3rd Place at IPA Awards 2016
Posted by Marja Schwartz · October 5, 2016
2016 International Photography Awards (IPA) Announces Winners of the Competition. Documentary and Travel Photographer Marja Schwartz was awarded for her winning entry.
Entry Title: | Family Ties |
Category: | Professional: People, Family |
Description: | Himba families in a Himba village near Epupa Falls, Kaokoland, Kunene Region, Namibia, Africa. |





Marja Schwartz was awarded in the International Photography Awards Competition for the winning entry “Family Ties”.
The 2016 International Photography Awards received nearly 15,000 submissions from 103 countries across the globe, and is pleased to declare that Marja Schwartz was awarded 3rd place in People, Family category for the winning entry Family Ties.
The International Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for professional, non-professional, and student photographers on a global scale, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today. Each year, the International Photography Awards (IPA) invites passionate photographers, to compete for the title of Photographer of the Year, Discovery of the Year and Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year. A board of esteemed professionals in the field juries the competition: curators, photo editors, gallery owners, art directors, and other luminaries from the international photography community. The awards includes a Lucie Statue and cash prizes totaling over $20,000, exhibition and publication opportunities.