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against the volcano

Angelica Arbulu

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"against the volcano"
as they debated who would go first she walked right passed them and jumped in



Cuddles

Anirudh Koppula

Australia

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Cuddles"



Appleby

France Leclerc

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Appleby "
A young girl proudly stands in front of the family's "caravan" at the Appleby Horse Fair.



Zen at sea

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Zen at sea"
2020, Belgium, Losing Our Minds



Dental Care

Joseph Lungaro

Malta

Honorable Mention

"Dental Care"
Dental Health Care education for kids in Gaya, India,



The World Ain't Enough...

Oliver Raschka

Germany

Honorable Mention

"The World Ain't Enough..."
From the series THE WORLD AIN'T ENOUGH... documenting the everday of my sons in a natural manner.



Back Off

Allysa Carberry

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Back Off"
My Grandson, aged 6 (with the ball) - an up and coming rugby player



Layang, The New Normal

Wolfgang Weinhardt

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Layang, The New Normal"
My very last impression of Coronasia 2020. The evening before the "New Normal" began. Amed,Indonesia



Jump into the sky

Aleksandr Romanov

Russia

Honorable Mention

"Jump into the sky"
The picture was taken in the Arctic. A boy named Igor is a master of sports in a national sport



Eddie

Kenneth Washington

USA

Honorable Mention

"Eddie"
Nile Valley kid looking into a classroom



On Life's Journey

Colmar Wocke

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"On Life's Journey"
For this young boy, his life lies ahead of him still. A Cuban street image.



Real Kids

Edie Swift

USA

Honorable Mention

"Real Kids"
Remembering Myanmar



Hot Day Chicago

Jack Weingarten

USA

Honorable Mention

"Hot Day Chicago"
Weingarten-Jack_Hot Day Chicago



Genes of freedom

Kenichiro Hagiwara

Japan

Honorable Mention

"Genes of freedom"
Do the genes of aquarium dolphins know freedom? I handed my question to a child who stared at it.



Something Funny

Bill Klipp

USA

Honorable Mention

"Something Funny"
School kids in Madagascar seeing their image in an Iphone



Lilium

Natalia Polomina

Russia

Honorable Mention

"Lilium"



Happy summer day

Peter Wingerter

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Happy summer day"



Dawn

Anirudh Koppula

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Dawn"
Enjoying the blissful sunrise on cold winter morning



Pterodactyl...... Run!

Debbie Hartley

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Pterodactyl...... Run!"
Just playin'



Going through the night

Kenichiro Hagiwara

Japan

Honorable Mention

"Going through the night"
On a lonesome rainy day, on the main street in Tokyo Ginza, the children were looking at the car tha



Sunday In Paris

Kerry Maxwell

USA

Honorable Mention

"Sunday In Paris"



Vives

Rob Haff

USA

Honorable Mention

"Vives"
Finding joy despite the difficulties facing Cuba today



Childhood: Flight of Fancy

Diane Klein

USA

Honorable Mention

"Childhood: Flight of Fancy"
Soaring, in a world of her creation



Untitled 4

Elmo Tide

USA

Honorable Mention

"Untitled 4"



Street Muse

Marcia Soloff

USA

Honorable Mention

"Street Muse"



Chess

Adi Popa

Romania

Nominee

"Chess"



Look me

Akira Yoshizawa

Japan

Nominee

"Look me"
Location, Peru Lima



Travelling with grandpa

Angelo Brancaccio

Italy

Nominee

"Travelling with grandpa"
Cremona, Italy. Grandpa and granddaughter during Covid-19 lockdown.



Discovering Bubbles

Anne Dignam

USA

Nominee

"Discovering Bubbles"
Children in a Maasai classroom in Tanzania blowing bubbles for the first time.



Staying Warm

Anne Eigen

USA

Nominee

"Staying Warm"



Curiosity

Antonio Bernardino Coelho

Portugal

Nominee

"Curiosity"
Expired film ilford from 1970's with Salyut-C camera. Vega 90 2.8



Young Driver

Arman Barbuco

Philippines

Nominee

"Young Driver"
Taken at China Town, Manila Philippines. A young tricycle driver.



Curious

Barbara Collister

Canada

Nominee

"Curious"
Rawanda, Africa



Dream Car

Bindu Chandan

India

Nominee

"Dream Car"
Near yet far but never say never!



Bhenswara Girl

Brian Jones

Australia

Nominee

"Bhenswara Girl"



Nose Dive

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Nominee

"Nose Dive"
A photo shot in Mardin Turkey of a boy flying the kite under the moon.



The Flight of Childhood joys

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Nominee

"The Flight of Childhood joys"
A photo captured on the fly as a seagull picked up flight with a little girl mesmerized looking on.



Gio

Claudio Bonaccorsi

Italy

Nominee

"Gio"



Disconsolation

Damaso Avila

Spain

Nominee

"Disconsolation"
A CHILD SHOWS HIS DESIRE TO EAT SOMETHING OF WHAT THIS STREET FOO



Girl Arbore

Damjan Voglar

Slovenia

Nominee

"Girl Arbore"
Potrait of girl from tribe Arbore taken in Omo Valley (Ethiopia).



Tiny hand with tough job

Deba Prasad Roy

India

Nominee

"Tiny hand with tough job"
A girl child is working in a BRICK KILN in India.



