Still Life - Amateur

Poppies Klas Anders
Sweden

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Poppies"



Laundry Day Diane Kravetz
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Laundry Day"



Back to Nature Pat Maycroft
UK

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Back to Nature"



Icarus Klas Anders
Sweden

Honorable Mention

"Icarus"



Lily stamens Ian Shand
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Lily stamens"
The orientation of the stamens suggesting the random arrangement of the natural world



Switch Anita Schiedeck
Spain

Honorable Mention

"Switch"



Fabrica Mannequim 1 Ted Witek
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Fabrica Mannequim 1"
Fabrica Mannequim #1



All that's left Stephen Clough
Canada

Honorable Mention

"All that's left"



Paper Boat Jennifer Arce
USA

Honorable Mention

"Paper Boat"



Bands Shinya Ichikawa
Japan

Honorable Mention

"Bands"
These bands were used to bind excited patients in a mental hospital in Japan.



Golden Spiral Ernesto Rodriguez
USA

Honorable Mention

"Golden Spiral"
Nature is the true master of geometry.



Sunflower Klas Anders
Sweden

Honorable Mention

"Sunflower"



It Snowed Karen Corrigan
USA

Honorable Mention

"It Snowed"
Oh No! It Snowed Today



Carpe Librum 01 Denise Castro-Bran
USA

Honorable Mention

"Carpe Librum 01"
Books magically connect, transport, and transform us. This image pays homage to the tangible book and its ethereal magic.



Tandem Ivan Pesic
USA

Honorable Mention

"Tandem"
Hollywood, California



The curtain Shifra Levyathan
Israel

Honorable Mention

"The curtain"



Drawing the Bath Barbara Collister
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Drawing the Bath"



Tales from the Enchanted Glen 1 The Darker Side Gillian Hunt
UK

Honorable Mention

"Tales from the Enchanted Glen 1 The Darker Side"



The Fall Robert Ouimet
Canada

Honorable Mention

"The Fall"
After the first hard rain of the fall.



ghettoblaster Andre Kurenbach
Germany

Honorable Mention

"ghettoblaster"
if the community shrinks, a ghetto blaster is needed to replace the organist



Musical still life Claudio Bonaccorsi
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Musical still life"
Unprepared scenography, by pure chance I came across a wall with the score holders leaning against t



Dahlia Mary Beth Jarrosak
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dahlia"
dahlia cutting from garden



Confrontation Ian Shand
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Confrontation"
Walker and ceramic dog squaring off



Double Blossoms Jurgen Dopatka
USA

Honorable Mention

"Double Blossoms"
Creative Book Folding Art - Homage to Daniel Lai



Grief Akira Yoshizawa
Japan

Nominee

"Grief"
Location, Peru Lima RICOH GR3



Iron Lightness Alessandra Barracchia
Italy

Nominee

"Iron Lightness"



Mehanika Alexandr Pantyushin
Russia

Nominee

"Mehanika"
Alexndr-Pantyushin



Dialog Anita Schiedeck
Spain

Nominee

"Dialog"



Sit down Anita Schiedeck
Spain

Nominee

"Sit down"



Looking Away Ann Quinn
USA

Nominee

"Looking Away"
Analog silver print from the portraits of Flowers at Apogee.



White Dogwood Reflections Anna Barber
USA

Nominee

"White Dogwood Reflections"



Muse Aynsley Stelfox
Canada

Nominee

"Muse"



Two hearts Barbara Corvino
Italy

Nominee

"Two hearts"
Two hearts



Jacket on a White Picket Fence Bernard Werner
USA

Nominee

"Jacket on a White Picket Fence"
Madrid, NM



Couple 1 Bernie Kubiak
USA

Nominee

"Couple 1"



Rocket 88 C E Morse
USA

Nominee

"Rocket 88"
Study of a found object: Oldsmobile Rocket 88



Skeleton Fish Can Gurkan
USA

Nominee

"Skeleton Fish"
Inverted image of a backlit fish skeleton taken in a lab in Chicago, IL.



Renovations Carol Rusinek
Canada

Nominee

"Renovations"



Raindrops Christian Meermann
Germany

Nominee

"Raindrops"
Raindrops on a fallen leaf in autumn.



Torridon Sunset Chuck Nakell
USA

Nominee

"Torridon Sunset"
July, 2017 at 8:02 P.M.



In Ingrid's Garden Chuck Nakell
USA

Nominee

"In Ingrid's Garden"
After the rain



in Love in London Claudia Zeien
USA

Nominee

"in Love in London"



Hidden Gem Cody Schultz
USA

Nominee

"Hidden Gem"



Steel Wolves David Eller
USA

Nominee

"Steel Wolves"
Steel sculptures in strong sunlight creating high contrast shadows. Film



Pole Mate Deb Tatonetti
USA

Nominee

"Pole Mate"



Letterpress Blocks Denise Dethlefsen
USA

Nominee

"Letterpress Blocks"
Antique letter blocks are organized according to point size



Carpe Librum 02 Denise Castro-Bran
USA

Nominee

"Carpe Librum 02"
Books magically connect, transport, and transform us. This image pays homage to the tangible book and its ethereal magic.



