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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

Liliana 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

USA

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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