Portrait - Professional

Anger Martin Krystynek
Slovak Republic

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Anger"



Beard Marc Stapelberg
Australia

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Beard"
An Indigenous Australian Trevor from the Casino area in Australia.



Celmantine. The Sapeuse of Brazzaville, Congo Tariq Zaidi
UK

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Celmantine. The Sapeuse of Brazzaville, Congo"
Celmantine, 52, has been a "Sapeuse (a fashion subculture in Congo) for 36 years. Brazzaville, Congo



Aminata Henry Fernando
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Aminata"
Portrait of Aminata



SANTO Jose Luis Lopez de Zubiria
Spain

Honorable Mention

"SANTO"



Young and Alive Joseph Ruesing
USA

Honorable Mention

"Young and Alive"



Zebra Katz Frederic Aranda
UK

Honorable Mention

"Zebra Katz"
Rapper Zebra Katz photographed in London



Hesitant Scott Fowler
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Hesitant"



Through Andre Melo-Andrade
Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Through"
The human look acts as a means of connecting between interlocutors, even when there are no words.



FAYE Boy Surminski
Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"FAYE"
PORTRAIT OF FAYE



Frenchie and Lucifer Lilian Caruana
USA

Honorable Mention

"Frenchie and Lucifer"
Frenchie, a skinhead, and his dog Lucifer in New York's East Village



Bottom of the Caste June Greenspan
USA

Honorable Mention

"Bottom of the Caste"
A lower caste man feeling safe inside the dark, ancient carved temple



A feminine man Kirsten Heer
Germany

Honorable Mention

"A feminine man"



Burlesque Tatsiana Tsyhanova
Belarus

Honorable Mention

"Burlesque"
The weird woman is looking directly at the camera and trying to be sexy



Three minutes Riccardo Ghilardi
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Three minutes"
portrait of actor Ian McKellen taken in Rome during the International Film Festival 17.



Henry Worsley--Explorer Sebastian Copeland
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Henry Worsley--Explorer"
The late explorer Henry Worsley at the South Pole manifesting his hero Sir Shackleton.



A Liberty Choir Chorister by Mark Harrison Mark Harrison
UK

Honorable Mention

"A Liberty Choir Chorister by Mark Harrison"
The Liberty Choir brings singing into selected British prisons.



The awakening - Damba III Luigi Fieni
Germany

Honorable Mention

"The awakening - Damba III"



Mask of Shadows Adrian Zator
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Mask of Shadows"
The shadows created by a piece of crocheted lace complement the delicate beauty of the woman's face and create a mysterious mood.



Bride Portrait Barbara Zanon
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Bride Portrait"
Bride portrait IN Venice, Italy



Self Portrait 484 Jaap Bijsterbosch
Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Self Portrait 484"
Diemen NL 2017/04/06 1123 am



The Watch Maker. Kutaisi, Georgia Tariq Zaidi
UK

Honorable Mention

"The Watch Maker. Kutaisi, Georgia"
Hamlet, 77. There were many Jewish watchmakers in Kutaisi, but now he is the only one that remains.



Johan Leysen Pieter Clicteur
Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Johan Leysen"
Belgian actor Johan Leysen



pray Sandra Ventura
Portugal

Honorable Mention

"pray"



stiLife #01 Kristofer Dan-Bergman
USA

Honorable Mention

"stiLife #01"
stiLife #01 is part of my new stiLife series where I explore Time, Space and our conscious.



glass Andrzej Bochenski
Poland

Honorable Mention

"glass"
portrait of young woman



Childhood Alexander Varvarin
Russia

Nominee

"Childhood"



color matters Amir Lavon
Israel

Nominee

"color matters "
Slava and Mud Boy are absolute opposites, one from Russia and the other from Africa. Both have stree



Naga Tribal Anand Sharan
India

Nominee

"Naga Tribal"
Fiercely freedom loving tribe from the hilly regions of east India.



