20th Winners Gallery | Spider Awards

Glenn Goldman

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Open Mouths"
Populus Hotel, Denver, Colorado. Studio Gang, architects.

Norway

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Time Continuity"
Tribute to Edward Weston. Captured from above, this fine art photograph transcends the ordinary, presenting a mesmerizing dance of nature's finest sculptures.

Peter Mendelson

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Winter's Canvas I"
Winter's Canvas I (Tire Tracks on Snow)

Ryan Conrad

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Winter Railroad"
A train trestle as it passes over a river in northern Indiana on a snowy winter day.

Lynn Tait

Canada

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Abstract in Spanish"

Peter Paluzzi

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Bay of Fundy at Low Tide"
Braided patterns in the sand exposed during low tide in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.

Michael Scandling

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Beach"
Water dances on the beach

Sacha Ineichen

Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Profile"
Morocco

Steve Gelineau

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Whoosh"
A sprinting peloton enters another dimension.

Terry Wild

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Lath and Plaster"

Beth Buelow

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Portal"
A skylight is transformed into a portal to another dimension via in-camera mult. exp.

Justin Pumfrey

UK

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Making the moon"
no name

Anette Jaeger

Germany

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Spotlight"
Abstracted photography of a self-built model

Leslie Duchin

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Space Odyssey "

Ilya Trofimenko

Germany

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"In-between"

Robert Coates

Canada

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Delusional forest"
An ICM interpretation of a grove of birch trees in Canada.

Dell Gross

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Emergence"
Paper Shapes Reimagined

Gerald McDowell

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Light &Motion-1"

Glenn Goldman

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Growth"
The Hive created by artist Wolfgang Buttress, Simmonds Studio, Stage One and BDP; Kew Gardens

Judith A. Taylor

UK

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Shining bright"
Apartment building staircase

Budd Parker

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Stairway Swirl"

Jacques Garnier

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"3:57"
Minimalist abstraction of Drke's Estero

Janis Ehlers

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"A Galaxy "
The Galaxy View

Terence Kneale

Australia

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"#190"
From a series of abstract expressionism artwork created in 2024.

Anette Jaeger

Germany

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Water reflection"
The photo shows the reflection of a metal fence. The reflection danced on the waves.

Katherine Young

UK

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Elements"
Car park facade in Sheffield

David Moore

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Break on Through to the Other side"

Sharon Souproanuck

New Zealand

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"With Child"
Smoke from an incense stream

Howard Schwartz

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Swim with the Fishes"

Mia Segaert

Belgium

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Black hole"

Daniel Barsotti

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Whorl"
Reimagined light patterns

Tim Lucas

Australia

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Stone Age Transmitter"
It's all cyclical, meet the transmitters from our pre-historical past

Dell Gross

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Lunatic"
Cresent Moon stretched and disfigured

Mike Eubanks

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Any Questions"
Any Questions

Heather Firth

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Moist Riverbed. Wolverine Canyon, Utah USA"
Series: Earth Erotica. Slot canyon after flash flood. White mineral deposits highlight saturated mud mounds on Navaho Sandstone. The sensuality of Earth's body provides me infinite delight.

Marg Navratil

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Ciseaux de cuisine"
Chef Tools

Alexander Friedrich Beck

Germany

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Front view"
front view of the museum of Diego Riviera en Mexico City, analog technique middle format

Christian Meermann

Germany

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Land of Confusion #4"
New York City, USA, 2024.

Gillian Lindsay

Canada

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Zen II"

Janet Burdon

UK

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Boat Hut Detail"
Detail of one of the Boat Huts on Holy Island taken in Infra-red

Roy Kaltschmidt

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Hwy 1 - Muir Beach, CA 1993"
Highway Route 1 traffic with Moon setting over Muir Beach at sunset , Marin County ,CA 1993

Sue Trower

UK

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Downward MOcean"

Richard Daley

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Alaska Braided Stream"
Aerial view of Alaska braided stream

Rupert Horst Portugaller

Austria

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Hold me!"

Dell Gross

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Intersect"
Paper Shapes Reimagined

Eliott Peacock

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"LRPG4768"
Array of Light Objects

Joseph O'Neill

USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Amateur

"Photogram 300"

Marek Czarnecki

Poland

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Dancing Queen"
Portrait of a loved one taken in a dark forest.

