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One Shot Photo Contest

Celebrating Outstanding Single Images in Black and White

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2025

Contest Winners

1st Place

Xidong Luo

A Soul with a Thousand Suns
Xidong Luo

A Soul with a Thousand Suns

Symbolizing humility, poise, and the fulfillment of wishes, chamomile carries a powerful message of hope and strength. By embracing chamomile's gentle energy, we can tap into its ancient power to attract love, happiness, and positivity into our lives.

2nd Place

Jozef Danyi

Bikers
Jozef Danyi

Bikers

High contrast, tension, and kinetic energy. BMX riders merge with the geometry of space, creating a rhythm of visual symphony where strength, speed, and architecture blend into a single motion.

3rd Place

Joanna Steidle

Another World
Joanna Steidle

Another World

Featured here is a top-down drone photograph of a fever of cownose rays approaching a school of menhaden fish. Taken just 150yards from the coast of New York.

Category Winners:

Abstract

Gold

Maria Marriott

The Queen's Wave
Maria Marriott

The Queen's Wave

Silver

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Lisa Saltzman

Abstract

Bronze
Lee Nordbye

Lee Nordbye

Abstract

Bronze
Joanna Steidle

Joanna Steidle

Abstract

Bronze
Randall (Randy) Hanna

Randall (Randy) Hanna

Abstract

People’s Vote Award
Randall (Randy) Hanna

Randall (Randy) Hanna

Abstract

Category Winners:

Aerial

Gold

Joanna Steidle

Another World
Joanna Steidle

Another World

Featured here is a top-down drone photograph of a fever of cownose rays approaching a school of menhaden fish. Taken just 150yards from the coast of New York.

Silver
Donna Bourdon

Donna Bourdon

Aerial

Silver
Randall (Randy) Hanna

Randall (Randy) Hanna

Aerial

Bronze
Joanna Steidle

Joanna Steidle

Aerial

Bronze
Joanna Steidle

Joanna Steidle

Aerial

People’s Vote Award
Donna Bourdon

Donna Bourdon

Aerial

Category Winners:

Architecture

Gold

Leslie Crane

The Crooked Cross
Leslie Crane

The Crooked Cross

The roof and steeple of St. Francis Xavier Church in Grand Marais, MN, which was part of a North East Minnesotan Ojibwe settlement from the 1880s-1930s. The perfectly symmetrical roofline is topped by one imperfect feature - a cross that tilts.

Silver
Peter Jeschke

Peter Jeschke

Architecture

Bronze
Kent Flora

Kent Flora

Architecture

People’s Vote Award
MOHAMED TAZI CHERTI

MOHAMED TAZI CHERTI

Architecture

Category Winners:

Conceptual

Gold

Rohit Rattan

BENEATH
Rohit Rattan

BENEATH

This image series reflects a complex web of unspoken truths and hidden emotions. This art of concealment protects us, shielding our true selves from the world's scrutiny. Vulnerability is a delicate, fragile state — one that exposes our innermost fears, desires, and pain.