Wet Plate Portrait Antonio Peinado
Spain

Nominee

"Wet Plate Portrait"
Collodium Wet Plate Portrait



Mauricette Arnaud Gras
France

Nominee

"Mauricette"
Mauricette



Distraction At The Water Hole Cara Taylor Swift
USA

Nominee

"Distraction At The Water Hole"



Alendre Amonia Cheryl Clegg
USA

Nominee

"Alendre Amonia"
77 year old Alendre Amonia, Haiti



Stephen 12, Raphael 6, Andreas 14 and Hans 8 Chieko Tanemura
Japan

Nominee

"Stephen 12, Raphael 6, Andreas 14 and Hans 8"



Walter Schels Christian Klant
Germany

Nominee

"Walter Schels"
Wet Plate Collodion Tintype



Danish goddess Christo Stankulov
France

Nominee

"Danish goddess"
portrait of a lady



Local Color in the Chinese Redland Deborah Gray Mitchell
USA

Nominee

"Local Color in the Chinese Redland"
A man and his dog pose for photos in the Chinese Redland, September 2015



Cocoon Delphina Fuchs
Switzerland

Nominee

"Cocoon"
Portrait of Tindra, April 2018



portrait of my mother and father Diana Blok
Netherlands

Nominee

"portrait of my mother and father"
My most precious portrait



Capsulated Djeneba Aduayom
USA

Nominee

"Capsulated"



Mothern Edu Bosch
Spain

Nominee

"Mothern"



Karen Shaman Eike Michler
Netherlands

Nominee

"Karen Shaman"
Karen shaman from a mountain village in the Chiang Mai Region, Thailand



Desert Eyes Emmanuel Zouboulis
Germany

Nominee

"Desert Eyes"
Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better



Madame Butterfly Ewa Cwikla
Netherlands

Nominee

"Madame Butterfly"
Serie Madame



The Face of Hope Fabeha Monir
Bangladesh

Nominee

"The Face of Hope"
Nomita Halder (55), an acid survivor is serving as a teacher in a blind girl's school. Dhaka



welcome Federico Janni
USA

Nominee

"welcome"
a portrait of an homelesss in Venice, CA



Tia Frederic Aranda
UK

Nominee

"Tia"
Tia, London, April 2017



hunting Georg Gutschi
Austria

Nominee

"hunting"
at home in kaernten



Donald Dragon Paint Foreman Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Donald Dragon Paint Foreman"
From Shipyard Workers of Hampton Roads



Mr. Jones Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Mr. Jones"
Mr. George Jones, waiting for church service, Newport News, Virginia



Sanele Xaba Helene Wiesenhaan
Netherlands

Nominee

"Sanele Xaba"
Sanele Xaba, the first international South African male model with albinism



Immigrant Hemali Acharya
USA

Nominee

"Immigrant "
From the Series- Portraits of Immigrants



Himba I Jasmine Rossi
Argentina

Nominee

"Himba I"
The Himba are the last nomads of the Namib desert, the seashell is very valuable and comes from bartering with a tribe near the ocean



The New Residents of Maine Jens Honore
USA

Nominee

"The New Residents of Maine"
Maine has the oldest and whitest population in USA. New residents are coming from far away.



Old Woman Julia Smirnova
Germany

Nominee

"Old Woman"
From the project "Memories of Lost Moments” about natives in India. Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400.



A New Father Julie Shipman
USA

Nominee

"A New Father"
Tyler, US war veteran who lost both legs in an ambush. Now a 2018 Paralympian Snowboarder.



White Donkey foal Karsten Thormaehlen
Germany

Nominee

"White Donkey foal"
Zoo keeper, holding a 5-days old White Donkey foal, Burgos, Sardinia



Katka Katarina Grajcarikova
Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Katka"
woman with vitiligo



boy Katti Borre
Belgium

Nominee

"boy"
A handsome little boy ready to join the adult world.



