Children of the World - Amateur

The child and demons Sanghamitra Sarkar
India

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"The child and demons"
A little boy is crying after seeing his brothers wearing woodenmask



Carry On Lana Williams
Canada

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Carry On"
Children playing in the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia



Girl from Bangladesh Josef Buergi
Switzerland

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Girl from Bangladesh"
Girl coming from school outside of Dhaka.



Angry Sam Neil Holden
UK

Honorable Mention

"Angry Sam"
Angels & Devils Project / Kodak Tri-X / Scanned Bromide Print



Hill Tribe Child Frances Swirsky
USA

Honorable Mention

"Hill Tribe Child"
Young Hill Tribe Girl in Northern Thailand



Are we alike? Natasha Do
USA

Honorable Mention

"Are we alike?"



Dhaka Kid Joseph Lungaro
Malta

Honorable Mention

"Dhaka Kid"



Curiosity Frantisek Toth
Slovak Republic

Honorable Mention

"Curiosity"



A Continual Flight from Wonder Joseph Stern
USA

Honorable Mention

"A Continual Flight from Wonder"
Einstein said, 'The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder."



Fascination Norman Robbins
USA

Honorable Mention

"Fascination"
Little girl watching a fountain in the summer heat



Game Over Oliver Raschka
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Game Over"
From the series THE WORLD AIN'T ENOUGH ...



Directions Volker Kesting
Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Directions"



peek a boo Rodrigo Lodi
Brazil

Honorable Mention

"peek a boo"
A boy looks at me when I was ready to take a shot of his classroom, in Lome, Togo



Cannonball Marvin Basil
USA

Honorable Mention

"Cannonball"
Child at. play



 One Love Emmanuel Ogundipe
Nigeria

Honorable Mention

" One Love"
Children of the World (One Love)



Day Dreaming Joseph Lungaro
Malta

Honorable Mention

"Day Dreaming"
Kid on a train in Dhaka.



The boy from the mountain Vladimir Karamazov
Bulgaria

Honorable Mention

"The boy from the mountain"
This is a boy from one of the villages in Rhodope Mountains. His name is Yusuf. The village he lives



The blessing of water João Coelho
Portugal

Honorable Mention

"The blessing of water"
Sensations, emotions and feelings that make them forget the world outside



What's the future Dr. Ulrich M. Ratschker
Germany

Honorable Mention

"What's the future"
child, boy, sea, ocean, beach, shore, dark, future



Mystical Anirudh Koppula
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Mystical"



Exuberance Richard Langer
USA

Honorable Mention

"Exuberance"
Children From Costa Rica Performing An Exuberant Dance



The beauty fields of the sunflowers Adrian Per
Romania

Nominee

"The beauty fields of the sunflowers"
The Nephews in The fields in Romania.



At the museum Angelo Brancaccio
Italy

Nominee

"At the museum"
Milano, Italy, 2022. A group of children visit a museum after Covid restrictions.



Round and Round Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee

"Round and Round"



Innocence Anne Eigen
USA

Nominee

"Innocence"
Our children are our future.



Ice Arvid Fimreite
Norway

Nominee

"Ice"
Balestrand, Norway.



In the Hot Beatrix Jourdan
Hungary

Nominee

"In the Hot"



Taking a break from School Bill Klipp
USA

Nominee

"Taking a break from School"
School kids in Madagascar excited to have their photo taken



Haming it up Bill Klipp
USA

Nominee

"Haming it up"
Kids in Madagascar being kids for the camera



Drawn Can Gurkan
USA

Nominee

"Drawn"



Semana Santa de Malaga Carla Vermeend
Netherlands

Nominee

"Semana Santa de Malaga"



Birthday Wishes Carol Zulman
USA

Nominee

"Birthday Wishes"



Lily's First Ride Carolyn Knorr
USA

Nominee

"Lily's First Ride"
First time on a horse - getting ready to ride.



Little Hungry Knight Charles Mifsud
Malta

Nominee

"Little Hungry Knight "
Little Hungry Knight in a Medival Festival



Under the setting sun  Chengbin Zhang
China (PRC)

Nominee

"Under the setting sun "
The photo was taken on a small hill on a foggy day when the sun was setting.



magic bubbles Christian Boehm
Germany

Nominee

"magic bubbles"



Whats Behind Curtain Number One Cindy Poulin
Canada

Nominee

"Whats Behind Curtain Number One"



Princess Bride Claudia Zeien
USA

Nominee

"Princess Bride"
A dreamy-faced flower girl among the skirts of the bridal party



Learning to Read and Write Colmar Wocke
Switzerland

Nominee

"Learning to Read and Write"
Enlightened through application



Girl Nomad Damjan Voglar
Slovenia

Nominee

"Girl Nomad "
Portrait of nomadic girl taken in Morocco.



I Dream of Chet Baker Dan Tran
USA

Nominee

"I Dream of Chet Baker"



Long Journey Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee

"Long Journey"



Secrets David O'Rourke
Canada

Nominee

"Secrets"
A young person sharing a secret with a trusted friend.



