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All we need is love

Dmitry Chastikov

Russia

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"All we need is love"
Madrid. Subway.



Blues City Flipper

Michael Pachis

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Blues City Flipper"
Acrobat on Beale Street Memphis, Tennessee



Brush vendor

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Brush vendor"



Random Family

Gautam Kamat Bambolkar

India

Honorable Mention

"Random Family"
Random visitors sitting right below the signboard are creating a smart humor



Layennes 3

Beatrix Jourdan

Hungary

Honorable Mention

"Layennes 3"



Benediction

Adi Khindaria

USA

Honorable Mention

"Benediction"
Feeding the birds



Trump Rally

Jim Lustenader

USA

Honorable Mention

"Trump Rally"
The Naked Cowboy is something of an urban legend in NYC, so when I saw him performing on behalf of Trump in front of the candidate's eponymous tower I knew it was a fantastic photo op. Given the heat...



A Midwinter Night's Tale

Francesco Pennacchio

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"A Midwinter Night's Tale"
Florence, Christmas 2015. A moment for a couple, playing on the stage of Florence Loggia de' Lanzi.



Siesta

Henri Mattocks

Malta

Honorable Mention

"Siesta"
Off duty cab driver having a nap on a summer afternoon



Stop looking at the girls

Angela Vicedomini

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Stop looking at the girls "



Strada Stretta Dolls

Vince Piscopo

Malta

Honorable Mention

"Strada Stretta Dolls"
Depicting night life in Malta's capital city in Strait Street, very popular in the 1950s.



Interconnect

Chun Ho Lau

Hong Kong

Honorable Mention

"Interconnect"
Security . Sculpture Musée Rodin, Paris.



DAUGHTER, MOTHER AND SHADOW

Erik Olson

USA

Honorable Mention

"DAUGHTER, MOTHER AND SHADOW"



KAZHAK EAGLE HUNTER

Sanghamitra Sarkar

India

Honorable Mention

"KAZHAK EAGLE HUNTER"
Young Khazak eagle hunter is standing face to face with his pet eagle before going to participate in the Golden Eagle festival with his pet eagle



Accordionplayers

Rudi Neumaier

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Accordionplayers"



Ebenstein-Judith_Times Square (Girl)

Judith Ebenstein

USA

Honorable Mention

"Ebenstein-Judith_Times Square (Girl)"
People looking at their own image on screen projected over Times Square.



In The Wash

Graeme Heckels

Thailand

Honorable Mention

"In The Wash"
Overhead photo of Vietnamese lady cleaning pots during the market closing hours



Harvest Season

MOHD FIRDAUS ZULKEFILI

Malaysia

Honorable Mention

"Harvest Season"
rice mills, dhaka, bangladesh, worker, culture, lifestyle, people, woman at work, abstract, leading



Hollywood Blvd. Halloween 2015

Richard Greene

USA

Honorable Mention

"Hollywood Blvd. Halloween 2015"
16x20 100% Cotton Rag Archival Pigment Print



Hope dies last

Zilvinas Valeika

Lithuania

Honorable Mention

"Hope dies last"



Bored In Sienna

Glenn Larsen

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bored In Sienna"
People standing around in the Piazza del Campo in Sienna Italy



Lady with Bags

Lynn Tait

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Lady with Bags"
Took photo while riding bus in Lisbon Portugal



Tokyo 09

Werner Dursteler

Spain

Honorable Mention

"Tokyo 09"
Leica M Monochrome



just a smile

Liliana Cadosch

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"just a smile"



Always look at the bright side of life.

Lukasz Wypior

Poland

Honorable Mention

"Always look at the bright side of life."
Photo taken in Pakistan during christian's funeral.



Faith - A state of mind

Arnab Adak

India

Honorable Mention

"Faith - A state of mind"



Naked Holy Men

Arka Dutta

India

Honorable Mention

"Naked Holy Men"
Naga Sadhus (Naked Holy Men) rejoice after taking the holy dip at Kumbh Mela



The Kiss

Shifra Levyathan

Israel

Honorable Mention

"The Kiss"



At the restaurant

Agnese Mosi

Italy

Nominee

"At the restaurant"
Restaurant in a market, UGANDA



At work

Agnese Mosi

Italy

Nominee

"At work"
Working in a comboni mission, GULU - UGANDA



Relax

Agnese Mosi

Italy

Nominee

"Relax"
Relax time in a market



Smoking pause

Alfio Alessandro Finocchiaro

Italy

Nominee

"Smoking pause"
Man resting few minutes to smoke a cigarette alone. Lienz, Austria



The end of fishing (and of the day)

Alfio Alessandro Finocchiaro

Italy

Nominee

"The end of fishing (and of the day)"
Young fisherman walking along the river at sunset after cathing the fishes, Lambro River, Italy



Worker at Zebu Horn Factory

Amy Siqveland

USA

Nominee

"Worker at Zebu Horn Factory"
Horns from zebu are boiled and then smoothed w jeans to make silverware. This African village uses all parts of the sacred animal to eat and make a living.(Most make less than one dollar per day.)



