2024 - 05  Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award Shortlist for the exhibition with 2 stories 
2024 - 03  POYI / Pictures of the Year - USA     
    - 1st Place in Science and Natural History single, with Vulture Restaurant, 
    - Finalist in Portrait Series with Climate Injustice, 
    - Award of Excellence in Daily Life stories with Plastic Treasures, 
                      
2024 - 02  Finaliste avec la série Climate Injustice aux Rencontres Photographiques de Boulogne-Billancourt  France,           
2024 - 01  TPOTY UK (Travel Photographer of the Year)
    - 1st Place in Visual Stories with Fit to Live
    - Runner-up in People & Cultures with Dreamland
                               
2024 - 01  Life framer        
    - 1st Place in Street Life with New york
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2023 - 12  Headon / Australie       
    - 1st Place in Head On Environmental Awards by Australian Geographic with Saving Orangutans
2023 - 11  ND Awards     
    - 1st Place in Editorial - Sports with Taekwando North Korea Style
    - 1st Place in Editorial - Environmental with Living the Flood
2023 - 10  19th Pollux  Barcelone /  Espagne     
    - 1st Place with Lelo, Muai Thai Kids, Turkish Oil Wrestling
2023 - 07  Fotofestival - Wien - Austria    
    - Jury Special Prize in People and Portrait with Grandma Divers 
2023 - 07  Oasis Wild Life Photography / Italy     
    - 1st Place in Storyboard with Saving Orangutans
2023 -  06   FMOPA Florida Museum of Photography    
    - 1st Place in Documentary/Journalism with Dead Goat Polo
2023 -  06  Lugano Photo Festival (Suisse)      
    - 1st Place in Journalism with Muay Thai Kids
2023 - 05  Felix Schoeller Germany   
    - 1st Place in the category Photojournalism with Muay Thai Kids
2023 - 04  The Independent Photographer (IP)  
    - 1st Place in Street category with Varanasi
2023 - 04  Big Picture 
    - Finalist with Saving Orangutans
2023 - 04  The Independent Photographer (IP)  
    - 1st Place in Street category with Varanasi
2023 - 04  Whalebone Magazine USA 
    - 1st Place Grand Prize Human category with North Korea Taekwondo
2023 - 03  Siena - Italy
    - Remarkable Artwork in Storyboard, Daily life and Contemporary Issues with Upper East Side Story

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2022 - 11  Trieste Photo Days   
    - 1st Place of the Projects & Portfolios section at URBAN Photo Awards with the series Muay Thai Kids                                      
2022 - 10  Lugano Photo Days 8th edition        
    - 1st Place at Lugano in the category Reportage & Documentary with the series Muay Thai Kids
2022 - 09  Visa pour l'Image à Perpignan    
    - Visa d’Or Prix Photo Fondation Yves Rocher 
                                         
2022 - 05  Best of Photojournalism (BOP) by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA / USA)
    - First Place in Sports Feature with Muay Thai Kids 
    - Honorable Mention in Sports Picture Story with Muay Thai Kids
                                
2022 - 03 Istanbul Photo Awards
    - 3rd Prize in the category Story Sports, with Muay Thai Kids
2022-02 POYI - USA   
    - Finalist-79th POYI in the category Sports Picture Story with the series Muay Thai Kids,  
    - Finalist-79th POYI in the  category Finalist Sports Life Single with Muay Thai Kids, 
                                
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2021 - 12 TPOTY-UK  Travel Photographer of the Year
    - 1st place in the category best single image in a portfolio with Dead Goat Polo (Kyrgyzstan)
    - 1st place in the category Icons of Travel with Kim City (North Korea),
    - 2nd place in the category Icons of Travel with Samarkand (Uzbekistan)
2021 - 11 USA - IPA       
    - 1st Place / Editorial / Press/Sports, with the series Dead Goat Polo
2021 -11 WNPA - World Nature Photography Awards - London   
    - 1st place in Nature photojournalism with Saving Orangutans
                                     
2021-11 LensCulture  
    - Finalist / LensCulture Black and White with the series Brussels Cafe
                                  
2021 -11 Siena-Italy    
    - Honorable mention, Category Storyboard with Coal Survivors
    - Remarkable Artwork, Category Storyboard with Dead Goat Polo
2021 - 10  The Nature Conservancy Global Contest - USA           
    - 1st place People and Nature with Saving Orangutans
                                 
2021 -09 Kaunas Photo Festival in Lithuania        
    - Finalist with Grandma Divers 
                                   
