People - Amateur

Angle of the Morning Arnold Plotnick
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Angle of the Morning"
Achieving some sharp angles while engrossed in a cellphone



Chess in the water 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.



A Thought Lukasz Zietara
Poland

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"A Thought"



Pick up thy chair Judith A. Taylor
UK

Honorable Mention

"Pick up thy chair"
Street scene, Geneva (Switzerland)



Portrait of a couple Kim SignoretPaar
USA

Honorable Mention

"Portrait of a couple"
Traveling together ... in Seville, Spain.



Sour Note Dave McMurray Steven Hauptman
USA

Honorable Mention

"Sour Note Dave McMurray"
Detroit, with its many famous nightclubs attracts the best in the jazz genre.



Under the Beam Kenichiro Tsukada
Japan

Honorable Mention

"Under the Beam"



You can always Dance 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.



Embrace Fernando Senior
Chile

Honorable Mention

"Embrace"
What the world needs more of.



Burden and light 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.



Mar de Dentro Ronaldo Andrade
Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Mar de Dentro"
Pescador de camarão na Baia Sul em Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brasil



All In Allan Syphers
USA

Honorable Mention

"All In"
A card game in Boston's Chinatown



Nod to Mondrian Carolyn Knorr
USA

Honorable Mention

"Nod to Mondrian"
View from above the boardwalk in Virgina Beach.



The Bathers Romy Klein
USA

Honorable Mention

"The Bathers"



Dreams Carlton Johnson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dreams"
Passenger on a Staten Island Ferry passing the Statue of Liberty.



A good nap Lucy Hong Siek
Canada

Honorable Mention

"A good nap"
A gentleman taking a short nap on the bench during a photo exhibition.



Lamu James Lindsay
UK

Honorable Mention

"Lamu"
For export only



Product Testing Alex Bogaard
USA

Nominee

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



Divination by Tarot Alexander George
USA

Nominee

"Divination by Tarot"
Tarot Reader



Remembrance of Things Past Alexander George
USA

Nominee

"Remembrance of Things Past"
Outdoor Cafe with an Elderly Lady and two younger ladies



Fish Story Allan Syphers
USA

Nominee

"Fish Story"
A family fishing off a dock in Rockport, Maine



Christmas Parade Allan Syphers
USA

Nominee

"Christmas Parade"
A Christmas parade at Universal Studios in Hollywood



Lunch Break At The Orphanage 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



Passage Allan Syphers
USA

Nominee

"Passage"
A man descending the lobby stair at The Philadelphia Museum Of Art



Protected Andreas Timar
Germany

Nominee

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



At the pier Andreas Lange
Germany

Nominee

"At the pier"



Bringing Out the Flavors Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee

"Bringing Out the Flavors"



Lost in the City Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee

"Lost in the City"



Going Somewhere Anne Eigen
USA

Nominee

"Going Somewhere"



At the museum Annemarie Jung
Luxembourg

Nominee

"At the museum"
Scene at the Schirn Museum in Francfort, Germany



Untitled Anthony Iacuzzi
USA

Nominee

"Untitled"
Shadows of pedestrians on wet pavement.



A Mother's Son Arnold Plotnick
USA

Nominee

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



Domino Dudes Barbara Maker
USA

Nominee

"Domino Dudes"
Caught them



Can I Help You Barbara Maker
USA

Nominee

"Can I Help You"
Be With you in a Minute



Girls day Out Barbara Maker
USA

Nominee

"Girls day Out"
Love Shows



A fine edge Bob Pullein
New Zealand

Nominee

"A fine edge"



Whirling Dervish Bob Pullein
New Zealand

Nominee

"Whirling Dervish"



Love Budd Parker
USA

Nominee

"Love"



Boy Doesn't Meet Girl Catherine Presmyk
USA

Nominee

"Boy Doesn't Meet Girl"
Cell phone culture takes its toll



Mona Lisa Smile Chuck LaChance
USA

Nominee

"Mona Lisa Smile"
Two beauties grace the Louve.



Lost In the Haze Chuck LaChance
USA

Nominee

"Lost In the Haze"
Hazed and confused.



Three Men In Search of an Exit Chuck LaChance
USA

Nominee

"Three Men In Search of an Exit"
Men with no direction.



Spider Men Claudia Zeien
USA

Nominee

"Spider Men"
Window washers at work in Boston



The March of the Height Brigade Claudia Zeien
USA

Nominee

"The March of the Height Brigade"
Traversing the Sydney Harbour Bridge



A man & his Toothpick Corey Anka
Australia

Nominee

"A man & his Toothpick "
Vendor in Bia street, Hanoi



Steps of Contemplation Corey Anka
Australia

Nominee

"Steps of Contemplation"



Carnevale, Venice, Italy, 2024 Dave Rudin
USA

Nominee

"Carnevale, Venice, Italy, 2024"



Sneak Peek Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee

"Sneak Peek"



A Man and His Rocks Douglas Caroli
USA

Nominee

"A Man and His Rocks"
Mt. Etna, Sicily



Swan Lake Anyone? Douglas Caroli
USA

Nominee

"Swan Lake Anyone?"
Yoga Class, The South Street Seaport, NYC



Enigma Douglas Caroli
USA

Nominee

"Enigma"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC



Angry Elisabeth Fiorioli
Austria

Nominee

"Angry"
walking behind aman in the streets of Bordeaux



Fog Walk Eric Wiles
USA

Nominee

"Fog Walk"
Walking in the dense Fog at the coast in NorCal



VIC with GUY Erik Olson
USA

Nominee

"VIC with GUY"



OMG Frank Proost
Luxembourg

Nominee

"OMG"
It will forever remain a mystery



Juggler Gary Matson
USA

Nominee

"Juggler"



Abandon Harald Weimann
Germany

Nominee

"Abandon"
Javea Spain



Friendly Play 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



Between Heiko Riekers
Germany

Nominee

"Between"
At baltic sea side on the beach



Checked Out Ilene Fox
USA

Nominee

"Checked Out"
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.