Pamela Rozsa

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Abstract
Amateur

"Starlit on Swan Lake"
Stationary Stars Dance in Longwood Gardens

Walter Colley

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Abstract
Professional

"Just Paper"
Paper as Architecture

Lennette Newell

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Abstract
Professional

"Equus zebra hartmannae "
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra Abstract

Paul Herbert

UK

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Abstract
Amateur

"Abstract Engineering"
Close up of rear motorcycle wheel (BMW R1200GS)

Brian Gilwee

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Abstract
Professional

"Triangle"

Patrick O'Brien

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Abstract
Amateur

"Lava Lamp"

Adrian Per

Romania

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Portconteiner CargoHold of the Ship"
My Job is Shipsurveyor.Structure Of Conteiners. I liked to shot some fotos in the cargohold of the ship BOLERO.

Afreed Ali

India

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Cascade"

Alan Kent

UK

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Cracked Ice"

Aleksandrs Drozdovs

Latvia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Earth In Black Colours And With Black Heart"
Tough time for people and for Earth , no colours , only emotions

Aleksandrs Drozdovs

Latvia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Riga Through The Prism Of Landmarks"
My capital city and its landmarks / The Freedom Monument and the Clock Happiness-Laima /Let's meet at Laima clock , Riga Latvia

Alex Drozd

UK

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Carwash"
From an ongoing project on Carwash

Alexander Friedrich Beck

Germany

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Mexican ruins"
double exposure, maya piramids en ek balam Mexico, analog technique middle format

Andrew Ilachinski

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Kandinskian Reflections"
Kandinskian Reflections

Andrew Ilachinski

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Alien View"
Alien View

Anne Dignam

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Origami of Steel"

Anne Grosse-Leege

Germany

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"The back to the wall against"

Arthur Jacoby

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Hope"
Soaring birds, Wakohatchee Nature Preserve, Delray Beach, DL

Barbara Maker

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Kalidescope"
Rhythm

C E Morse

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Parking Lot Donuts"
Aerial shot of parking lot donuts

C E Morse

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Pit #79"
Aerial view of patterns in a gravel pit

Calvin Binnema

Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"One Bendy Line"
Light and shadow patterns on a section of pavement

Calvin Binnema

Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Writing with Light"
Play of direct and reflected sunlight

Carlos Ocando

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Ancient Knowledge"
Double Exposure captured in camera.

Caro Telfer

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Tidal Channel"
Flying my drone over the tidal flats this channel cutting through the frame caught my eye.

Catherine Roberts Leach

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Underwater"

Christine Jacobson

New Zealand

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Bubbles"

Chuck LaChance

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Inward Toward Infinity"
Into the depths of Inner Space.

Claude Ka Kit Tsang

Hong Kong

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Justaposed Images"
A woman is walking through a shopping mall corridor, her figure is justaposed with product advertisements and images on both sides floor-to ceiling glass.

Darren Bridges

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Mind The Gap"
London Underground station

Dave Cohen

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"All The Angles"

David Jones

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"The Clown"
The Clown, made from smoke

David Moore

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Street Abstract"

David Moore

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Where Ive Walked"

David Stewart

Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Faces In The Sand"

Dianne Yudelson

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Push"

Douglas Dubler

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Ground Zero Abstract NYC"
Ground Zero NYC Abstract

Edwin Loyola

Philippines

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Keychains "

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Neurological"
Double exposure of the Art Gallery of Alberta and trees taken onboard. Mirrored eight times to create a neurological effect.

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Junkyard Web"
Junkyard rust mirrored 8 times.

Fran Nunn

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Antiques"

Fran Nunn

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Face in the Sand"
Great Sand Dunes, Colorado

Gary Levy

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Spectre of the Halls"
Rendition of granite reflection.

Gary Levy

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Art of the Peel"
Rendition of light fixture portion.

Gary Levy

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Inversion Version"
Light fixture portion turned upside down.

Gillian Lindsay

Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Zen I"

Gillian Lindsay

Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Harmony"

Glenn Goldman

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Architectural Obfuscation in Wynwood"
Miami, Florida

Glenn Goldman

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Patterns of the Luminaire"
Luminaires inside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland

Glenn Goldman

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Circles and Lines"
RMIT Design Hub (Building 100) by Sean Godsell Architects (2012). Melbourne, Australia.

Heather Firth

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Citadel Pillars of the Ancients"
Image created with glass, water, botanicals, and natural light.