2021 - 08  Lodi /Italy/Festival Della Fotografia Etica    
    - 1st Prize in the Single Shot category of the World.Report Award with Saving Orangutans
                                       
2021 - 06 USA/Lucie Foundation/ The Guardian Project for Documentary Photographers and Photojournalists    
    - Finalist with Saving Orangutans
                                  
2021 - 06 Hong Kong/Earth.Org photography    
    - 1st Place category Wildlife in peril with Saving Orangutans 
                                          
2021 - 06   France / Paris Sport Photo
    - 1st Prize category Story-Reportage with Kid Jockeys  
2021 - 06     USA / Natures Best Photography        
    - 1st place Conservation Story with Saving Orangutans  
2021 - 05 Austria / Global Photo Awards (GPA)        
    - 2nd Place Category People at  with Grandma Divers
2021 - 05 Barcelona / 16th Pollux Awards   
    - 1st place Wild Life Single with Saving Orangutans
    - 3rd place Culture & Daily Life Series with Upper East Side
    - 1st place Documentary & Reportage Series with Dead Goat Polo
    - 1st place Editorial & Current Affairs Series with Coal Survivors (Donbas, Ukraine)
2021 - 05 Istanbul Photo Awards      
    - 1st place with Dead Goat Polo in Sports Story 
2021 - 05  Vienna / Global Peace Photo Award 2020         
    -  Laureate (one of the 5 final laureates of the contest) with the series Saving Orangutans
                       postponed to 2021 because of Covid 19
                            
2021 - 04 Smithsonian  
    - Finalist in people category with Grandma Divers  
    - Finalist in Travel category with Taekwondo North Korea Style                                              
2021 - 03  POYI -  Pictures of the Year - USA     
    - Award of Excellence in the category Sports Picture Story with the series Dead Goat Polo
                                        
2021 - 01  Fifth Xposure Festival/Sharjah-UAE  
    - 1st prize Xposure 2021 (UAE) in Photojournalism category with the Orangutans 
2021 - 01 TPOTY / UK / Travel Photographer of the Year       
    - Highly Commended in the category People of the World, with the series Dead Goat Polo at TPOTY 
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2020 - 12  IPA-USA       
    - Highly Commended in the category People of the World, with the series Dead Goat Polo at TPOTY 
    - 1st Place People - Portrait category with the series Upper East Side Story
    - 2nd Place Sports - Sport Competitions with the series Dead Goat Polo
    - Honorable Mention in Deeper Perspective and editorial - Photo Essay - Feature Story with the series Coal Survivors
                                         
2020 - 12  PHOTO ANNUAL Awards Photojournalism                  
    - Winner 2020 - Winner with Saving Orangutans
                                           
2020 - 12  USA / ND (Neutral Density)                   
    - ND Editorial Photographer of the year with the series Coal Survivors 
2020 - 10  Trieste Photos Days      
    - Best Author 2020 with 4 stories ; Upper East Side Story in New York, Charcoal Black in Poland,
                     Coal Survivors in Ukraine and Dead Goat Polo in Kyrgyzstan
2020 - 10 Siena Awards         
    - 2nd place in Storyboard with the series Saving Orangutans
2020 - 10 Men and Nature in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Germany)           
    - Finalist in the category  2020, with the series Saving Orangutans, 
                                              
2020 - 09   Festival Della Fotografia Etica, Mother Earth Award / Italy                   
    - Shortlisted with the series Saving Orangutans                                             
2020 - 08 Portrait of Humanity / England                
    - Winner of the contest  with the series Grandma Divers
                                              
2020 - 07 Helsinki Photo Festival    
    - Finalist with the series Saving Orangutans 
2020 - 06   POYI  (Picture of the Year)           
    - 1st Place POYI 2020, 77th |Category SCIENCE & NATURAL HISTORY — SINGLES, with Saving Orangutans
2020 - 06  Istanbul Photo Awards     
    - 3rd Prize in Story News with the series Saving Orangutans, 
                                                
2020 - 05  Nikon Press Photo Awards / Brussels                 
    - 1st Prize in the category Stories with Saving Orangutans
                                               
2020 - 04  WorldPress Photo / Amsterdam             
    - 1st Prize in Nature stories with the series Saving Orangutans
    - 1st Prize in Nature Single with the series Saving Orangutans
                                                      
2020 - 01  London TPOTY (Travel Photographer of the Year)     
    - 1st Prize of the category Endangered Planet with the series "Saving Orangutans" 
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2019 - 11  USA / PHOTO ANNUAL Awards                       
    - Winner 2019 in Photojournalism/Documentary with the series Grandma Divers
                                                
