Picfair’s Women Behind the Lens contest: in pictures

Image library Picfair’s Women Behind the Lens competition features work by female photographers in four categories – Portrait, Architecture, Nature and Street Level. Open to all levels of photographer, the shortlist includes a Milton Keynes-based paramedic, an engineer from the Forest of Dean, an archaeologist from the Scottish highlands, and an interior designer from Malaysia

  • Women Behind the Lens: 11 December - 11 January 2018 at the Guardian News & Media Gallery, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU

Main image: Curious Macaque by Sarah Lim, from the Nature shortlist. Photograph: Sarah Lim/Picfair

  • Back to School by Emma Williams, UK: Portrait category and overall winner

    From the streets of Nairobi to the outskirts of Bristol, the shortlisted images in the Portrait category capture arresting, intimate scenes and characters. An alternative back to school portrait in the back of the car.
    Back to School by Emma Williams: Portrait category and overall winner

  • Rebeccah by Maureen Ruddy Burkhart, US

    A young girl in Africa’s largest urban slum: Kibera, Kenya. Part of a series of images from a photo-documentary project
    Rebeccah by Maureen Ruddy Burkhart

  • Pip by Jo Sutherst, UK

    An emotional portrait of Pip, taken when he was talking about the limited life his mother has left due to cancer.
    Pip by Jo Sutherst

  • Michelle, Wim & Senara, Bristol 2015 by Nia Sandy, UK

    Michelle and Wim with their baby, Senara at home on their travellers’ site on the outskirts of Bristol in June 2015.
    Michelle, Wim & Senara, Bristol 2015 by Nia Sandy

  • Shokhan by Lynn Fraser, UK

    Shokhan is a Kazakh eagle hunter living in the Altai mountains of Western Mongolia. He is dressed in his traditional wolfskin coat.
    Shokhan by Lynn Fraser

  • Common Cranes early morning by Julia’s Images, UK

    The shortlisted images in the Nature category showcase the beauty and fragility of the natural world.A large flock of common cranes in the Hula Valley in Israel.
    Common Cranes early morning by Julia’s Images

  • This flower is mine by Niney Azman, Malaysia

    A specialist in macro photography captures a green caterpillar on a pink banana flower.
    This flower is mine by Niney Azman

  • The Farmer’s Dog by Anna Rebecka Lindberg, Sweden: Nature category winner

    A farmer’s dog faces the wind at a guinea pig farm in Ecuador.
    The Farmer’s Dog by Anna Rebecka Lindberg

  • Curious Macaque by Sarah Lim, Malaysia

    A macaque fascinated by a piece of broken mirror.
    Curious Macaque by Sarah Lim, Malaysia

  • Sunflower Close-up by Alison Lomax, UK

    An abstract close-up of a sunflower head in seed.
    Sunflower Close-up by Alison Lomax

  • Rabbit, Rabbit by Lucie Goodayle, UK

    The shortlisted images in the Street Level category capture a range of serendipitous scenes, from fixing ancient cars in Havana, a street market in Shanghai, and sunbathing on a London rooftop.A mother and daughter looking at caged rabbits in Shanghai.
    Rabbit, Rabbit by Lucie Goodayle

  • Oasis by Agnese Sanvito, UK

    A sunbather on a London rooftop.
    Oasis by Agnese Sanvito

  • Street games by Agnieszka Maruszczyk, Poland: Street level category winner

    A group of children playing street games in Havana.
    Street games by Agnieszka Maruszczyk

  • Engine Trouble by Maureen Ruddy Burkhart, US

    A second shortlisted competition entry for photographer Maureen Ruddy Burkhart from her portfolio – Cuba Olé, showing a pair of Cuban women trying to fix an ancient car to keep it running.
    Engine Trouble by Maureen Ruddy Burkhart

  • Eclipse watching by Maria Maza, UK

    A group of friends watching an eclipse in Sparta, Tennessee.
    Eclipse watching by Maria Maza

  • Royal Pavilion, Brighton by Cath Dupuy, UK

    The shortlisted images in the Architecture category span from cutting-edge design in America to burnt-out shacks on the beaches of Dungeness.A reflection of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, an amazing architectural extravagance built for the Prince Regent in 1787.
    Royal Pavilion, Brighton by Cath Dupuy

  • Hong Kong at dusk by Jennifer Cauli, UK

    A view of the Sheung Wan district in Hong Kong at dusk.
    Hong Kong at dusk by Jennifer Cauli,

  • Dungeness by Chloe Beale, UK

    A burnt-out shack on Dungeness beach with a backdrop of the nuclear power station.
    Dungeness by Chloe Beale, UK

  • Top View by Irena Sowinska Galli, Italy: Architecture category winner

    A view of rooftops in Trinidad, central Cuba.
    Top View by Irena Sowinska Galli

  • 1111 Lincoln Road Car Park, Miami by Agnese Sanvito, UK

    A second shortlisted competition entry for photographer Agnese Sanvito – the Lincoln Road multistorey car park in Miami, designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron.
    1111 Lincoln Road Car Park, Miami by Agnese Sanvito
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