IPA recently announced their 2008 winners and i've spent hours browsing through their site. IPA conducts one of the most prestigious photo competitions for professionals, amateurs and students each year. here are a few of my fave's from this year's winners.
i love this image above by steve bloom (2nd Place Winner in Nature Book category). check out more of steve bloom's amazing work here.
Barbara Cole's 3rd place winning entry in the Advertising: Fashion category, which was shot for Anthropologie's May '09 campaign.
Kacper Kowalski's "Island" image (1st place winner, Nature category), from his seasons series is some of the most unique and intriguing aerial nature photography i've ever seen.
Achim Lippoth's work from his book, "Pictures." (1st place winner for Books category.)
Photographers, submit your work here.
