Siena Awards picks Iranian ‘The Lake’ as photo of the year

The Creative Photo Awards – Siena Awards 2021 in Italy has picked ‘The Lake’ by Iranian photographer Masoud Mirzaee as photo of the year.

‘The Lake’ depicts a woman walking on the beach of Lake Urmia, the largest lake in West Asia and the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth, located between the Iranian provinces of East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan.

It was selected among tens of thousands of images submitted by photographers from 137 countries.

Top photos in 17 categories, including fine art, conceptual, abstract, nature & landscape, architecture, animals & pets and still life, are honored every year at the Creative Photo Awards.

The winning images for each category will be showcased at an exhibition ‘I Wonder If You Can’ during the Siena Awards Festival, which will be held on October 23-December 5.

Personal exhibitions of the most important international photographers will be organized along with the collective exhibitions ‘Imagine All the People Sharing All the World’ and ‘Above Us Only Sky’.

“The Creative Photo Awards aims to recognize and reward visionary artists using photographic processes and images. It’s searching for photos born out of the passion and from the author’s deep sensitivity: the result from a need to express feelings through the image, a unique view of the surrounding reality,” the website of the contest writes.

“Creative Photo Awards aims to be a perfect instrument, which allows a person to communicate with the world and share their vision. What matters is your unique vision and your skills in translating that vision into exceptional and original work. Show us how you’re pushing the photographic medium, experimenting with different techniques or creative approaches to bring your ideas to life,” it adds.

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