The Hipstography Awards 2017 – The Nominees

It’s with tremendous pleasure that we will be revealing, from today and over the following two weeks, the list of nominees in this fifth edition of the Hipstography Awards. The list has been drawn up on the basis of the votes cast by the members of the jury and I would, once more, like to thank them with all my heart for having devoted some of their time to these Awards. It is now up to you to give your opinion; your votes will be added to those of the jury to select the overall winners of the 2017 edition.

Like previous years, the Hipstography Awards have been divided into two main categories: the "Grand Prizes Awards" for the Combos and Portfolios and the "Major Prizes Awards" for the Photos of the Day. In brief, this is how the nominees have been selected. We’ve observed the same principle as we did in the past editions: we went through the hundreds of series and photos published on the site in 2017 or received during the submissions in the thirty or so categories; for each category, we asked each jury member to give us their top 3. Three points were awarded for their favorite series or photo, 2 points for their second choice and, lastly, 1 point for their third favorite. All the points were then added up and we whittled it down to just 5 or 6 series for the 11 Grand Prizes Awards categories and ten or so photos for the 19 Major Prizes Awards categories.

We won’t unveil the jury’s verdicts but, as is the case every year, there were a few outstanding series that almost unanimously caught every single jury member’s attention and votes. For other series, even if they were favorites, the results were less decisive. We are therefore counting on you to cast your votes and identify the winners.

Over the next days, the nominees in each category will be announced on this page, as and when the results come in, and the voting can then start. You can bookmark this page, which will be updated on a daily basis; this same page is also accessible via the banner at the top of each page on the site. One small clarification: the order of nominees is not linked to the jury's votes. The combos are classified in order of publication and the portfolios and photos will, at times, be published at random. You have three days to vote for each category and your votes will be added to the jury's. One last category, "The Gear of the Year", is intended to give Awards for the most outstanding gear (lenses, films and flashes) from the Hipstamatic catalogue that came out in 2017.

You will then have to be patient and wait until the beginning of February to find out who the winners are. They will be announced during the Grand Ceremony. Without any further ado, here are the nominees of the Hipstography Awards 2017. May the best win!

 

- The Portfolios -

 

Nominees for Creative Portfolio of the Year

"Following the Old Masters" by Dorota Skowrońska
"Hidden Harmony" by Guido Cubo Quadro
"Remains of Summer" by Tuba Korhan
"Beyond the Conflict of Belief" by Ger van den Elzen
"Up Close and Personal" by Jill Lian
"Into The White" by Guido Cubo Quadro

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Monochrome Portfolio of the Year

"People, Shadows & Bubbles" by Virginie Blanc-Brude
"In between black and white" by Sebastian Kroll
"Journey to Iran" by Marina Sersale
"Asphalt Jungle" by Virginie Blanc-Brude
"La Tadrart" by Frédéric Scheiber

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Documentary Portfolio of the Year

"Sayulita" by Scott Strazzante
"From Martinez to the Palais des Festivals" by Niels Brunelli
"Renascença" by Claire Felicie
"Virgin of Guadalupe" by Ramón Cruz
"Yes I Cannes!" by Virginie Blanc-Brude
"An enchanted interlude!" by Hélène Hache

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Street Photography Portfolio of the Year

"Broadway DTLA" by Scott Strazzante
"Exploring a Hidden Side of Jerusalem" by Eitan Shavit​
"People" by Tanu Kallio
"Street Life" by Artem Miroshnyk
"Strolling around Jerusalem" par Barbara Rossi
"Such is life" by Dragan Stanimirović

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Color Portfolio of the Year

"The Canadian Arctic and Greenland" by Lydia Cassatt
"Structures" by Kathleen Magner Rios
"Land of High Passes" by Dorota Skowrońska
"Skyshapes" by Arindam Sen
"Penobscot Bay, Maine" by Lydia Cassatt

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

- The Combos -

 

Nominees for Creative Combo of the Year

Combo #514 (Sabine Gromek)
Combo #523 (Lori Hillsberg)
Combo #530 (Nadja Franz)
Combo #532 (Polina Sarri)
Combo #561 (Kally Klonaris-Smythe)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Monochrome Combo of the Year

