Golden Shot Photography Awards
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This series documents the daily reality of civilians in Gaza under relentless violence. It captures moments of airstrikes, destruction, displacement, and the struggle to survive. The images show wounded children, grieving families, overwhelmed hospitals, and entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble. They reflect the human cost of war through real lives, real loss, and real suffering. […]
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For centuries, monumental olive trees in southern Italy have embodied continuity, labour and cultural identity. The outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa has abruptly broken this relationship, killing millions of trees and forcing the eradication of landscapes that had remained unchanged for generations. This long-term project, which began in 2017 and is currently ongoing, examines the impact […]
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a playjul young hippo showed nice performance: diving up and down, mouth open, water splashing – maybe to impress another hippo. This happened within half an hour in the Khwai River of the Moremi N.R. in Botswana
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The woman in traditional Arabian attire, revealing a piercing gaze from behind an ornate sword.
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An action-packed moment from the traditional Pacu Jawi race in West Sumatra, Indonesia, where a skilled jockey balances between two speeding bulls, surfing through a muddy rice paddy to celebrate the end of the harvest season.
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An elderly woman in Bali, Indonesia, who still practices traditional folkloric dance
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In the waters of Tonga, I encountered a rare and miraculous sight—a mother whale and her calf. With no diving equipment, relying only on breath and body, I remained completely still. Drawn by an unspoken connection, the young whale approached, its calm eyes meeting mine. Years of freediving and waterfall training in Japan allowed me […]
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In November 2022, while in Palermo for a photography exhibition, I wandered into the botanical garden on a quiet morning. Alone among birdsong and soft light, I discovered a pond where reflections shimmered in the breeze. Water, my subject for over a decade, reveals both its own beauty and a transformed reality. These images capture […]
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Silent Bond captures the quiet tension between presence and tenderness – a moment where movement yields to trust. Rendered in black and white, the photograph distills the timeless grace of the equine form into a meditation on connection and emotional intelligence. Anna Archinger’s lens isolates gesture and light to reveal the unspoken dialogue between beings, […]