People - Amateur

Ximena Gonzalez Echague USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Remains of a Wreck" Picture taken in Ostend, Belgium. September 2014

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Nick Ng Malaysia 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Inside My Bunk" This was taken inside a ship being repaired in Dhaka, showing a worker getting up in the morning.

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Jan Brouckaert Belgium 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "A Day In Ibiza1" Ibiza, Sun, Holiday, Relaxing, Lines, Dream

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Christine Spring New Zealand Honorable Mention "At The Bar" ... waiting for a drink.

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Keran Woods Australia Honorable Mention "Deal Done" A deal is never done till the shake!

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Bennett Stevens USA Honorable Mention "Through the Net" Intha fisherman on Inle Lake, Myanmar

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Caleb Stein USA Honorable Mention "Festivities"

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Massimiliano Balo' UK Honorable Mention "Il Salinaro" Salt pan worker in a salt evaporation pond.

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Michael Gora USA Honorable Mention "Boys on the Beach"

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Petra Theilemann Germany Honorable Mention "Elderly and Equine Soul" a very emotional moment between this elderly lady, her daughter and her horse on her 90. birthday

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Christophe Vaille France Honorable Mention "Je suis Charlie (1)" 11-01-2015 Place de la Republique, Je suis Charlie event

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Amy Siqveland USA Honorable Mention "Guitar" (The shape, placement and angle of the guitar here seemed to amplify their interaction in this setting.)

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Christy McDonald USA Honorable Mention "Paul's Newsstand, 2015"

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Sushrutha Metikurke New Zealand Honorable Mention "Cigarette"

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Pedro Farias-Nardi Dominican Republic Honorable Mention "Juanito, Fixing an Engine" Part of a series of images of workers in a sand quarry, San Cristobal, dominican Republic

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Anthony Pond USA Honorable Mention "Abandoned Widow" Varanasi, India

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Keng How Kan Malaysia Honorable Mention "Meet Each Other"

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Arka Dutta India Honorable Mention "Sense of Power" A holy woman during a ritual of worshiping at the confluence of Ganges and Bay of Bengal

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Caleb Stein USA Honorable Mention "Afternoon Kiss Hello" A couple greets each other on 49th Street and 6th Avenue in the mid afternoon.

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abdulrahman alterkait Kuwait Nominee "Friends (2)" Friends

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Abhishek Nandy India Nominee "Duty Bound" the elder of the two siblings taking care of the younger one as mamma is busy working

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Agnese Mosi Italy Nominee "Relax with Friends" Little talk in Tuscany

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Aleksandr Smakov Russia Nominee "Hydroplane"

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Alexandr Pantyushin Russia Nominee "Andryukha" Andrei, photo boy next door. Which is very rarely photographed.

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Alexandru Ilea Romania Nominee "Old Man and a Stray Cat" And old man was walking up the stairs and a stray black cat was following him. Cluj Napoca, Romania.

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Amit Jung KC France Nominee "Head in the Clouds" A sadhu smoking in Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu

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Amr El-shafei USA Nominee "Superhero" Bhutan Monk

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Amr El-shafei USA Nominee "Downtime!"

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Shiraz" Women stopping for a photograph in Iran.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Iranian Fighter Fish" Iranian artist serenades a fighter fish with a harmonica song for an American guest during the negotiations between the two countries.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Art Student in Iran" Student draws American actor in Iran amidst a backdrop of negotiations between the two countries.

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andrea ballaratti Italy Nominee "Croisette Wedding" wedding, hall of Grand Hotel Carlton, Cannes, France

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Andrew Hough UK Nominee "The Photographer" Taken in Bristol, UK. The photographer herself becomming art with her surroundings.

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Andrew May Australia Nominee "Mr. V" The Collector

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Angela Vicedomini Germany Nominee "Small Talk"

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Angela Vicedomini Germany Nominee "Waiting for Romeo"

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Angela Vicedomini Germany Nominee "Where The Girls Are"

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Anthony Pond USA Nominee "Wrestlers" Varanasi, India

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Antonio Zarli Italy Nominee "Contrast" Taken in Dubai Marina

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Arlene Vidor USA Nominee "Getty Garden 2"

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Arnab Adak India Nominee "Blessings" Participants of Gajan festival in India take make-up of Saints as ritual. Their blessings are considered holy

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Arnab Adak India Nominee "In Transit" People waiting during transit in an airport

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Arnab Adak India Nominee "The Look" Commuters look from a tram in a city of India

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Barry Cheeseman Australia Nominee "Evening Meal Preparation"

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Barry Mills New Zealand Nominee "I am the Sun" The day is late, the shadows long, my back is warm, the sun is strong.