Fish in a haystack

Annette Ruzicka

Australia

Nominee

"Fish in a haystack "
A volunteer tiptoes through biologically diverse springs to catch fish for a breeding program



Salamanca afternoon

Annie Low

Malaysia

Nominee

"Salamanca afternoon"



Drinking Alone

Anthony Wadham

UK

Nominee

"Drinking Alone"



Head Laborer

Anthony Pond

USA

Nominee

"Head Laborer"
Kolkata, India



Rice Coolies

Anthony Pond

USA

Nominee

"Rice Coolies"
Yangon, Myanmar



Layennes 1

Beatrix Jourdan

Hungary

Nominee

"Layennes 1"
senegalese layennes



Ogling in Times Square

Benita Mayo

USA

Nominee

"Ogling in Times Square"



Frisches Brot

Bernard Werner

USA

Nominee

"Frisches Brot"
On the street in Grindelwald, CH



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Bernardino Venanzi

Italy

Nominee

"No title"



Cafe Imbert

Bernhard Schmidt

Germany

Nominee

"Cafe Imbert"
Paris, France



Drummers of the Oracle

Bindu Chandan

India

Nominee

"Drummers of the Oracle"
The drummers spin a magical spell and transcend the Velichappadu in to a spiritual trance. The Velichappadu (Oracle)is believed to be the representation of temple Deity and is a integral part of rural



seeker and the emergent

Bitan Goswami

India

Nominee

"seeker and the emergent"
the photo was taken at Varansi, India revealing one of the daily activity of the local people.



Meeting

Bjorn Bjornson

Sweden

Nominee

"Meeting"



Neighbors

Carlos Cabral

Portugal

Nominee

"Neighbors"



Faith

Carlos Cabral

Portugal

Nominee

"Faith"



Flight Simulator

Carolyn Knorr

USA

Nominee

"Flight Simulator"
The freedom of flight if only for a few minutes.



Catia Koller. It's always good to look back!

Catia Koller

Switzerland

Nominee

"Catia Koller. It's always good to look back!"
ny city walk



Read All About It

Chris de Blank

Australia

Nominee

"Read All About It"
Bookshop at the Hampton Arms Inn Greenough



America

Dave Johns

USA

Nominee

"America"



Beijing Snow at the Forbidden City

Dietmar Sorgatz

Germany

Nominee

"Beijing Snow at the Forbidden City"
Scenery at the Forbidden City, Beijing, February 2017



Dayton Beach Life

Dietmar Sorgatz

Germany

Nominee

"Dayton Beach Life"
Life Scenery at Daytona Beach



People-bikes

Elena Bolshakova

Russia

Nominee

"People-bikes"



The Exploitive Image

Ellin Pollachek

USA

Nominee

"The Exploitive Image"
I am not part of your theater piece.



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Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"untitled 3"



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Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"untitled 278"



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Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"untitled 384b"



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Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"untitled 343"



FATHER & SON AT A BAR

Erik Olson

USA

Nominee

"FATHER & SON AT A BAR"



Family

Evaggelos Kousioras

Greece

Nominee

"Family"
A family from Syria. "Efthimiopoulou camp". Koutsohero village - Larisa city. Greece. 2/5/2016



The dancer

Gabriela Stiep

Switzerland

Nominee

"The dancer"
Shot with available light only. Model: Fay R. pics n shoot Styling: MiRacle Makeup & Styling



Boys Day Out

Graeme Heckels

Thailand

Nominee

"Boys Day Out"
Two guys taking it easy and pampering themselves at a local salon on Saigon



Remembering the Fallen

Henri Mattocks

Malta

Nominee

"Remembering the Fallen"
Remembering the Fallen shot in Berlin a day before the Christmas market terror attack



Table for two

Henri Mattocks

Malta

Nominee

"Table for two"
Best spot in the city



romeronaves-ignacio_Miradas Perdidas

Ignacio Romero Naves

Spain

Nominee

"romeronaves-ignacio_Miradas Perdidas"
Havana Street



Interests

Irina Spagnolo

Russia

Nominee

"Interests"



Name Changer

Isabella Alderton

Australia

Nominee

"Name Changer"
Taken in New York of Pedro, a persons whose job is to change the signs and promote broadway shows.



