Portrait - Amateur

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"
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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"
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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 João 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. Paraíba, 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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