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                Dmitry Chastikov Russia 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "All we need is love" Madrid. Subway.  | 
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            Michael Pachis USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Blues City Flipper" Acrobat on Beale Street Memphis, Tennessee  | 
  
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            Liz Hardley New Zealand 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Brush vendor"  | 
  
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                Gautam Kamat Bambolkar India Honorable Mention "Random Family" Random visitors sitting right below the signboard are creating a smart humor  | 
  
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            Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Honorable Mention "Layennes 3"  | 
  
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                Adi Khindaria USA Honorable Mention "Benediction" Feeding the birds  | 
  
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            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 of the campaign, I was interested in capturing the energy of Trump's supporters and the reactions of bystanders as the Cowboy belted out a ballad he wrote in Trump's honor. And the 'Rump' was a perfect footnote to the occasion.  | 
  
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                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.  | 
  
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            Henri Mattocks Malta Honorable Mention "Siesta" Off duty cab driver having a nap on a summer afternoon  | 
  
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                Angela Vicedomini Germany Honorable Mention "Stop looking at the girls "  | 
  
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            Vince Piscopo Malta Honorable Mention "Strada Stretta Dolls" Depicting night life in Malta's capital city in Strait Street, very popular in the 1950s.  | 
  
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            Chun Ho  Lau Hong Kong Honorable Mention "Interconnect" Security . Sculpture Musée Rodin, Paris.  | 
  
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            Erik Olson USA Honorable Mention "DAUGHTER, MOTHER AND SHADOW"  | 
  
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            Rudi Neumaier Switzerland Honorable Mention "Accordionplayers"  | 
  
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            Judith Ebenstein USA Honorable Mention "Ebenstein-Judith_Times Square (Girl)" People looking at their own image on screen projected over Times Square.  | 
  
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            Graeme Heckels Thailand Honorable Mention "In The Wash" Overhead photo of Vietnamese lady cleaning pots during the market closing hours  | 
  
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                MOHD FIRDAUS ZULKEFILI Malaysia Honorable Mention "Harvest Season" rice mills, dhaka, bangladesh, worker, culture, lifestyle, people, woman at work, abstract, leading  | 
  
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            Richard Greene USA Honorable Mention "Hollywood Blvd. Halloween 2015" 16x20 100% Cotton Rag Archival Pigment Print  | 
  
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            Zilvinas Valeika Lithuania Honorable Mention "Hope dies last"  | 
  
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                Glenn Larsen USA Honorable Mention "Bored In Sienna" People standing around in the Piazza del Campo in Sienna Italy  | 
  
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                Lynn Tait Canada Honorable Mention "Lady with Bags" Took photo while riding bus in Lisbon Portugal  | 
  
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            Werner Dursteler Spain Honorable Mention "Tokyo 09" Leica M Monochrome  | 
  
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            Liliana Cadosch Switzerland Honorable Mention "just a smile"  | 
  
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            Lukasz Wypior Poland Honorable Mention "Always look at the bright side of life." Photo taken in Pakistan during christian's funeral.  | 
  
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            Arnab Adak India Honorable Mention "Faith - A state of mind"  | 
  
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                Arka Dutta India Honorable Mention "Naked Holy Men" Naga Sadhus (Naked Holy Men) rejoice after taking the holy dip at Kumbh Mela  | 
  
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            Shifra Levyathan Israel Honorable Mention "The Kiss"  | 
  
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                Agnese Mosi Italy Nominee "At the restaurant" Restaurant in a market, UGANDA  | 
  
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                Agnese Mosi Italy Nominee "At work" Working in a comboni mission, GULU - UGANDA  | 
  
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                Agnese Mosi Italy Nominee "Relax" Relax time in a market  | 
  
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            Alfio Alessandro Finocchiaro Italy Nominee "Smoking pause" Man resting few minutes to smoke a cigarette alone. Lienz, Austria  | 
  
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            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  | 
  
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            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.)  | 
  
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            Annette Ruzicka  Australia Nominee "Fish in a haystack " A volunteer tiptoes through biologically diverse springs to catch fish for a breeding program  | 
  
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                Annie Low Malaysia Nominee "Salamanca afternoon"  | 
  
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                Anthony Wadham UK Nominee "Drinking Alone"  | 
  
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            Anthony Pond USA Nominee "Head Laborer" Kolkata, India  | 
  
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            Anthony Pond USA Nominee "Rice Coolies" Yangon, Myanmar  | 
  
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            Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Nominee "Layennes 1" senegalese layennes  | 
  
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            Benita Mayo USA Nominee "Ogling in Times Square"  | 
  
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            Bernard Werner USA Nominee "Frisches Brot" On the street in Grindelwald, CH  | 
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                Bernardino Venanzi Italy Nominee "No title"  | 
  
