People - Amateur

Kip Harris Canada 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Accounting" Buddhist Temple Record Keeping, Hoi An

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Christy McDonald USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Gustine 2015" Princess

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Roberto Alessandrini Italy 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Ciao from Berlin" Berlin, Germany

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Simon Chien Taiwan Honorable Mention "Dismay" in mother eyes I saw love dearly

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Kerry-Anne de Klerk Australia Honorable Mention "Tokyo Comute" A captured moment on a Japanese Train

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Leonid Goldin Israel Honorable Mention "New Museum Piece" In the halls of the Museum Night

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Thomas Kokta USA Honorable Mention "Monks and Prayers" Bhuddist monks and prayers in Thailand

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Yossi Manor USA Honorable Mention "Take One" A TV Photographer shoots a scene standing on a car top in NYC

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Lynn Hedges New Zealand Honorable Mention "Gwen Reflected"

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Robi Chakraborty USA Honorable Mention "Bengali Family" West Bengal, India

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Jay Bransfield USA Honorable Mention "All Eyes"

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tamsin green UK Honorable Mention "Two Bathers" Astana, Kazakhstan, 2012

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Roberto Messina Italy Honorable Mention "Untitled" Shot in Tourin (italy-2015) streets, this instant immediately captured me for the contrast between figures and background wall. camera: hasselblad 500cm Lens: Planar Zeiss cfe 2.8/80mm T* (f11-1/60)

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Christy McDonald USA Honorable Mention "Gustine, 2015"

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MICHELE RIERI Italy Honorable Mention "Taxi Lisboa" Lisbon (Portugal) - Near Rossio train station

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John Eaton USA Honorable Mention "Upstairs, Downstairs"

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Angela Vicedomini Germany Honorable Mention "Parallel Worlds"

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Shalabh Sharma USA Honorable Mention "Cormorant Fisherman" Cormorant fisherman, China

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Henri Mattocks Malta Honorable Mention "Looking Ahead" Start of a new day. Early morning at the city gate in Valletta 2016

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Pradeep Raja Kannaiah Singapore Honorable Mention "Hindu's Funeral Rituals in Varanasi" Hindu's Funeral rituals where people burn their relatives dead body in Varanasi on banks of Ganga

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Eli Dijkers UK Honorable Mention "From the Series Uninterrupted Dreams"

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Richard Murai USA Honorable Mention "Snail Gatherer, Tone' Sap Lake, Cambodia 2004" 82 year old woman spends hours gathering snails from lake bed. Lost her entire family during the Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge carnage. All her belongings in the tiny boat behind her; the unseen affects of war.

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Susan Greeff South Africa Honorable Mention "Tribes of Africa: San Bushmen" Beading Women

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abdulrahman alterkait Kuwait Nominee "My Goats" Traditional women milked goats

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Abhishek Nandy India Nominee "Life on Wheels" passing through the busy streets of Delhi, found this set up interesting and managed to frame this

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Agnese Mosi Italy Nominee "Find the Smile" VILLAGE IN KARAMOJA VALLEY, UGANDA

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Ake Alm Germany Nominee "Lucia 2"

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Alexandra Lupien Canada Nominee "Lumière" Nikkormat + TriX 35mm roll film

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Amanda Harner USA Nominee "Story Time"

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Cuban Breakdancer" A street artist explains the importance of sharing his self expression in a country where there are still few outlets for this (internet/press restrictions & govt sanctioned art).

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "The Dance (2)" Restrictions on travel are now relaxing and Americans and Cubans mingle at this traditional Cuban dance spot.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Mashhad, Iran" Inside the largest mosque in the world by dimension, the Imam Reza Shrine, in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran. (Cameras not allowed inside, only a cell phone was permitted.)

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Andrea Nuvoloni Italy Nominee "High Noon" Local men, resting in the midday shadow, turn their heads as a young girl passes by.

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Andreas Camenisch Switzerland Nominee "Father and Son" I saw the boy with his father walking on the roof of the Opera in Oslo.

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Angela Vicedomini Germany Nominee "A Furtive Glance "

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Anne Eigen USA Nominee "Passing by in Paris" Photographed in June, 2015

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Anthony Pond USA Nominee "Boxed" Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Anton Mukhametchin Russia Nominee "Night Caffe" The waiter in the empty cafe

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Arlene Vidor USA Nominee "Tube"

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Arnab Adak India Nominee "Faith (2)" Indian women with burning clay pots on their head and hands during a ritual

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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee "Meeting at the Temple" Dayan Tower - Xi'an - China

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Barbara Corvino Italy Nominee "The Loop"

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BD Richardson USA Nominee "Domino Game"

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Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Another Life" There are more than 600,000 monks living in Myanmar. This special group has another life.

