Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sunflowers, Honorable mention; crossing a sunflower field during a stage of the Tour de France, Limoges The highly anticipated announcement of the winners of the Siena Photo Awards celebrating some of the world’s best photography took place during a ceremony at the Siena Awards Festival that runs September 28 to November 24 in the romantic city of Siena. The renowned festival hosts a month of photo-related celebrations that converts the medieval city in the heart of Tuscany, Italy, into the international capital of photography for participating professional photographers, amateurs, emerging talents and enthusiasts. The festival offers exhibitions of the winners of the Drone Photo Award, the Creative Photo Award and the International Photo Award (SIPA) competitions, among others.
Tender images of animals, beautiful nature shots, gut-wrenching photos of human despair, fascinating faces and striking sport feats are among the great pictures on display at this year's Siena Photo Awards. The Siena photo contests are open to professional, amateur and student photographers worldwide. Creative Photo Awards Photo Of The Year: Dreaming Above the Universe, Creative Photo Awards Lurdes Santander from Asturias, Spain, took the title for the Photograph of the Year at the Creative Photo Awards with her image "Dreaming Above the Universe,” a heartwarming photo depicting a mother bear and her three cubs nestled under the starry Milky Way.