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Cigars

Sonia Costa

Italy

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Cigars"
Cigars are not only a pleasure but a way to get rid of still mandatory masks. Cuba 2022



A Face Like No Other

Yancho Sabev

Belgium

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"A Face Like No Other"



New York Gothic

Mayda Rumberg

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"New York Gothic"



Nelly 4

Niklaus Fringeli

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Nelly 4"



Floortje

Susan Leurs

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Floortje"
Leurs-Susan_Floortje.jpg



Mother & Child

Joseph Lungaro

Malta

Honorable Mention

"Mother & Child"
Mother & Child



Arm and Hammer

Nestor Novo

USA

Honorable Mention

"Arm and Hammer"
Arm and Hammer



Bobby & Mobby

Neil Holden

UK

Honorable Mention

"Bobby & Mobby"
Red Hot + Blue / HIV & AIDS Awareness Project, Paris France / Kodak Tri-X / Scanned Bromide Print



Carrying the Statue

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Honorable Mention

"Carrying the Statue"
Portrait of Men carrying the Statue using Wooden Supports



Socially Distant

Larry Bean

USA

Honorable Mention

"Socially Distant"
A self-portrait in response to living in a pandemic. Billings, Montana 2021



Her

Bertrand Helbling

France

Honorable Mention

"Her"
Helbling-Bertrand_Her.Jpg



Clara, Houston 2018

Tom Bowden

USA

Honorable Mention

"Clara, Houston 2018"
Channeling the Spirit of Marie Antoinette



Fruit Vendor

Joseph Lungaro

Malta

Honorable Mention

"Fruit Vendor"
A Fruit vendor in the busy streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh.



Dj Emma

Neil Holden

UK

Honorable Mention

"Dj Emma"
'Safer use of drugs in a sound environment' / Bedroom Dj's Project / Kodak Tri-X / Scanned Bromide Print



Self

Olav Nowiak

Poland

Honorable Mention

"Self"
I turn the lens on myself.



Mother

Joao Coelho

Portugal

Honorable Mention

"Mother"
She keeps her son close to her, even while she works hard breaking shells to sell the mollusk



Ahna

Dana Winkelman

USA

Honorable Mention

"Ahna"
Rope mask tied by the model as part of a shoot exploring the concept of freedom.



Self portraits during a breast cancer journey

Allysa Carberry

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Self portraits during a breast cancer journey"
This is me during a stage of my life that I needed to be strong



Portrait with Window

Kenichiro Hagiwara

Japan

Honorable Mention

"Portrait with Window"



Old Marine

Richard Langer

USA

Honorable Mention

"Old Marine"
An Old Marine Who Never Wanted To Give Up Smoking Even After He Entered Hospice



Portrait of my Mother

Olav Nowiak

Poland

Honorable Mention

"Portrait of my Mother"
November 18th, 2021



Summer Time

Carlos Cabral

Portugal

Honorable Mention

"Summer Time"



Old Smile

Ahmed Mohamed Hassan

Qatar

Nominee

"Old Smile"
Nikon D750 with 24-70mm lens



Model

Aleksandr Stikhin

USA

Nominee

"Model"
Model with Ruger shotgun over and under "Red Lable".



Natural Harmony

Alex Tsarfin

Israel

Nominee

"Natural Harmony"
Portrait of a Himba girl from the Kunene area, Namibia



People of the Earth

Alex Tsarfin

Israel

Nominee

"People of the Earth"
Himba woman with child from the Kunene Region, Namibia



eagle

Amr El-shafei

USA

Nominee

"eagle"
eEagle hunter in Central Asia!



Guaridan of the Bridge

Andrea Gluckman

USA

Nominee

"Guaridan of the Bridge"
A dancer in an art installation about indigenous people in NY takes a break between rehearsals.



The Smile

Angie Conti

Malta

Nominee

"The Smile"
Back from the ricefields in a rural village outside Kathmandu, Nepal.



Giselle

Antero Wallinus-Rinne

Norway

Nominee

"Giselle"
Kyiv Grand Ballett 2022



GrandMa Berber

Ashli Shapiro

USA

Nominee

"GrandMa Berber"
Grandmother of a Berber Village half covers her face, half smiles when I ask to take her photo



Maya I

Carlos Abraham

Mexico

Nominee

"Maya I"
Portrait of my Maya friend, I love how it looks



Candlemas porter

Claudio Bonaccorsi

Italy

Nominee

"Candlemas porter"



The Hatter

Dominic Cox

USA

Nominee

"The Hatter"
A hat maker exhibits his hats during summer in Midtown Atlanta



Spider #9

Doug Testa

USA

Nominee

"Spider #9"



In the shower

Estevao Lafuente

Portugal

Nominee

"In the shower"



Mail Man

Gary Levy

USA

Nominee

"Mail Man"
Renaissance Character



Plastic Playdate #1

Howard Schwartz

USA

Nominee

"Plastic Playdate #1"



Butcher-Chinatown, New York

Jack Weingarten

USA

Nominee

"Butcher-Chinatown, New York"
Butcher-Chinatown, New York



Man Smoking Pipe

James Meldrum

USA

Nominee

"Man Smoking Pipe"



Double Vision

Janis Ehlers

USA

Nominee

"Double Vision"
Untitled 1



La Mujer

John Kochanowski

USA

Nominee

"La Mujer"



Mundari

Josef Buergi

Switzerland

Nominee

"Mundari"
Mundari cattle herder, South Sudan



Toposa

Josef Buergi

Switzerland

Nominee

"Toposa"
Woman from the Toposa tribe, South Sudan



Turkana Warrior

Josef Buergi

Switzerland

Nominee

"Turkana Warrior"
Warrior from the Turkana tribe.