Spider 6

Doug Testa

USA

Nominee

"Spider 6"
xxx



What do I care

Dr. Ulrich M. Ratschker

Germany

Nominee

"What do I care"
answer to a parent's "come down immendiately", girl, cheeky,



Poetry in devotion

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Nominee

"Poetry in devotion"
2020, Belgium, Losing Our Minds



Losing Our Minds

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Nominee

"Losing Our Minds"
2020, Belgium, Losing Our Minds



Statues in the storm

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Nominee

"Statues in the storm"
2020, Belgium, Losing Our Minds



first encounter

Edie Swift

USA

Nominee

"first encounter"
the new world of nature



Ice Cream

Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"Ice Cream"



Untitled 14

Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"Untitled 14"



Untitled 27

Elmo Tide

USA

Nominee

"Untitled 27"



We are the Future of Tomorrow

Emmanuel Ogundipe

Nigeria

Nominee

"We are the Future of Tomorrow"
WE ARE THE FUTURE OF TOMORROW



A boy and a dog

Erik Olson

USA

Nominee

"A boy and a dog"



Egg Drop

Ernesto Rodriguez

USA

Nominee

"Egg Drop"
Despite the persistent food scarcities of Cuba, kids will be kids and throw eggs at passersby.



Puzzled

Esperanza Gomez

USA

Nominee

"Puzzled"



Faces

Estevao Lafuente

Portugal

Nominee

"Faces"
Children in southern Angola



Kazakh Children

France Leclerc

USA

Nominee

"Kazakh Children"
Kazakh Children in front of the family "ger" in the Altai Mountains, Western Mongolia.



Peaceful

Franck Rouzes

France

Nominee

"Peaceful"
Peaceful youngThai girl playing with a toy gun replica.



Innocence

Frederic Deschenes

Canada

Nominee

"Innocence"



Gritty Kid

Giovanni Sonsini

Italy

Nominee

"Gritty Kid"
This feisty little boy is a pupil of a boxing school in Havana and, when he saw himself framed by th



working at the market

Henk Langerak

Netherlands

Nominee

"working at the market"
sad girl



Ordinary Magic

Henri Mattocks

Malta

Nominee

"Ordinary Magic"
A normal day at the lake.



I can wink

Joan Caulfield

New Zealand

Nominee

"I can wink"



On Grandfather's Back

Jober Costa

Brazil

Nominee

"On Grandfather's Back"
This photograph was taken at Dochula Pass, a place near the city of Thimphu, Bhutan.



Anchor

Jose Reverendo

Spain

Nominee

"Anchor"
Playing



The Boy of Saint Michel

Jovelino Matos Almeida

Portugal

Nominee

"The Boy of Saint Michel"
around the famous Mont Saint Michel Abey in search of something different, this boy was waiting me



Bored

Karim Abed

Canada

Nominee

"Bored "
The absence of social interactions kills the kids’ desire to enjoy life



Natural

Keli Wakeley

USA

Nominee

"Natural"
Future Star



Hiding

Kenneth Washington

USA

Nominee

"Hiding"
Kids decided not to enter the church building, but was caught. Uganda



Measured

Kory McIntire

USA

Nominee

"Measured"
A child's growth is measured as part of Bountiful Children's ongoing fight against infant malnutrition. Peru, 2020



Cleaning the nose

Larisa Korzhenevskaya

Russia

Nominee

"Cleaning the nose"
Нос грозного льва также необходимо очистить, по крайней мере иногда.



Yummy

Lynn Tait

Canada

Nominee

"Yummy"



Ice Cream Cart

Marcia Soloff

USA

Nominee

"Ice Cream Cart"



The Ride

Mark Anthony Agtay

United Arab Emirates

Nominee

"The Ride"



Lost Childhood

Markus Lockauer

Austria

Nominee

"Lost Childhood"
Malagasy girl



Play

Mauro Raunich

Slovenia

Nominee

"Play"
Just play



Education is Freedom

Muhammad Farhan Osman

Singapore

Nominee

"Education is Freedom"
3 young children running to school along the wall for cover in the occupational statebof palestine.



Friends

Nikolay Smolyak

Russia

Nominee

"Friends"
The city of Apatity, Murmansk region.



Liam

Philip Lawrence

Australia

Nominee

"Liam"



Woodshed

Rivelea Citron

USA

Nominee

"Woodshed"



Moth to a Flame

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Moth to a Flame"
Taken at the famous carousel in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The child was captivated by the lights.



Hello!

Sandra Jasmin Nieuwenhuijsen

Canada

Nominee

"Hello!"



Poverty

Sandra Jasmin Nieuwenhuijsen

Canada

Nominee

"Poverty"
Playing in the Namuwongo slum



Mirrors of the soul

Sasa Prizmic

Croatia

Nominee

"Mirrors of the soul"



Who are you?

Sharon Townsend

USA

Nominee

"Who are you?"
Hiking in Hanoi, Vietnam.



Boy in sun

Stacy McNelis

USA

Nominee

"Boy in sun"
Logan James, Summer 2021



Little Irish Rovers

Tracey Suba

Canada

Nominee

"Little Irish Rovers "
Celebrating their Irish heritage at Toronto's not for profit Saint Patrick's Day parade.



Pero's Daughters

Wolfgang Weinhardt

Germany

Nominee

"Pero's Daughters"
Muslime enclave in the dominant christian Marapu region of Western Sumba, Indonesia.



Prajing

Wolfgang Weinhardt

Germany

Nominee

"Prajing"
Junior Sumbanese in front of his Marapu house. Sumba Barat, Indonesia



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