People - Amateur

Arnold Plotnick USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Angle of the Morning" Achieving some sharp angles while engrossed in a cellphone

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Andreas Timar Germany 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Chess in the water" People at the Szecheny Baths in Budapest play chess in the warm thermal water.

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Lukasz Zietara Poland 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "A Thought"

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Judith A. Taylor UK Honorable Mention "Pick up thy chair" Street scene, Geneva (Switzerland)

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Kim SignoretPaar USA Honorable Mention "Portrait of a couple" Traveling together ... in Seville, Spain.

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Steven Hauptman USA Honorable Mention "Sour Note Dave McMurray" Detroit, with its many famous nightclubs attracts the best in the jazz genre.

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Kenichiro Tsukada Japan Honorable Mention "Under the Beam"

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Alex Bogaard USA Honorable Mention "You can always Dance" Cuban dancer practicing in an old abandoned theatre. Main source of light is an open doorway.

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Fernando Senior Chile Honorable Mention "Embrace" What the world needs more of.

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Stephen Buhagiar Malta Honorable Mention "Burden and light" The contrast between the penitent's physical suffering, the child carrying the lantern with an undertone of social commentary suggested by the disability symbol.

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Ronaldo Andrade Brazil Honorable Mention "Mar de Dentro" Pescador de camarão na Baia Sul em Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brasil

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Allan Syphers USA Honorable Mention "All In" A card game in Boston's Chinatown

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Carolyn Knorr USA Honorable Mention "Nod to Mondrian" View from above the boardwalk in Virgina Beach.

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Romy Klein USA Honorable Mention "The Bathers"

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Carlton Johnson USA Honorable Mention "Dreams" Passenger on a Staten Island Ferry passing the Statue of Liberty.

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Lucy Hong Siek Canada Honorable Mention "A good nap" A gentleman taking a short nap on the bench during a photo exhibition.

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James Lindsay UK Honorable Mention "Lamu" For export only

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Alex Bogaard USA Nominee "Product Testing" Farm boss tests his tobacco crop. The leaves were hanging on drying racks moments before.

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Alexander George USA Nominee "Divination by Tarot" Tarot Reader

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Alexander George USA Nominee "Remembrance of Things Past" Outdoor Cafe with an Elderly Lady and two younger ladies

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Allan Syphers USA Nominee "Fish Story" A family fishing off a dock in Rockport, Maine

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Allan Syphers USA Nominee "Christmas Parade" A Christmas parade at Universal Studios in Hollywood

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Allan Syphers USA Nominee "Lunch Break At The Orphanage" The cook in his 'kitchen' at lunchtime at the Mukaa Children's Orphanage in Mukaa, Kenya

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Allan Syphers USA Nominee "Passage" A man descending the lobby stair at The Philadelphia Museum Of Art

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Andreas Timar Germany Nominee "Protected" the young woman walked in front of a bank poster at exactly the right time

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Andreas Lange Germany Nominee "At the pier"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee "Bringing Out the Flavors"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee "Lost in the City"

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Anne Eigen USA Nominee "Going Somewhere"

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Annemarie Jung Luxembourg Nominee "At the museum" Scene at the Schirn Museum in Francfort, Germany

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Anthony Iacuzzi USA Nominee "Untitled" Shadows of pedestrians on wet pavement.

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Arnold Plotnick USA Nominee "A Mother's Son" A mother comforts her forlorn son on the subway in New York

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Barbara Maker USA Nominee "Domino Dudes" Caught them

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Barbara Maker USA Nominee "Can I Help You" Be With you in a Minute

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Barbara Maker USA Nominee "Girls day Out" Love Shows

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Bob Pullein New Zealand Nominee "A fine edge"

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Bob Pullein New Zealand Nominee "Whirling Dervish"

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Budd Parker USA Nominee "Love"

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Catherine Presmyk USA Nominee "Boy Doesn't Meet Girl" Cell phone culture takes its toll

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee "Mona Lisa Smile" Two beauties grace the Louve.

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee "Lost In the Haze" Hazed and confused.

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee "Three Men In Search of an Exit" Men with no direction.

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Claudia Zeien USA Nominee "Spider Men" Window washers at work in Boston

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Claudia Zeien USA Nominee "The March of the Height Brigade" Traversing the Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Corey Anka Australia Nominee "A man & his Toothpick " Vendor in Bia street, Hanoi

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Corey Anka Australia Nominee "Steps of Contemplation"

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Dave Rudin USA Nominee "Carnevale, Venice, Italy, 2024"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee "Sneak Peek"

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Douglas Caroli USA Nominee "A Man and His Rocks" Mt. Etna, Sicily

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Douglas Caroli USA Nominee "Swan Lake Anyone?" Yoga Class, The South Street Seaport, NYC

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Douglas Caroli USA Nominee "Enigma" The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

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Elisabeth Fiorioli Austria Nominee "Angry" walking behind aman in the streets of Bordeaux

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Eric Wiles USA Nominee "Fog Walk" Walking in the dense Fog at the coast in NorCal

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Erik Olson USA Nominee "VIC with GUY"

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Frank Proost Luxembourg Nominee "OMG" It will forever remain a mystery

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Gary Matson USA Nominee "Juggler"

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Harald Weimann Germany Nominee "Abandon" Javea Spain

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Heather Firth USA Nominee "Friendly Play" Erotic theater inflicts no shame upon our beating hearts_Lust and Spirit play fair game_Centerstage to lover's Art. Poem excerpt: Turgescent Top. ©Heather Firth

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Heiko Riekers Germany Nominee "Between" At baltic sea side on the beach

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Ilene Fox USA Nominee "Checked Out" What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

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Ilene Fox USA Nominee "Reflecting" On the streets of New York

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee "Woman Feeding Pigeons" Woman feeding pigeons in Krakow

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee "Shopkeeper in Krakow" Shopkeeper resting in front of her store in Krakow

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee "Engrossed in a Good Book" Engrossed in this book, perhaps she was an expectant mother

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James Lindsay UK Nominee "Bride and Groom" Istanbul bride and groom

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James Lindsay UK Nominee "Steps" pigeons in Istanbul

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James Knauf USA Nominee "Old Woman Walking" An old woman walking

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James Lee USA Nominee "Day of Dead Girl" Strange Scenes at Dia de los Muertos Celebrations.

