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Childhood

Probal Rashid

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Childhood"
Slum children play football in a muddy field at Gazipur district in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 2 July 2014



Refuge

Erika Masterson

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Refuge"
Portrait with Pheasant, from Parts of the Earth series



Boy in White Shorts

Tariq Zaidi

UK

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Boy in White Shorts"



Belfast Boy

Darren James

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Belfast Boy"
Belfast boy, made of religion, poverty and violence.



Belgrade

Larry Angier

USA

Honorable Mention

"Belgrade"
A young girl plays her violin on the street in Belgrade, Serbia



5 Senses. Pause

Marek Lapis

Poland

Honorable Mention

"5 Senses. Pause"
Deaf children learn the meaning of the word music, by listening to the vibrations



Outside

Franz Messenbaeck

Austria

Honorable Mention

"Outside"
Girl with her sister in a senegalese leprosy village



Guiding Light

Oliver Klink

USA

Honorable Mention

"Guiding Light"
In a monastery with young monks



 Victim of Dirty Politics

A.M. Ahad

Bangladesh

Honorable Mention

" Victim of Dirty Politics "
People thrash 12-years-old Manik on suspicion that he explodes a homemade bomb. at a park.



Driving Lessons, Durban

Alan Gignoux

UK

Honorable Mention

"Driving Lessons, Durban"
Driving Lessons, Durban



A Wedding in Cape Town

Alan Gignoux

UK

Honorable Mention

"A Wedding in Cape Town"
Wedding in Cape Town



Thirst (2)

Peter Zelei

Hungary

Honorable Mention

"Thirst (2)"
The image was taken in a small indian village, Sabalpura (Rajasthan).



Irish Traveller Girl in Caravan Ballanisloe Horse Fair

Heather Buckley

UK

Honorable Mention

"Irish Traveller Girl in Caravan Ballanisloe Horse Fair"
irish traveller girl in caravan ballanisloe horse fair



Cooling Off

Ingetje Tadros

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Cooling Off"
Sardie (2 yr) is cooling off in an esky as temperatures can reach to the 40°C. in The Kimberley.



Ancient Rhythm II

Marinka Masseus

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Ancient Rhythm II"
Young children dancing a traditional dance in Papua New Guinea.



Dandora Children

Georgina Goodwin

Kenya

Honorable Mention

"Dandora Children"
2 boys find a life on the Dandora dumpsite, 850 tonnes of solid waste from Nairobi's citizens.



Nepalese Girl

michael molinoff

USA

Honorable Mention

"Nepalese Girl"
Native Nepalese Child resting on the trail to Annapurna



La Paz Playground

Kalle Singer

Germany

Honorable Mention

"La Paz Playground"
Bolivia, city of La Paz, a kid playing along the city road with its toy truck .



Inner Voice

Ziaul Haque

Bangladesh

Honorable Mention

"Inner Voice"
We've probably all been in a situation where we were supposed to be having fun, but inside we wanted to cry. I tryed to capture this emotion in a single image



Urban Children

K M Asad

Bangladesh

Honorable Mention

"Urban Children"
In Bangladesh urban children dont have playground for play.



Qwe Girl

Alan Gignoux

UK

Nominee

"Qwe Girl"
Qwe Girl, Schmidtsdrift, Northern Cape, South Africa



Stealing Cake

Alexander Whittle

UK

Nominee

"Stealing Cake "
London wedding, 2014, Stealing is only stealing if your caught!



Indiana Trailer Park

bob kramer

USA

Nominee

"Indiana Trailer Park"
Kids in trailer park, Indiana



Beginning of a Long Journey

Bodil Bergman Hughes

Sweden

Nominee

"Beginning of a Long Journey"
newborn shoot in studio



Baby Box

Bodil Bergman Hughes

Sweden

Nominee

"Baby Box"
Newborn shoot in studio in old Swedish sugar box



The Boys, Reading

charlotte boulton

UK

Nominee

"The Boys, Reading"
My sons in an unguarded moment.



Three Little Children Sat in a Window

charlotte boulton

UK

Nominee

"Three Little Children Sat in a Window"
Framed by the window, the grouping echoes that in the picture to their right.



