For the “‘What Lies Beneath’ Exhibition” Quest, we asked the 500px community to submit their most impactful conceptual photography—photos that would spark an imaginative streak in anyone who saw them. As usual, our community came through, with nearly 20,000 submissions from talented photographers out of 44 different countries around the world, such as Tanzania, Georgia, Norway, Mozambique, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Greece, and Cuba.
Inspired by Allison Morris‘ unsettling and provocative imagery, which will be shown at 500px HQ this May as part of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, these are the winning images in our ‘What Lies Beneath’ Quest.
Each of the winning photos will be printed and showcased as part of our complementary exhibition to Allison‘s work, in our gallery show titled “What Lies Beneath.” The exhibition of the 500px community photos below will run alongside Allison‘s gallery at our headquarters throughout the month of May, where locals, tourists, and creatives from around the world will discover them as part of CONTACT 2019.
Explore the most captivating and curious photos we’ve seen in a while, below.
First place: $1,000 USD + exhibition
“Borders#2” by photoborodina
Second place: $500 USD + exhibition
“Stronger” by milos nejezchleb
Third place: $250 USD + exhibition
“Going Up” by Aaron Ricketts
Runners-up
Check out a sampling of our runners-up below, whose work will also be exhibited in our CONTACT 2019 gallery show. See the full list of exhibitors in our official 500px Gallery.
For more on our official exhibitions for CONTACT Photography Festival, check out 500px.com/CONTACT.
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