Still Life - Professional

Boathouse Table Central Park Douglas Dubler
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Boathouse Table Central Park"
Boathouse NYC Table Stilllife



Pepper Form Lou Fischer
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Pepper Form"



Agave, Legion of Honor, SF Thomas Minczeski
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Agave, Legion of Honor, SF"
Mature agave in afternoon sun at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, CA



Glass Jacqui Henshaw
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Glass"
The Richness of simplicity.



Dancing Tulips no.1 Susanna Patras
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dancing Tulips no.1"



Floating Leaf Shadow Robert Arnold
USA

Honorable Mention

"Floating Leaf Shadow"
Floating Leaf



What Remains #02 Heinz Baumann
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"What Remains #02"
29.05.2024



Red Rose Eric Garcia-March
USA

Honorable Mention

"Red Rose"
A red rose with one light in the studio.



Bananas Mark Kuhn
USA

Honorable Mention

"Bananas"
Bananas are never in short supply in this rural kitchen in Costa Rica



Arrangement Ann Elliott Cutting
USA

Honorable Mention

"Arrangement"
Still life of flowers and tall bottles



Magnolia Sue Vo-Ho
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Magnolia"
At the beginning of spring, magnolias blossomed bringing beauty to the sleeping nature.



Ball in white satin Jean Rouzaud
France

Honorable Mention

"Ball in white satin"



School Bus David Skernick
USA

Honorable Mention

"School Bus"
I used stacked focusing to get everything in focus for this image.



Stone lips Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Stone lips"



Tools from the past Angelo Brancaccio
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Tools from the past"
Colombarolo, Italy, 2024. Some tools from a 19th century barn.



What Remains #08 Heinz Baumann
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"What Remains #08"
21.06.2024



Floral Shape Maja Strgar Kurecic
Croatia

Honorable Mention

"Floral Shape"
These photos are an ode to the organic, elemental life and the cycle of life



Iris Simone Madeo
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Iris"



Statuary Studio, Rome Michael Barley
USA

Honorable Mention

"Statuary Studio, Rome"
Statuary Studio, Rome



Dandelion #3 Stone Peng
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dandelion #3"
Macro lens Dandelion



Tea Table and Chairs Chieko Tanemura
USA

Honorable Mention

"Tea Table and Chairs"



Forest Floor Maria Coletsis
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Forest Floor"
. Mushrooms appear throughout the imagery as visual anchors, surfacing from below.



Rope Brian LaCas
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Rope"
A rope laying on a beach in Comporta, Portugal.



Carrots and Parsnips Leeanne Mason
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Carrots and Parsnips"
Ready for roasting



Water Plant And Clouds 2 Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Honorable Mention

"Water Plant And Clouds 2"
On the ambiguity of perception



Zoleta's White Iris Dianne Yudelson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Zoleta's White Iris"



Bell Flower Floral Xray Allan Gill
Canada

Nominee

"Bell Flower Floral Xray"



Shadow of flowers Anette Jaeger
Germany

Nominee

"Shadow of flowers"
The sun shone on small vases with flowers. Interesting shadows formed.



On the Padana Inferiore road Angelo Brancaccio
Italy

Nominee

"On the Padana Inferiore road"
Cremona, Italy, 2024. The light enters the misty fields through Mustafa's truck.



Crow feathers and whale Ann Elliott Cutting
USA

Nominee

"Crow feathers and whale"



The Conversation Annette Willis
Australia

Nominee

"The Conversation"



Cactus Bowman Ashe
USA

Nominee

"Cactus"



Hemingway's Private Readings Bruna Ramos da Fonte
Brazil

Nominee

"Hemingway's Private Readings "
The private library of Ernest Hemingway in the bathroom of Finca La Vigía – his famous house in Cuba



Escaping Keys, Ca. 2023 Cara Weston
USA

Nominee

"Escaping Keys, Ca. 2023"
A Piano waiting to be restored



Shoes and Seeds Daniel Barsotti
USA

Nominee

"Shoes and Seeds"
From large format series of common object, still lives.



Institute of Sounds Dietmar Sorgatz
Germany

Nominee

"Institute of Sounds"
Hamburg, 2025



Harmony Edwin Loyola
Philippines

Nominee

"Harmony "
striking black-and-white photograph featuring a close-up of a snail perched on the bent stem of a wilted flower. The flower head droops downward, its petals shriveled and textured, contrasting with th



Poppy Elaine Klein
Israel

Nominee

"Poppy"
Poppy



Budapest Water Spigot Elliott Block
USA

Nominee

"Budapest Water Spigot"
Water Spigot in a Street in Budapest



Scissors Eric Klemm
Canada

Nominee

"Scissors"
Image from the Shadows series inspired by the great French modernist Pierre Dubreuil



The Cross Francois Gueneau
France

Nominee

"The Cross"



Bath night Frank Bevans
USA

Nominee

"Bath night"



Deck Chairs Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"Deck Chairs"



First Blooms Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"First Blooms"



Log Shadow Harvey Duze
USA

Nominee

"Log Shadow"
Shadows of leaves on end of log along Beaver Pond Trail at Fort Frederick State Park, Big Pool, MD.



