
© Vitaliy Novikov/Siena International Photography Awards
Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA) recently announced the winners of the 2020 contest. They were selected among thousands of images from all over the world, and across ten categories. But what all of them have in common is that they’re emotional, inspiring, and sometimes devastating. We have chosen some of the best images from this year’s SIPA, and you can check them out below.
The overall winner of the contest is French Photographer Greg Lecour with his stunning shot Frozen Mobile Home. It depicts a giant iceberg surrounded by crabeater seals. The jury selected the winner from tens of thousands of photos submitted by photographers from 156 countries. I believe it was quite a task!

© Greg Lecoeur/Siena International Photography Awards
Siena International Photography Awards is followed by an annual photography festival. Luca Venturi, the founder and art director of the festival, said:
“A few years ago we started this adventure in order to bind a uniquely beautiful and historic city like Siena with a photo festival and contest: The Siena International Photo Awards. In these six years our project has become, year by year, a highly anticipated event appreciated worldwide”.
“This success,” Venturi adds, “is confirmed by the numbers and by the continued participation of the internationally renowned professionals who have chosen to contribute to our project, thus placing us among the major photographic contests in the world.”
You can check out more awarded images on SIPA’s website. Also, make sure to follow news and the “Photo of the Day” section on SIPA’s Facebook page. And now, take a look at some of the photos we chose.

© Shawn Yuan/Siena International Photography Awards

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© Natalia Gorshkova/Siena International Photography Awards

© Ian Macnicol/Siena International Photography Awards

© James Rokop/Siena International Photography Awards

© Barbara Schmidt/Siena International Photography Awards

© Jacqueline Hammer/Siena International Photography Awards

© Jonas Classon/Siena International Photography Awards

© Nachum Weiss/Siena International Photography Awards

© Thomas Vijayan/Siena International Photography Awards

© Martin Rak/Siena International Photography Awards

© Gheorghe Popa/Siena International Photography Awards

© Sergey Anisimov/Siena International Photography Awards

© Azim Khan Ronnie/Siena International Photography Awards

© Abir Choudhury/Siena International Photography Awards

© Dashawatar Bade/Siena International Photography Awards

© Paul Mcneill/Siena International Photography Awards

© Xuebiao Yang/Siena International Photography Awards
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