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Go away!
The Russian photographer Sergej Sawwi submitted this photo from the Yala National Park on the south-east coast of Sri Lanka to the International Photography Competition in Siena and won the "Journeys and Adventures" category.
An elephant comes dangerously close to the exploration jeep.
The passengers try to avoid their tusks and trunk.
"This is my jungle," Savvi captioned the photo.
Savvi also sees it as a warning: "We should respect nature more and be more interested in it, but we should also avoid unnecessary and reckless risks."
Photo: Sergey Savvi / Siena International Photo Awards
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Do I dream or awake - sorry - do I whale?
The Russian photographer Mike Korostelev answered this question on the Sea of Okhotsk, which is around 6,000 kilometers east of Moscow.
In the photo competition, in which a total of more than 50,000 works were submitted, the photo was honored for its “remarkable image composition” in the “Journeys and Adventures” category.
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Mike Korostelev / Siena International Photo Awards
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Faible for facades: The Italian photographer Gustav Willeit is fascinated by the view behind the walls of the house, but on it - more precisely: on a section of it.
The picture with the countless windows in London is not only the winning photo in the "Architecture and Urban Spaces" category, but also part of Willeit's "Biala" series.
On all 20 photos of the facade, the photographer always placed a single - feeling rather lonely - person where the diagonals meet.
Photo: Gustav Willeit / Siena International Photo Awards
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Porcelain wonderland: Tianming Zhan traveled with his camera to the east of the Chinese province of Hunan, to the Liling Cermaic Art City, an exhibition city designed by Italian architects, where everything revolves around the manufacture of ceramics.
Photo: Tianming Zhang / Siena International Photo Awards
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Shadow play: "All over the world teenagers are completely absorbed by the Internet and social media, in Havana the children play happily outside in the backyard," says Indian photographer Lopamudra Talukdar, who captured this everyday scene in the Cuban capital.
The jury found it worthy of a prize - and chose “Childhood” as the winning photo in the “Street Photography” category.
Photo: Lopamudra Talukdar / Siena International Photo Awards
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Julie Mayfeng got soaking wet in the monsoon rain in Calcutta, the seventh largest city in India.
What impressed the Korean photographer: "Despite the monsoon, life goes on." The jury praised her picture of the hustle and bustle for its "remarkable composition".
Photo: Julie Mayfeng / Siena International Photo Awards
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Small fires everywhere: Hundreds of female fireflies have invited to the big show on a dark forest path in Wufeng, Taiwan.
With their glow, they attract the males - and camera artists.
The photographer Shirley Wung succeeded in winning the winning photo in the category "The Beauty of Nature" with this fairytale motif.
There are 65 different species of fireflies in Taiwan and there are 2,000 worldwide.
Photo: Shirley Wung / Siena International Photo Awards
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21.7 degrees, terrifying temperature in summer 2020 on Svalbard: Florian Ledoux submitted this aerial photo of the melting Austfonna ice cap to the competition in the category "The Beauty of Nature".
Photo: Florian Ledoux / Siena International Photo Awards
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The most beautiful day: The bride's path in Stolipinowo, the largest Roma settlement in Europe, leads past garbage cans, rusty satellite dishes and over dusty ground.
It is located near the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, which was European Capital of Culture in 2019.
The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe and Bulgaria is the country with the largest number of members.
But it is also the poorest country in the European Union, and the situation of the Roma is particularly precarious here.
The Italian photographer Selene Magnolia documented everyday life in Stolipinowo.
With this picture she won in the category “Fascinating Faces and Characters”.
Photo: Selene Magnolia / Siena International Photo Awards
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Impressive appearance: The South African photographer Lee-an Olwage portrayed Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie in the township of Khayelitsha near Cape Town.
She is a drag artist and activist and fights for more respect within her community.
The jury chose the picture as the second winner in the “Fascinating Faces and Characters” category.
Photo: Lee-ann Olwage / Siena International Photo Awards
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Cleverly placed: Ronan Donovan, the photographer of the winning shot in the category “Animals in their environment”, had his camera aligned in the carcass of a musk ox and was able to observe a wolf pack that was in the Canadian Arctic for several weeks from a very special perspective strengthened the meat.
Photo: Ronan Donovan / Siena International Photo Awards
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Dream location: In the sea near Mauritius, the Frenchman Franck Senguin took this majestic photo.
The four-time world champion in freediving, Guillaume Nery, dives with sperm whales as part of the “One Breath Around the World” expedition.
The photo was given an honorable mention by the jury in the “Documentary and Photojournalism” category.
Photo: Franck Seguin / Siena International Photo Awards
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