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These are the stunning black and white images that have scooped gongs at the prestigious Monochrome Photography Awards 2020.
More than 7,000 photographers from 91 different countries entered with the striking images separated into 13 categories for professional and amateur contestants.
Awards and honourable mentions were awarded for photographs across abstract, architecture, conceptual, fashion /beauty, fine art, landscapes, nature, nude, photojournalism, photomanipulation, portrait, street and wildlife categories.
Axel Brand from Stuttgart, Germany, won first prize in the awards fashion/beauty category for his picture of topless dancer Lexa-Lee.
The Monochrome Photographer of the Year Ksystof Mozyro won the award for his photos of the Black Lives Matter protests in London on June 6.