2019 - 11 USA / American Photography                        
    - 1st Prize at American Photography with the series Saving Orangutans ;                                         
2019 - 10 Trieste Photo Days / Italy              
    - 1st prize for Projects & Portfolios and best author with the series Kim City
2019 - 10  Siena International Photo Awards / Italy                 
    - 3rd place in the storyboard category with the series Grandma Divers
    - Honorable Mention in the storyboard category with he series Kim City                                                       
2019-10  Lugano Photo Days / Switzerland-
    - 1 st prize Wildlife and Nature category with the series Saving Orangutans 
    - Overall winner 
2019 - 09   IPA / USA / Los Angeles                                                             
    - 1st Place / People /Portrait /with the series Grandma Divers,
    - 2nd Place / Deeper Perspective/with the series Saving Orangutans, 
                                                 
2019 - 06  3TH POLLUX AWARDS / Barcelona                                                          
    - 1st Prize with 4 series : Grandma Divers, Kim City, Taekwando North Korea Style and Saving  Orangutans
                                                       
2019 - 05  PX3, Le prix de la Photographie de Paris      
    -  1st Place State of the World contest with the series Grandma Divers
    - 2nd Place in Press/Sports with the series Taekwando North Korea Style                                         
2019 - 04  Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa             
    - 1st Place in Nature category with the series Saving Orangutans
    - 2nd Place in Documentary category with the series Taekwando North Korea Style
2019 - 04  USA / The Fence 8th Edition                      
    - Winner in Nature with the series Saving Orangutans, 
                                                       
2019 - 04  Focus on the Story Awards, Washington      
    - 2nd place with the series Kid Jockeys
    - Honorable Mention with Brick Prison 
                                                               
2019 - 03   Istanbul Photo Awards        
    - 3rd Prize in Story Sports with the series Taekwondo North Korea Style
2019 - 03   Lens Culture                            
    - Finalist Portrait category with the series Grandma Divers
                                                       
2019 - 03  Sony World Photography Awards                 
    - Shortlisted with 2 series  Saving Orangutans and Taekwondo North Korea Style     

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2018 - 12   Malta International Photo Award (MIPA)                
    - 3rd Place in Storytelling category with the series Taekwando North Korea Style 
                                                             
2018 - 12     TPOTY (Travel Photographer of the Year)/UK                          
    - Finalist in the Category Portfolio - People, Cultures with Taekwando in North Korea
                                                             
2018 - 12   Better Photography magazine / Sydney            
    - 1st Place Sport Category with the picture Taekwando in North Korea i
2018 - 11   Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF)                         
    - 1st Place in Photo Series with the series Kushti  
                                                                  
2018 - 11   Vilnius 2nd International Festival of Photojournalism / Lithuania               
    - Finalists (short list of 10 stories) with the series Kid Jockeys
      
2018 - 11   12th Pollux Awards / Barcelona            
    - 1st Place in the category Sports series with Kid Jockeys 
                                                            
2018 - 11  ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography USA)                 
    - 3rd Place in the category Editorial-Environmental with  the series Brick Prison 
                                                                    
2018 - 11   MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 
    - 1st Place and Photographer of the year in the category Events with the series Kid Jockeys 
                                                                 
2018 - 11    Photoplus / New York               
    - 1st Place in the Portraits series category with the series The Last Lady Divers, 
                                                               
2018 - 10    IPA (International Photography Awards) / USA                 
    - 1st Place in Professional Editorial Environmental with the series Miracle Mud 
    - 1st Place in Professional Editorial Sports with the series Kid Jockeys
                                                                  
2018 - 10    Trieste Photo Days, Italy                      
    - 1st Place Projects & Portfolio section  with the series Brick Prison 
2018 - 06   Focus on the Story Festival / Washington
    - 1st Place, “Best Single Image” for Moharram Ashura in Hyderabad, India 
    - 1st place “Best Series” (tie) for the series Who will save the Rohingya?
2018 - 04    World Press Photo / Amsterdam       
    - 1st Place in the category Sports Stories with the series Kid Jockeys, 
                                                                  
2018 - 03    Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards / Tokyo                   
    - 3rd Place with the series Brick Prison, 
                                                                                                                        