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Bennett Stevens USA Nominee "Rice, Mother and Child" An En tribe (a Myanmar vanishing people) mother tossing rice with her child asleep on her back.

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Bernard Werner USA Nominee "Searching For That Perfect Image" Iceland 2014

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Bertrand Chombart France Nominee "Foggy Day"

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Backgammon Machane Yehuda Market 1462" Backgammon Machane Yehuda Market 1462

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Soldier Carrying His Daughter Kotel 1329" Soldier Carrying His Daughter Kotel 1329

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Brian Rope Australia Nominee "Rainy Love" The couple reflected in the rain spattered window of a train look like that are sad to be parting. The addition of the word "Love" adds to the sadness.

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Brian Rope Australia Nominee "The Village 198" Visitors to an art event become artworks themselves when framed by this part of the installation.

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Caleb Stein USA Nominee "The Dollar Man"

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Caleb Stein USA Nominee "Family Time" Arcade game in a mall in Bucaramanga, Colombia, January 2015

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Catalin Baican Romania Nominee "Under Pressure"

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Cavvy Chin Singapore Nominee "Serenity" Small peaceful town is a stark contrast of the hustle and bustle of everyday urban living

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Christian Keck USA Nominee "Sumophone" 35mm film. Asakusa, Tokyo. A Sumo plays on his phone after the Ryogoku Kokugikan tournament.

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Christine Spring New Zealand Nominee "Sisters" sharing - the role of a big sister.

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Christine Spring New Zealand Nominee "Birds of a Feather" Girlfriends know how to listen - no matter what their age!

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Christine Spring New Zealand Nominee "Self-absorbed" April in Paris... oblivious and in love.

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Christophe Vaille France Nominee "Je suis Charlie (2)" in the heart of the crowd

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Christy McDonald USA Nominee "Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY 2015"

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Dario Negretto Italy Nominee "Artist in Ho Chi Minh" An old artist near Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

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Dayle Ann Clavin Austria Nominee "Three Sisters" The morning of the wedding, in a moment of relaxation.

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Jesus at Capitol Hill" Street Scene at Capitol Hill, Washingthon D.C.

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ERIKA CELAYA Mexico Nominee "Window"

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Estevao Lafuente Portugal Nominee "Quitandeira"

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Estevao Lafuente Portugal Nominee "Carnival"

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Eunice Vasques Brazil Nominee "The Scream" when I took this photo I was inspired by "The Scream" , by Edvard Munch

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Eunice Vasques Brazil Nominee "Bathing the Horse" This photo was taken at São Francisco River, Sergipe, Brazil

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Evan McBride New Zealand Nominee "On Holy Ground, Ethiopia"

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Gary Kuroki USA Nominee "Looking"

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Gary Kuroki USA Nominee "Sunset"

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Gary Kuroki USA Nominee "Waiting (1)"

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George Turner III USA Nominee "Familia Cubana" Cuban family Havana, Cuba 2013

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Gerald Fleury USA Nominee "Miles Ahead" Image made Havana Cuba 2015

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Giuseppe Ciccia Italy Nominee "Pope Francis" Pope Francis leads the Via Crucis torchlight procession in Rome

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Gloria Golden USA Nominee "Top Of The World" Movement appears rhythmic . . . up near the clouds

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Gloria Golden USA Nominee "Argentine Social Club" Tango Rhythms

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grace pundyk Australia Nominee "Madre y el niño" Woman and child waiting amongst their wares, Gypsy market, Seville

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grace pundyk Australia Nominee "Trying It On for Size" A man shops for falcons at the falcon souq, Dubai

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grace pundyk Australia Nominee "Keeper of Lost Souls" A woman keeps the darkness at bay, Osaka.

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Greg Holba UK Nominee "Piano Duet" Music can be a generational bond

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Gregoris Mentzas Greece Nominee "Ballerina" Ballet dancer. Study from a ballet performance of Prokofiev's Cinderella.