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Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Another World" taken in Myanmar year 2016

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Bernard Werner USA Nominee "Are We Having Fun Yet?"

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Bernardino Venanzi Italy Nominee "Building Memory" rwanda memorial genocide 2015

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Bernhard Schmidt Germany Nominee "Them and Me" Encounter at the Elbe beach, Hamburg

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Bob St-Cyr Canada Nominee "Reflective Conversation" Looking for unique street photo opps

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Rabbi Qasrin Synagogue 1019" This image was taken at the Qasrin Synagogue in Israel

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee "Balance (1)"

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Brian Rope Australia Nominee "Night Dancers" Three performers dance at night

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee "Inverse"

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Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee "Piano Man" Hommage to all piano men and women.

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Cavvy Chin Singapore Nominee "Train Ride" Watching the professionalism and pride of a train operator.

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee "Alone with Thundering Waters " A boy using his mobile to transmit the thundering sounds to his friends

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee "The Barber" An old fashioned Barber Shop in one of the villages in Malta

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Chris Stimson Australia Nominee "Maritime Museum" Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia

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Christophe Vaille France Nominee "Hot"

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Christophe Vaille France Nominee "YMCA" Cool attitude on Ferry's deck chair

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Christopher Tang Singapore Nominee "Pride and Poverty" Poverty in Singapore is a strange thing. While rare, it can be seen in our Central Business District

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Christopher Tang Singapore Nominee "Love Me Please" Ah, the decisive moment. Not just for increased dynamism and drama. But for comedy as well!

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Cindy Bosveld Australia Nominee "Gather to Keep Warm" Early in the Morning in the Ancient Mud Village in Kunming where timber workers gather together before the start of the day in the factory.

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Cindy Bosveld Australia Nominee "Going Farming" At the Rock Village in Kunming when a Lady walking to the field and the scene has captured my eyes before camera.

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Claude Valon Germany Nominee "Chicago" The bean, reflection of the skyline

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Colleen Sternberger USA Nominee "Italian Chat" Italian Buttero chatting with friends

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Daniel Castilloux Canada Nominee "Peeling Pomelos" Yangshuo, China

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David Ortega USA Nominee "Racing Thoughts" i love this city

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Daz Wang Taiwan Nominee "Natural Toilets" In the Republic of Kiribati, people used the toilet in the sea, their life complete and perfect combination of ocean.

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DeAnne Warner USA Nominee "Venetian Lady in White" Carnevale di Venezia. A fleeting quiet moment of ethereal beauty. Feb 2015, Venice, Italy.

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Coldplay" Orlando, 2016

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Dmitryi Chelyapin Russia Nominee "Around the Nature"

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Dominique BONNET France Nominee "A Morning in Giza, Egypt" Giza, Egypt. Silver film photograph on an early morning

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Dr.Samarendranath Mandal India Nominee "Prayer Wheels " The Buddhist Monk at Himalayan Monastery after the prayer is over.

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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee "The Cowboy"

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Erik Olson USA Nominee "Shadows and Reflections Stacked" CONNECTIONS OF ELEMENTS OF THE IMAGE

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Erik Olson USA Nominee "W"

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Evaggelos Kousioras Greece Nominee "Woman and Goats" Sarantaporo village, Thessaly region, Greece. A woman is milking her goats.

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Gertjan van Geerenstein Netherlands Nominee "The Power of Now" In the slums of Mumbai, this woman was sitting still for at least half an hour

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Gloria Golden USA Nominee "Argentine Tango" Moving to tango rhythms with undeniable passion

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Graeme Heckels Thailand Nominee "Scare Bear" Resident of Alfama in Lisbon finds some unusual laundry airing outside of her home

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Gregoris Mentzas Greece Nominee "Buddhist Monk in the Rock Church" A buddhist monk in the rock church in Helsinki.

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Guido Sperzaga United Arab Emirates Nominee "Brick Farm" Workers are loading truck with brick right next to the brick farm

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Henri Mattocks Malta Nominee "Walk Like A Lady" A child's first steps to freedom, clinging onto her mother's skirt. Valletta 2016

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Henri Mattocks Malta Nominee "Encouragement" Kid encouraging or consoling his dad on his way to join the village band? Valletta 2016

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Jan Malmstrom Sweden Nominee "Biking" A couple biking in the narrow streets in Cambridge, UK.

