Portrait - Amateur

Jan Fiala Slovak Republic 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement " Man and His Dog"

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Bernard Werner USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "The Xmas Season Has Just Gotten Too Long"

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Prashanta Hridoy Bangladesh 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Hijabi Girl " A Hijabi Girl (Popy) waiting in park for friends. She looks like kind of Snake. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Martin Holmes USA Honorable Mention "Sydney, 8 Months"

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Jober Costa Brazil Honorable Mention "Fishmonger" A break from work, a pose for a portrait

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Alexander Spasibko Russia Honorable Mention "Anastasia"

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Alexandru Ilea Romania Honorable Mention "Portrait of Old Man and a Boy" Portrait of an old man and a boy in Chitrakoot, a village from India close to Allahabad

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Min Tan Malaysia Honorable Mention "Fearsome"

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Michael Greig USA Honorable Mention "The Actor"

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Marian Rubin USA Honorable Mention "Farmer Jim"

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Kip Harris Canada Honorable Mention "Porter" Young Porter in Binh Tay Market, Saigon

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Pedro Diaz Molins Spain Honorable Mention "The Explorer"

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Honorable Mention "Gaston & Roli" Circus Nock, Switzerland, 2015

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Ron Cooper USA Honorable Mention "Yunnan Woman #3"

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Ron Cooper USA Honorable Mention "Still Reading the Red Book"

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Chris Clinton Canada Honorable Mention "The Cotton Spinner" The spinner lives in the village of Awramba, Ethiopia

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Suvankar Sen India Honorable Mention "Watch Maker" A old man making and repairing watch since 50 years,Kolkata,India

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Arlene Vidor USA Honorable Mention "Vigilance"

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abdulrahman alterkait Kuwait Nominee "Friends" Close friendship

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Cuban Couple" It's difficult to talk about gender equality in Cuba, as politics is a topic many avoid, esp older generations.More women are being educated but traditional roles are often still practiced at home.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Modern Day Silk Road Merchant" A craftsman on the Silk Road city of Bukhara.Corrupt monopolies, anti-trade measures & lack of privatization all have greatly affected the bazaars.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Taungba Village, Myanmar" The government has relocated many of the traditional villages here & has also completed a number of restorations that could threaten the standards for authenticity by international...

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Andrew Davis Australia Nominee "Life on the Pipe Line" A photo of the boys welding on the longest subsea pipeline in the Southern hemisphere.

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Annette Ruzicka Australia Nominee "The First Custodians" Aboriginal Elder Rita Cutter, born under a tree in the western desert explains the use of bark

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Barry Mills New Zealand Nominee "Ultraviolet Portrait" The shadows grow deep under the ultraviolet lights at the NP Xmas Festival

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Bennett Stevens USA Nominee "Enlightenment" Young monk inside ancient Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar.

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee "Apache" An modern Apache in Sedona USA

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee "The Flute Player" A flute player in Romania

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Cindy Bosveld Australia Nominee "Father & Son" A newborn shoot of a friend’s husband & son with his surf board, I love the connect of his face towards my camera.

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Dayle Ann Clavin Austria Nominee "Armin and his Wippets" They are family, Armin and his beautiful wippets

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Brave New World Tycoon" Singapore, 2016

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "The Magnum Editor" Magnum Workshop, 2016

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Dr.Samarendranath Mandal India Nominee "Mountain Shepherd & His Hut" The poor mountain Shepherd of the Himalayas on a foggy day.

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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee "Mask"

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Erika Tanzer Austria Nominee "Augen" at the bodypainting-world-festival 2015 in Pörtschach

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Flora Zolin USA Nominee "Thumbs Up in Cuba" Cuba 2015

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Flora Zolin USA Nominee "Miguelito" Cuba 2015

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Francis Minien USA Nominee "Silk Man" The last of a generation, a silk worker in Chikpet, Old Bangalore

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Graeme Gordon Australia Nominee "Reclaim" Inspired by aboriginal land rights

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Gregory Mason USA Nominee "Untitled (2)"

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Guri Wahl Norway Nominee "Che" Cuba 2012, Securityguard at a nationally owned property

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Hans Bauer Germany Nominee "Between the Words"

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Jay Bransfield USA Nominee "Evangalist"

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Julie Tribollet France Nominee "The Photographer" Metro in Paris

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Karin Furter Switzerland Nominee "Praying Love"

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Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Hanoi Flâneur" Once Elegant Gentleman

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Larry Colby USA Nominee "American Shidoshi" Shidoshi at the Renaissance Festival

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Marian Rubin USA Nominee "Look at Me" This photo was made shortly before this homeless man passed away.

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Marvin Basil USA Nominee "Self Portrait" Reflecting On The Design

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May Sim Malaysia Nominee "Hope"

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Michael Greig USA Nominee "The Mexicans 2, 2015" Otavalo,Mexico

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Nora Hartfelder Canada Nominee "Lady" Older Lady eating icecream in Havana Cuba.

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Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "Juego De La Vida" Playing a song for a handful of Pesos at Havana harbour.

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Paulo Mittelman Brazil Nominee "Axé 2" These Bahian women clearly represent the syncretism, common among Brazilians.

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Pedro Farias-Nardi Dominican Republic Nominee "Fausto, Truck Driver" This is part of a series of an ongoing series of portraits of Dominicans.

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Pradeep Raja Kannaiah Singapore Nominee "Chess Master" CHESS MASTER FOCUSED TO WIN THE GAME

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Richard Murai USA Nominee "Dying Abbess Bestowing Blessing, Mandalay, Myanmar 2016" Dying abbess bestowing a blessing, Sagaing nunnery, Mandalay, Myanmar 2016

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Clark Vincent Fox" New York Pop artist Clark in the gallery, MOCA, George Town, Washington DC, USA

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Roland Weber Germany Nominee "The Brass Burnisher" Brass Burnisher in his shop. Dirt and chemicals all around.Fez, Morocco, April 2014

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "Contemplative"

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "The Boatman"

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "The Captain"

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Salvo Alibrio Italy Nominee "Beam of Light" INDIA MATHURA HOLI FESTIVAL

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Sara Schmidt Mexico Nominee "Desolacion" San Miguel de Allende

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "The Tomato Grower 2"

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Steven Greenbaum USA Nominee "The Harpist" Greensleeves

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Susan Greeff South Africa Nominee "Tribes of Africa: Karo" A Karo woman, painted and beaded, kneeling in the doorway of her home in the Omo Valley of Ethiopia

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Terry Strayn USA Nominee "Street Performer" Santa Monica Street Performer

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theron mays USA Nominee "Farmer Hard" Cuban Farmer May 2016

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