What Remains #04 Heinz Baumann
Switzerland

Nominee

"What Remains #04"
31.05.2024



What Remains #07 Heinz Baumann
Switzerland

Nominee

"What Remains #07"
21.06.2024



Wrapped Jean Rouzaud
France

Nominee

"Wrapped"
"In a gleaming chaos streaked by shadow and light, our mind drifts toward a deserted, post‑apocalyptic world. A dark dream. Guy Morales"



Tires Jean Rouzaud
France

Nominee

"Tires "



Plate 23, Strands of Light and Shadow Jessica Cardelucci
USA

Nominee

"Plate 23, Strands of Light and Shadow"
An unconventional permissionless collaboration with Botto, a decentralized autonomous AI artist.



Dickel Jonathan Knowles
UK

Nominee

"Dickel"
Bottle of George Dickel Whiskey in an old distillery environment



Harvesting Jonathan Pollock
UK

Nominee

"Harvesting"
From soil to soul, home grown, hand picked and a connection with nature



Plant Spirit #2 Justin Pumfrey
UK

Nominee

"Plant Spirit #2"



Plant spirit #3 Justin Pumfrey
UK

Nominee

"Plant spirit #3"



Kale Bouquet Leeanne Mason
Australia

Nominee

"Kale Bouquet"
A bouquet of Kale



Fresh Catch Leigh Ann Pincus
USA

Nominee

"Fresh Catch"
Catch of the day in Naples, Italy



Between Leila Daryan
USA

Nominee

"Between"
A silence between shore and drowning, where the becoming begins.



Veggie Scapes Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Veggie Scapes"



Marylin Luigi Grieco
Italy

Nominee

"Marylin"



Shoes Luigi Grieco
Italy

Nominee

"Shoes"



The Tree and the Stone Luigi Barbano
USA

Nominee

"The Tree and the Stone"



Display case Luisa Gonzalez P
Canada

Nominee

"Display case"
Chicago, USA. iPhone 15 Pro back triple camera 6.765mm f/1.78, expo 1/50



Sand Verbena Marguerite Garth
USA

Nominee

"Sand Verbena"
An encaustic series of new beach plant life with elements of the beach embedded in the wax/ resin layers, such as sand. These plants protect against dune erosion, growing the beach



Beach Bur Marguerite Garth
USA

Nominee

"Beach Bur"
An encaustic series of new beach plant life with elements of the beach embedded in the wax/ resin layers, such as sand, sea glass. These plants protect against dune erosion, growing the beach



Gills Maria Coletsis
Canada

Nominee

"Gills"
Mushrooms appear as visual markers, referencing the hidden networks that sustain life.



Stem Matt Beard
USA

Nominee

"Stem"
View of a poppy from below. Film / Ilford 3200. Mamiya RZ67.



Unpacking the Good China Michael Barley
USA

Nominee

"Unpacking the Good China"
Unpacking the Good China



The Good Silver Michael Barley
USA

Nominee

"The Good Silver"
The Good Silver in the American South



Wine Vine 4 Narinder Sall
USA

Nominee

"Wine Vine 4"
Wine Vine 4 image of a grapevine was made at the Becker Vineyards in Fredericksburg, Texas



Autumn Leaves Peter Paluzzi
USA

Nominee

"Autumn Leaves"
Autumn leaves along the banks of Fjord du Saquenary, Quebec.



Sunglasses Robert Arnold
USA

Nominee

"Sunglasses"
Sunglasses



Remenants From The Empire Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Remenants From The Empire"
Kolkata, Some items from the British after they left India in a Kolkata Antique shop



Vintage Scissors Ron Bambridge
UK

Nominee

"Vintage Scissors"
Well used old and broken scissors, part of my Fathers old toolbox



XIII Simone Madeo
Italy

Nominee

"XIII"



Rorschach Flowers 04 Stephane Garnavault
Switzerland

Nominee

"Rorschach Flowers 04"
Floral and abstract, this series echoes Rorschach tests. Through shadow and symmetry, each image inv



Hosta 1 Stephen Lang
USA

Nominee

"Hosta 1"
Hosta Leaf



Inspired Moment Stephen Spartana
USA

Nominee

"Inspired Moment"
Nature's travels through time.



Dandelion #4 Stone Peng
USA

Nominee

"Dandelion #4"
Dandelion #4



Fennel Theresa Tarara
USA

Nominee

"Fennel"
Abundance



Kookos Tom Epperson
Philippines

Nominee

"Kookos"
This is a still life of a coconut husk



Grey Time Towanda Hannah
USA

Nominee

"Grey Time "



Three Eggs William Stetz
USA

Nominee

"Three Eggs"



Lakeshore Piles William Stetz
USA

Nominee

"Lakeshore Piles"



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