39 award-winning images that present a number of the most vibrant colours around the globe

First Place, Non Skilled: “Scavengers” by João Coelho

“It’s on the finish of the day that the dump resembles a post-apocalyptic state of affairs,” Coelho wrote for reFocus Awards about his profitable shot, which reveals the orange shade of flames in entrance of a burned background.

“The ambiance is heavy, nearly palpable, interspersed with the dwelling flames of the fires spewing poisonous fumes that blend with the nice and cozy night air,” he continued. “It’s the time of the scavengers, the final hope on the dump.”

First Place, Skilled: “Kushti” by Alain Schroeder

Schroeder’s pink photograph reveals two folks resting and checking one another’s eyes after coaching in Kushti, a standard type of Indian wrestling.

“Residing and coaching collectively promotes camaraderie, solidarity, and fraternity on this universe the place time has stood nonetheless,” the photographer stated about his picture.

Second Place, Non-Skilled: “Microcrystals of Ascorbic Acid” by Peter Juzak

Juzack took this rainbow-colored picture — which reveals melted ascorbic acid — with a polarizing microscope, as he informed the competition.

Second Place, Skilled: “Rating!” by Sebastian Mader

With this vibrant shot, Mader aimed to pay homage to American tradition by “reimagining faculty life narratives inside the context of a giant recreation,” as he informed reFocus Awards.

Third Place, Non-Skilled: “Practice Journey” by Nina Tberg

There are multicolored layers to Tberg’s profitable photograph, from the assortment of journey provides and dangling legs of vacationers to the tan mountain view by the practice window.

Third Place, Skilled: “Pink Donut” by William Mark Sommer

“Dwelling could be discovered in lots of locations, from the home you reside in to the native donut store,” Sommer wrote for reFocus Awards about his photograph.

“I keep in mind as a toddler being amazed by all of the donuts within the case, all the colour and sizes, and the way my father liked the pink ones. By means of this nostalgic reminiscence, I used to be introduced residence,” he added.

“Lifeless Goat Polo” by Alain Schroeder

This darkish picture by Schroeder reveals a recreation of Alaman-Ulak — the nationwide sport of Kyrgyzstan — wherein gamers on horseback should seize an animal carcass from the bottom and throw it in a spot decided by a decide. 

Schroeder stated the sport was organized by a rich native man to have fun his son’s thirteenth birthday. The prizes up for grabs included 10 horses, 10 yaks, 10 camels, and a brand new automobile.

“No.3” by Alireza Bagheri Sani

Sani informed reFocus Awards that his grey picture combines “minimalism, surrealism, and road images.”

The yellow door specifically provides dimension, and the person strolling up the steps facilities the shot.

“Advert Astra” by Andrea Michelutti

Michelutti informed reFocus Awards that he took his profitable photograph on a cloudy day in Italy.

“I used to be fortunate — the jellyfish was completely positioned in entrance of the solar like a starship going advert astra,” he stated.

“Textures 01” by Andreja Ravnak

Ravnak’s picture is stuffed with impartial colours, from the tan shades of the bottom to the black bushes and purple background.

“Drying incense” by Azim Khan Ronnie

“Vietnamese staff sit surrounded by 1000’s of incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau in Hanoi, Vietnam, the place the sticks have been historically made for tons of of years,” Ronnie wrote to explain his photograph.

“Incense performs an essential function within the religious lives of Vietnamese folks,” he added, noting that the pink sticks are normally utilized in worship actions.

“Glacier’s Frozen Coronary heart” by Bellot Audrey

Audrey informed reFocus Awards that she aimed to seize “the stark distinction between the small and delicate type of this canine, and the huge and spectacular expanse of the pure ice cave” along with her profitable photograph.

The photographer was additionally eager on displaying the blue shade of the ice, which creates an “ethereal, nearly otherworldly ambiance that’s each fascinating and mesmerizing,” she stated.

“Line, Type, Shade” by Gleici Rufatto

Rufatto informed reFocus Awards that his {photograph} “explores the notion of geometric fields of shade and painterly summary varieties in on a regular basis locations.”

There is a blue sky stuffed with white clouds, a white-brick constructing, and an orange block within the foreground.

“Zwischen” by Natasha Pszenicki

“Jade & Grace are a mixed-race, queer couple having their first youngster following IVF,” Pszenicki stated concerning the determine in her photograph, who stands in entrance of an orange background. “Their journey has not been straightforward.”

She named it “Zwischen” as a result of the German phrase means “motion from one factor or state to a different.”

“Kids of Mundari, South Sudan” by Svetlin Yosifov.

“Within the Mundari cattle camps, youngsters are doing many of the each day work,” Yosifov wrote about his photograph. “Children gather the recent cow dung and put it into piles that are then set on fireplace.”

“These fires are helpful as they repel the extraordinarily quite a few and voracious flies and mosquitoes of the South Sudanese countryside,” he added.