Abstract - Amateur

Fluted Robert Bolton
UK

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Fluted"
Detail of an iceberg in Disko Bay, Ilulissat, Greenland. Taken in July 2023



Agave Mara Zaslove
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Agave"
I have become enchanted with capturing this plant. The angles constantly change with the light.



Silver Forest Pamela Rozsa
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Silver Forest"
ICM of Tranquility



Crumpled James Patrick Conway
Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Crumpled"



Bonsai Shadow - Hokidacha #2 Donald Bolak
USA

Honorable Mention

"Bonsai Shadow - Hokidacha #2"
Multiple shadows projected on glass



The window Judith A. Taylor
UK

Honorable Mention

"The window"
Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK. Architects Dixon Jones.



Dinner for Eight Harvey Silber
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dinner for Eight"



Sand Etchings 01 Gerard McGrath
Ireland

Honorable Mention

"Sand Etchings 01"
Contours in the sand taken on my phone while on long walks on the beach.



Fear Dave Cohen
USA

Honorable Mention

"Fear"



Touch Arthur Jacoby
USA

Honorable Mention

"Touch"
Woodstork landing



architectural abstraction Wolfgang Autexier
France

Honorable Mention

"architectural abstraction"
A 360 degree spherical vision creates a perspective, an architectural abstraction.



Window Shades Daniel Sudberg
USA

Honorable Mention

"Window Shades"
Unusual hemispherical building with unusual window shading.



Looking Up Jen Walsh
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Looking Up"
As seen at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Canada)



Lower Antelope Canyon 2 7925 Bob Neiman
USA

Honorable Mention

"Lower Antelope Canyon 2 7925"
Lower Antelope Canyon 2 7925



smoke I Marc Hodel
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"smoke I"



Waning Moon Carolyn Edelstein
USA

Honorable Mention

"Waning Moon"
A Minimalist detail of an art museum installation



Burn Kiyoshi Kato
Japan

Honorable Mention

"Burn"
One day at dusk, the western winter sun was shining.Taken in December 2022. Pentax67,fomapan400.



Going Wild Dave Cohen
USA

Honorable Mention

"Going Wild"



Circling Around Barbara Maker
USA

Honorable Mention

"Circling Around"
Lots of Dots



Adrift Anne Dignam
USA

Honorable Mention

"Adrift"



8 Boulevard Denis Sivack
USA

Honorable Mention

"8 Boulevard"



The Idea of Home Anne Connor
USA

Honorable Mention

"The Idea of Home"
Home means spending my days in nature, no roof and no walls. What does home mean to you?



Big Ben Through The Eye in the Rain Budd Parker
USA

Honorable Mention

"Big Ben Through The Eye in the Rain"



REACHING FOR THE MOON Eric Pijnaken
France

Honorable Mention

"REACHING FOR THE MOON"
PIJNAKEN-ERIC_REACHING FOR THE MOON



Between the lines Smadar Sasson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Between the lines"



Interference 53 Susan Jacobs
USA

Honorable Mention

"Interference 53"



Street Works: Cone Tipped Arrow Willa Davis
USA

Honorable Mention

"Street Works: Cone Tipped Arrow"



Hard Spin Nestor Novo
USA

Honorable Mention

"Hard Spin"
Hard Spin



Ice Formation #1 Paul Hetzel
USA

Honorable Mention

"Ice Formation #1"
Abstract Ice Formation



Harmonics Gregory Hom
USA

Honorable Mention

"Harmonics"



Moonlight at the Sea Richard Petronio
USA

Honorable Mention

"Moonlight at the Sea"
Photographed in Melbourne, Australia



Snowing On The Lake Adrian Per
Romania

Nominee

"Snowing On The Lake"
Trei Ape Lake /Three waters/ Lake , SW Romania.



Carwash620 Alex Drozd
UK

Nominee

"Carwash620"



Primal Energies Andrew Ilachinski
USA

Nominee

"Primal Energies"
Primal Energies by Andy ilachinski



Light Abstract Andrew Ilachinski
USA

Nominee

"Light Abstract"
Light Abstract



riveted Annemarie Jacques
USA

Nominee

"riveted"



Scattered Light Antje Bormann
France

Nominee

"Scattered Light"



Peace Arthur Jacoby
USA

Nominee

"Peace"
Soaring birds



Window view#3 Berry Bingel
UK

Nominee

"Window view#3"



Last Light Beth Buelow
USA

Nominee

"Last Light"
The final rays of sun highlight dune edges in Death Valley National Park



Lower Antelope Canyon 2 7888 Bob Neiman
USA

Nominee

"Lower Antelope Canyon 2 7888"
Lower Antelope Canyon 2 7888



Ice Face Brian Schneider
USA

Nominee

"Ice Face"
River ice during freeze up Fairbanks Alaska



Submerged Constellation Carlton Johnson
USA

Nominee

"Submerged Constellation"
A couple of kitchen utensils being washed. The texture and detail of the sink water caught my eye.



Harpen Concert Hall Ceiling Carol Zulman
USA

Nominee

"Harpen Concert Hall Ceiling"



Reflections and ice Christian La Carbona
France

Nominee

"Reflections and ice"
After a cold night, ice has formed in this puddle. In the morning there remained only a few pieces o



Icy graphics Christian La Carbona
France

Nominee

"Icy graphics"
After a cold night, ice has formed in this puddle. The surface has reliefs and irregularities that m



Waterworld Danny Vint
USA

Nominee

"Waterworld"



Seeing In Circles Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee

"Seeing In Circles"



Eye Dreams Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee

"Eye Dreams"



Whitney Museum Demetrio Jereissati
Brazil

Nominee

"Whitney Museum"
Terrace of the Whitney Museum in New York.