Soon

Jason Lee Potter

Canada

Nominee

"Soon"



Boatman in Dal Lake

jayanta roy

India

Nominee

"Boatman in Dal Lake"
a boat man returning home during heavy snowfall in dal lake,Indian kashmir.



Newbie

Jim Lustenader

USA

Nominee

"Newbie"
Young taxi rider focuses on the big city, perhaps seeing New York for the first time; 2012



The Artisans of Hakart #3

John Eaton

USA

Nominee

"The Artisans of Hakart #3"
Master coppersmiths at Hakart, Istanbul



Daily Job

Joydeep Mukherjee

India

Nominee

"Daily Job "
The fisher men wife - carrying the big fish towards market



In  the Name of  God

Joydeep Mukherjee

India

Nominee

"In the Name of God "
A Devotee on Road in the name of God . ( Multiple Exposure Used



The Child of Tukad Unda

Judy Adhitianto

Indonesia

Nominee

"The Child of Tukad Unda"
A child posing for a swim in the river of Unda, Bali. Tukad actually means river in local Balinese



TRANSVOUGE

Jun Epifanio Pagalilauan

Philippines

Nominee

"TRANSVOUGE"
TRANSVOUGE is a Transgender Project is an image that stands against discrimination and abuse.



Life goes On

Kanishka Mukherji

India

Nominee

"Life goes On"
A man with prosthetic leg enjoying his tea amidst the hustle of daily life



Drill Bit Merchants, Chor Bazaar

Kip Harris

Canada

Nominee

"Drill Bit Merchants, Chor Bazaar"



Plastic Recyclers, Mumbai

Kip Harris

Canada

Nominee

"Plastic Recyclers, Mumbai"



Perspectives

Konstantinos Oikonomou

Greece

Nominee

"Perspectives"



Broadway and 96th

Lauren Golden

USA

Nominee

"Broadway and 96th"



No Q Train

Lauren Golden

USA

Nominee

"No Q Train"



Subway Opera

Lauren Golden

USA

Nominee

"Subway Opera"



Times Square

Lauren Golden

USA

Nominee

"Times Square"



Can you hear me

Leonid Goldin

Israel

Nominee

"Can you hear me"



Autumn Maraton

Leonid Goldin

Israel

Nominee

"Autumn Maraton"



Arriving in Lisbon

Lynn Tait

Canada

Nominee

"Arriving in Lisbon"
Just arrived in Lisbon. 2016. Taken in the back of a taxi.



Sadness

Lynne Mass

USA

Nominee

"Sadness"
Captured in Little Havana, Miami



Moment

Maciej Szemelowski

Poland

Nominee

"Moment"
2016, Italy



Creeps

Manash Ray

India

Nominee

"Creeps"



THE CARETAKER

Manny Fajutag

Philippines

Nominee

"THE CARETAKER"
IN THE MIDDLE OF A SANDSTORM THE CARETAKER PULL HIS CAMEL GOING TO THE COVERED AREA .



Determination

Marian Rubin

USA

Nominee

"Determination"



shooting the Guggenheim

Marianna Armata

Canada

Nominee

"shooting the Guggenheim"



Kira Famous

Mark McNicol

Canada

Nominee

"Kira Famous"
Kira Famous



Party Time

Marvin Basil

USA

Nominee

"Party Time"
St Patricks Day Celebrant



Divided

Matthew DeZee

USA

Nominee

"Divided"
This represents a sociological representation of the mood seemingly sweeping the US and other demo



greig-michael_Cuban Nights-2

Michael Greig

USA

Nominee

"greig-michael_Cuban Nights-2"



Cigar Maker

Michael Gora

USA

Nominee

"Cigar Maker"
The Cigar Maker works in Little Havana in Miami.



Tango

Michael Rausch

USA

Nominee

"Tango"
Such a beautiful and rhythic dance, this tango was done on the library steps.



selfie moment

Mohammadreza Fattahzadeh

USA

Nominee

"selfie moment"
Istanbul,Turkey, I could feel their peace from afar



Woof

Muhammad Farhan Osman

Singapore

Nominee

"Woof"
Shot in japan at a car motorshow



Joy

Neil Frederick Sharpe

Canada

Nominee

"Joy"



El viaje

Nicolas Blaiotta

Spain

Nominee

"El viaje"
I wanted to express the moment and the feeling of making the decision that would change our lifes



Taxi

Nora Hartfelder

Canada

Nominee

"Taxi"
Community Taxi



Hold ON

Nora Hartfelder

Canada

Nominee

"Hold ON"
Holding on as the waves break on the sea wall.



