make them special.

Jack Weingarten

USA

Nominee

"Dresden Doll"
Weingarten-Jack_Dresden Doll

Jack Weingarten

USA

Nominee

"A Woman's Hands"
Weingarten-Jack_A Woman's Hands

Jaehak Lee

Korea (South)

Nominee

"father's hand"
My father's hand, who's been a carpenter for 60 years.

James Lee

USA

Nominee

"A Covid Wedding"
In California, wedding at the beach were popular because churches were closed during the pandemic.

Jan Brouckaert

Belgium

Nominee

"Distance"
The Distance between us (Covid)

Janis Ehlers

USA

Nominee

"Meaningful Protest"
As Relevant Now

Jason Au

Hong Kong

Nominee

"Inseparable"
Nowadays, we are so inseparable from our smartphones that they have already rooted in our shadows

Jason Nessler

Canada

Nominee

"Introspective"

Jeff Olson

USA

Nominee

"Standoff"

Jelieta Walinski

USA

Nominee

"The Smile of Hope"
This is the new American Citizen who was happy to receive her citizenship. Taken in St. Paul, MN.

Jessica Margo

USA

Nominee

"East Side Doormen #1"
Initially attracted to these beautifully detailed doors, I found the men who guard them equally fascinating.

Jim Lustenader

USA

Nominee

"Rolls"
In Paris, a well-padded customer reflects a bakery's offerings; 1979

Jim Lustenader

USA

Nominee

"Expectations"
A couple appears to ruminate on the message from a billboard in New York's Times Square; 2016

Jim Lustenader

USA

Nominee

"Bikini Call"
A man using a payphone in Paris ignores a nearby bus stop poster.

Joao Miguel Barros

Macao

Nominee

"Person without destiny."
The contrast of big cities: a homeless person falls asleep next to a bank window.

John Doyle

USA

Nominee

"On the Phone"

John Giannatos

Greece

Nominee

"The Ladies of Folegandros"
Two ladies old and young in Folegandros Island. Two different ages two different eras

John Portlock

UK

Nominee

"Leaving"
Leaving

Jon Onstot

USA

Nominee

"Covid Isolation"
Overland Park, Kansas, March 2020. As close as I could approach my mother.

Karen Corrigan

USA

Nominee

"Circus"
An Evening at the Circus

Kenneth Washington

USA

Nominee

"Lonely Walker"
Child walking by herself in a big village...Uganda

Lee Grossman

USA

Nominee

"Intersection"

Leonid Goldin

Israel

Nominee

"Flight delay"
2020

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

Nominee

"Vertigo"

Lorenzo Di Candia

Italy

Nominee

"Tattoo"
reportage during a tattoo convention

Lynn Hedges

New Zealand

Nominee

"The Pianist"
Pianist in hotel

Maciej Szemelowski

Poland

Nominee

"Meeting"
Meeting

Marc Wehner

Germany

Nominee

"walk the line"
lisbon, portugal

Marcia Loor

Canada

Nominee

"La familia"
Serendipity in nature, an exemplary family! It stroke me when boys taking a walk by themselves at the Nature Centre in Laval found a monumental couple of parents to guide them thru the lush path.

MD Rakibul Islam

Bangladesh

Nominee

"Wondering eyes"
This photo was taken in Bangladesh, November, 2020. People were traveling by train in corona time

Michael Koester

Germany

Nominee

"I never promised you a rose garden"

Mrigankamouli Bhattacharjee

India

Nominee

"Thrilling Ride"
Thrilling Ride in Amusement Park

Nestor Novo

USA

Nominee

"Arm and Hammer"
Arm and Hammer

Nestor Novo

USA

Nominee

"Who's Looking at Who"
Who's_Looking at Who

Nicola Roberto

Italy

Nominee

"Alone"

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"Performer's Shadow"
Havana, Cuba, 2018

Oya Akkul

Turkey

Nominee

"Once Upon A Time"
Male guests watching the Ashura Mourning

Pablo Madanes

Argentina

Nominee

"Gym"
GOOD MORNING N.Y. PROYECT SERIES I TRY TO CAPTURE THE GRADUAL OPENNIG OF N.Y CAUSE BY THE PANDEMIC AND THE ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE

Pablo Madanes

Argentina

Nominee

"Mask"
GOOD MORNING N.Y. PROYECT SERIES I TRY TO CAPTURE THE GRADUAL OPENNIG OF N.Y CAUSE BY THE PANDEMIC AND THE ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE