The Best Photos from GuruShots’ ‘Inspirational Architecture’ Challenge

GuruShots, the “World’s Greatest Photo Game,” has announced the winners of its “Inspirational Architecture” challenge, which received thousands of entries and over 36.4 million votes. The “Top Photographer” winner of the contest is Matthias Arnold of Germany.

The “Top Photo” winner is Horvath Tomi of Hungary.

Horvath Tomi Hungary — Photo by Horvath Tomi – Hungary. The “Top Photo” winner.

The “Guru’s Top Pick” winner is Luigi Colombo of Argentina:

Luigi Colombo Argentina — Photo by Luigi Colombo – Argentina. The “Guru’s Top Pick” winner.

Here are some of the other top photos from the Inspirational Architecture challenge (in descending order of votes received):

Patti Spamers South africa e6420d39c31cf0f15879839b40b4f34f — Patti Spamers – South Africa

Péter Brantzen Germany a940cef32b2d6ac7428925b5de238cec — Péter Brantzen – Germany

Margarida Afonso Silva Portugal 08c7b579bf134bc5969481db20aea44c — Margarida Afonso Silva – Portugal

Guy Wilson Israel 6c7d2cff5a41627dde321bb1a2ed167c — Guy Wilson – Israel

Andy Fowlie Germany a6e52b4f1ca5579670bda6cd4e4f73a9 — Andy Fowlie – Germany

Dan Fainshtein United States d4777917e064bdd48ab7b370d690092e — Dan Fainshtein – United States

lotus photography Netherlands f62541793d83e1e57559b895d6867aa7 — lotus_photography – Netherlands

BalazsSebok Italy 0dec6379143f055690f6e0f0a3829ef7 — BalazsSebok – Italy

Michael Hemming United States cf0917bceb25192776a941b18975acac — Michael Hemming – United States

Ela Opatowiecka Canada 58c2c6b0d8756b3cdb556d7e9fe343be — Ela Opatowiecka – Canada

edwinf61 United States 9780e35e766182fa5255444a6f681571 — edwinf61 – United States

Margie Troyer United States 7c307d09af7da1011e4426db02f8badf — Margie Troyer – United States

Birgir Viðar Halldórsson Iceland 6a8685ed629eb45aa1102904e53da8a3 — Birgir Viðar Halldórsson – Iceland

Michael Orlovsky Israel d98066ac4e1a797af0a365571c473941 — Michael Orlovsky – Israel

David Feldt Sweden 6c61da2c0be1b5c6dd3a4f0823c61f6f — David Feldt – Sweden

Markus Glaser Germany 9d667ce0d0852ee0e7b452f997e53a4b — Markus Glaser – Germany

Eyal Cohen Israel eb50360388cd1cc403c8686f390d2470 — Eyal Cohen – Israel

Haroldas Bagdisanka Great Britain UK 30a3ca366d163fcefda373093685f534 — Haroldas Bagdisanka – Great Britain (UK)

Andrew Hitrov Russia 380da3473a578dc78bd6a0b1607dd35e — Andrew Hitrov – Russia

Subham Shome India 4356193224d3d9559c435e28d248c6e2 — Subham Shome – India

Fabio Brocchi Italy 2e4c7f1bbcf033b1541a33364a296825 — Fabio Brocchi – Italy

Jannine Evite Denmark ca70d7203537edc1f601ea957b969db4 — Jannine Evite – Denmark

Hermann Klecker Germany 94e9dbd88143a7afa27a8d86aa51d0cd — Hermann Klecker – Germany

Alexandra Silva Portugal d169e7d3c3fab6668a8ac8ae44bde353 — Alexandra Silva – Portugal

Lars Löfman Sweden 18a85d31e061a2f5bd029aeea4344728 — Lars Löfman – Sweden

Zsuzsa Balog Hungary beca846f9e4069e6369cd14b0fb85bd9 — Zsuzsa Balog – Hungary

kuriene Netherlands 196d85aa2dcccab9339f1767e25d0304 — kuriene – Netherlands

And here’s a slideshow with a much larger collection of photos from the challenge:

Since it was founded in 2014, GuruShots has become a popular platform for photography lovers to share and compete with their work. Over 50 new challenges are launched every month, and they rack up 6 billion votes every month. Over $800,000 in prizes have also been awarded. Head on over to the GuruShots website if you’d like to try your own hand at winning one of its challenges.

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