Paul Kessel was announced as the winner of The Decisive Moments Magazine Awards 2021 with his amusing photograph depicting people in Mercer Street, Soho. In one of his interviews, the photographer shared that originally, he was interested in portrait photography but later on discovered street photography and became "immersed in it".
"Shooting street scenes is like a sport and they are mostly candid. In a few instances, people seemed to be aware of my presence", Paul shared on his website.
Second place was given to Babak Kanaani. He's a Tehran-based artist who began his career as a photographer in 2005. However, it was only in 2016 that the artist started focusing on street photography. The winning image was shot in the streets of Iran.
Third place went to Joseph-Philippe Bevillard, a talented photographer based in Ireland. As stated on his website, the artist took up photography during his senior year at a private school in Massachusetts. "It was in 1990 that Joseph-Philippe developed a style for his square B&W portraits of people he met in the nightclubs and on the street." Later on, the artist started a new project, photographing the Irish Travellers.
The Decisive Moments Magazine Awards is open to all photographers; both amateur and professional from all over the world. For all the winning photographs, check out the TDM website or their socials as listed above.
