Discover the Winners of AAP Magazine 50 Shapes

Discover the 25 winners here AAP Magazine is proud to announce its milestone 50th issue, Shapes, featuring a striking collection of photographs that explore form, geometry, and structure in visual storytelling. The issue presents a diverse range of approaches — from minimalism and balance to bold abstraction and inventive perspectives — showcasing how photographers transform everyday patterns into extraordinary images.

Selected from hundreds of submissions, the winning series and single images highlight the creativity and vision of the photographers, demonstrating how shape can both anchor and disrupt composition. This edition celebrates artists from 11 countries across 4 continents, underscoring the truly international reach of the competition. From architectural details to fleeting patterns of light, these photographs reveal the endless possibilities of one of the most fundamental elements of art.

The winners gain recognition not only in the print edition of AAP Magazine but also across All About Photo’s website and social media, offering exposure to a wide audience of photography enthusiasts, collectors, and curators.

AAP Magazine #50: Shapes invites readers to discover the beauty in lines, patterns, and silhouettes — proving that shapes are everywhere, and in the hands of these photographers, they become unforgettable works of art.

The Winner of AAP Magazine #50: Shapes is Julie Wang (United States) with the series ‘‘The Illusion of Poppies’.
The Second Place Winner is JP Terlizzi (United States) with the series ‘Tangled in Blue’.
The Third Place winner is Jingyi Zhang (China) with the series ‘Vacuum World’.

The other winners featured in the Merit Award’s Gallery are: Cristiano Bartoli (Italy), Stephen Rauch (USA), Elisabeth Ajtay (USA), Tommi Viitala (Finland), Tom van Eynde (USA), Fabien Dendiével (France), Frank Machalowski (Germany), Florian Kriechbaumer (Germany), Syan Hu (China), Ralf Dreier (Germany), Michael Hrankowski (United States), Bolko Stolberg (Germany), Alicia Paley (USA), Patrick Cicalo (USA), Tebani Slade (Australia), Mariana Basurto (Mexico), Hiroto Fukuda (Japan), Jeff Schewe (USA), Christer Björkman (Sweden), Alexandra Schmid (Switzerland), Lisa Donneson (USA) and Jaime Nisenbaum (USA).

The top three winners will receive a prize of $1,000, and all winning photographs will be prominently featured in the All About Photo Winners Gallery and published in the printed issue of AAP Magazine #50: Shapes.

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