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Jason Lee Potter Canada Nominee "Who Needs It More?" A homeless young man begs for change beside a parking meter.

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Jason Lee Potter Canada Nominee "Wise Words" A passer by wears a shirt with a slogan that rings true

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Jim Lustenader USA Nominee "Ogling" A cyclist admires a blonde and her lover in Paris, while the street markings evoke rapid heartbeats.

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Josephine Roberte Australia Nominee "Courage" Mardi Gras in Sydney

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Joshua Hakin Canada Nominee "In Retrospect "

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Karen Michaels USA Nominee "Fashionista Hitching a Ride" Because she must attend to more important matters.

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee "The Pleasure of the Game"

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Kazik Salwa USA Nominee "Snow Cleaner" Central Park, New York after snow storm

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Keng How Kan Malaysia Nominee "Walk in Line"

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Kent Burkhardsmeier USA Nominee "Tag" Del Mar's Jr Lifeguard Camp - Tag

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Keran Woods Australia Nominee "Dancin'" A regular at this bar. He felt at home and so danced in the doorway before being asked to leave.

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Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Ear Wax Removal" Street Barber, Hanoi

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Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Hoi An Strutter" Young Boys on Shopping Street, Hoi An

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Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Morning Ritual" Floating Market, Can Tho

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Kit Snider USA Nominee "Perfection"

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Klaus Tesching Germany Nominee "Team? Work!"

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Klaus-Juergen Roericht Switzerland Nominee "Piccadilly Circus"

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Konstantinos Oikonomou Greece Nominee "The Watchman" A man in his shift, at Tate modern in London

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Kristen Victoria Harner USA Nominee "NYC"

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Kwa Weiling Malaysia Nominee "I'm Not Alone"

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Larry Colby USA Nominee "Rooftops of Dubrovnki" Rooftops of Dubrovnik

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Lauren Golden USA Nominee "Broadway 168th"

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Lauren Golden USA Nominee "Bubbles and Birds"

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Lauren Golden USA Nominee "Next Stop..."

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee "Graphic City"

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Liza Hennessey Botkin USA Nominee "Jitterbugs"

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Lorraine Poole UK Nominee "Champagne and Polo" Sipping champagne and watching the British Beach Polo. I loved the juxtaposition of the couple.

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Louis Agius Malta Nominee "Pride"

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Lukasz Wypior Poland Nominee "Hide and Seek" Two young soldiers at the last day of their 2 years military service where photography is forbiden.

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Lynn Hedges New Zealand Nominee "A Dying Art"

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Lynn Hedges New Zealand Nominee "Tram Travellers"

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Manash Ray India Nominee "Existence of Faith" A ritual that lives its root deep down the existence of a community, manifests in this man's get up as he observes Gajon, the famous Hindu festival, offering prayers to Lord Shiva.

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Marianna Armata Canada Nominee "Braille Reader"

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Mark Chen USA Nominee "Despair" A woman, alone in a dark cedar room with only enough light to illuminate her emotion and despair.

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Ranch Hands"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "You Ain't Goin Anywhere"

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Marti Belcher USA Nominee "Stay or Go?" A teenager's mixed emotions about staying inn a small world?

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Martina Platte Hong Kong Nominee "Queue"

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Mary Aiu USA Nominee "Hot-shoeing" The moment hot iron meets the hoof wall. A farrier hot-shoeing a draft horse.

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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee "Two Ladies on the Bus"

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Michael Gora USA Nominee "Dancer Peeking" The lead dancer keeps an eye on her troop.

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Michael J Locke UK Nominee "Pigeon Football"

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Michael J Locke UK Nominee "Zoom Required"

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Ming Lung Cheng Taiwan Nominee "People in the Station " In Taipei station, people are like chessman and are going to their way.

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Nikolai Endegor France Nominee "Sound of Wheels"

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Nora Hartfelder Canada Nominee "Taxi" Community taxi in Havana Cuba

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Norman Robbins USA Nominee "Lunch Line" Lunch line at Art Miami

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Legs" Circus Nock, Switzerland, 2014

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "The Clowns" Circus Conelli, Switzerland, 2010

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Pedro Farias-Nardi Dominican Republic Nominee "Close to the Gate" At the airport, checking for departures.

