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100 years

Sandra Ventura

Portugal

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"100 years"



Bobby

Jerry Stevenson

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Bobby"



BADA BANG

Eric Garcia-March

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"BADA BANG"
Sam's Groundhog Day



Bauhaus Portrait

Lisa Powers

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Bauhaus Portrait"
Portrait of Ella, photographed in studio.



Stefan Playing the Guitar

Chieko Tanemura

USA

Honorable Mention

"Stefan Playing the Guitar"



For Grace

Felice Boucher

USA

Honorable Mention

"For Grace"



Dario

Eva Mueller

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dario"
Portrait from IKONINK Series. I met Dario during NY Fashion Week.



Knight

Sergio Pessolano

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Knight"
Burkina faso - Tuareg knight



Merry veteran

Vyacheslav Sarkisian

Turkmenistan

Honorable Mention

"Merry veteran"
During the races on the podium, I noticed a cheerful Yashuli (an elderly person), and my entire cent



Philippine Ledeboer 01

Boy Surminski

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Philippine Ledeboer 01"



Sad Lady in bowler hat

Donna Todd

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Sad Lady in bowler hat"
A woman on the streets of La Paz Bolivia deep in thought



Bolivian Twins

Stefan Michael Kothner

Austria

Honorable Mention

"Bolivian Twins"
Sometimes we have to mirror ourselves



Cuscueno

Henry Fernando

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Cuscueno"
Photographer in Cusco, Peru



Mother&Sons

Aladdin Ishmael

USA

Honorable Mention

"Mother&Sons "



Selfportrait1967

Wilfried Beege

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Selfportrait1967"
Selfportrait Beege 1967



Bunker Spreckels Surfing's Divine Prince Of Decadence 05

Art Brewer

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bunker Spreckels Surfing's Divine Prince Of Decadence 05"
Breaking the mirror, Sunset Towers, Hollywood California



Noir Study

Michael Pollak

USA

Honorable Mention

"Noir Study"
Catching a serious mood



Director Jordan Peele with His Weapon of Choice

Taili Song Roth

USA

Honorable Mention

"Director Jordan Peele with His Weapon of Choice"
Taken at a 5 minute photo session backstage at the WGA (Writers Guild Awards).



Her name is Storm

Darran Rees

UK

Honorable Mention

"Her name is Storm"
She approached me on a street in Mississippi and asked if I would ' make her picture there and then'



Young Father

Piotr Powietrzynski

USA

Honorable Mention

"Young Father"
Young Father



Dirty Zoe

Scott Fowler

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Dirty Zoe"



Comedic Inspiration

Jonathan Banks

UK

Honorable Mention

"Comedic Inspiration"
Comedian and founder of Comic Relief, Lenny Henry pictured showing the comedy light bulb moment



Grandma Divers

Alain Schroeder

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Grandma Divers"
Jeju island, South Korea. The Haenyeo ‘women of the sea’ free dive to harvest seafood.



The Portrait

Athina Strataki

Sweden

Honorable Mention

"The Portrait"



Nerlande, Haiti

Cheryl Clegg

USA

Honorable Mention

"Nerlande, Haiti "
One portrait from my series, Faces of the Rasin Foundation, Haiti



The Maasai

Ilan Wittenberg

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"The Maasai"
Maasai Warrior



The Queer God

Katherin Wermke

Spain

Honorable Mention

"The Queer God "
Drag queen Snortella de Line as a pansexual, ruminative god-like figure.



Malik Seated With Lampshade

Robert Englebright

USA

Honorable Mention

"Malik Seated With Lampshade"
Portrait of Malik seated in an upholstered chair with a lampshade on his head.



brazilian identity

Ale Ruaro

Brazil

Nominee

"brazilian identity"
Portrait; gender; aleruaro; black and white



Portrait of a Jimador

Antti Viitala

Finland

Nominee

"Portrait of a Jimador"
Jimador harvesting Blue Agave for Tequila production. Shot in Tequila, Mexico for Jose Cuervo Tequila.



Dana

Barbara Morley

USA

Nominee

"Dana"
Before the gala



Stolen

Belinda Mason

Australia

Nominee

"Stolen"
Marlene's (pictured) childhood was stolen when she was sexually abused as child in foster care.



A Satisfied Mama

David Nam Lip Lee

Malaysia

Nominee

"A Satisfied Mama"
People of PNG not only bred pig for their meat, it also represents the social values of the owner.



Remembering a Super Man

Diana De Rosa

USA

Nominee

"Remembering a Super Man"
Christopher Reeve was truly a Superman. This was taken in 2003. He died in 2004.



Grapes Of Wrath

Elena Paraskeva

Cyprus

Nominee

"Grapes Of Wrath"



Family with Branches

Elizabeth Siegfried

Canada

Nominee

"Family with Branches"
Family Portrait with Mylar overlay



Inkman

Eva Mueller

USA

Nominee

"Inkman"
Portrait from IKONINK Series. I met Inkman at a tattoo convention.



