Children of the World - Amateur

Adolescence Elena Bolshakova
Russia

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Adolescence"



Here and Now #63 Oliver Raschka
Germany

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Here and Now #63"



Study Lucio Farina
Singapore

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Study"
Young monks in Myanmar



A lonely boy near the Cemetry Charles Mifsud
Malta

Honorable Mention

"A lonely boy near the Cemetry"
A lonely boy near the cemetry



Standing Where I Live Lynn Fothergill
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Standing Where I Live"
A boy in the slums of Dehradun, India, showing the instamatic photos taken of him and his friends



The girl, the cross and the hen Sonia Costa
Italy

Honorable Mention

"The girl, the cross and the hen"
The girl, the cross and her hen, Asmara, Eritrea.



Boy Matty Karp
Israel

Honorable Mention

"Boy"
Ethiopian boy in rural area after school.



Whisper Catalin Baican
Romania

Honorable Mention

"Whisper"



Waiting for lift off Lezanne Gibbs
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Waiting for lift off"



Ready to Swing Wendy Royer
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Ready to Swing"
Havana children don't need a ball diamond. Any small space will do.



Virtual reality Alex Politis
France

Honorable Mention

"Virtual reality"
Who (real) is who (virtual) in a not so distant future...



Math Shinya Ichikawa
Japan

Honorable Mention

"Math"
a girl studying Math in the street after school in Cuba



Joy of The Alley Grace Ho
Malaysia

Honorable Mention

"Joy of The Alley"
I captured this little boy at a back alley of a village near Agra, India. His smile makes me think a



Tomah and Jamesy Asher Milgate
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Tomah and Jamesy"
Tom (4) and James (5) are cousins, each are my brothers son’s. I find it incredibly interesting to o



Tired Alla Sokolovskaya
USA

Honorable Mention

"Tired"



Palm Sunday Judith Rodriguez
Argentina

Honorable Mention

"Palm Sunday"
At church on Palm Sunday, Wilson, NC, US



Where Is My Future Grace Ho
Malaysia

Honorable Mention

"Where Is My Future"
I was attracted by the nanchallence expression of this girl at a Badjao Village near Batangas



do not enter Adhya Menda
India

Honorable Mention

"do not enter"
A young boy stands at the entrance with his hands stretched out safeguarding his home from intruders



Story of Abandoned Children Debiprasad Mukherjee
India

Honorable Mention

"Story of Abandoned Children"
Story of Abandoned Children



At a Tajic Wedding John Eaton
USA

Honorable Mention

"At a Tajic Wedding"
A guest at a Tajic wedding high in the Himalayas



Checkmated Dr. Ulrich M. Ratschker
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Checkmated"
Checkmated - Often it is said today's youth only know PC, Playstation etc. But still they exercice t



Empower Bindu Chandan
India

Honorable Mention

"Empower"
Every child is gifted, it is our duty to empower.



Look Back Keng How Kan
Malaysia

Honorable Mention

"Look Back"



Street peekaboo! Federico Odello
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Street peekaboo!"



sweet something Hilaneh Mahmoudi
Turkey

Honorable Mention

"sweet something"
Syrian refugee child, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015



Girls in Yazd Iran Amy Siqveland
USA

Nominee

"Girls in Yazd Iran"
In this photo all 9-year-old girls in Iran were celebrating the day they would begin to wear the headscarf or chador.



Scooting into the Fog Bernard Werner
USA

Nominee

"Scooting into the Fog"
Venice, IT



Park Fiction Bernhard Schmidt
Germany

Nominee

"Park Fiction"
Park Fiction Hamburg Germany



I See You Bindu Chandan
India

Nominee

"I See You"
I see you as you watch over me



Childhood Catalin Baican
Romania

Nominee

"Childhood"



The Story Grows & Grows Dan Tran
USA

Nominee

"The Story Grows & Grows"



Ring Dr.Samarendranath Mandal
India

Nominee

"Ring"
Children of the local village are playing at North Bengal



Daily Ritual Edie Swift
USA

Nominee

"Daily Ritual"
The daily painting starts early every day in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia



Untitled (1) Elmo Tide
USA

Nominee

"Untitled (1)"