Carpe Librum 03 Denise Castro-Bran
USA

Nominee

"Carpe Librum 03"
Books magically connect, transport, and transform us. This image pays homage to the tangible book and its ethereal magic.



Agoseris Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee

"Agoseris"
Agoseris



Ethereal Patterns Don Holman
USA

Nominee

"Ethereal Patterns"
Handiwork of our Father



The Shamrock Orbweaver on Garlic Ellin Pollachek
USA

Nominee

"The Shamrock Orbweaver on Garlic"
I had no idea that he was there until I started picking the garlic seeds.



Thirsty? Esperanza Gomez
USA

Nominee

"Thirsty?"



Bye Bye Straws Gayle Pepper
USA

Nominee

"Bye Bye Straws"
No longer good for our Earth



Bar None George Fitzmaurice
USA

Nominee

"Bar None"
Interior lighting



Premature 85 Giovanni De Benedetto
Italy

Nominee

"Premature 85"
Take this image as a mirror for reflecting yourself into.



Inward Gregory Hom
USA

Nominee

"Inward"
One of the first photos I took when the shelter-in-place order was imposed.



Wired Haunting Hendrik Kotze
Namibia

Nominee

"Wired Haunting"
Our inner shadows follow us



Minimalistic nature Holger Nimtz
Germany

Nominee

"Minimalistic nature"



Figure Ian Shand
New Zealand

Nominee

"Figure"
Still life of a pear suggesting the shape of a figure



Seven weeks of lockdown Ilya Trofimenko
Germany

Nominee

"Seven weeks of lockdown"



The Egg Beater Ivar Kljavin
USA

Nominee

"The Egg Beater"
How to use an egg beater



What Once Was Jacqui Turner
USA

Nominee

"What Once Was"



Iris Jacqui Turner
USA

Nominee

"Iris"



Hot Machine James Meldrum
USA

Nominee

"Hot Machine"



Into the storm Jennifer Arce
USA

Nominee

"Into the storm"



In Your Head Juergen Wieser
Germany

Nominee

"In Your Head"



Lesvos Kelly Tringas
Australia

Nominee

"Lesvos"
Enjoying the fine dining



that's what is left -2 Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Nominee

"that's what is left -2"
when you sharpen your pencil



that's what left -4 Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Nominee

"that's what left -4"
when you sharpen your pencil



that's what left -10 Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Nominee

"that's what left -10"
when you sharpen your pencil



that's what left -14 Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Nominee

"that's what left -14"
when you sharpen your pencil



Solitude Lori S
USA

Nominee

"Solitude "



Angel Hair Magnus Karlson
Sweden

Nominee

"Angel Hair"



Kiku Flower Marie Kotschedoff
USA

Nominee

"Kiku Flower"



above the clouds Marlen Peix
Germany

Nominee

"above the clouds"
create with boxes in my home



Branch Mary Beth Jarrosak
USA

Nominee

"Branch"
Branch washed up on beach



Wreath Masumi Shiohara
Japan

Nominee

"Wreath"
I am a fruit farmer. This is the grape I grew. I made a bunch of shapes that are impossible in natur



Growing in the garden Mathew Oldershaw
UK

Nominee

"Growing in the garden"
Taken while out in the garden during the lockdown.



Silent Spring Nancy R Knutson Knutson
USA

Nominee

"Silent Spring"



Hitchhiker Nicolas Hyacinthe
USA

Nominee

"Hitchhiker"
discarded mask on the side of the road during the pandemic



Old Glory Norman Robbins
USA

Nominee

"Old Glory"



Fern Leaves With Dew Paul Hetzel
USA

Nominee

"Fern Leaves With Dew"



Liberties Shame Remo Camerota
USA

Nominee

"Liberties Shame"
Liberty holds her head in shame as no one in the world is free & USA becomes the Covid19 epicenter.



Deformed Tulip Rich Read
Canada

Nominee

"Deformed Tulip"
From our garden



Blown milkweed Rich Read
Canada

Nominee

"Blown milkweed"



Tower of Babel Ronald Dunlap
USA

Nominee

"Tower of Babel"
The ambiguity of titles.



Jewel of My Eye Sandrina Huish
New Zealand

Nominee

"Jewel of My Eye"
Inspired by the sad, hard and trying times during Covid 19 lockdown



Daisy meets Carnation Seta Karabadjian
Canada

Nominee

"Daisy meets Carnation"



Untitled Stephen Clough
Canada

Nominee

"Untitled"



Dogwood Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee

"Dogwood"
Dogwood blooms of Spring



A Point of View Susan Langer
USA

Nominee

"A Point of View"
Capturing light streaming in through a window onto a porcelain sculpture of a pear.



Cape Hope Snow Flowers Teri McNevin
Canada

Nominee

"Cape Hope Snow Flowers"



Weeds Terrance R Pack
Canada

Nominee

"Weeds"
I like the contrast between the menacing dark barbs and the softness of the flower



Failing arteries Trevor Kerry
UK

Nominee

"Failing arteries"
winter's ravages seem symptomatic of the human condition



Bleeding heart Ulla Cornelius
Germany

Nominee

"Bleeding heart"



Leaf of Kaffir Lily Young Lee
Korea (South)

Nominee

"Leaf of Kaffir Lily"
Kaffir lily in my house had a withered leaf which had a beauty of its own.



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