WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Figure Photos: DECRISTO, VANCE, BEELER, PARK, SCOPELLITI, JONNS, DAVIS, BOHM & EOM

5 min readJun 30, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 42: NONMANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — FIGURE are below.

Artists from 79 countries competed in the 2023 WORLD ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the world were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography.

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER DAVID VANCE: For more than 40 years, David Vance has enjoyed a successful career photographing advertising and editorial assignments for Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Interview, Men’s Health, Rolling Stone, Tennis, Uomo and Harper’s Bazaar, Italia.

Among his clients are Revlon, Rolex, Sony, Atlantic and Island Records, Time-Life, Doubleday, Coca-Cola, Panama Jack, Kodak , Lions Gate and Miramax films.

One of his first assignments was photographing the cast of the original Broadway production of “Oh! Calcutta.” Celebrity portraits include Bea Arthur, William Baldwin, Steven Bauer, Toni Braxton, Gloria Estefan, Daisey Fuentes, Andy Garcia, Hal Holbrook, Sophia Loren, Ricky Martin, Johnny Mathis, Luciano Pavarotti, Iggy Pop, Steven Seagal, Eli Wallach ,Dionne Warwick and Lil’ Wayne. Sports figures include Billy Bean, Chris Evert, Mitch Gaylord, Greg Louganis, Dan Marino, Don Mattingly, Johnny Mitchell and Mary Pierce.

David has published 9 books of his work… the most recent are The Woods, David Vance/Photographs, Attractions, Timeless, Heavenly Bodies, Erotic Dreams, Jungle Fever and Men and Gods.

An alumnus of Rochester Institute of Technology, David continues his international work and maintains his studio base in his hometown of Miami. www.davidvanceprints.com

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 42. NONMANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — HUMAN

1ST PLACE — TIE CARMEN DECRISTO USA https://decristophoto.com/ “Under His Eye” 28x36" Photograph.

1ST PLACE — TIE DAVID VANCE USA http://www.davidvanceprints.com “Reclining Nude Gripping Black & White Ball” 16x20” Photo.

2ND PLACE DAVID BEELER USA david@beelerphotography.com “Drowning Not Waving” 16x20” Photo.

3RD PLACE — TIE ALLISON PARK USA “Adventure Awaits” 13x19” Photo.

3RD PLACE — TIE DAVID VANCE USA http://www.davidvanceprints.com 16x20” “White Hair Duo Sharing Smoke” Photo.

4TH PLACE — TIE TERRY SCOPELLITI USA http://www.scopellitiphotography.com “Male Scapes 422” 8x10” Ink jet print on metallic paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE TYRREL JONNS & LENA DAVIS AUSTRALIA ‘’Admission’’ 30x30'’ Manipulated photographic print.

4TH PLACE — TIE ALLISON PARK USA “Young Soldiers” 13x19” Photo.

5TH PLACE — TIE ALLISON PARK USA “Longing” 14x18” Photo.

5TH PLACE — TIE LESLEY BOHM USA www.lesleybohm.com “Jaheem T” Photograph.

6TH PLACE — TIE LESLEY BOHM USA www.lesleybohm.com “Tracy F” Photography.

Art collectors can see hundreds of winning images and contact info to all 50 CATEGORIES of winning artworks:

2023 Winning Artists WORLD ART AWARDS — World Art Awards & American Art Awards

ART COLLECTORS, SEE 2023 WORLD ART AWARDS WINNING IMAGES & CONTACTS: Categories 1–10 Categories 11–20 Categories 21–30…

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In 2023, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 79 countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tobago, Trinidad, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.