Untitled (2) Estevao Lafuente
Portugal

Nominee

"Untitled (2)"



Childrens of Kond Ilya Trofimenko
Germany

Nominee

"Childrens of Kond"



Keep out James McNelis
USA

Nominee

"Keep out"
SUMMER IN THE CITY



Wild Boys Jan Demann
Germany

Nominee

"Wild Boys"
Vietnam - This superheros made my time in the NationalPark running even faster. Some didn´t know what a camera is and what it does. They just know themselve as a reflection from the water. When I sho



INNOCENCE Jhinku Banerjee
India

Nominee

"INNOCENCE "
Two boys playing under a monument inside Dhaka University in Bangladesh



Labyrinth Jit Rakshit
India

Nominee

"Labyrinth"



I'm the Boss Joan Caulfield
New Zealand

Nominee

"I'm the Boss"
These children were sitting on the front step of their home in Agra, India.



Ladakhi lunch John Alfano
USA

Nominee

"Ladakhi lunch"
children eating lunch near our camp in the Markha Valley



A childish view of this world ... Larisa Korzhenevskaya
Russia

Nominee

"A childish view of this world ..."
Flooded area of San Marco in September.



Here I Am Leba Marquez
USA

Nominee

"Here I Am"
New Mexico, USA



Belle Lisa Brockman
USA

Nominee

"Belle"
For Irish Travellers, the Ballinsloe Horse Fair is a time to dress in your best. Ballinasloe, Ireland



BOY RIDING STICK Marcia Soloff
USA

Nominee

"BOY RIDING STICK"



Running through the shadows Marianna Armata
Canada

Nominee

"Running through the shadows"
a little boy runs through a vast space inside the Oculus subway station in New York.



Me And My Girl Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee

"Me And My Girl"



Little Army Michael Paramonti
Germany

Nominee

"Little Army"
Myanmar-Mandalay



Angel Michael Paramonti
Germany

Nominee

"Angel"
Myanmar



Bubble Boy Michael Gora
USA

Nominee

"Bubble Boy"
At the Circus



Shadow Of Childhood Mithun Haldar
India

Nominee

"Shadow Of Childhood"
Children used to play under the tress which are getting lost



Around the corner Patrick Ems
Switzerland

Nominee

"Around the corner"
Two kids playing in the streets of Havana



GUM Porus Khareghat
India

Nominee

"GUM "
KASHMIR KIDS ENJOYING GUM



Lost Childhood Prashanta Hridoy
Bangladesh

Nominee

"Lost Childhood"
A Rohingya child and his siblings have no energy left to move forward and along everyone they fell asleep in the water. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.



Back to Nature Rachel Choong M H
Malaysia

Nominee

"Back to Nature"
Technology has taken over the world, doesn't mean it has to take over children's childhood.Nature is a Kid’s best teacher.



Krishna Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Krishna"
Pushkar, India



Heavy Load Ron Cooper
USA

Nominee

"Heavy Load"



young fisherman Rudolf Koenig
Switzerland

Nominee

"young fisherman"
single young fisherman on lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia



Life with snakes Saud Al Faisal
Bangladesh

Nominee

"Life with snakes "
A snake charmer's kid is showing performance with a snake



The reader Shifra Levyathan
Israel

Nominee

"The reader"



Catch the bubbles Simone Nagel
Germany

Nominee

"Catch the bubbles"
The girl stands in front of a canvas projected on the bubbles and tries to catch them.



Into the future Stefan Maier
Switzerland

Nominee

"Into the future"
Taken in Nicaragua.



Solemn Susan Blick
New Zealand

Nominee

"Solemn"
A novice monk in Ladakh locks eyes with me; tears well.



Cage Football Ted Lau
Hong Kong

Nominee

"Cage Football"
What football has to be in tight little Hong Kong.



His New Pig Viveca Venegas
Puerto Rico

Nominee

"His New Pig"



Diving Xavier Mas Ferra
Spain

Nominee

"Diving"
My son is swimming in the direction of a coastal cave.



Higher and higher Xhin Tok Sin
Malaysia

Nominee

"Higher and higher"
One day at the beach,Taiwan.



Sad Yuan Yu Huang
Taiwan

Nominee

"Sad"
I do not go home.I want to play with others.



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