40 best photographs of 2024 according to Siena International Photo Awards (41 photos)

The winners of the Siena International Photo Awards 2024 have been announced. Once again, we are sharing with you a selection of the best works by photographers from around the world. Check out the list of finalists in the categories Travel & Adventure, Captivating Faces & Characters, The Beauty of Nature, Animals in Their Environment, Underwater Life, Sports in Action, Documentary & Photojournalism, and Street Photography.





1st place in the category "Animals in their environment": "At work", Karin Aigner



2nd place in the category "Animals in their environment": "Bubble net", Scott Portelli

3rd place in the category "Animals in their environment": "Guardian", Liron Gertsman



Honorable mention in the category "Animals in their environment": "Seagulls and the Eclipse", Liron Gertsman



Honorable Mention in the Animals in Their Environment category: "The Happy Turtle", Tsachi Finkelstein



Honorable Mention in the Animals in Their Environment category: "Penguin Dynasty: First Look of the Heir", Adriana Basques



Outstanding Work of Art in the Animals in Their Environment Category: "Cold Waters" by Igor Altuna



The photo was taken in Hokkaido, Japan.

Honorable Mention in the Animals in Their Environment category: "Battle of the Giants" by Valentino Morgante



Honorable Mention in the Animals in Their Environment category: "The Geladas" by Marco Gaiotti



Geladas in Simien National Park, Ethiopia.

1st place in the category "Sports in Action": "Teahupo'o - "Wall of Skulls", Ryan Pearce



2nd place in the category "Sports in Action": "Femke Fall", Samuel Barnes



American Alexis Holmes won the mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, setting a new world record - 3:08.80. Femke Bol of the Netherlands had just a few meters to go before she fell and gave up the win.

3rd place in the Sports in Action category: "Jump", Mattia Ozboth



Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi celebrates the first moments of victory.

Honorable mention in the Sports in Action category: "She is Bagheera", Francesco Junior Mura



1st place in the category "Underwater Life": "Whale Milk", Karim Iliya



2nd place in the category "Underwater Life": "The Rain I Waited For", Kazushige Horiguchi



3rd Place Underwater Life: "Humpback Whale Nursery", Rene Capozzola



Honorable Mention Underwater Life: "The Orchestra and Its Conductor", Manuel Castellanos Raboso



Honorable Mention in the Underwater Life category: "The Scream", Filippo Borghi



1st Place in the Documentary and Photojournalism category: "The Survivor", Wojciech Grzezinsky



2nd place in the category "Documentary and Photojournalism": "Loneliness Among the Ruins", Sedat Suna



In February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Hatay, Turkey. It caused widespread destruction and killed over 50,000 people.

3rd Place Documentary/Photojournalism: "The Last Barrier" by Michael Robinson Chavez



A family with a small child makes their way through the barbed wire on the Mexico-US border.

Outstanding Work of Art, Documentary/Photojournalism: See No Evil by Aaron Gekoski



Orangutans are forced to perform in shows all over Asia, like at Safari World in Bangkok. After the show, they are sent to take photos with tourists, despite the potential for disease transmission. Orangutans have been removed from Safari World in the past when DNA tests showed they were illegally trafficked.

1st Place Street Photography: "72", Ilvy Njiokiktjien



At 72, Einar Njiokiktjien defies age by doing backflips.

The average life expectancy in the world has reached 72 years, making the world's population the longest-lived generation in history.

2nd place in the category "Street Photography": "Boys will be boys", Josef Hinterleitner



3rd place in the category "Street Photography": "Mirror, Mirror", Karlinn Wintels



Honorable mention in the category "Street Photography": "Flight at Sunset", Dmytro Geshengorin



1st Place in the Travel & Adventure Category: "Honey Hunters" by Andrew Newey



Fearless Gurungs harvest honey at dizzying heights in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal.

2nd place in the Travel & Adventure category: "A Boy and His Horse in Andalusia", Gjedo Van Der Zwan



3rd place in the Travel & Adventure category: "Moonboard", Mac Stone



Honorable mention in the Travel & Adventure category: "Siberian Shaman", Athanasios Maloukos



Buryat shaman Vitaly conducts a ritual on frozen Lake Baikal.

Honorable Mention in Travel & Adventure: "Dancing in the Sunlight" by Mahendra Bakle



1st Place in Natural Beauty: "Monarch Forest" by Jaime Rojo



At El Rosario, Mexico, the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, during the cold winter months, you can see a stunning sight: millions of butterflies gather together to create a colorful mosaic on trees.

2nd place in the category "Beauty of Nature": "Storm and Cacti", Luis Roberto Lyons Suarez



3rd place in the category "Beauty of Nature": "Green Turtle at Sunset", Gabriel Baratier



Honorable Mention in the category "Beauty of Nature": "Mediterranean Sunset", Julio Martinez



Honorable Mention in the Beauty of Nature category: "Paroxysm of Etna", Gianluca Gianferrari



Honorable Mention in the Beauty of Nature category: "Sunken Caves", Martin Broen



The world's longest underground river flows in the underground caves of Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

1st Place in the Mesmerizing Faces and Characters category: Ryan Gosling, Dan Winters



The photographer wanted to recreate the atmosphere of the Blade Runner universe without resorting to direct references to the film. He personally selected the props and every detail.

2nd place in the category "Mesmerizing faces and characters": "Andrey from the village of Bereznik", Sergey Stroitelev



57-year-old Andrey is the only resident of Bereznik, a village in the Arkhangelsk region.

"I was born here. Life used to be in full swing here: there was a farm, a school, a club. Now all this is buried under the snow," the hero of the photo shared.

3rd Place in the Mesmerizing Faces and Characters category: "Young Champion", Zei Yar Lin



Fifteen-year-old Aimoldir from Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia, made history by winning the Golden Eagle Festival in 2023.