Reflecting Ilene Fox
USA

Nominee

"Reflecting"
On the streets of New York



Woman Feeding Pigeons Jack Weingarten
USA

Nominee

"Woman Feeding Pigeons"
Woman feeding pigeons in Krakow



Shopkeeper in Krakow Jack Weingarten
USA

Nominee

"Shopkeeper in Krakow"
Shopkeeper resting in front of her store in Krakow



Engrossed in a Good Book Jack Weingarten
USA

Nominee

"Engrossed in a Good Book"
Engrossed in this book, perhaps she was an expectant mother



Bride and Groom James Lindsay
UK

Nominee

"Bride and Groom"
Istanbul bride and groom



Steps James Lindsay
UK

Nominee

"Steps"
pigeons in Istanbul



Old Woman Walking James Knauf
USA

Nominee

"Old Woman Walking"
An old woman walking



Day of Dead Girl James Lee
USA

Nominee

"Day of Dead Girl"
Strange Scenes at Dia de los Muertos Celebrations.



Tom, The Desert Rat James Peterson
USA

Nominee

"Tom, The Desert Rat"
Tom, The Desert Rat



Bangkok back streets James Lindsay
UK

Nominee

"Bangkok back streets"
Bangkok back streets



Mother & daughter James Patrick Conway
Brazil

Nominee

"Mother & daughter"



Crossing the Bridge Jens Winkler
Germany

Nominee

"Crossing the Bridge"
People of Venice on their way through the city



Foggy Venice #1 Jens Winkler
Germany

Nominee

"Foggy Venice #1"
A foggy February morning in Venice



Al Fresco 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



Texture of Age 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



The Monk In AngKor Wat Jonathan Chua
Singapore

Nominee

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



Worker Karen Corrigan
USA

Nominee

"Worker"
Shoecare



Waiting Karin Nordlander
USA

Nominee

"Waiting"
Waiting



High Risk Job Karin Nordlander
USA

Nominee

"High Risk Job"
High Risk Job



Through Rain and Care Kenichiro Tsukada
Japan

Nominee

"Through Rain and Care"



The lonely man Kenneth Tyson
USA

Nominee

"The lonely man"



To Dance is to Live 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



Andre, Coffee Grower, San Miguel Escobar Kip Harris
Canada

Nominee

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



Prodigious Kylo-Patrick Hart
USA

Nominee

"Prodigious"
Intriguing participant in a late-afternoon procession through the streets of Frankfurt, Germany.



Snow Treats Marina Onken
USA

Nominee

"Snow Treats"



Dimension Marina Onken
USA

Nominee

"Dimension"



Ohmmmm Marina Onken
USA

Nominee

"Ohmmmm"



Manuelas everyday routine 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



Alleyway Matthew DeZee
USA

Nominee

"Alleyway"



Italian Wedding Melinda Goodall
USA

Nominee

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



The Cleaner Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee

"The Cleaner"
Cleaning the empty lobby early in the morning.



Solitudes Michel Groleau
Canada

Nominee

"Solitudes"
Sometimes we can be many and act as if we are alone.



Wondering Nicolas Blaiotta
Spain

Nominee

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



The Passenger Patti Lamm
USA

Nominee

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



Door E Patti Lamm
USA

Nominee

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



We Are Ready Soon Peter Gottfried Maicher
Austria

Nominee

"We Are Ready Soon"



Against The Chill Petter Rustad
Norway

Nominee

"Against The Chill"
Oslo, Norway



Bridal Party Raymond Germann
USA

Nominee

"Bridal Party"



Drummers, Chicago Raymond Germann
USA

Nominee

"Drummers, Chicago"



Christmas stress Renate Wasinger
Germany

Nominee

"Christmas stress"



Devotee Rimita Sen
India

Nominee

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



Getting Ready Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee

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



All Tired Romy Klein
USA

Nominee

"All Tired"



Cafecito Romy Klein
USA

Nominee

"Cafecito "



Behave! Romy Klein
USA

Nominee

"Behave! "



Pescadores do Rio Mekong Ronaldo Andrade
Brazil

Nominee

"Pescadores do Rio Mekong"
Pescadores do Delta do Rio Mekong no Vietnã



Swirl of God Sajeesh R
India

Nominee

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



The skeleton tribes Sanghamitra Sarkar
India

Nominee

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



Visual Treasure Sharlene Holliday
USA

Nominee

"Visual Treasure"
Scene from the New York City Public Library



Spirit Shoichi Toki
Japan

Nominee

"Spirit"



Through the Eyes of Faith and Wonder 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.



Pride Package Tracey Suba
Canada

Nominee

"Pride Package"
Revellers celebrate at Toronto's three day Pride festival.



Basic Living Trevor Kerry
UK

Nominee

"Basic Living"
Monochrome captures the mood of working class life



Elegant Rider Viveca Venegas
Puerto Rico

Nominee

"Elegant Rider"
Artistic portrait of a Paso Fino breed rider



Visiting The Lion Wayne Palmer
USA

Nominee

"Visiting The Lion"
In London, England



15 Minutes of Fame 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.



Carrom Club Yogesh Mokashi
India

Nominee

"Carrom Club"
Competing for the prize



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