Young Girl Collecting Wood

charlotte boulton

UK

Nominee

"Young Girl Collecting Wood"
The Last Mile, Honduras - children collect and carry heavy loads of wood many times a week



Rosie

charlotte boulton

UK

Nominee

"Rosie"
Rosie's mother was partially paralysed in childbirth so Rosie runs the house - The Last Mile.



Untitled (1)

Chong Kok Yew

Malaysia

Nominee

"Untitled (1)"



The Whisper

Clayton Hairs

Australia

Nominee

"The Whisper"
timeless...a moment of innocence....Hawksbury river, NSW, Australia



Hip Hip Hooray

Dianne Yudelson

USA

Nominee

"Hip Hip Hooray"



Silent Prayer

Dianne Yudelson

USA

Nominee

"Silent Prayer"



Untitled, Spanish Harlem

Enid Alvarez

USA

Nominee

"Untitled, Spanish Harlem"
Children of East Harlem stay cool on a hot day in East Harlem, New York, 2000



Wishing

Feyona van der Molen

Netherlands

Nominee

"Wishing"
a time out, during a commercial shoot for Nestlé Holland



Byrum-Finn_Children after Tjernobyl

Finn Byrum

Denmark

Nominee

"Byrum-Finn_Children after Tjernobyl"
a young boy in `the dead zone`- close to Tjernobyl. Violence, alcohol and drugs are a big part of the daily life for many children, including this young boy.



Novice Monks, Angkor Complex, Cambodia (1)

Gary Latham

UK

Nominee

"Novice Monks, Angkor Complex, Cambodia (1)"
Novice Monks, Angkor Complex, Cambodia



Novice Monks, Angkor Complex, Cambodia (2)

Gary Latham

UK

Nominee

"Novice Monks, Angkor Complex, Cambodia (2)"
Novice Monks, Angkor Complex, Cambodia



Chasing Shadows

George Apostolidis

Australia

Nominee

"Chasing Shadows"
CHASING SHADOWS BILBAO



Freedom

Georgina Goodwin

Kenya

Nominee

"Freedom"
school children of rural western Kenya play with joy in safe clean drinking water



3 Girls

Gerald Ratto

USA

Nominee

"3 Girls"
Children of the Fillmore Series



3 Boyes

Gerald Ratto

USA

Nominee

"3 Boyes"
Chinatown Series San Francisco



Customers at a Provision Store

Girish Menon

India

Nominee

"Customers at a Provision Store"



School

Gorazd Golob

Slovenia

Nominee

"School"



Car Crash

Hans Withoos

Netherlands

Nominee

"Car Crash"
Zambia, artworks for welfare organisation Orange Babies, for HIV positive children in Afrika



Young Family

Hans Withoos

Netherlands

Nominee

"Young Family"
Zambia, artworks for welfare organisation Orange Babies, for HIV positive children in Afrika



Irish Traveller Girl, Manny

Heather Buckley

UK

Nominee

"Irish Traveller Girl, Manny"
Irish Traveller Girl Manny Nr Limerick Ireland



Baby in White Linen Suit

Heather Buckley

UK

Nominee

"Baby in White Linen Suit"
irish traveller baby dressed up in a white linen suit for the ballanisloe horse fair



Traveller Babies Ballanisloe Horse Fair

Heather Buckley

UK

Nominee

"Traveller Babies Ballanisloe Horse Fair"
traveller babies ballanisloe horse fair



Who\'s in Charge?

Ingetje Tadros

Australia

Nominee

"Who\'s in Charge?"
Kids playing at their family home in Kennedy Hill, despite poverty children are being children.



The Boys of Summer

Jennifer Kapala

Canada

Nominee

"The Boys of Summer"



Falling

Jennifer Kapala

Canada

Nominee

"Falling "



Street Kid

Jim Hodson

France

Nominee

"Street Kid"
Who you looking at?



Child of Sembra River

Katarina Premfors

United Arab Emirates

Nominee

"Child of Sembra River"
Papua, Indonesia; Forest Communities



Chat Over Breakfast

Kentaro Sekine

Japan

Nominee

"Chat Over Breakfast"
Lao kids chatting with friends while having sticky rice in the morning.



