Black-And-White Photo Competition 2 2015
Results
Winning Photo

A royal portrait with a lot of dignity taken under the highway bridge with a flash it seems. Brilliant capture showing a person and not an object.

I would like to express my gratitude for the selection and especially for the judges comment. The photograph is part of a larger project I am working on, telling the story of Roma staying in Sweden. With the work I hope to raise some awareness to the continuing struggle of the Roma population in Europe. Caption: May 2nd, 2015. Uppsala, Sweden. Napoleon, 51, and his wife, Lucia, sleep under a bridge next to the police station of Uppsala. The couple is from Brezoi in Romania and have three older children back home. Napoleon has been working as a craftsman, but in Romania he can not get enough sold to live from. He now tries to sell handmade baskets and brooms in Uppsala, while his wife begs for some money on the streets. It was shot with a Leica M Monochrom and lit with a small LED panel. Processed with LR5 and Silver Efex Pro 2.