The World's Top 10 Black and White Photographers of 2019 Have Been Revealed!

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, April 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- One Eyeland has just unveiled the winners of the 2nd International Black and White photography contest for photographers around the world. From the nearly 2000 entries that were received from 65 countries, our uncompromising jury has handpicked 7 gold winners, 41 silver winners, 111 bronze winners, and 198 finalists.

The jury comprised of 2018's title winners Adolfo Enríquez (Spain), Alexander Kamakaev (Russia), Erich Caparas (USA), Giulio Zanni (Italy), Jack Curran (USA), Trevor Cole (Ireland), Thiery Bornier (China) along with Sharad Haksar, photographer and founder of One Eyeland.

The winners are awarded points (Gold = 20 points, Silver = 10points, Bronze = 5 points and Finalists = 2 points) based on the quality of their entries. The contestants need to accumulate a minimum of 22 points for the world title and a minimum of 10 points for the Country title, while the maximum points gathered to decide the title winners (from a maximum of their 10 best winning entries).

The World's Top 10 photographers will each receive the Golden X Trophy and the World Rank #1 photographer SZYMON BRODZIAK will receive a cash prize of US$ 2500. The roster of winners are as follows:

WORLD'S TOP 10 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHERS 2019

#1 SZYMON BRODZIAK - Poland (90 points)

#2 RICARDO CISNEROS - United States (40 points)

#3DAVID NAM LIP LEE - Malaysia (29 points)

#4 MARTIN KRYSTYNEK - Slovakia (25 points)

#5 STEVEN MENENDEZ - United States (24 points)

#6 MIKHAIL POTAPOV - Russia (22 points)

#6 YASUHIRO SAKUDA - Japan (22 points)

COUNTRY TOP 10 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHERS 2019

AUSTRALIA
#1 STEVE TURNER (11 points)

BELGIUM
#1 YANCHO SABEV (10 points)

BULGARIA
#1 SVETLIN YOSIFOV (15 points)

CANADA
#1 IAN ROSS PETTIGREW (10 points)

CZECH REPUBLIC
#1 HUGO VITAMVAS (20 points)
#2 TOMAS NEUWIRTH (12 points)

HONG KONG
#1 TUGO CHENG (20 points)

ICELAND
#1 JóN HILMARSSON (10 points)

INDIA
#1 AMOGH THAKUR (10 points)

ISRAEL
#1 MATTY KARP (12 points)

ITALY
#1 PATRIZIA BURRA (10 points)

JAPAN
#1 YASUHIRO SAKUD (22 points)
#2 SENICHIRO NOGAMI (10 points)

MALAYSIA
#1 DAVID NAM LIP LEE (29 points)
#2 TAN KOK CHAON (17 points)

MEXICO
#1 MANUEL SANTOS (12 points)

NORWAY
#1 TORLEIF LIE (14 points)

POLAND
#1 SZYMON BRODZIAK (90 points)

RUSSIA
#1 MIKHAIL POTAPOV (22 points)
#2 ANNA MASLOV (10 points)

SLOVAKIA
#1 MARTIN KRYSTYNEK (25 points)
#2 JANO STOVKA (10 points)

SLOVENIA
#1 ALES KRIVEC (12 points)

SRI LANKA
#1 RAVINDRA RANASINGHE (10 points)

SWEDEN
#1 HANS STRAND (15 points)

TAIWAN
#1 FEI LI (20 points)
#2 LAI JOE (10 points)

THAILAND
#1 VIRAJ BUNNAG (12 points)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
#1 PREETI&PRASHANT CHACKO (19 points)

UNITED STATES
#1 RICARDO CISNEROS (40 points)
#2 STEVEN MENENDEZ (24 points)
#3 DALE MAY (20 points)
#4 PETE SALOUTOS (15 points)
#4 RAMI YAZAGI (15 points)
#6 DAVID BEAVIS (13 points)
#7 ALBERT CHEN (10 points)
#7 FREDDY FABRIS (10 points)
#7 HUGH KRETSCHMER (10 points)

One Eyeland is the world's largest curated online gallery of creative images. Regular features include Picture of the Day, Picture of the Week, Photographer of the Week, Photographer of the Month and the One Eyeland Global Photographer Ranking.

TITLE WINNERS: https://oneeyeland.com/world-top10-black-and-white-photographers-2019

WINNING IMAGES: https://oneeyeland.com/top-10/photo-contest/black-and-white/2019/award/category/country/photographer

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