Birders

Norman Robbins

USA

Nominee

"Birders"
Bird watchers in Loxahatchee Wildlife



Monks (2)

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"Monks (2)"
Rome, 2016



FATHERHOOD

Pablo Madanes

Argentina

Nominee

"FATHERHOOD"
I was reviewing a family photograph album when I came across the photograph of my parents wedding. That trigger in my mind questions of what would become of me if they have not met.



hard life

Patricia Ackerman

Argentina

Nominee

"hard life"



catch of the day

Pedro Farias-Nardi

Dominican Republic

Nominee

"catch of the day"
Fishemen at the Pier of La Habana, Cuba.



New Years Dive Scheveningen

Peter Willemse

Netherlands

Nominee

"New Years Dive Scheveningen"
Scheveningen Holand New Year Dive 2017



Distracted

Peter Hershey

USA

Nominee

"Distracted"
Man browses the internet on his laptop at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.



Home Coming

Peter K.C. Ho

Canada

Nominee

"Home Coming"
Image captured at the main gate of Chinatown, San Francisco. Sunset, May 2017.



Lonely Rider

Petter Rustad

Norway

Nominee

"Lonely Rider"
London, The UK



Concentration

Philip Lawrence

Australia

Nominee

"Concentration"
Street checkers in Hoi An Vietnam



Friendship

Prayuda Dewantara

Indonesia

Nominee

"Friendship"
Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside



Curious

Rene Wouters

Netherlands

Nominee

"Curious"
Jewelry exhibition



Dismay

Robert Royer

Canada

Nominee

"Dismay"
A lady in Havana looking very forlorn.



Lacota man

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Lacota man "
Dakota38, Mankato, Minnesota



close working relationship

Rudolf Koenig

Switzerland

Nominee

"close working relationship"
The picture was taken in the midst of Tar desert, Rajastan, India. The man was travelling with his camel and a cart and stopped to say hello, a magic moment! My aim is to present serious black and...



THE ESSENCE OF SHADOW

Sandipan Mukherjee

India

Nominee

"THE ESSENCE OF SHADOW"
This is a memorable part of the Travel Journal of Gangasagar Mela 2014, a National Festival of India taking place in mid January. It was a mysterious, photogenic coincidence that amazed me, Pilgrim...



THE SECOND CHILDHOOD

Sandipan Mukherjee

India

Nominee

"THE SECOND CHILDHOOD"
Shooting at the streets of Kolkata, I got this touching moment: A baby carried in a perambulator and a physically handicapped person also crossing the road in a hand pulled wheelchair. It seems a...



Jump (3)

Sara Schmidt

Mexico

Nominee

"Jump (3)"
La Habana, Cuba, 2016



Harvesting Rice

Sascha Richter

Germany

Nominee

"Harvesting Rice"
Three generations are harvesting the family's rice for the coming year. Northern Vietnam



Cormorant Fisherman

Shalabh Sharma

USA

Nominee

"Cormorant Fisherman"
Cormorant fisherman on the Li river, China



Cooking in the Sunset

Shankar Subramanian

India

Nominee

"Cooking in the Sunset"
Camel Herder cooking in the Pushkar fair during sunset



Reflection

Shifra Levyathan

Israel

Nominee

"Reflection"



Dreamy superimposition 04

STEFANO MACEO CARLONI

Italy

Nominee

"Dreamy superimposition 04"
Military Marble - Venice



Cultural Appropriation

Stephanie E'amato

USA

Nominee

"Cultural Appropriation"
Capturing the appropriation of yoga in order to create art



Bhutanese Man Drinking

Stephen Allworth

Australia

Nominee

"Bhutanese Man Drinking"
Enjoying a tipple



Mothers Instruction

Sunil Abraham

India

Nominee

"Mothers Instruction"
A patient ear to motherly advice in Worli, Mumbai



Able vs Disable

Suvomoy Nandy

India

Nominee

"Able vs Disable"
The value of ability is always more to the "disable" than the "able".



Eyes

Terry Self

Canada

Nominee

"Eyes"
A young man on the streets of old Havana, Cuba.



Early Morning Serenade

Tom Bell

USA

Nominee

"Early Morning Serenade"
An early morning street scene in León, Spain.



Love Triangle

Tony Gorham

New Zealand

Nominee

"Love Triangle"



I'm Confused

Wayne Thornbrough

USA

Nominee

"I'm Confused"
Taken at the Palm Beach Art Exhibit



Lunch Time

Wendy Royer

Canada

Nominee

"Lunch Time"
A lady choosing lunch in Havana



Restoration

Wendy Royer

Canada

Nominee

"Restoration"
Havana train museum



Salute

Wes Pettus

USA

Nominee

"Salute"
It's okay to be silly at Disneyland.



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