Combo #516 (Nicolas Xanthos)
Combo #518 (Marc Zetterblom)
Combo #525 (Anita Elle)
Combo #578 (Kally Klonaris-Smythe)
Combo #579 (Sebastian Oskar Kroll)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

Nominees for Documentary Combo of the Year

Combo #509 (Stavros Dimakopoulos)
Combo #550 (Polina Sarri)
Combo #566 (Brett Evan Gross)
Combo #572 (Marco Gianfranco Spampanato)
Combo #574 (Joaquin Montalvan)
Combo #577 (Kathleen Magner Rios)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Landscape Combo of the Year

Combo #508 (Kim Morris)
Combo #510 (Christine Mignon)
Combo #513 (Carol Ryan)
Combo #536 (Nicolas Xanthos)
Combo #559 (Nadja Franz)
Combo #564 (Piroska Boros)
Combo #583 (Joy Coyle)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Street Photography Combo of the Year

Combo #526 (Ilana Buch Akoundi)
Combo #537 (Anita Elle)
Combo #544 (Nikolashin Vladislav)
Combo #546 (Stephen Littrell)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Color Combo of the Year

Combo #506 (Sebastian Kroll)
Combo #541 (Kathleen Magner Rios)
Combo #557 (Anita Elle)
Combo #563 (Marina Macchi)
Combo #567 (Polina Sarri)
Combo #570 (Christine Mignon)
Combo #580 (Marco Gianfranco Spampinato)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

 

Nominees for Abstract Photography of the Year

Florian Bilges
Donna Donato
Guido Cubo Quadro
Polina Sarri
Ilse Neugebauer
Gil Hipsta
Fabio Mecarelli
Dale Robertson
Christine Mignon
Valerio Porcelli

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Animal Photography of the Year

Valery Hache
Sabine Gromek
Sanjay Sahani
Leslie Kelly
Christine Mignon (1)
Michel de Veld
Marieke van Oyen
Christine Mignon (2)
Polina Sarri
Andrea Walser
Kally Klonaris Smythe
Oola Cristina
Patricia Januszkiewicz

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Architectural Photography of the Year

Maria Georgiadou
Susan Sanders
Erik Wennekes
Anita Elle
Ervin Vice
Francisco Donez
Lara Khatchikian
Ilse Neugebauer
Polina Sarri
Christine Mignon

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Beach Life Photography of the Year

Erik Lieber
Jouk Duivis
Alice Jilling Finch
Greg Schelander
Michel de Veld
Muriel Allegretty
Mike Ryan
Dror Blumberg
Virginie Blanc Brude
Juvy Dichoso
Niels Brunelli
Linda Ryan

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Color Street Photography of the Year

Justin Sheps
Lori Hillsberg
Ilana Buch Akoundi (1)
Angelique Manchanda Peres
Russ Murray
Ilana Buch Akoundi (2)
Stephen Littrell
Anita Elle (1)
Polina Sarri
Brett Evan Gross
Sebastian Oskar Kroll
Anita Elle (2)
Michel de Veld

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Contemplations of the Year

Marco Gianfranco Spampinato
Marina Sersale
Philippe Degeneffe
Anita Elle (1)
Anita Elle (2)
Nicolas Xanthos
Virginie Blanc Brude
Ger van den Elzen
James Cherry

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Documentary Photography of the Year

Laura Fried
Kim Morris
Donna Donato
Lori Hillsberg
Virginie Blanc Brude
Niels Brunelli
Dale Robertson
Scott Strazzante (1)
Scott Strazzante (2)
Joaquin Montalvan

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Floral and Foliage Photography of the Year

Jessika Johansson
Ilse Neugebauer
Barry Conway
Nicolas Xanthos
Lilian Douglas
Lydia Cassatt
Marianna Bernardini
Kathleen Magner Rios (1)
Kathleen Magner Rios (2)
Marieke van Oyen
Kristiina Hakovirta
Patricia Januszkiewicz

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Landscape Photography of the Year

Guido Cubo Quadro
Mike Ryan
Virginie Blanc Brude
Pier Francesca Casadio
Isabella Matthews
Kurt Harvey
Maj Jones
Nicolas Xanthos
Berlewen Jolixor
Claire Le Roy
Joel Gomer
Erin Cunningham
Lydia Cassatt
Travis Jonathan Sinn
Angela Anger Vergara
Dorota Skowronska

