/ 2025 / Special / Street Photography

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Jean-Marc Bara, United States
• Website
  https://www.jmbaraphoto.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/candidstroller/

This photograph captures the layered effect of a shop window in Venice. A mannequin dressed in a vintage-style floral blouse stands behind the glass, while the reflections show a group of local Venetians walking by outside. Their classic, conservative clothing contrasts with the bold red lips and delicate fabric of the mannequin. The reflected architecture splits the image into quadrants that frame both scenes.

Photography allows me to share the world as I see it—a visual candy store filled with moments worth capturing.

My friends often describe me as passionate about order. For me, photography is not just an art form; it’s also a tool for understanding, structuring, and simplifying the world around me.

In my street photography, I aim to capture candid moments that intrigue, amuse, or provoke thought while maintaining a formal and aesthetically pleasing composition. My key ingredients are Life, Lines, Light, and Luck.

Awards Tokyo International Foto Awards – 2024 TIFA – Honorable Mentions for “Three Ways of Seeing” and for the Series “Ghosts of the Streets”, both in the Category Street Photography, and for "Fishing for Brown Trout", in the category Minimalism.

Paris International Street Photography Awards – 2024 PISPA – Gold Medal for the series “Order in Motion” in the category Golden Hour (series), Grand Winner for “Reflections of the 50s”, also in the category Golden Hour (singles), and Honorable Mentions for the three singles, “Missed,” “Skaters,” and “Will he Make it?”, as well as for the series “The Art of Conversation”.

B&W Photo Awards -- B&W 2024 – Special Mention for “Self-Portrait”. This image was also selected to be projected at the “Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert” festival. Also, three Honorable Mentions.

International B&W Photography Awards Contest – 2023 B&W PA – Bronze Medal for “Woman in Armchair”.

Pisa International Street Photography Festival – 2023 PSPI – Finalist for “Glow and Flow”

Paris International Street Photography Awards – 2022 PISPA – Silver Medal for “Stuck in Traffic” and Silver Medal for the series “Encounters with my Childhood”. Also, four HMs in the categories B&W, Reflections Water and Windows, Urbex and Minimalism, and Sports Dance and Events.

Miami Street Photography Festival Finalist - 2022 MSPF – “Counting the Money” was Finalist and and exhibited at the HistoryMiami Museum during Art Basel Miami.