People - Professional

Marjolein Vinkenoog Netherlands 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Stolen moments" Stolen moments of marital bliss

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Diana Feil USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Butts" I stumbled upon this scene while strolling through Las Vegas

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Christopher Pillitz UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Brazil Incarnate #2 " Brazil Incarnate, three gay lovers stand as peacocks on display in front of the Sugar Loaf mountain

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William Jones USA Honorable Mention "faces of love" Faces of Love

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Claude Ka Kit Tsang Hong Kong Honorable Mention "In the subway aisle" There are an endless stream of passengers in this subway aisle,they always wear mouth mask and keep social distancing. The wall is embellished by giant adverting display.

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Kleber Osorio Australia Honorable Mention "Olivia's reflection"

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Sujon Adikary Bangladesh Honorable Mention "Tears of Climate Change" Without water people do not have a means of watering their crops and, therefore, no food.

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Janet Century USA Honorable Mention "Woman Walking Cat" In Budingen Germany

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Dianne Yudelson USA Honorable Mention "March On"

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Elizabeth Holmes USA Honorable Mention "Jump" Jumping off lifeguard stand at the beach.

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Trevor Cole Ireland Honorable Mention "Herder asleep" A Mundari herder asleep by his fire which is where they lie at night to protect their herds.

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Emilia Kashfian USA Honorable Mention "A Day in the Life of a Nepali Woman" This image is one from a collection documenting the daily life of Nepali women.

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Luigi Grieco Italy Honorable Mention "mother" grandmother celebrating her grandson wedding day

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Eduardo Lopez Moreno Kenya Honorable Mention "concealed in the street" a woman walks in a narrow street in Zanzibar

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Al Siedman USA Honorable Mention "Speed Chess" Washington Square Park New York City, young national chess champion takes on a chess shark

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Bowman Ashe USA Honorable Mention "Levels of Enlightenment" The unique circular design of the Guggenheim in Manhattan creates a transitionary experience for the art enthusiast.

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Nancy Ney USA Honorable Mention "Face Paint" Getting face paint in a tribal village in Ethiopia

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Steve Cain Canada Honorable Mention "Window Washer" A solitary worker cleans the glass façade of the Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas.

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Nancy Ney USA Honorable Mention "Bonding Hearts" Mom with her baby in Ethiopia, the Omo

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Nunzia Borrelli Italy Honorable Mention "Entrance"

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Jeremy Green USA Honorable Mention "Mudman" Tunnel worker at rest

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Charles Ford USA Honorable Mention "Newlyweds" Couple after wedding ceremony in Huntington, Long Island.

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Kirsten Heer Germany Honorable Mention "Country girls bathing sheeps" Country girls bathing sheeps

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Sujon Adikary Bangladesh Honorable Mention "Floating Bed" Some boatman's can't even afford to waste money visiting their families so sleep on their boats.

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Liz Loh-Taylor Australia Honorable Mention "Superior Ways" Banna tribe - body painted to scare away birds from their crops while keeping an eye on their cattle

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Aleksandrs Drozdovs Latvia Nominee "Music Music Music" Music on the street , in our souls & everywhere

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Anna Beyger-Pasternak UK Nominee "'Best Friends forever'" Gelatin silver print

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Bart Vos Netherlands Nominee "Pipe Dreams" I was obsessed with these guys welding inside pipes. The sparks and shadows are mesmerizing.

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Brian Eastwood New Zealand Nominee "Fishing for Breakfast"

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Brian Cassey Australia Nominee "The Yarrick Family of Kunhanhaa" The Yarrick Family in their overcrowded house in the Australian aboriginal community of Mornington.

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Catherine Roberts Leach USA Nominee "Beachfront Tableau"

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Charles Ford USA Nominee "Botanical Gardens" Family enjoying a Sunday afternoon in The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.

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Chieko Tanemura Japan Nominee "Rice Planting Shinto Ritual"

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Claude Ka Kit Tsang Hong Kong Nominee "A religious drama actor" An actor or dancer of a traditional religious drama/dance in China. He always wear a wooden face mask for communicating with Gods. The photo was taken in old town Qing Ai, Guizhou in 2019.

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Deborah Maxx Brazil Nominee "Prayer"

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "She" Statement of the Times, Orlando 2022

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Duncan de Fey Netherlands Nominee "Chef's table Ibiza" Different Chefs from Michelinstar restaurants working together during chef's table Ibiza

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Eduardo Lopez Moreno Kenya Nominee "Faces and masks in the New Normal" After COVID-19. The world won't be the same, the way we will interact, work and rest will drastically change.

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Eduardo Lopez Moreno Kenya Nominee "Walking in the neighborhood" a young Muslim girl walks in Old Town in Mombasa, Kenya, in the Indian Ocean

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Eduardo Soler USA Nominee "Holy Week" Hooded Penitents during Holy Week. Sevilla, Spain.

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Emilia Kashfian USA Nominee "The Ride " A street scene caught at Venice Beach in Southern California.

