Congratulations to the winners of the Sixtieth Collection!

DEADLINE FOR
61 COLLECTION IS May 10, 2021

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SUBMIT PHOTOGRAPHS

Portrait photographers

Curtis Look
Canada
Ricardo Zaviasky
Brazil
Anna Tomczak
Switzerland
M Reza Putra
Indonesia
Werner Philipps
Germany
Jane Ruth
Denmark
Marco Gaetano Pasqua
Italy

AWARDS

Portrait Photo Awards is a place where the best portrait photographers in the world compete with each other for the top place in the international rating. Experienced professionals with the most creative ideas and imaginative thinking receive our awards. Their best works are displayed in our regular collections and social networks to thousands of potential clients from many countries.

We are striving to gather the most talented portrait photographers from all over the world. If you think that you belong to their ranks, register and submit your best photographs. An international jury of acknowledged experts will examine each work. Do note that our team is very picky: less are 10% of all photographs are honored with a place in our monthly collections.

Portrait Photo Awards is also a great place to find a photographer. Do you want to hire the best professional for a photoshoot? Use our website to browse portfolios of top-rated specialists in your region and contact them directly.

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Key dates

April 11 — May 10 Submission for 61 collection
May 11 — June 10 Submission for 62 collection
June 11 — July 10 Submission for 63 collection
July 11 — August 10 Submission for 64 collection
August 11 — September 10 Submission for 65 collection
September 11 — October 10 Submission for 66 collection
October 11 — November 10 Submission for 67 collection
November 11 — December 10 Submission for 68 collection
December 11 — January 10 Submission for 69 collection
January 11 — February 10 Submission for 70 collection
February 11 — March 10 Submission for 71 collection
March 11 — April 10 Submission for 72 collection

Summing up

April 2022 Publishing the results

Total stats

Total
Last Collection

№1 Photographer of 2021

Sascha Perlinger

64 countries presented

2684 photographers total

9.70% of all images selected

TOP 5 countries

Switzerland

579
United States

397
Germany

278
Netherlands

120
Italy

116

TOP 3 photographers of 2021

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Maximum uploads

60 collection Published: 15 April 2021

36 countries

103 photos selected

TOP 5 countries

Switzerland

23
United States

14
Germany

9
France

6
Indonesia

6

TOP 3 photographers

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TOP10 Photographers of the Year receive PortraitPhotoAwards trophies

Portrait Photo awards

№1

Photographer
of 2019 year

Lin Tun

Lin Tun is an award-winning portrait and fashion photographer from Yangon (Myanmar). He is a creative artist, who pays a lot of attention to the quality of his work. He constantly develops his skills, searches for new themes, uses amazing backgrounds. His pictures tell stories, his models have characters, he manages to capture their mood. In 2018 at portraitphotoawards Lin is in TOP 10 list of best portrait photographers!

Patrick Kirschhofer

Patrick Kirschhofer is an aspiring photographer from Gevelsberg, Germany. Apart from portrait photography, Patrick also specializes in advertising, wedding, and event photography. Patrick is a detail-oriented photographer, who always considers the client’s little requests when taking a picture. His strong working ethic and outstanding photography skills made him the Number one portrait photographer in Germany and TOP10 worldwide in 2020!

Gary McGillivray-Birnie

Gary McGillivray-Birnie is an award-winning photographer from Stavanger (Norway). He specializes in the genres of beauty and fashion. His images are recognized for their intrigue, mysterious and edgy but authentic feel. His photography career started in 2015, he has worked on an endless series of projects, portrait, and commercials. Now he is internationally published and featured in a variety of online publications. In 2018 Gary got in TOP 10 list at portraitphotoawards!

Franz Prutsch

Franz Prutsch is a natural light photographer based in Graz (Austria). His photo works are soft and candid, showing the delicate beauty of his models. Naturalism is one the most important and stunning features of his artworks as long as he often uses natural daylight and beautiful natural backgrounds. In 2018 at portraitphotoawards Franz is in TOP 10 list of best portrait photographers!

Maciej Michalczyk

Maciej Michalczyk is a talented, award-winning photographer from Nienburg (Germany). His style amazes by its beautiful use of light in black and white photos. Maciej’s specialization in portrait demonstrates his great skill in capturing the models in different foreshortenings. Slightly faded images attract eyes. He is one of the best in his country. Also, Maciej demonstrated their aim to become more experienced in getting awards many times throughout the year.

Balasangar Balasubramaniam

Balasangar Balasubramaniam is a traveling photographer from Germany. He works not only in Germany but in anywhere clients wish to have the shooting. Most of his images were created in a combo work with his wife (make-up artist). He specializes in wedding photography, portraits of bridals. He is great in captured the moments and portraits the best way and with the glorious combination of lights and colors.

Mladen Dakic

Mladen Dakic is a talented photographer based in Langenthal (Switzerland). His exciting portraits fascinate by their amazing combination of colors, compositions, and places for the photos. Mladen skillfully uses the lights and details to capture their models in the most exciting way. This year's breakthrough led him directly to the TOP10 of the best portrait photographers in @portraitphotoawards and made one of the best among the Switzerland photo creators.

Charles Kok

Charles Kok is a professional portrait and glamour photographer based in Krugersdorp (South Africa). He is skillful and experienced, great at working with studio lighting, good at editing and brilliant at the theme of bodyscape. His captures are full of beauty and passion, showing a play of light and shadow. At portraitphotoawards Charles is in TOP 10 list of best photographers in 2018!

Olga Nikishova

Olga Nikishova is a talented photographer from Moscow, Russia. Olga’s outstanding skills and great passion for photography can be seen in every picture: she manages to show the beauty of each model and turn the process into magic. In 2020, Olga has not only joined a list of the Best Portrait photographers in Russia but also became TOP10 Portrait Photographer Worldwide!

Theresa Sujata Senti

Theresa Sujata Senti specializes in portrait, fashion and boudoir photography. She comes from Vaduz (Liechtenstein), and she is a professional and award-winning photographer and also a couch in the sphere. Her photos are soft and tender, showing the beauty of her models, their delicacy and affectionateness. In 2018 Theresa is in TOP 10 list of world best portrait photographers at portraitphotoawards!

№1

Photographer
of 2020 year

Amina Donskaya

Amina Donskaya is a professional portrait photographer from Santiago, Chile. Originally Russian, but currently based in Chile, Amina has been a part of various photography projects. Her amazing skills has been recognized by more than 30 international photography contests, and she has also been a judge for many other projects. Her natural style and brilliant talent made her not only the Best Portrait photographer in Chile, but also Number One Worldwide in 2020.

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