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Guido Sperzaga United Arab Emirates Nominee "SingingWell" Ethiopian walk for miles to retrieve water from their secular astonishing “singing” wells

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Haluk Safi Turkey Nominee "MySea" Summers in Turkiye. Perfect sun and very clean sea. Enjoy the life in the sea.

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Henry Jager Switzerland Nominee "Bali Fish Market" The catches of the local fishing in eastern Bali declined by 60% to 80% in the last ten years.

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Henry Foster USA Nominee "Bamboo Farmer" Candid of bamboo farmer in mid-conversation. Taiwan

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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee "Quiet Reminiscence" A quiet moment remembering moments of yesteryear 2014

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Ian Good UK Nominee "Monsoon" Commuters in the rain at Liverpool Street Station

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Jason Lee Potter Canada Nominee "Quiet Contemplation"

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Jason Lee Potter Canada Nominee "Dark Passages"

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Jason Lee Potter Canada Nominee "Curious Boy"

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Jason Lee Potter Canada Nominee "Destination Unknown"

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Jay Bransfield USA Nominee "Leg Tattoo"

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Jayne Dennis UK Nominee "Merrigoround"

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Jeff Olson USA Nominee "Still Resonating"

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JIM FONSECA USA Nominee "Friends (1)" Burbank California retail store

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JIM FONSECA USA Nominee "Stepson" Morning in Rome Italy

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Jim Lustenader USA Nominee "Anguish" On a quai at Il St. Louis in Paris, a couple entwine in a tight knot of pain.

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Jim Welninski USA Nominee "The Farrier" A very hot day in Hampshire, IL. The horse is so trusting and patient.

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Josephine Roberte Australia Nominee "Alternative Newtown in Sydney" Victorian Tea Party

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Joydeep Mukherjee India Nominee "Mother and Child " A mentally retarded Boy - in a Happy Moment

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JP Terlizzi USA Nominee "Temple Guard" Temple Guard, Angkor Wat Camboidia

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JP Terlizzi USA Nominee "Hunter" Portrait of hunter at the start of deer season

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Julie Garran Australia Nominee "Coming or Going" Kigoma, Tanzania, 2007

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Kajan Madrasmail Singapore Nominee "Travel" Travelling by train in Jodhpur,India

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Karen Corrigan USA Nominee "Market Day (2)" Return from Market, Chefchaouen, Morocco

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Karen Corrigan USA Nominee "The Conversation" Taking Time for Conversation, Chefchaouen, Morocco

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Karen Corrigan USA Nominee "Serving Tea" Tea Served with Lunch, Fez, Morocco

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee "The Goss"

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee "In Safe Hands" Little Girl lost her nerve when walking the tight rope and had to be rescued.

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KC Montgomery USA Nominee "Waiting (3)"

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Keng How Kan Malaysia Nominee "A Person's Morning Tea"

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Keng How Kan Malaysia Nominee "Breakfast"

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Keran Woods Australia Nominee "Help!"

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Kevin Ng Canada Nominee "Street Tanning"

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Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Pensive Smoker, Jaipur"

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Kirill Kozmin Sweden Nominee "Bambino 1" Family circus Bambino

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Klaus Pfeiffer Germany Nominee "Black And White"

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Larisa Korzhenevskaya Russia Nominee "Snowfall" On the street in the center of Moscow

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Larry Colby USA Nominee "Time to Pray" The diversity of men deep in prayer at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.

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Larry Colby USA Nominee "Passing Time" A bored tourist, perhaps, waiting, passing time by tossing a hat in the air.

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Lee Chee Wai Malaysia Nominee "Final Touch" Charcoal kiln maker working on the final touch of a Charcoal Kiln in Kuala Terong, Malaysia

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Linda Jarrett New Zealand Nominee "Hi There!" A train station in Hong Kong.

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee "I\'ll Do It My Way"

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Louis Agius Malta Nominee "For the Souls"

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Luca Boveri USA Nominee "Walking Between Lines" Japan, 2010... Crossing the street, confused by the patterns, a woman popped up.

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Luciano Lavadini Italy Nominee "Prayer Vigil" Timkat:An Ethiopian Celebration of Epiphany.Axum Etiopia

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Malcolm Lobban Canada Nominee "Walking the Dog in Chelsea" Early morning on the High Line in Chelsea, looking down as they head to work and walk the dog

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Manny Fajutag Philippines Nominee "Spiders on Duty" World Trade Center Abu Dhabi is due for cleaning, and this group of cleaners takes a month for cleaning the wall of glass and windows of the building.