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Penelope Clute USA Nominee "Ballet Class" Pro Danza Ballet School, Havana, Cuba

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Penelope Clute USA Nominee "Domino Players" on the street in Trinidad, Cuba

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Peter Stadler Austria Nominee "On the Roof Top" Brooklyn New York 2015

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Poul Helt Denmark Nominee "Kunstudstilling"

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Prashanta Hridoy Bangladesh Nominee "Silent Street " A homeles people are sleeping in them under the open sky after working. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Rachel Choong M H Malaysia Nominee "Devotee" A devotee carries an Agni Chatti (fire pot) for the Goddess. He has his cheeks pierced with a spear as he attends a street procession during Thaipusam.

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Richard Greene USA Nominee "Girl on Path" 16"x20" Archival Print 100% Cotton Rag

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Roberto De Mitri Italy Nominee "De Kingdom" Hasselblad 501CM, black and white negative film, medium format, digital double exposure.

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Roberto Messina Italy Nominee "Numbers" I shoot before the dark in Tourin (italy_2014) trying to find a connection between men and numbers. The suggestive background help me to do that. it was shot on film with my old hasselblad 500cm.

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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee "Open Shop" India, an open barber shop

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Bhil Tribal Girl Chatting" Bhill, Aravali Hills, Rajasthan, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Yangon River" Ferry, Yangon, Myanmar

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Together" Sitting in front of a brownstone house, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Waiting (2)" Mumbai, India

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Romain Nero Luxembourg Nominee "Precision"

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "End of the Day"

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "Hands at Work" Folding paper ornaments in Shanghai, Cgina

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Sandra Jasmin Nieuwenhuijsen Canada Nominee "Celebrate the Monkey" Lopburi, Thailand 2015;

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Sandrina Huish New Zealand Nominee "Lazy Hazy Sunday"

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Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Nominee "The Workers"

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Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Nominee "Riding The MRT"

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Saud Al Faisal Bangladesh Nominee "The Fisherman " A fisherman is working in the beach with dried fishes

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Scott Pierson USA Nominee "Anguish" Very Emotive shot capture at pogo's in the Abandoned house that is there.

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Sergey Grachev Russia Nominee "Twain"

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Sergey Majorov Russia Nominee "Mysterious Monk 2" Mysterious monk 2

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Shankar Subramanian India Nominee "Monk with Scriptures" Monk reading scriptures in a remote village in Northern India

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Shankar Subramanian India Nominee "The Look" Naga Tribals got distracted by a loud call while they were in a discussion , India

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee "Different"

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SHM Mushfiqul Alam Bangladesh Nominee "Charak Devotee" A charak devotee is performing in front of the audience in sylhet, Bangladesh.

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "School's Out"

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Soren Harbel Spain Nominee "The Puzzle" The Puzzle - vera fotografia

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Sri Harsha Meghadri Sweden Nominee "Hidden Identities" Who are we, Does our faces tell it all? or are we a mirage on this continuum of time. Who are we?

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Stanley Padilla USA Nominee "Familia"

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Stephen Weaver USA Nominee "Cowboys Roping" Three cowboys roping a calf for branding at the Chico Basin Ranch

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Slow Day on the Grand Canal" Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

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Susan Perry USA Nominee "I Am Redeemed"

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Susan Bowen USA Nominee "People Walking #3380" Times Square, NYC

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Susanne Baumgartner Switzerland Nominee "No Title"

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Sushrutha Metikurke New Zealand Nominee "Family" My sister and her husband at our family home in India

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Suvankar Sen India Nominee "Workers" People working here on daily wage has to carry heavy load on their head or back in Bengal,Kolkata

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Suvankar Sen India Nominee "A Woman" In a rainy season's a women crossing rail line,Narayanganj,Bangladesh

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Swee Choo USA Nominee "Rainy Day In Hanoi" Using the roof to frame the scene. Rainy days provide reflective textures on the temple grounds.

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Terry Strayn USA Nominee "Chicago Street Scene" Morning Chicago commute in front of the Chicago theatre.

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Thomas Schell Austria Nominee "Land David"

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Tom Bell USA Nominee "Eyes of Santa Nonia" Holy Week procession participants head to the Church of Santa Nonia in León, Spain

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Tudor ApMadoc USA Nominee "Lyon Nigthlife"

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee "Seamstress" Red Tzao Women

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Wayne Thornbrough USA Nominee "Fifth Avenue Encounter" Shot in New York on Fifth Avenue. Captured the contrast between backpackers and a fashion model pass

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Wong Kum Loon Malaysia Nominee "The Princess" This photo taken at bali, indonesia

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Swimming" Ibiza

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Xuesong Liao China (PRC) Nominee "Young Couple Kissing at Spanish Steps" Young couple kissing at Spanish steps, Roma.

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Yonghui Chen USA Nominee "Form " National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Christmas 2014

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