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            Bernhard Schmidt Germany Nominee "Cafe Imbert" Paris, France  | 
  
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                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.  | 
  
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            Bjorn Bjornson Sweden Nominee "Meeting"  | 
  
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                Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee "Neighbors"  | 
  
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                Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee "Faith"  | 
  
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            Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee "Flight Simulator" The freedom of flight if only for a few minutes.  | 
  
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                Catia Koller Switzerland Nominee "Catia Koller. It's always good to look back!" ny city walk  | 
  
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            Chris de Blank Australia Nominee "Read All About It" Bookshop at the Hampton Arms Inn Greenough  | 
  
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            Dave Johns USA Nominee "America"  | 
  
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            Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Beijing Snow at the Forbidden City" Scenery at the Forbidden City, Beijing, February 2017  | 
  
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            Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Dayton Beach Life" Life Scenery at Daytona Beach  | 
  
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            Elena Bolshakova Russia Nominee "People-bikes"  | 
  
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            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"  | 
  
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            Erik Olson USA Nominee "FATHER & SON AT A BAR"  | 
  
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                Evaggelos Kousioras Greece Nominee "Family" A family from Syria. "Efthimiopoulou camp". Koutsohero village - Larisa city. Greece. 2/5/2016  | 
  
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            Gabriela Stiep Switzerland Nominee "The dancer" Shot with available light only. Model: Fay R. pics n shoot Styling: MiRacle Makeup & Styling  | 
  
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            Graeme Heckels Thailand Nominee "Boys Day Out" Two guys taking it easy and pampering themselves at a local salon on Saigon  | 
  
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            Henri Mattocks Malta Nominee "Remembering the Fallen" Remembering the Fallen shot in Berlin a day before the Christmas market terror attack  | 
  
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            Henri Mattocks Malta Nominee "Table for two" Best spot in the city  | 
  
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            Ignacio Romero Naves Spain Nominee "romeronaves-ignacio_Miradas Perdidas" Havana Street  | 
  
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            Irina Spagnolo Russia Nominee "Interests"  | 
  
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                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.  | 
  
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            Jason Lee Potter Canada Nominee "Soon"  | 
  
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                jayanta roy India Nominee "Boatman in Dal Lake" a boat man returning home during heavy snowfall in dal lake,Indian kashmir.  | 
  
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            Jim Lustenader USA Nominee "Newbie" Young taxi rider focuses on the big city, perhaps seeing New York for the first time; 2012  | 
  
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            John  Eaton USA Nominee "The Artisans of Hakart #3" Master coppersmiths at Hakart, Istanbul  | 
  
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            Joydeep Mukherjee India Nominee "Daily Job " The fisher men wife - carrying the big fish towards market  | 
  
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            Joydeep Mukherjee India Nominee "In the Name of God " A Devotee on Road in the name of God . ( Multiple Exposure Used  | 
  
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            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  | 
  
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                Jun Epifanio Pagalilauan Philippines Nominee "TRANSVOUGE" TRANSVOUGE is a Transgender Project is an image that stands against discrimination and abuse.  | 
  
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                Kanishka Mukherji India Nominee "Life goes On" A man with prosthetic leg enjoying his tea amidst the hustle of daily life  | 
  
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            Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Drill Bit Merchants, Chor Bazaar"  | 
  
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            Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Plastic Recyclers, Mumbai"  | 
  
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            Konstantinos Oikonomou Greece Nominee "Perspectives"  | 
  
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            Lauren Golden USA Nominee "Broadway and 96th"  | 
  
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            Lauren Golden USA Nominee "No Q Train"  | 
  
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            Lauren Golden USA Nominee "Subway Opera"  | 
  
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            Lauren Golden USA Nominee "Times Square"  | 
  
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                Leonid Goldin Israel Nominee "Can you hear me"  | 
  
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                Leonid Goldin Israel Nominee "Autumn Maraton"  | 
  
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                Lynn Tait Canada Nominee "Arriving in Lisbon" Just arrived in Lisbon. 2016. Taken in the back of a taxi.  | 
  
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            Lynne Mass USA Nominee "Sadness" Captured in Little Havana, Miami  | 
  
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            Maciej Szemelowski Poland Nominee "Moment" 2016, Italy  | 
  
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                Manash Ray India Nominee "Creeps"  | 
  
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                Manny  Fajutag Philippines Nominee "THE CARETAKER" IN THE MIDDLE OF A SANDSTORM THE CARETAKER PULL HIS CAMEL GOING TO THE COVERED AREA .  | 
  
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            Marian Rubin USA Nominee "Determination"  | 
  