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Light and Shadow Photography of the Year

Nicola Casamassima
Ger van den Elzen
Stavros Dimakopoulos
Elaine Taylor
Donna Donato
Sebastian Kroll
Erik Lieber
David Brown
Isabel Nunes
Jormain Cady
Jolene Stewart Beasley

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Living Moments of the Year

Paula Betlem
Helene Hache
Philippe Degeneffe
Jean Marc Steenbeke
Sebastian Oskar Kroll
Polina Sarri
Elaine Taylor
Marc Zetterblom
Fevzi Oruc
Marina Macchi
Rhonda Rogers Baumgartner
Corinna Watschke
Suat Ateslier
Sharon Flores

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Monochrome Photography of the Year

Valery Hache
Marc Zetterblom
Anita Elle
Brett Evan Gross
Elif Suyabatmaz
Sebastian Kroll
Stavros Dimakopoulos
Claire Le Roy
Virginie Blanc Brude

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Monochrome Street Photography of the Year

Valery Hache
Andre Feltes
Sabine Gromek
Marina Sersale
Tanu Kallio (1)
Barbara Rossi
Christine Mignon (1)
Jormain Cady
Fevzi Oruc
Niels Brunelli
Virginie Blanc Brude
Artem Miroshnyk
Eitan Shavit​
Christine Mignon (2)
Tanu Kallio (2)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Multi-Exposure Photography of the Year

Erik Lieber
Therese Cherton
Robin Robertis
Jozef Hipp
Paula Betlem
Stephen Littrell
Clare Taylor
Tuba Korhan
Polina Sarri

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Performing and Fine Arts Photography of the Year

Christine Mignon
Paride Ficente (1)
Sabine Gromek
Philippe Degeneffe
Grace Brignolle
Gil Hipsta
Paride Ficente (2)
Cassio JP Silva
Ilana Buch Akoundi
Stephen Littrell (1)
Rhonda Rogers Baumgartner
Sebastian Oskar Kroll
GA Fallarme
Stephen Littrell (2)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Portraiture of the Year

Tim Engle (1)
Jacqui Jay
Adria Ellis
Tim Engle (2)
Claire Felicie
Balint Porneczi
Tanu Kallio
Alon Goldsmith
Polina Sarri
Dorota Skowronska (1)
Brett Evan Gross
Dorota Skowronska (2)

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for The Human Condition of the Year

Helene Hache
Pablo Deadman
Arindam Sen
Deep Das
Ramon Cruz
Mary Galloway
Prasanto Mahato
Marco Gianfranco Spampinato
Davyd Superfly
Sebastian Oskar Kroll

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Urban Photography of the Year

Grace Brignolle
Lena Maria
Lara Khatchikian
Elif Suyabatmaz
Dino Paul
Anita Elle
Clare Taylor
Cindy Buske
Donna Donato

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

Nominees for Waterscape Photography of the Year

Erik Wennekes
J R Pierce
Brett Evan Gross
Michel de Veld
Anita Elle
Marco Gianfranco Spampinato
Yiorgos Kordakis
Mark Ferrer
Ger van den Elzen
Cecilia Moller
Mike Ryan
Kally Klonaris Smythe
Kim Morris

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

 

 

Lens of the year

Marshall
Gje Gje
Scott S
Dale
Lumière
Mindel
Aurora NCL
Khun Lo
Antoni
Mumtaz
Takashi
Bo-Kaap

 

Film of the Year

Pearl
Abbot K20
BlacKeys IR
Kodot Souvenir
A-Type Plate
Midnight Sun AS
Cinematheque
Vientiane
Montjuïc M29
Four Minarets
Kitsune 67
12 Apostles

 

HipstaPak of the Year

Boulder HipstaPak
Venice HipstaPak
Bucktown HipstaPak
Kissimmee HipstaPak
Autochrome SnapPak
Denali HipstaPak
Hanalei HipstaPak
Laos HipstaPak
Barcelona HipstaPak
Agra HipstaPak
Shinjuku HipstaPak
Cape Town HipstaPak

Voting for this category is now closed. The series can be found on this page.

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