2018 - 01     The Independent Photographer                            
    - 1st Place with the series Brick Prison / Competition Judge: David Alan Harvey                                                              
2018 - 01     Photo+, PDN / New York                                
    - 1st Place in Portfolio People category with the series Living for Death
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2017 - 12    Travel Photographer of The Year 2017 (TPOTY) / UK                         
    - 1st Place and TPOTY photographer of the year with the series Living for Death and Kushti
2017 - 11     Festival Fotografico Diaframmi in Chiusi / Italy                   
    - 1st Place of the competition with the series Living for Death
2017 - 10     IPA / International Photography Awards / New York              
     - 1st Place Professional in Editorial, Photo Essay and Feature Story with the series Living for Death,                                         
     - 1st Place Professional in Editorial, Sports with the series Kushti
     - 2nd Place Professional in Event, Traditions and Cultures with the series Living for Death              
2017 - 10    Trieste Photo Days                     
    - Honorable Mention in Project and Portfolio category with the series Living for Death
2017 - 09     Felix Schoeller Photoaward / Germany   
    - 1st Place Photojournalism/Editorial Photography with the series Living for Death
                                                                      
2017 - 08     Open Award Nikon / Japan                      
    - 1st Place for the series  Who will save the Rohingya? 
                                                                       
2017 - 08     The 10th Pollux Awards / Barcelona                 
    - 1st Place in Editorial and Documentary and Open Theme Categories with the Kushti series, the Rohingyas series, and Living for Death series
    - 1st Place in the Sport Category with the series Kushti,
                                                                
2017 - 07     KOLGA  Photo Contest / Tbilisi / Georgia                    
    -  Finalist in Documentary category with Kushti series and Living for Death series
2017 - 06     Moscow Foto Awards (MIFA)                  
    -  1st Place and Editorial Photographer of the Year with the series Who will save the Rohingya?  
   
2017 - 06     Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards  / Malaysia   
    -  Top 3 Prizewinner in the Photostories category by Special Select Juror, Laura Valenti for the series Living for Death
2017 - 05    Siena International Photo Awards / Italy                        
    -  Shortlisted for 2 stories : Living for Death series and Rohingyas series, 
    - Remarkable Artwork Award for Living For Death series
2017 - 05     Festfoto / Porto Allegre / Brazil,                
    - 1st Place with the series Living for Death series
2017 - 05    Px3, Prix de la Photographie Paris                         
    -  Finalist category Press with 2 series; Living For Death and Who will save the Rohingya?    
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2016 - 12     Italy, Rome                                -   4th Place Honorable Mention, Black & White International Award, Best Series, Kushti series
2016 - 12     Japan, Tokyo                            -   2nd Place Editorial-Photo Essay ProfessionalTokyo international Foto Awards (TIFA), with the series Living for Death
2016 - 12     Japan, Tokyo                            -   2nd Place Events-Sport Professional Tokyo international Foto Awards (TIFA), with the series Kushti
2016 - 11     USA, Beverly Hills, CA            -   Nominee, The Spider Awards, 11th Annual Edition, Category Sport, for Kushti
2016 - 10     Greece, Athens                        -   3rd Place Best portfolio, Blank Wall Gallery Best portfolio contest 2016
2016 - 10     USA                                             -   1st Place and Editorial Photographer of the Year 2016 for Editorial Documentary, 
                                                                                ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography), with the series Living for Death 
2016 - 10     USA                                              -   1st Place in Editorial Sports with the series Kushti, ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography)
2016 - 09     Italy                                               -   4th Place Honorable Mention, Siena International Photo Awards 2016,  with the series Kushti
2016 - 09     USA                                              -   1st Place Grand Prize Professional Category Photo Essay, PDN, Photo District News, 
                                                                                 World in Focus contest, with the series Kushti 
2016 - 08     USA, Santa Barbara, CA            -   2nd Place, Photographer's Forum Magazine 36th Annual Spring Contest, Best of Photography, with the series Kushti 
2016 - 08     Germany, Munich                        -   1st Place Best of Show, Atelier Alen, We Love People photo contest, with Moharam (India)
2016 - 08     Croatia & Italy                               -   1st Place Winner Projects & Portfolio category, URBAN Photo Awards, with the series Kushti
2016 - 06     USA                                                -    Finalist street category, Lens Culture Street Photography Awards 2016, 
2016 - 05     USA                                                -   Winner people category, The Fence 2016, with the series Dreamland,
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2016 - 02     USA                                               -   Nat Geo TRAVELLER Contest - Kushti - Merit Award (6th place) 
2016 - 02     Italy, Chiusi                                  -   2nd Prize storyboard, Diaframmichiusi Foto Festival, for the Kushti series
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2015 - 09      France, Paris                                -   1st Place category Sports, FIPCOM, with the Kushti series, www.imarabe.org/fr/expositions/fipcom


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