Mikki

Eva Mueller

USA

Nominee

"Mikki"
Portrait from IKONINK Series. I met Mikki at a tattoo convention.



All alone

Feyona van der Molen

Netherlands

Nominee

"All alone"
Portraited just before a nice happening... But the world does not excist anymore for him



El Chucky

Francisco Mata Rosas

Mexico

Nominee

"El Chucky"
He works washing and taking care of cars in a poipular neighborhood of Mexico City, ex-convict and a



Nazareno

Henry Fernando

Canada

Nominee

"Nazareno"
Street portrait in Havana, Cuba



Frank

Ilan Wittenberg

New Zealand

Nominee

"Frank"
The Bare Truth project raises awareness for men's health



Self Portrait 557

Jaap Bijsterbosch

Netherlands

Nominee

"Self Portrait 557"
Diemen NL 2018



Self Portrait 1987

Jaap Bijsterbosch

Netherlands

Nominee

"Self Portrait 1987"
Amsterdam 1987



Last Perfumier

James Hughes

UK

Nominee

"Last Perfumier"
One of the last perfumers of istanbul



Woman with dog

Jonas Kroyer

Denmark

Nominee

"Woman with dog"



George Skeggs

Jonathan Knowles

UK

Nominee

"George Skeggs"
A portrait of a true living legend, 'Soho George'.



Old Farmer

Joseph K.S. Tan

Singapore

Nominee

"Old Farmer"
Photo taken in one of the Indonesia villages. He was on his way to work



Thoughtful

Julia Smirnova

Germany

Nominee

"Thoughtful"
Portrait of a woman on a field, Bihar, India; shot on Kodak Tri-X with Rolleiflex SL66



Before Play

Laurent de Posson

USA

Nominee

"Before Play"
Moments taken before role play desires



With Furrowed Brow

Linda Ryma

Canada

Nominee

"With Furrowed Brow"
Ric, who looks so stern here but never actually is that way



CASSIDY ROSE

Madhur Shroff

India

Nominee

"CASSIDY ROSE"
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN FROM AN ESSAY ON PEOPLE OF ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE



Fearful Flier's Cross Country Portraits 07

Mark Ostow

USA

Nominee

"Fearful Flier's Cross Country Portraits 07"
Bruce, Kansas



'Mad' Frankie Fraser by Mark Harrison

Mark Harrison

UK

Nominee

"'Mad' Frankie Fraser by Mark Harrison"
Fraser was an English gangster who spent 42 years in prison.



Daily Ritual in My House 1

Michael Pollak

USA

Nominee

"Daily Ritual in My House 1"



Emma's 87th birthday

Michael Zuelli

Switzerland

Nominee

"Emma's 87th birthday"
A portrait of Emma on her 87th birthday



Eliza

Michelle Chaplow

Spain

Nominee

"Eliza"
Flamenco Poise.



Girl in window light

Ness Sherry

UK

Nominee

"Girl in window light"



Gypsy Strongman Leo

Paul Anthony Wilson

UK

Nominee

"Gypsy Strongman Leo"
from a series entitled 'Eccentrics'



Man in Hanford, CA

Peter Rodger

USA

Nominee

"Man in Hanford, CA"



CALCUTA

Pierre Delaunay

France

Nominee

"CALCUTA"
Hasselblad 500c



Life goes on

Riccardo Bergamini

Belgium

Nominee

"Life goes on"
There is a moment in life when the line that divides life from death is not there.



farm mother from Trinidad

Roy Kaltschmidt

USA

Nominee

"farm mother from Trinidad"
mother on her farm outside of Trinidad, Cuba



Azerbaijan Storekeeper

Sebastian Copeland

Germany

Nominee

"Azerbaijan Storekeeper"
Spice shop keeper in the mountains of Azerbaijan 2018



old beauty

Shairon Paterson

Australia

Nominee

"old beauty"
lines of life tell their own story



Midwest Girl 2

Suzy Mitchell

UK

Nominee

"Midwest Girl 2"
A flight of imagination.... shot on a ramshackle farm in rural Lincolnshire UK



Turkana  Women

Terri Gold

USA

Nominee

"Turkana Women "
The Turkana women wear unique beaded necklaces and still follow the traditional semi nomadic life.



Rendille Sisters on the shores of Lake Turkana

Terri Gold

USA

Nominee

"Rendille Sisters on the shores of Lake Turkana"
On the windswept shores of Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya.



Coney Island Mermaid with  Parasol

Terri Gold

USA

Nominee

"Coney Island Mermaid with Parasol"
The Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer.



A Coney Island Mermaid

Terri Gold

USA

Nominee

"A Coney Island Mermaid"
I'm going to change the world but today, I'll just be a mermaid. — Unknown



Ballet of the Sea

Tiana Hunter

USA

Nominee

"Ballet of the Sea"
The Marin Headlands, California, 2018



Mixed ethnicity

Ulla Jensen

Denmark

Nominee

"Mixed ethnicity"



Warrior-2

Ulla Jensen

Denmark

Nominee

"Warrior-2"



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