Mark in the basement Kent Miller
USA

Nominee

"Mark in the basement "
Portrait project using Kodak 5x7 film from 1964



An entangled Adrien Luigi Fieni
Germany

Nominee

"An entangled Adrien"



Denise 1 Madhur Shroff
India

Nominee

"Denise 1"
She had a way with hand gestures!! Portrait shot on 120 Format film with high contrast



Denise Johnson Madhur Shroff
India

Nominee

"Denise Johnson"
Portrait of Denise Johnson. Shot on 120 format Film & printed on Ilford B&W paper.



My Smokey Stories Michelle Chaplow
Spain

Nominee

"My Smokey Stories"
A wise old lady from Mandalay. A face full of stories.



The Rohingya Refugee Nick Ng
Malaysia

Nominee

"The Rohingya Refugee"
Ershad bin Soul Amin, 28 years, was born with deformities of both his upper limbs.



ANDRES, Tattoo Artist from The Bronx, NY Olga Nebot
Australia

Nominee

"ANDRES, Tattoo Artist from The Bronx, NY"
I photographed Andres and other members of the community as part of my personal work.



Head Shot Oliver Klink
USA

Nominee

"Head Shot"
Eagle Hunter in Western Mongolia



Voodoo Spirit Patrick Desgraupes
France

Nominee

"Voodoo Spirit"
In the African tradition, Voodoo rites combining prayers songs and dances



Stick Man Peter Rodger
USA

Nominee

"Stick Man"
An ancient man carrying sticks on the Silk Road, Pakistan



SDF Pierre Delaunay
France

Nominee

"SDF"
Hasselblad 500c



Walk The Line Pieter Clicteur
Belgium

Nominee

"Walk The Line"
Belgian actor Kevin Janssens in Film Noir style, photo made for the poster of Filmfestival Oostende



Nepali Farmer Rajesh Dhungana
Nepal

Nominee

"Nepali Farmer"
Smile face of Nepali farmer



Hollywood Glam Ramiro Cueva
Ecuador

Nominee

"Hollywood Glam"
This is a portrait that evokes the golden age of Hollygood, made in Ecuador



Cusco's Woman Roberto Soares-Gomes
Brazil

Nominee

"Cusco's Woman"
Peruvian Woman, Cusco, Peru



Magnetic Field Roberto Pastrovicchio
Italy

Nominee

"Magnetic Field"
Magnetic Field



Rajasthani Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Rajasthani "
Rajasthan, India



Burmese man Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Burmese man"
Burmese man waiting on a bridge, Myanmar



Outside Looking In Sam Nerrie
Australia

Nominee

"Outside Looking In"
Young people growing up feel as though they are on the outside looking in. They struggle to connect.



IN THE DARK Sandra Ventura
Portugal

Nominee

"IN THE DARK"



Mummy 2 Scott Fowler
New Zealand

Nominee

"Mummy 2"



Observation Scott Hoyle
USA

Nominee

"Observation"
This photograph was taken at the 2018 Seattle Women’s March.



Warface Sergey Sergeev
Russia

Nominee

"Warface"
Beautiful women take up arms and go to war... What's wrong with this world?



Maasai Warriors, Kenya (1) Simon Stock
UK

Nominee

"Maasai Warriors, Kenya (1)"
Maasai Warriors, Kenya Photographed after 3 years living in the bush on walkabout.



Maasai Warriors, Kenya (2) Simon Stock
UK

Nominee

"Maasai Warriors, Kenya (2)"
Maasai Warriors, Kenya Photographed after 3 years living in the bush on walkabout.



Savanna-Hero Stefan Nimmesgern
Germany

Nominee

"Savanna-Hero"
Kenya, Massai, Climbing Mt Kenya, Savanna, Black people, Africa, report



Housewife-Shepherdess Stefan Michael Kothner
Austria

Nominee

"Housewife-Shepherdess"
Human-Turkish Woman



Ticket Booth Steven Edson
USA

Nominee

"Ticket Booth"
Portrait of woman working at the ticket booth at the County Fair



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