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Manss Aval USA Nominee "At the Beach" Solitude of elderly is a striking feature of Western society

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Manss Aval USA Nominee "Break" Boredom, exhaustion, frustration in a Venice moment

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Marian Rubin USA Nominee "A Winter's Day"

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Mark McNicol Canada Nominee "Jolie" Kira

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Carmen's Famous Friend"

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Massimiliano Balo' UK Nominee "Salinari (1)" Salt pan workers in a salt evaporation pond in Trapani (Sicily) working very hard in summer to collect one of the prestigious salt in the word.

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Massimiliano Balo' UK Nominee "Salinari (2)" Salt pan workers in a salt evaporation pond in Trapani (Sicily) working very hard in summer to collect one of the prestigious salt in the word.

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Mathew Oldershaw UK Nominee "Playing with Sand"

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Maurizio Vicedomini Germany Nominee "Selling Fish by the Pound"

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May Haukas Norway Nominee "Looking Out"

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May Sim Malaysia Nominee "Grandma's Care " He is a left-behind children in China under the care of grandma.

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May Sim Malaysia Nominee "Hani Ethnic Old Lady"

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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee "Your Caption Here"

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Md Moniruzzaman Apon Bangladesh Nominee "Jumping Sales Food" Jump

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Michael Gora USA Nominee "A Moment" His kiss, her uncertainty, a moment.

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Michael Gora USA Nominee "Love on Wheels"

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Michael Gora USA Nominee "Erwitt" Elliott's Dog

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Michael J Locke UK Nominee "Hooded Follower"

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Milo Brown UK Nominee "Ships" Hand Crafted Cards Vietnam

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Milos Markovic Serbia Nominee "Framed" In front of the holy place...

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Min Tan Malaysia Nominee "Reading"

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Min Tan Malaysia Nominee "Hard Life"

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Min Tan Malaysia Nominee "Young Mother"

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Moira Blincoe New Zealand Nominee "An Early Morning Read" I captured this gentleman en joying the early morning solitude on the streets of Istanbul.

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Moira Blincoe New Zealand Nominee "Another Day at Work"

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Monika Krzyszkowska Poland Nominee "Dreaming about..." Paris on september

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Morden O'Hare Australia Nominee "Good Morning" Himba village at day-break, Epupa Falls, Namibia.

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Naf Selmani UK Nominee "The 4th Element" Travellers waiting for the train at Baker Street underground station in London, UK.

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Nick Ng Malaysia Nominee "My Old Room" A Grandmother watches over her grandchild in a small village in Hilgalganj, Kolkata.

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Nick Ng Malaysia Nominee "Along The Alley" A worker carries goods as his daily wages in an alley in Kolkata.

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Nikolai Endegor France Nominee "The Lower World" Open-air skating ring viewed from the 52-nd floor of Tour Montparnasse, Paris

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Nikolai Endegor France Nominee "Paris Kiss" At the ride Beret-Baguette 2014, Paris

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Nikolai Endegor France Nominee "Piano" At the repetition

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Nikolay Smolyak Russia Nominee "Devotion"

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Norman Robbins USA Nominee "Preparation" Wedding shoot - preparing for the ceremony

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Offer Goldfarb Israel Nominee "Mother" Imagining my mother

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Chains" Bahia, Brazil - 2015

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Keep on Watching" Bahia, Brazil - 2015

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Swirling" Bahia, Brazil - 2015

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "The Kiss" Bahia, Brazil - 2015

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Pablo Madanes Argentina Nominee "Learning to Drive" THIS IS PART OF AN ONGOING PROJECT WHERE I ASK MYSELF WHAT WOULD HAVE BECOME OF ME IF MY PARENTS HAVE NOT MET

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Pablo Madanes Argentina Nominee "Walking to School" THIS IS PART OF AN ONGOING PROJECT WHERE I ASK MYSELF WHAT WOULD HAVE BECOME OF ME IF MY PARENTS HAVE NOT MET

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Paul Ponticell USA Nominee "There Goes the Bride"

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Pedro Farias-Nardi Dominican Republic Nominee "Rituals # 12"

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Pedro Farias-Nardi Dominican Republic Nominee "Strange Days # 5"

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Pedro Farias-Nardi Dominican Republic Nominee "Meero and Kelvin Putting a Belt" Part of a series of images of workers in a sand quarry, San Cristobal, dominican Republic

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Petrova Elena USA Nominee "Man who Paints the Sky" Montmartre. Paris. Street cafe. Man was writing down the menu on the window's cafe.