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            Marianna Armata Canada Nominee "shooting the Guggenheim"  | 
  
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                Mark McNicol Canada Nominee "Kira Famous" Kira Famous  | 
  
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                Marvin Basil USA Nominee "Party Time" St Patricks Day Celebrant  | 
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                Matthew DeZee USA Nominee "Divided" This represents a sociological representation of the mood seemingly sweeping the US and other demo  | 
  
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                Michael Greig USA Nominee "greig-michael_Cuban Nights-2"  | 
  
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            Michael Gora USA Nominee "Cigar Maker" The Cigar Maker works in Little Havana in Miami.  | 
  
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                Michael Rausch USA Nominee "Tango" Such a beautiful and rhythic dance, this tango was done on the library steps.  | 
  
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                Mohammadreza Fattahzadeh USA Nominee "selfie moment" Istanbul,Turkey, I could feel their peace from afar  | 
  
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            Muhammad Farhan Osman Singapore Nominee "Woof" Shot in japan at a car motorshow  | 
  
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            Neil Frederick Sharpe Canada Nominee "Joy"  | 
  
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            Nicolas Blaiotta Spain Nominee "El viaje" I wanted to express the moment and the feeling of making the decision that would change our lifes  | 
  
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                Nora Hartfelder Canada Nominee "Taxi" Community Taxi  | 
  
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                Nora Hartfelder Canada Nominee "Hold ON" Holding on as the waves break on the sea wall.  | 
  
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            Norman Robbins USA Nominee "Birders" Bird watchers in Loxahatchee Wildlife  | 
  
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            Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Monks (2)" Rome, 2016  | 
  
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            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.  | 
  
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            Patricia Ackerman Argentina Nominee "hard life"  | 
  
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            Pedro Farias-Nardi Dominican Republic Nominee "catch of the day" Fishemen at the Pier of La Habana, Cuba.  | 
  
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            Peter Willemse Netherlands Nominee "New Years Dive Scheveningen" Scheveningen Holand New Year Dive 2017  | 
  
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                Peter Hershey USA Nominee "Distracted" Man browses the internet on his laptop at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.  | 
  
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            Peter K.C. Ho Canada Nominee "Home Coming" Image captured at the main gate of Chinatown, San Francisco. Sunset, May 2017.  | 
  
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            Petter Rustad Norway Nominee "Lonely Rider" London, The UK  | 
  
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            Philip Lawrence Australia Nominee "Concentration" Street checkers in Hoi An Vietnam  | 
  
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            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  | 
  
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                Rene Wouters Netherlands Nominee "Curious" Jewelry exhibition  | 
  
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                Robert Royer Canada Nominee "Dismay" A lady in Havana looking very forlorn.  | 
  
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                Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Lacota man " Dakota38, Mankato, Minnesota  | 
  
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            Sara Schmidt Mexico Nominee "Jump (3)" La Habana, Cuba, 2016  | 
  
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            Sascha Richter  Germany Nominee "Harvesting Rice" Three generations are harvesting the family's rice for the coming year. Northern Vietnam  | 
  
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                Shalabh Sharma USA Nominee "Cormorant Fisherman" Cormorant fisherman on the Li river, China  | 
  
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            Shankar Subramanian India Nominee "Cooking in the Sunset" Camel Herder cooking in the Pushkar fair during sunset  | 
  
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            Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee "Reflection"  | 
  
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                STEFANO MACEO CARLONI Italy Nominee "Dreamy superimposition 04" Military Marble - Venice  | 
  
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            Stephanie E'amato USA Nominee "Cultural Appropriation" Capturing the appropriation of yoga in order to create art  | 
  
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            Stephen Allworth Australia Nominee "Bhutanese Man Drinking" Enjoying a tipple  | 
  
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            Sunil Abraham India Nominee "Mothers Instruction" A patient ear to motherly advice in Worli, Mumbai  | 
  
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                Suvomoy Nandy India Nominee "Able vs Disable" The value of ability is always more to the "disable" than the "able".  | 
  
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            Terry Self Canada Nominee "Eyes" A young man on the streets of old Havana, Cuba.  | 
  
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            Tom Bell USA Nominee "Early Morning Serenade" An early morning street scene in León, Spain.  | 
  
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            Tony Gorham New Zealand Nominee "Love Triangle"  | 
  
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                Wayne Thornbrough USA Nominee "I'm Confused" Taken at the Palm Beach Art Exhibit  | 
  
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                Wendy Royer Canada Nominee "Lunch Time" A lady choosing lunch in Havana  | 
  
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                Wendy Royer Canada Nominee "Restoration" Havana train museum  | 
  
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            Wes Pettus USA Nominee "Salute" It's okay to be silly at Disneyland.  | 
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