Feed Me

Leora Eger-Dreyfuss

Israel

Nominee

"Feed Me"
Orphan Young Monk Myanmar



Tibetan girl

Lica(li-chun) Ma

Taiwan

Nominee

"Tibetan girl"
Tibetan girl live in Tent



Big Bubble

Liyun Yu

USA

Nominee

"Big Bubble"



Panashe

Luca Kleve-Ruud

Norway

Nominee

"Panashe"
Panashe is 13 years old. She lives in the rural areas of Zimbabwe. Every day she walks 16 km to school. She doen´t mind, because she wants an education to get out of poverty. Her father died, and her



The Brick Boy

Mahfuzul Hasan Bhuiyan

USA

Nominee

"The Brick Boy"
Child Labor of a brick field



Kids Mozambique

Marcus Thomson

Australia

Nominee

"Kids Mozambique"
Part of a series shot in Mozambique kids of Xia Xia province.



Routine

Martin Krystynek

Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Routine"
2014 One Eye Land Award - Finalist



Swimming

Martin Krystynek

Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Swimming"
Underwater Photography



Rebeccah

Maureen Ruddy Burkhart

USA

Nominee

"Rebeccah"
In the Kibera slum outside Nairobi, Kenya, a young girl stands proudly.



Reverie at Valley Forge

Michael Philip Manheim

USA

Nominee

"Reverie at Valley Forge"



Gipsy Baby\'s Life

Mirko Turatti

Italy

Nominee

"Gipsy Baby\'s Life"
Gipsy christmas



 Challenge

ND CHOW

Japan

Nominee

" Challenge"
A festive to be shared with their little power of future.



School of Rabi

Paulo Pampolin

UK

Nominee

"School of Rabi"
Sao Paulo city, Brazil 2013



Jesus is my Superman

Piotr Krysiak

Poland

Nominee

"Jesus is my Superman"
Filipiny



Happyland

Piotr Krysiak

Poland

Nominee

"Happyland"
Filipiny Manila



Expectation

Roberto Soares-Gomes

Brazil

Nominee

"Expectation"
Two blond brothers waiting the rain stops sitted in a store's door in Paris, France.



Ice-cream Time

Ruben Buhagiar

Malta

Nominee

"Ice-cream Time"
2014. Siena, Italy. Children enjoying a true moment of delight



Curious Yet Suspicious

sankar sridhar

India

Nominee

"Curious Yet Suspicious"
Children from the Mir community take a peek at a stranger -- a rarity in remote India



Boy on the Stairs

Scott Fowler

New Zealand

Nominee

"Boy on the Stairs"



Not Paying Attention in Church

Shairon Paterson

Australia

Nominee

"Not Paying Attention in Church"
Church service in Fijian village. Just like kids everywhere this child couldn't sit still!!



Goose Girl

Stephanie Lynn Oakes

USA

Nominee

"Goose Girl"
Surrounded



Lisa

Stuart Chape

Australia

Nominee

"Lisa"



Let Us Live

Subhasish Banerjee

India

Nominee

"Let Us Live"
The young orphan girl nurses her baby sister at the brick kiln in the poisonous air to breath in.



Fort

Suzanne Taylor

Canada

Nominee

"Fort"
Peace. Through the eyes of a toddler...



Tire In The Desert

Tariq Zaidi

UK

Nominee

"Tire In The Desert"



Boy In Face Mask

Tariq Zaidi

UK

Nominee

"Boy In Face Mask"
Part of a series on new arrivals at Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda, home to more than 56,000



Illimani01

Txomin Txueka

Spain

Nominee

"Illimani01"
TOLD BY THE EYE: A tale may be told by the mouth, or by the hand, or by the eye...



The Boyhood Joy

Udi Goren

Israel

Nominee

"The Boyhood Joy"
Three brothers enjoy the afternoon sun in Punta Chueca, Mexico, one of the poorest towns in Sonora.



The Fisherman's Daughter

Udi Goren

Israel

Nominee

"The Fisherman's Daughter"
El Desemboque, Mexico: fishing encompasses most aspects of life.Children lend a hand once they can.



Work

Udi Goren

Israel

Nominee

"Work"
A child returns home from working in a tea plantation by Kinihira, Rwanda.



Cuban Children

Vito Finocchiaro

Italy

Nominee

"Cuban Children"
cuban children



A Child Labour

Ziaul Haque

Bangladesh

Nominee

"A Child Labour"
A child labour in a iron factory. He works in a terrible working condition.



Freedom of Expression

Ziaul Haque

Bangladesh

Nominee

"Freedom of Expression"
I arranged some street kids to capture a group portrait. All the kids expressed spontaneously.



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