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James Peterson USA Nominee "Tom, The Desert Rat" Tom, The Desert Rat

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James Lindsay UK Nominee "Bangkok back streets" Bangkok back streets

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James Patrick Conway Brazil Nominee "Mother & daughter"

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Jens Winkler Germany Nominee "Crossing the Bridge" People of Venice on their way through the city

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Jens Winkler Germany Nominee "Foggy Venice #1" A foggy February morning in Venice

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Jessica Margo USA Nominee "Al Fresco" This classy couple dining out during the Feast of San Genaro evokes some nostalgia for a time gone b

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Jhinku Banerjee India Nominee "Texture of Age" An elderly woman in Rajasthan with the wrinkles on her face resembled with the texture of the tree

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Jonathan Chua Singapore Nominee "The Monk In AngKor Wat" Monks at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap Cambodia, participating in daily life & religious rituals.

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Karen Corrigan USA Nominee "Worker" Shoecare

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Karin Nordlander USA Nominee "Waiting" Waiting

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Karin Nordlander USA Nominee "High Risk Job" High Risk Job

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Kenichiro Tsukada Japan Nominee "Through Rain and Care"

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Kenneth Tyson USA Nominee "The lonely man"

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Kenneth Osborn USA Nominee "To Dance is to Live" At the Albany Bulb Art and Dance Festival viewed thru nature's lens of tall grass

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Kip Harris Canada Nominee "Andre, Coffee Grower, San Miguel Escobar" André is part of a coffee collective near Antigua, Guatemala.

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Kylo-Patrick Hart USA Nominee "Prodigious" Intriguing participant in a late-afternoon procession through the streets of Frankfurt, Germany.

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Marina Onken USA Nominee "Snow Treats"

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Marina Onken USA Nominee "Dimension"

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Marina Onken USA Nominee "Ohmmmm"

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Martin Miklas Slovakia Nominee "Manuelas everyday routine" 89 years old Manuela has been drying and selling fish since she was 7. This ancestral tradition is a feminine skill that has been passed down from mothers to daughters over the years. It is still aliv

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Matthew DeZee USA Nominee "Alleyway"

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Melinda Goodall USA Nominee "Italian Wedding" A roofless cathedral serves as a Renaissance venue for this elegant Italian wedding.

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Michael Rausch USA Nominee "The Cleaner" Cleaning the empty lobby early in the morning.

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Michel Groleau Canada Nominee "Solitudes" Sometimes we can be many and act as if we are alone.

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Nicolas Blaiotta Spain Nominee "Wondering" The streets and alleys of Hanoi are full of narrow halls where light filters and creates ambience

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Patti Lamm USA Nominee "The Passenger" Shadows and light cast mystery over a woman's face as she was caught in a candid moment.

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Patti Lamm USA Nominee "Door E" Arcs, stripes, and converging lines create a dynamic, high-contrast urban scene.

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Peter Gottfried Maicher Austria Nominee "We Are Ready Soon"

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Petter Rustad Norway Nominee "Against The Chill" Oslo, Norway

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Raymond Germann USA Nominee "Bridal Party"

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Raymond Germann USA Nominee "Drummers, Chicago"

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Renate Wasinger Germany Nominee "Christmas stress"

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Rimita Sen India Nominee "Devotee" It all about features in a face. Which makes it different from the others.

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Robert Bolton UK Nominee "Getting Ready" A Balinese dancer doing her makeup and getting ready to dance. Taken in April 2025.

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Romy Klein USA Nominee "All Tired"

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Romy Klein USA Nominee "Cafecito "

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Romy Klein USA Nominee "Behave! "

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Ronaldo Andrade Brazil Nominee "Pescadores do Rio Mekong" Pescadores do Delta do Rio Mekong no Vietnã

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Sajeesh R India Nominee "Swirl of God" Kelan Theyyam in motion—belief spinning into form under the night sky.

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Sanghamitra Sarkar India Nominee "The skeleton tribes" Originating from Papua New Guinea, the Skeleton tribe's symbolic body art represents both protectio

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Sharlene Holliday USA Nominee "Visual Treasure" Scene from the New York City Public Library

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Shoichi Toki Japan Nominee "Spirit"

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Sudhir Yadav India Nominee "Through the Eyes of Faith and Wonder" In Nachang Temple's glow, a mother bows in prayer, her toddler marveling at the world around. Light streams through an arched window, uniting devotion and discovery in a timeless moment.

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Tracey Suba Canada Nominee "Pride Package" Revellers celebrate at Toronto's three day Pride festival.

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Trevor Kerry UK Nominee "Basic Living" Monochrome captures the mood of working class life

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee "Elegant Rider" Artistic portrait of a Paso Fino breed rider

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Wayne Palmer USA Nominee "Visiting The Lion" In London, England

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William Shoop USA Nominee "15 Minutes of Fame" In a sport where timing is everything there's always a chance for fifteen minutes of fame.

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Yogesh Mokashi India Nominee "Carrom Club" Competing for the prize

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