Portugal's Andre Boto is the best creative photo of 2022. All the winners of the Creative Photo Awards

Overall winner of the 2022 edition of the Creative Photo Awards, a competition dedicated to artistic and creative photography at the Siena Awards, an international visual arts festival, is the shot The False Illusion taken by Portuguese photographer Andre Boto. The image, which comes from Montijo, Portugal, aims to turn the spotlight onpollution. “Pollution is a real problem that affects us all, although it is often disguised or downplayed. Large manufacturing companies and powers try to hide a problem that is real and carries consequences, creating the illusion that it is a distant problem, but in reality we are already living the consequences and are already lagging behind with solutions,” reads the winning photo below. Chosen from tens of thousands of images submitted by photographers from 128 countries, the photograph will be on display along with the winning photos from the 12 categories of the 2022 edition at the Siena Awards to be held in the Tuscan city from Oct. 1 to Nov. 20.

The winners of the twelve categories

In the Abstract category, Macedonian photographer Ana Joveva won first place with her Motherhood shot taken in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Fish, You Can! is the title of Bulgarian photographer Yuliy Vasilev ’s winning shot in the Food & Beverage category; an invitation to use fresh, wholesome products instead of canned ones.

The Conceptual category sees Spanish photographer Tania Barrenetxea take first place with Swallow, an image made during a time when the photographer was struggling with anxiety and a devouring feeling of emotional overwhelm. It is Chinese photographer Fenqiang (Frank) Liu who wins the Nature & Landscape category with Secret Garden, a photo taken at Kraft Azalea Garden, Florida, of a white heron taking flight from an oak tree.

First place in the Nudes category for The Death of Marat by Chinese photographer Du Yi. Coming instead from Certaldo is the shot titled Arrival of the Bride, which won the Wedding category. The photo by Italian photographer Damiano Salvadori captures the groom’s emotion while waiting for his future wife.

Coming again from Abu Dhabi is the winning photo in the Architecture category, taken by Palestinian photographer Ahmad Kaddourah and titled White Door. A shot dedicated to doors as a universal symbol of entry and exit in all cultures of the world.

With the image Hope, photographer Pedro Jarque Krebs won first place in the Animals/Pets category for the third consecutive year. A photo dedicated to a baby gorilla born at the Madrid Zoo thanks to a European program to protect endangered species that the photographer has been documenting for years. In the Portraiture category, Iranian photographer Alireza Sahebi wins with the photo Aram. An image made with the purpose of focusing the gaze on the subject’s face through some tricks: eliminating clothes from the body, emphasizing freckles and using green as a symbol of nature.

The photo Flowers and Bird by Indonesian Budi Gunawan, takes first place in the Still life category thanks to a beautiful bird caught in flight over a vase full of flowers symbolizing the beauty of nature. Instead, Just in Time is the title of Australian Jo Howell ’s shot that won in the Experimental category with an image with obvious geometric features that enhances ants’ impressive capacity for social interaction.

The Open Theme category sees in first place the photo Gregory’s Gone by Germany’s Horst Kistner dedicated to the encounter, in an old Coffee House, between Edward Hopper (The Nighthawk) and Gregory Crewdson, one of the shooter’s favorite photographers. In the Beauty category, it is again Chinese photographer Du Yi who wins with the shot Heart-shaped Wing.

Iranian photographer Abolfazl Jafarian, a fan of black-and-white portraits, won the Fashion category with Magical Girl. In the Music category, however, Dutch photographer Cheraine Collette wins with The Way of the Erhu, a self-portrait with the Erhu, a traditional string instrument from Mongolia.

First place for French photographer Karine Faby in the Product category with i8 Wheel, a close-up of the body and front wheel of a BMW i8. Finally, it was American photographer Diana Cheren Nygren with The Persistence of Family who won the Storyboard section.

All the winning photos of the Creative Photo Awards 2022 at this link https://creative.sienawards.com/gallery.

Image: Andre Boto, The False Illusion

Portugal's Andre Boto is the best creative photo of 2022. All the winners of the Creative Photo Awards

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