In the Cities, BW Denis Sivack
USA

Nominee

"In the Cities, BW"



Twists and Turns Diane Epstein
USA

Nominee

"Twists and Turns"
Road to Nowhere



INscape 240 Emmanuelle Becker
France

Nominee

"INscape 240"



Caprine Emo Gene
Canada

Nominee

"Caprine"
Zoom pull mirror image of trees covered with snow, taken at night.



Beyond Emo Gene
Canada

Nominee

"Beyond"



Sand Etchings 05 Gerard McGrath
Ireland

Nominee

"Sand Etchings 05"
Contours in the sand taken on my phone while on long walks on the beach.



Sculpture Gerd Kufner
Germany

Nominee

"Sculpture"



The Hug Gwen Solomon
USA

Nominee

"The Hug"



Roped In Harvey Silber
USA

Nominee

"Roped In"



Meet me in the dark Heiko Riekers
Germany

Nominee

"Meet me in the dark"



black and white Holger Goehler
Germany

Nominee

"black and white"
two gloves in a contrast meeting



Happy Dance Howard Schwartz
USA

Nominee

"Happy Dance"



black hole sun Irina Magdalena Bivolaru
Romania

Nominee

"black hole sun"
inspired by Soundgarden play with words, I played with decayed ceiling



Somewhere in the Universe Ivan Pesic
USA

Nominee

"Somewhere in the Universe"



3D Contrasts 1 Jacqueline Spearly
USA

Nominee

"3D Contrasts 1"



3D Contrasts 3 Jacqueline Spearly
USA

Nominee

"3D Contrasts 3"



Ice & Rock Jeff Bullied
Canada

Nominee

"Ice & Rock"



Rack ‘Em Up Jen Walsh
Canada

Nominee

"Rack ‘Em Up"
No bikes today



INVERSION Jennifer Grant-Keene
USA

Nominee

"INVERSION"



Pattern 2144 Joseph O'Neill
USA

Nominee

"Pattern 2144"



Untitled judith acker
USA

Nominee

"Untitled"



Unseen Echos Junghoon Oh
Korea (South)

Nominee

"Unseen Echos"
Capturing the Unseen Symphony of Human Gestures



Druid Stones Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Druid Stones"



Winds of Change Kimberly Schneider
USA

Nominee

"Winds of Change"
Unique silver gelatin print (photogram made sans enlarger); Made with ice, sand, spinach, flowers, & more.



Big brother is watching you Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Nominee

"Big brother is watching you"



Malaise Kylo-Patrick Hart
USA

Nominee

"Malaise"
Symbolic representation of our world's growing lack of meaningful interpersonal interconnectedness.



An illuminating idea Leslie Goldman
USA

Nominee

"An illuminating idea"
Downtown Modern, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2021



Casino Royale, Monte Carlo Leslie Goldman
USA

Nominee

"Casino Royale, Monte Carlo"
Grand Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco 2022



rail Marc Hodel
Switzerland

Nominee

"rail"



Sardine eggs "map" Martin Miklas
Portugal

Nominee

"Sardine eggs "map""
From the series/ project: "A Journey of The Fish"



Uncreated-Imperishable-Unchanging-Complete. Massimiliano Balo'
UK

Nominee

"Uncreated-Imperishable-Unchanging-Complete."



Angles Mayda Rumberg
USA

Nominee

"Angles"
Ceiling



Construction Mayda Rumberg
USA

Nominee

"Construction"
"Buildings," painted pulp Packing Material



Balloon's World Mayda Rumberg
USA

Nominee

"Balloon's World"



Orpheus and Eurydice Melissa Lackey
USA

Nominee

"Orpheus and Eurydice"



Spinning Wheels Nestor Novo
USA

Nominee

"Spinning Wheels"
Spinning Wheels



rotation Norbert Boeckmann
Germany

Nominee

"rotation"



A Day at the Beach Pamela Rozsa
USA

Nominee

"A Day at the Beach"
ICM Beach Day



Light Painting 462 Patrick O'Brien
USA

Nominee

"Light Painting 462"



Rorschach Reflection Paula Price
USA

Nominee

"Rorschach Reflection"
Sometimes the world goes sideways. Just hang on!



Depths Penny Kennedy
New Zealand

Nominee

"Depths"



Straight up Peter Krenek
Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Straight up"
A power line pylon, straight up.



Road to Nirvana Ralph Domino
Australia

Nominee

"Road to Nirvana"



Daily Commute Rebekah Helton
USA

Nominee

"Daily Commute"
Busy people on their way to their destinations flash past the platform every day.



Reflection Rima Virbauskaite
Lithuania

Nominee

"Reflection"
Photographic image made without a camera. Photogram process.



I See You Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee

"I See You"
Detail of an iceberg in Disko Bay, Ilulissat, Greenland. Taken in July 2023



Lighting up the Night Ruth Ball
Canada

Nominee

"Lighting up the Night"



South Simcoe RR Simeon Posen
Canada

Nominee

"South Simcoe RR"



Tahoe at Sunrise Sonal Shah
USA

Nominee

"Tahoe at Sunrise"



Morning Shadows Steve Gelineau
USA

Nominee

"Morning Shadows"
Highland Beach, Florida USA



Racked Steve Majsak
USA

Nominee

"Racked"
Bicycle Rack in Industrial Parking Lot



Dreamfence Steven Condiotti
USA

Nominee

"Dreamfence"



A City Imagined Susan Langer
USA

Nominee

"A City Imagined"



Deck Monster Terry Self
Canada

Nominee

"Deck Monster"
Shadows create the image of a deck monster



Galaxy Toni Russo
USA

Nominee

"Galaxy"



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