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Emilia Kashfian USA Nominee "Lady With A Hat" A serendipitous moment caught at Photo LA: a lady with a hat at the "Hats & Veils" Exhibit.

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Fabrizia Costa UK Nominee "Feeding frenzy" Girl feeding seagulls on the river Dee in Chester

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Fabrizia Costa UK Nominee "Landscape mode" We come here for the view.

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Frances Suter Australia Nominee "at the barber"

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Francois Gueneau France Nominee "Fete des Brandons 2022 #3" Jump over fire to prove your bravery

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Frank Bevans USA Nominee "hand in hand" In each other's shoes

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Gabor Gasztonyi Canada Nominee "Woman with Dog" Woman with a Dog on Carrol Street in Vancouver.

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Gabor Gasztonyi Canada Nominee "Nemiah Rodeo" Bull Rider at Nemiah Native Rodeo

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Gene Sellers USA Nominee "Coming And Going"

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H. Allen Benowitz USA Nominee "Panhandler" This unfortunate homeless woman patiently waiting for a prospect evoked my emotion.

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H. Allen Benowitz USA Nominee "Safe Sex" At a sex shop window, the somewhat embarrassed expressions of these young ladies amused me.

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Janet Century USA Nominee "Chicago Flea Market" 1973; Just learning to see

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Jean-Charles Folliet France Nominee "Alone in the light 5"

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Jean-Charles Folliet France Nominee "Back to port"

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Jeff Eden UK Nominee "Lockdown" Looking out during COVID quarantine.

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Jonathan Chua Singapore Nominee "What I Wanna Be" When I ask her what you most desire ? She mention a MMA fighter.

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Kay Erickson USA Nominee "Barrel Maker" A barrel maker in Cairo, Egypt works while his friends rest

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Kirk Wester USA Nominee "Lady in Top Hat with Fire." Lady spinning fire at night looking at you.

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Leland Bobbe USA Nominee "9 AM"

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Margrieta Jeltema Italy Nominee "The Olive Harvest" from the series "Una Terra Sacra"

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Mark Atkinson USA Nominee "Italian Cowboy Boots" Experimental Film Dancer in Cowboy Boots

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Mark Seawell USA Nominee "Eye of the master" His journey into photography began in the 70's and today he chases the moment, eye of the master

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Nathanael Rehlander USA Nominee "Light It Up!" The Buck Shop and Big Easy Brass Band clear the sage and the stage before the 2nd Line

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Pat Trotter USA Nominee "Watching the Kites" Families on the beach for the LBI Kite Festival 2021

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Paul O Connell Ireland Nominee "Time" Eye on the time

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Rajesh Satankar India Nominee "Hope" Become a light and spread the positivity

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "The Sufies" Old Delhi, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Coal miners" Coal mine, Dhanbad,India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "The Gentleman" Rome Italy

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Recycler" She goes around the Pushkar fair early morning every day gathering discarded water bottles to sell t

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Zia and her family" Lucknow, India

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Salvatore Valente Italy Nominee "Maternita" Togo villaggio Somba una famiglia all'inerno dalla loro capanna

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Simona Poncia Italy Nominee "Urban portraits"

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Soumya Ranjan Bhattacharyya India Nominee "conversations" Two Sabar women of Purulia, West Bengal in India engaged in happy banter

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Sue Vo-Ho Canada Nominee "Morning News" Young girls sitting on the edge of a pond in Ho Chi Minh City

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Sybille Sierlinger Austria Nominee "Massai Mandela. 2022"

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Terri Gold USA Nominee "Morning Tea in the Maasai Village" In far off lands, the timeless rituals and ceremonies of tribal communities are celebrated.

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Thomas Margrave USA Nominee "Living Arts Bodypainting" I captured this picture, that it is honoring to Master Artist Scott Fray who won 5x World Champs.

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Todd Winters USA Nominee "Old Friends" Every afternoon

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Toni Sergio Carbone Italy Nominee "clean the street?" An old man, shearing grass on the roadside, photo taken on my way home from work, while driving.

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Trevor Cole Ireland Nominee "Mundari massage" They take pride in their animals and the whole community of man and beast is interconnected.

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Victoria Parnall-Vaughan UK Nominee "Mr Punch's Lunch break"

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Victoria Parnall-Vaughan UK Nominee "Dear England"

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Victoria Parnall-Vaughan UK Nominee "Bird on head"

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Victoria Parnall-Vaughan UK Nominee "Stocker & Guard"

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Vince Piscopo Malta Nominee "Bravehearts" Firm minds uplift the load of fate. They bear what others shrink to bear.

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Walt Thirion USA Nominee "Security guard at Santuario de Chimayo" It's often the overlooked people that make the world work.

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Yoshiteru Yamamoto Canada Nominee "What are you looking at" Bar lady

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Zaboo Switzerland Nominee "Panino Tondo" Foodtruck in Italy

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