Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-06-07)

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SOURCE: SINWP.COM

THEWINNERof thisyear’sBlack& White

PhotoProject,aspartof InternationalGarden

Photographerof theYear(IGPOTY),is Petar

Sabol,a professionalphotographerfromCroatia.

Hisimage,‘NightButterfly’, wasoriginallyshot

in colour.Petarsaysof hisimage,‘I realisedthat

theshapes,texturesandbackgroundswere

muchmoresuitedtoblack& white.Afterthe

conversion,thetransformationof theimage

wasquiteprofound.’

Forhisimage,Petarreceives£500,andit will

bepublishedin thenewIGPOTY 13 book,as

wellasfeaturein theflagshipexhibitionat the

RoyalBotanicGardens,Kew,in February2020.

IGPOTYrunsfourprojectsperyear,which

aresmallerstandalonecompetitionsthatgive

photographersthechancetoexplorespecific

themesandskills.Seemoreat igpoty.com.

BIG

picture

A great

photograph

needs no

explanation

Mark Seliger

American portrait photographer

88

Number of highly commended images

in the SINWP Bird Photographer of

the Year 2018 competition

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IGPOTY announces winner of

Black & White Photo Project