Siena International Photo Award is a relatively new photography contest, it has been running for the third year in 2017. Despite its early beginnings, this year there were 50,000 submissions from professional photographers from 161 different countries. As always, we like to feature the best of the best to inspire you.

This year features stunning landscapes, creatures from the mysterious and mesmerising animal kingdom and beautiful people from around the globe. The photography contest winners were selected from different categories like Storytelling, Animals in their Environment, Fragile Ice and more. The results? As fascinating as the suggested creative categories.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the amazing contest winners from the Siena International Photo Awards 2017:

Photo of the Year

Photo of the Year was given to Randy Olson for his work ‘Sand Hill Cranes’. This fascinating shot features a flock of cranes in motion, illuminated by a glorious lighting strike at a river in Nebraska.

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Sand Hill Cranes by Randy Olson. Wood River, Nebraska, U.S. SIPA Contest Photo of the Year.

‘Story-telling’ category winners

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Pandas Gone Wild by Ami Vitale

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Els Enfarinats by Antonio Gibotta

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Kentucky’s Second Amendment Paradise by M. Scott Mahaskey

‘Fragile Ice’ category winners

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Dreaming on Sea Ice by Roie Galitz

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Ice by Marcin Dobas

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Ludovico by Pedro Armestre

‘Sports in action’ category winners

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Great Britain Team by Tim Clayton

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“Superman” Monfils by Jason o’brien

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Donavon at Cloud Break by Rodney Bursiel

‘Architecture & Urban Spaces’ category winners

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Book Temple III by Hans-Martin Doelz

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Allianz Headquarters by Adrien Barakat

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Berlin Biker by Wenpeng Lu

‘Animals in their Environment’ category winners

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Attack by Sergey Gorshkov

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Pandas Gone Wild by Ami Vitale

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Baby Sea Lion by Filippo Borghi

‘The beauty of the nature’ category winners

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Beast by James Smart

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Middle Earth by Enrico Fossati

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Prince of the Waters by Yannick Gouguenheim

‘Fascinating faces and characters’ category winners

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I’m Here by Joao Taborda

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Children of Uganda by Ya Kuang

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Dasha by Alexander Vinogradov

‘Journeys & Adventures’ category winners

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At World’s End by Alessandra Meniconzi

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Selfie Culture by Jelena Jankovic

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Eye-teasing by Pronob Ghosh

‘General Monochrome’ category winners

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Crow of Lviv by Jack Savage

‘General Color’ category winners

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Protestor’s Eyes by Jonathan Bachman

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The Morning Ritual by Nick Ng

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Simply Motions. Episode 2 by Petr Lovigin

‘Under 20’ category winners

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Man Running a Tea House by Zijie Gong

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The Call by Krishna Vr

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Watch Your Lunch by Danielle Waldman

There are thousands of other honorable mentions, second and third place winners that are worth seeing. If you’d like to see more entries and contest winners, go to the Siena International Photo Award 2017 gallery.

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