Father and Son

Joseph Lungaro

Malta

Nominee

"Father and Son"
A proud father from Bangladesh.



Heels Over Head

Justin Shea

Canada

Nominee

"Heels Over Head"



African Kora Player

Keith Manning

USA

Nominee

"African Kora Player"
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah playing the African Kora at the Blue Note, Nov. 2021



First Love

Keli Wakeley

USA

Nominee

"First Love"
First Horse, Vanguard a mustang yearling from Utah



Look away from the shadows

Kenichiro Hagiwara

Japan

Nominee

"Look away from the shadows"
When we divide a person's persona into yin and yang. Yin-yang is an ancient Chinese philosophy that observes things by dividing them into bright and dark areas. we sometimes look away from the shadows



H'Mong woman #1

Kim Lien Dang

USA

Nominee

"H'Mong woman #1"



Eyes wide open

Kiyoshi Kato

Japan

Nominee

"Eyes wide open"
I tried to take a picture of her terrible sleeping habits and she stared at me.Taken in Tokyo, 2020.



Katlyn

Lance Pressl

USA

Nominee

"Katlyn"



Gli ultimi carbonai #1

Lello Fargione

Italy

Nominee

"Gli ultimi carbonai #1"
gli ultimi carbonai, durante momento della raccolta del carbone il momento della pausa



The Nose Knows

Leslie Goldman

USA

Nominee

"The Nose Knows"
County Fair Grounds, Hartford County, MD



Anahera Maori Librarian

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

Nominee

"Anahera Maori Librarian"



Argan Oil Lady

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

Nominee

"Argan Oil Lady"



Three Finger Jack

Lynette Jonson

Canada

Nominee

"Three Finger Jack"
A man and his 1911



her

Malu Baiatu

Switzerland

Nominee

"her"



The Rider

Mana Saitoh

Japan

Nominee

"The Rider"
His personality and riding skills are respected by many young riders.



River of Dreams

Michael Potts

USA

Nominee

"River of Dreams"



Bad Joker

Michael Mannix

USA

Nominee

"Bad Joker"
This image displays the conundrum of abrasive frivolity.



The Steamroller

Michael Knapstein

USA

Nominee

"The Steamroller"
A Steamroller takes a break from work in the American Midwest



Old Village

Milan Hristev

Bulgaria

Nominee

"Old Village "
Old Village



The Hatseller

Miriam Ramalho

Brazil

Nominee

"The Hatseller"
This man sells hats on the beach. ParaĆ­ba, Brazil. 2022



The Monk with Incense Burner

Mrigankamouli Bhattacharjee

India

Nominee

"The Monk with Incense Burner"
THE MONK WITH INCENSE BURNER



Peek

Nancy Chadwick

USA

Nominee

"Peek"
My granddaughter, Stella, loves posing for the camera.



Dj Dust

Neil Holden

UK

Nominee

"Dj Dust"
'Safer use of drugs in a sound environment' / Bedroom Dj's Project / Kodak Tri-X / Scanned Bromide Print



Portrayed, with Apologies to Man Ray

Patrick O'Brien

USA

Nominee

"Portrayed, with Apologies to Man Ray"



Sybil

Paul David Shea

USA

Nominee

"Sybil "



The Golden Hope

Pinu Rahman

Bangladesh

Nominee

"The Golden Hope"
Photo showing A worker wearing large golden wigs which actually a bundle of jute fiber.



Submarine Captain

Rafael Perdomo

USA

Nominee

"Submarine Captain"
Yes Captain



Belly Dancer

Richard Petronio

USA

Nominee

"Belly Dancer"
Native American Belly Dancer



Sleeping Man in Chengdu Tea House

Robert Lie

Indonesia

Nominee

"Sleeping Man in Chengdu Tea House"
An old man was getting sleeping when having his tea in Chengdu Old Tea House.



Despair

Romy Klein

USA

Nominee

"Despair"



the girl and the window

Stefanie van Dijk

Belgium

Nominee

"the girl and the window"
All shimmer and shine burt still a sad face ...



Cowboy

Sue Ratcliffe

Canada

Nominee

"Cowboy"



Peace

Terrance R Pack

Canada

Nominee

"Peace"
In this photograph my subject is square, her arms are square, therefore I felt strongly that the photograph itself must be square.



The Four Handymen

Tim Owen

USA

Nominee

"The Four Handymen"
A father and his three sons posing for a family photo ...



As before

Vladimir Karamazov

Bulgaria

Nominee

"As before"



General Tiger

Wen Hung Lin

Taiwan

Nominee

"General Tiger"
General Tiger



Look

Wen Hung Lin

Taiwan

Nominee

"Look"
The eyes from beautiful Sonamarg in Himalaya Kashmir.



Smile

Wong Kum Loon

Malaysia

Nominee

"Smile"



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