Open Competition Shortlist, Arts & Culture, Photo by: Anurag Kumar

Beneath the Horizon

Open Competition Shortlist, Travel, Photo by: nathanwillsphotography

Røros

Professional Competition Shortlist, Travel, Photo by: Agurtxane Concellon

Yi Peng Lantern Festival 2012

Open Competition Shortlist, Arts & Culture, Photo by: Justin Ng

The Godfather

Open Competition, Shortlist Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Peter Delaney

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Professional Competition Shortlist, Current Affairs, Photo by: Ilya Pitalev

Honkey Kong

Professional Competition Shortlist, Campaign, Photo by : Christian Åslund

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Professional Competition Shortlist, Campaign, Photo by: Scout Tufankjian

Urgent Get-Away

Open Competition, Shortlist Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Frederico

Tiger and Turtle

Open Competition Shortlist, Architecture, Photo by: Peter Mysticdidge Plorin

The Yellow River

Professional Competition Shortlist, Landscape, Photo by: ZhangKechun_MoST

Open Window

Open Competition Shortlist, Architecture, Photo by: Max Van Son

White Handed Treefrog

Professional Competition Shortlist, Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Hudson Garcia

Honkey Kong

Professional Competition Shortlist, Campaign, Photo by: Christian Åslund

火龍盛會

Open Competition Shortlist, Arts & Culture, Photo by: Gilbert Yu

Face to Face

Open Competition, Shortlist Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Christian Vizl

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Open Competition, Shortlist Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Marco

Soul of Sir Hitchcock

Open Competition Shortlist, Split Second, Photo by: Macload

Solaris

Open Competition Shortlist, Architecture, Photo by: nmlamk

In Between Fairytale and Reality

Open Competition Shortlist, Low Light, Photo by: Ethan L.

Wasp

Open Competition, Shortlist Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: photomatz

Agir Avci

Open Competition Shortlist, Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Mehmet Karaca

Smile

Open Competition Shortlist, Smile, Photo by: hung

Night Clouds

Professional Competition Shortlist, Campaign, Photo by : Nenad Saljic

The Walk

Professional Competition Shortlist, Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Ernest Goh

Starry Tree

Open Competition Shortlist, Low Light, Photo by: Elimoe

Urban Cow

Open Competition Shortlist, Split Second, Photo by: Max Ferrero

Don’t Leave Me Alone

Open Competition, Shortlist Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: kimerajam

Butterfly Magic 2

Open Competition, Shortlist Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: sharpeye

Middlearth

Open Competition Shortlist, Panoramic, Photo by: pawello91

Divided

Open Competition Shortlist, Nature & Wildlife, Photo by: Roberto Bettacchi Photography

Quiver Trees by Night

Open Competition Shortlist, Panoramic, Photo by: Florian Breuer

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Professional Competition Shortlist, Contemporary Issues, Photo by: Daesung Lee

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Photographing Venice, Italy seems cliché. 

Berlin-based German photographer Jessica Backhaus, however, takes a different approach for her photography series. 

In ‘I Wanted to See the World’, she aims her camera downwards, and uses the water in the canal-laden city to capture the location in distortions and reflections—subtly portraying the ‘City of Water’ in its element. 

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This cold storage facility in Chicago may not draw your attention from the outside, but had you entered the building a few months ago, you’d be surprised to see what was inside. After nine decades of cold storage and lack of proper maintenance, the whole interior was full of cave-like stalagmites and stalactites. Once the Fulton Market Cold Storage Company, which was renting the premises, decided to move out, it was sold to a bike component manufacturer SRAM. However, in order to use their new space, SRAM had to defrost the building first.

Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture were hired do the work, however, such sight couldn’t go unarchived. This is why photographer Gary Jensen was asked to photograph this indoor ice age phenomena. The video at the end of the article shows the defrosting process, where you see the team using propane heaters to dissolve the ice crystals.

This is how it looks from inside

Looks like an ordinary building, right?

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