Photojournalism - Amateur

Old Delhi Today (2014) Gertjan van Geerenstein
Netherlands

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Old Delhi Today (2014)"
May 2014, early morning, daily life in the streets of Old Delhi



Anti-austerity Protest in Rome Giuseppe Ciccia
Italy

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Anti-austerity Protest in Rome"
Demonstration against Troika austerity measures in Rome



Dhaka Sewers Earl Baumgardner
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Dhaka Sewers"
Men working in the sewers in Dhaka Bangladesh



Doctor and Patient Only abdulrahman alterkait
Kuwait

Honorable Mention

"Doctor and Patient Only"
Doctor and patient only



Contradictions Philip Lawrence
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Contradictions"
Protestor at G20 Conference Brisbane, Queensland, Australia



Cross Cultural Brian Jones
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Cross Cultural"



Barcelona Beggar Bill Rosenberg
USA

Honorable Mention

"Barcelona Beggar"
Reality amid the opulence of La Rambla in Barcelona



Fire Men B&W Randy Turnbow
USA

Honorable Mention

"Fire Men B&W"
A fire captain supports his men during a neighborhood car fire battle.



Je suis Charlie Christophe Vaille
France

Honorable Mention

"Je suis Charlie"
11-01-2015 Place de la Republique, Je suis Charlie event -



Bless The Children Arka Dutta
India

Honorable Mention

"Bless The Children"
During Gajan festival in Bengal, men with hooks pireced on back embrace children for their wellbeing



BloodBricks Guido Sperzaga
United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention

"BloodBricks"
India's urban boom is leading to a generation of slave labour



One afternoon in Queen Street Liz Hardley
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"One afternoon in Queen Street"



Recovery Room abdulrahman alterkait
Kuwait

Nominee

"Recovery Room"
Recovery Room



Anniversary of Bankruptcy Amy Siqveland
USA

Nominee

"Anniversary of Bankruptcy"
One year after Detroit declared bankruptcy.



Cambodian Torture Cell Amy Siqveland
USA

Nominee

"Cambodian Torture Cell"
Remembering those who still don't have justice.



Rust Belt: Closed Factory Amy Siqveland
USA

Nominee

"Rust Belt: Closed Factory"
Part of a research project on lost American jobs.



Je suis Charlie: Paris 2015 Amy Siqveland
USA

Nominee

"Je suis Charlie: Paris 2015"
Place de la république



Powerless Arka Dutta
India

Nominee

"Powerless"
A Woman, allegedly possessed, being surrounded, during the ritual to invoke her normalcy. Kolkata.



Israeli Snowplow Benjamin Zander
USA

Nominee

"Israeli Snowplow"
I took this photo in December of 2013 while on my gap year in Israel. Jerusalem had experienced its worst snow storm in decades, and they didn't have any snowplows. (It is the Middle East, after all!) So to try and melt the snow, soldiers drove tanks in the snowy streets.



Henry's Hot Dogs Bernard Werner
USA

Nominee

"Henry's Hot Dogs"
Merida 2011



Post No Bills Bill Rosenberg
USA

Nominee

"Post No Bills"
Life (for some) on the streets of NYC



Behind Barbed Wire 3881 Bob Neiman
USA

Nominee

"Behind Barbed Wire 3881"
Behind Barbed Wire 3881



Striker Claudio Bonaccorsi
Italy

Nominee

"Striker"



Buckets To The Cellar Daniel Brand
UK

Nominee

"Buckets To The Cellar"
Taken aboard the trawler boat Guiding Light III



Exorcism In Village Fair Debosmita Das
India

Nominee

"Exorcism In Village Fair"
Priests performing necromancy on a village girl in a village fair of Vaishali District, Bihar.



Berlin 24 Years Ago Diane Kaye
USA

Nominee

"Berlin 24 Years Ago"
Removing the first section of the Berlin Wall, November, 1989



Junk Cart 164 Ellin Pollachek
USA

Nominee

"Junk Cart 164"
The Early 60's



The Man Against the Window Ellin Pollachek
USA

Nominee

"The Man Against the Window"
Manhattan in the early Sixties



Man and His Bottle Ellin Pollachek
USA

Nominee

"Man and His Bottle"
Walking through the Sixties



The Cap Ellin Pollachek
USA

Nominee

"The Cap"
Two men forming an Alliance



#Euromaiden Giuseppe Ciccia
Italy

Nominee

"#Euromaiden"
Demonstration in support of Ukraine's protests against Viktor Yanukovych's government in Rome



Global Marijuana March Giuseppe Ciccia
Italy

Nominee

"Global Marijuana March"
Global Marijuana March to ask the legalization of marijuana and changes in drug policies



The Pain of Christchurch 1 Ian Shand
New Zealand

Nominee

"The Pain of Christchurch 1"
Demolition after the 2011 earthquake - 2013



Heilstatten Jan Brouckaert
Belgium

Nominee

"Heilstatten"
Remainings of a military hospital where Hitler stayed in WO I



I See You Jay Bransfield
USA

Nominee

"I See You"



Havana Today! Jean-Marc Felix
Switzerland

Nominee

"Havana Today!"
Street scene in today's Havana



Luck Jim Lustenader
USA

Nominee

"Luck"
A poster on a San Francisco bus stop mocks the plight of a derelict, briefly glimpsed by a passerby



Sunday Afternoon in Palouse Joanne Collins
USA

Nominee

"Sunday Afternoon in Palouse"
Cadillac breakdown on a hot Sunday afternoon. Palouse, WA



In the Name  of  God  Joydeep Mukherjee
India

Nominee

"In the Name of God "
A Lady on Road during worship time ..