Hope Demetrio Jereissati
Brazil

Nominee

"Hope"



The daughter Domenico Iannantuono
Italy

Nominee

"The daughter"



Spider #2 Doug Testa
USA

Nominee

"Spider #2"



May the Light be with you Eddy Verloes
Belgium

Nominee

"May the Light be with you"
2021, Belgium



Lost in thought Edie Swift
USA

Nominee

"Lost in thought"
Along the Omo River, a fragile culture.



Untitled #2 Elmo Tide
USA

Nominee

"Untitled #2"



Play Emir Ali Kaya
Turkey

Nominee

"Play"
Children playing in suburbs of Istanbul. 2022



The wheel Estevao Lafuente
Portugal

Nominee

"The wheel"



I Love Your Smile Grace Ho
Malaysia

Nominee

"I Love Your Smile"
Children are having fun ride at a fishing village near Kemaman, Terengganu state of Malaysia.



Libre Inigo Labaien
Spain

Nominee

"Libre"
Un niño baila libre y feliz, frente a una iglesia de arquitectura gótica de 1545



Street Musician-Krakow Jack Weingarten
USA

Nominee

"Street Musician-Krakow"
He played well, but he never smiled.



Beautiful Baby Jane Strisik
USA

Nominee

"Beautiful Baby"
Kiss Me



Fiesta Child Janis Ehlers
USA

Nominee

"Fiesta Child"
Getting Festive for Day of the Dead



the Boy of Xai-Xai Jovelino Matos Almeida
Portugal

Nominee

"the Boy of Xai-Xai"
after a huge flood in river Xai-Xai, Mozambique, many people become homeless



Looking up Karim Abed
Canada

Nominee

"Looking up "
when a children look up at you, that's how they show their vulnerability



Lets Dance Keli Wakeley
USA

Nominee

"Lets Dance"
Dynamic duo



Gesprachsbedarf Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Nominee

"Gesprachsbedarf"
in den Gassen von Marrakesch



A Lack of Space Kory McIntire
USA

Nominee

"A Lack of Space"
London, 2021



Broken dreams Leslie Goldman
USA

Nominee

"Broken dreams"
Roatan, Carribean Ocean.



Thats Me Lynn Hedges
New Zealand

Nominee

"Thats Me"
Lavinia was intrigued to see a picture of her in an exhibition



Generation Marc Hodel
Switzerland

Nominee

"Generation"



Pigeon Whisperer Marvin Basil
USA

Nominee

"Pigeon Whisperer"



We look to the future Matteo Busetto
Italy

Nominee

"We look to the future"
A doctor plays with a child, left alone with the hospital staff because his mother is in isolation.



Sisters' Secret Mayda Rumberg
USA

Nominee

"Sisters' Secret"



Children Walking Down Street Megumi Otsuka
Japan

Nominee

"Children Walking Down Street"
Three children in stylish clothes were walking towards me when I was wandering around the streets in Ikebukuro on a Sunday afternoon.



Dissidence Michel Groleau
Canada

Nominee

"Dissidence"
Refusing to wear the hat and refuse to listen to instructions, that is real dissent.



Emily & Tigger Tooooooo Neil Holden
UK

Nominee

"Emily & Tigger Tooooooo"
Angels & Devils Project / Kodak Tri-X / Scanned Bromide Print



Candles Nikolai Endegor
France

Nominee

"Candles"
In the church of Valaam monastery, Russia



The Manipulator Philip Lawrence
Australia

Nominee

"The Manipulator"
Lawrence-Philip_The Manipulator.jpg



A Boy Stops By Rodrigo Lodi
Brazil

Nominee

"A Boy Stops By"
A boy from the Yawalapiti Indigenous Tribe in Brazil leaves his home to go on his tribe's routine



Girl at the Mass Rodrigo Lodi
Brazil

Nominee

"Girl at the Mass"
A girl attending a mass at the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia get distracted by the camera



School day Romy Klein
USA

Nominee

"School day"
MYANMAR



Anguish Ruth Ball
Canada

Nominee

"Anguish"



Little women Sonia Costa
Italy

Nominee

"Little women"
Dishes have been washed, Senegal river. Senegal Mauritania border.



We don't need much Stefanie van Dijk
Belgium

Nominee

"We don't need much"
some imagination will make your own toys



He's gonna get it! Steffen Mueller
Germany

Nominee

"He's gonna get it!"
Immersive play in more than one meaning...



Township Portrait Stephanus Meyer
Spain

Nominee

"Township Portrait "
Taken in South Africa.



River Fun Tim Owen
USA

Nominee

"River Fun"
Two boys enjoy a swim in a public river in Thailand



Giddy Ballerinas Tracey Suba
Canada

Nominee

"Giddy Ballerinas"
Young ballerinas at a dress rehearsal.



Cottage Industry Tracey Suba
Canada

Nominee

"Cottage Industry"
A boy scrubs a mussel shell.



The road sometimes Vladimir Karamazov
Bulgaria

Nominee

"The road sometimes"
When a child cries in this way, something happens in his soul. Very often parents do not see the sen



Muddy Childhood Vladimir Karamazov
Bulgaria

Nominee

"Muddy Childhood"
This is one of the Roma ghettos in Bulgaria. Near the capital. There, the children live in misery, i



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