The portrait. Environmental, studio, candid, or posed. Self or pet, color, black-and-white, alternative process or digital. No matter what the genre, there’s a power in a well-captured portrait, a sense of breath and life. A portrait can comfort us, unnerve us, cause us to smile, or move us to tears. Whatever the emotional response, portraits possess the capacity to connect us all through shared encounters.
Our PORTRAITS contest is an opportunity to pause and review your photography, then join our international community of photographers and share your portraits with our distinguished judges. The winning images will be featured on The Workshops online gallery, and the prizes are great. The Grand Prize alone is worth over $3,000!
Twins
© Carolina Sanchez-Monge Escardo, Houston TX
SECOND PRIZE
Cat's Eyes
© Arek Rataj, Chorzow, Poland
THIRD PRIZE
Brown & Blue Self-Portrait
© Dalibor Talajic, Rovinj, Croatia
DIRECTOR'S AWARD
Don't Look
© Rebecca Moseman, Purcellville, VA
Honorable Mentions
Buenos Aires Construction Worker
© Kip Harris, Indian Harbour, Canada
Eden, Burma 2015
© Monica Denevan, San Fransicso, CA
Ella, Gracie, and Evan Shoot BB Guns
© Shannon Locker, Collingswood, NJ
Ethiopian Fisherman
© Jeremy Woodhouse, McKinney, TX
Shadow Portrait
© Linda Hollinger, Philadelphia, PA
Mother
© Dorte Verner, Moss Beach, CA
Molly & Mayne - Irish Traveller Neighbors
© Robert C Newman, Gainesville, FL
Justyn
© Martha Ketterer, Moss Beach, CA
Omo Valley Ethiopia
© Michael Morse, Fayetteville, AR
Take Flight
© Cat Finch, Steamboat Springs, CO
Ribs
© Jaime Johnson, Poplarville, MS
Nobody Listened
© Sara Hylton, Brooklyn, NY
Christiane Dolores
© Thomas Johnson, Moon Township, PA
Modern Love
© Lilia Pino Blouin, New York, NY
Soldador
© Stewart Lewis, Nyack, NY
Sleeping Man
© Uroš Maroh, Kamnik, Slovenia
The Rocket Ship
© Margaret Adams, Baltimore, MD
Judy
© Pedro Safadi, El Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Elizabeth, Battle Lake, 2013
© Debora Schwedhelm, Tampa, FL
Love is the Color Red
© Jerad Armijo. Portland, OR
Queen of Havana
© Virginia Pringle, Carefree, AZ
Vigil
© Laurence Spang, Salem, MA
Snap
© Joshua Littlefield, Savannah, GA
Avi - Equality
© Brissa del Mar, Chicago, IL
At First Sight
© Ellen Davis, Nevada City, CA
Shirley
© Eve Pollard, Pender island, Canada
Masked Child
© Conrad Pressma, Louisville, KY
Ghost of the Dead
© Holly Wilson, Mustang, OK
Feeling Left Out
© Julia Dewolf, Alameda, CA
Tradition in Progress
© Les Schmidt, New Orleans, LA
Untitled (Self-Portrait)
© Marina Cavazza, Geneva, Switzerland
Jubilado en Camaguey
© Patricia Solano, Vernon Hills, IL
Revelation
© Robin Boger, Newton, MA
Ceremomny People
© Steve Goff, Odessa, TX
Sydney
© Nancy Roberts, Carlisle, MA
Butcher
© Tyler Vance, Robert, LA
Eve
© Kurt Fries, Chicago, IL
Troubled Patriot
© Ronald Castle, Del Rio, TX
Fish Like a Girl
© Natalie Fay Green, Bethesda, MD
Exhume Study 3-4-2-1
© Joshua McGowan, Baldwin, GA
Out Of Chaos
© Jeanne Vander Ploeg, Mclean, VA
Potosi Silver
© Tony Schwartz, Boston MA
Two Chicos in Spain
© Dianne Cheseldine, Reno, NV
Final Act
© Marcia Mahoney, Chicago, IL
Creative Growth
© Sandra Klein, Los Angeles, CA
Beehive
© Sue Grubman, Manhatan Beach, CA