Meditation Time  Joydeep Mukherjee
India

Nominee

"Meditation Time "
Sadhu at Kumbh Mela on Mediation .



Walking with a Giant Kerry-Anne de Klerk
Australia

Nominee

"Walking with a Giant"
Perth International Arts Festival - Western Australia



Murder Burger Liz Hardley
New Zealand

Nominee

"Murder Burger"



Live and Dead in Kathmandu Luca Boveri
USA

Nominee

"Live and Dead in Kathmandu"
A children playing in the river close to the corpse of a dead woman. Kathmandu. Nepal.



A Normal Day in Riomaggiore, Italy Marcia Getto
USA

Nominee

"A Normal Day in Riomaggiore, Italy"
"My son needs surgery to correct a birth deformity. Please help!"



The Other Side of the Tracks Marcia Getto
USA

Nominee

"The Other Side of the Tracks"
Six months later, a young neighbor was shot by police.



My Home, My Playground, and My Cemetery Mario Bejagan Cardenas
United Arab Emirates

Nominee

"My Home, My Playground, and My Cemetery"
Thousands of illegally squatting families have made city graveyard their home as authorities grapple with rising population and housing shortage. Photo taken at Navotas Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.



A Once Fertile Valley Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee

"A Once Fertile Valley"



He Didn't Have A Chance Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee

"He Didn't Have A Chance"



Teamwork Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee

"Teamwork"



His Final Crossing Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee

"His Final Crossing"



Curious and Concerned Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee

"Curious and Concerned"



Early Morning Shearing Michael Venz
New Zealand

Nominee

"Early Morning Shearing"
A shearer works in the dim light of early morning



Despair Nick Ng
Malaysia

Nominee

"Despair"
The effects of economic slowdown as evident by these homeless father and daughter in their makeshift "home" in an abandoned carpark.



Kolmanskop Offer Goldfarb
Israel

Nominee

"Kolmanskop"



Candles Oliver Stegmann
Switzerland

Nominee

"Candles"
Bahia, Brazil - 2015



Train Pablo Madanes
Argentina

Nominee

"Train"
USUALLY TRAINS ARE ASSOCIATED TO PROGRESS AND MODERNIZATION I TOOK THIS PICTURE IN A SHANTY TOWN IN BUENOS AIRES. THE TRAIN PASSES A FEW INCHES FROM THE HOMES OF VERY POOR PEOPLE



Homeless People Prashanta Hridoy
Bangladesh

Nominee

"Homeless People"
A street people is sleeping in the park at morning. Dhaka, Bangladesh.



Two Indias Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Two Indias"
The photo shows two rural Indian women selling their iron utensils at the fair in contrast to the mordern youth of India as depicted in the poster, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.



Homeless Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Homeless"
A mother and child take an afternoon nap beneath a bower. The lady is a manual laborer in Mumbai, India and her child accompanies her to work.



Eunuchs Camera Shy Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Eunuchs Camera Shy"
Eunuchs in India often take to begging on the streets for a living. I caught them on the camera from my car window and they raised veils and hands to hide their faces.



Chop Shop Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Chop Shop"
Chor Bazar or thieves market where the underworld of Mumbai operate buying and selling stolen cars ect. They also trade in cars that have been in accidents.



Number 2 Ryn Clarke
USA

Nominee

"Number 2"
The Abandoned Grain Elevators of Buffalo



The Ashes of Life Saud Al Faisal
Bangladesh

Nominee

"The Ashes of Life"
This is the interior of Tazrin Garments where more than 100 people burnt live inside the factory



The Rush Hour 2 Saud Al Faisal
Bangladesh

Nominee

"The Rush Hour 2"
After the end of Iztema festival people are rushing for the train



I've Got The Chair Sonal Shah
USA

Nominee

"I've Got The Chair"



Normandy June 6 Soren Harbel
Spain

Nominee

"Normandy June 6"
Normandy June 6 - Present Day



Mutilation in Name of God Sri Harsha Meghadri
Sweden

Nominee

"Mutilation in Name of God"
A devotee gets pierced with a thick steel rod in an act of complete faith and belief. India.



TII, This is India 1 Ximena Gonzalez Echague
USA

Nominee

"TII, This is India 1"
Living under the asphalt. Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India.



TII, This is India 2 Ximena Gonzalez Echague
USA

Nominee

"TII, This is India 2"
Dhobi Ghat Workers, Mumbai, India.



Compassion Yew Kiat Soh
Malaysia

Nominee

"Compassion"



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