International Photography Awards at Siena

In November the lenses of photography enthusiasts will be pointed at Siena, the Italian Capital of Culture 2015 and home of the first edition of the Siena Art Photo Travel Festival.This tribute to visual arts organized in an extensive exhibition, workshop, photo tour and events, ends the “Siena International Photography Awards” (SIPAContest), the Italian photography competition.To date it has recorded its biggest ever international participation in just five months: 15,000 photographs by professionals, amateurs and enthusiasts from over 100 countries, worldwide.The winner, who will be proclaimed Photographer of the Year SIPAContest 2015, will be decided on Saturday, October 31, by an authoritative international jury including National Geographic correspondents and world-famous photographers – from Melissa Farlow of the USA and Tomasz Tomaszewski of Poland, to Pascal Maitre of France and Bengali artist Gmb Akash.(photo: Wildife, ph. Hasan Baglar)