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Petter Rustad Norway Nominee "Next Year, Dad" Oslo, Norway

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Philippe Clement Canada Nominee "Violoncelliste" Montreal Subway 2012

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Prashanta Hridoy Bangladesh Nominee "Rain Moment of People" The People are waiting for rain moment in road site. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Rachel Choong M H Malaysia Nominee "Scavenger" "Trash to Cash" elderly scavenger earn her living by collecting from the dump and selling waste plastic(USD 0.03 to 0.19/kg) to recycle factory everyday, photo taken with a cell phone in...

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Rhonda Dubin USA Nominee "Ascending"

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Richard Murai USA Nominee "Ascending Steps, Luang Prabang, Laos 2015" Young monks ascending steps at small monastery, Luang Prabang 2015

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Richard Murai USA Nominee "Fisherman, Inle Lake, Myanmar 2012" Fisherman on Inle Lake, Myanmar 2012

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Rob Hunt UK Nominee "The Race Is On" These three race-goers were standing on an old trailer to get a better view of the horses.

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Robert Hewgley USA Nominee "Crossing Palais Royal" Image captured on film at Palais Royal courtyard in Paris. Gelatin silver print

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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee "The Violinist" berlin

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Rajasthanis at a Camp Fire" Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Elderly Woman" Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Gypsy Girls" Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Touched by the Spirit" San Jose, Costa Rica

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "Shaving"

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "Chess in the Park"

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Rudi Harlim Netherlands Nominee "Cheers Mate!" ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

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Saud Al Faisal Bangladesh Nominee "Rush Hour " After the end of a festival people are rushing for the train

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Saud Al Faisal Bangladesh Nominee "The Maintenance Man " A man is maintaining a wind power plant

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Sean Sauber USA Nominee "A Quaker Opera"

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Sesh Sareday USA Nominee "The Barber Shop"

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee "The Street Corner 3"

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Simone Pellegrini Italy Nominee "Miserere Mei" A brotherhood's member during the oldest procession in Italy of the Dead Christ in Orte (2013)

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Completely Absorbed"

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Father and Son (2)"

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Working on The Inside"

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Soren Harbel Spain Nominee "End of the Season" End of the Season Switzerland

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Soren Harbel Spain Nominee "The Patriot" The Patriot

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Stanley Padilla USA Nominee "Amazon Laundry"

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Sue Ratcliffe Canada Nominee "Tranquility"

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Sushrutha Metikurke New Zealand Nominee "Fishermen"

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Tami B. Sojka USA Nominee "Three Seekers" Mt Washington is the highest point in New Hampshire

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Teran Jones USA Nominee "The Couple" An elderly couple spending time at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing where their admission is free.

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Therese Debono Malta Nominee "The Lost Bride" I encountered this bride in Valletta, Malta and I could not resist not documenting her.

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Thomas Phoon Malaysia Nominee "Anacatesthesia" A man taking a break during a day work in the rubbish dump site, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Tony Luciani Canada Nominee "Thursday Morning" Mom getting reminded a few times of who she is this day.

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Tony Luciani Canada Nominee "Mamma Photo Bomber" Attempted 'selfie' disrupted unexpectedly by the mamma photo bomber.

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Trevor Kerry UK Nominee "Don\'t Mention the Hat" Visitors to the Lincoln Christmas market seem bemused by the bishop's glowing headgear

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Val Kelly UK Nominee "Early to Work or Late Home - Paris"

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Valerie Chauffour France Nominee "Little Girl with Confetti" Venice Carnival

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Viola Michaelis Switzerland Nominee "Headless " People,

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Viviana Torres-Mestey Puerto Rico Nominee "Barbershop" Traditional Barbershop in Santiago de Cuba

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee "Bellhop" Canon EOS 5D, freehand, New Orleans, LA, USA

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Ximena Gonzalez Echague USA Nominee "Firenze" Christian community of Fiesole, Italy. Avril 2015

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Zoe Macerollo USA Nominee "Man in his Home, Cuba"

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