Heather Firth

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Lubricity"
Slippery When Wet...Juicy touch, Erotic finesse, sensual intelligence, and intimate integrity engender hot love and a true "happily ever after."

Hermann Praeg

Austria

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Aura"
It's lucky when an aura like this is created.

Hermann Praeg

Austria

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Cloud Pyramid"
Is it a pyramid, is it an iceberg, is it clouds? Different realities come together here.

Hermann Praeg

Austria

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Sunset"
A surreal sight as the sun and clouds glide down behind the horizon.

Ilan Wittenberg

New Zealand

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"The Oulus"
Designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, the Oculus resembles a dove

Ilene Fox

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Abstract Reflections"

James Fox

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Quarted Weed"
A pseky weed made beautiful

Janet Burdon

UK

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Reeds"
Reeds in high-key at Loch Ard in Scotland.

Jean Rouzaud

France

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Particle Storm in water"

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Weston Beach"
Weathered rocks on Weston Beach, Point Lobos, CA.

Joachim Kakau

Germany

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Kiss"

Joachim Kakau

Germany

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Transience"

Joseph O'Neill

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Photogram 199a"

Joseph O'Neill

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Pattern 7100"

Judy M. King

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Pedestal of Light"
Light play on a pedestal at the Norton Museum

Judy M. King

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Curve Appeal"
Minimized reception table with shadows

Jurgen Dopatka

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Porsche 356"
A beautiful sky reflecting on the hood of an antique Porsche 356

Karen Jordan

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Untitled #1, Berlin"
At the Jewish Museum, Berlin, I saw a sharp elongated beam of light pierce the darkness from a high narrow space & wanted to capture the emotional intensity and drama of past hopes & present...

Karen Jordan

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Untitled #2, Berlin"
At the Jewish Museum, Berlin,when I saw a sharp elongated beam of light pierce the darkness from a high narrow space, I wanted to capture emotional intensity and drama of past hopes & present...

Karen Safer

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Light Seeping In"
Shapes and Light Form Art

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

""

Kent Wisner

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Chase Center #2"
Abstractions from the Chase Center San Francisco (Ilford Delta 100)

Lennette Newell

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Murmuration "
Blackbird flock photographed at Bosque del Apache

Mabel Cedron

Spain

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Interval"
The composition generates a hypnotic visual rhythm, where classical forms dematerialize into a geome

Marg Navratil

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"La louche"
Chef Tools

Marg Navratil

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"La passoire"
Chef Tools

Marg Navratil

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Le ouvre-boite"
Chef Tools

Marg Navratil

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Le presse-puree"
Chef Tools

Marina Onken

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Company Man"

Marina Onken

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Fornacci Birth"

Masaaki Toyoyoshi

Japan

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Where is the Sigal? 12.21"
I can hardly see out of my left eye,this art work multipul explosure photo at Ginza,Japan.

Melissa Lackey

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"The Hot Seat"
A metal chair in Arizona is HOT!

Mia Segaert

Belgium

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Borderline II"
Limestone deposits in a powerful line pattern forming a defined area

Michael Scandling

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Edge"
Event Horizon on the Move

Michael Scandling

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Smile"
A reason to smile

Mirjam Lorek

Switzerland

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Lost in the Vortex"

Nathan Penhall

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Abstraction"
Pink salt lake in North-West Victoria (Australia)

Nathan Penhall

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Enigmatic"
Pink salt lake in North-West Victoria (Australia)

Nathan Penhall

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Shoreline"
Pink salt lake in North-West Victoria (Australia)

Nathan Penhall

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Tyrrell Hues"
Pink salt lake in North-West Victoria (Australia)

Nikolai Endegor

France

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Anisotropy"
The floor in the 19th century house

Paul Herbert

UK

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Stairwell Sculpture"
Stairwell detail at the Museum of Modern Art in Collioure, France

Penny Kennedy

New Zealand

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Angles"

Peter Aitken

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Abstract #11"
Closeup of crumpled plastic wrap

Peter Paluzzi

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Flamingo, Cartagena Colombia"
Dreamlike patterns that suggest softness and serenity.

Remco Koenderman

Netherlands

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Diamond Beach Brilliance"
Amid a sea of glacial jewels on Diamond Beach, one brilliance drew my gaze and held it still

Richard Oakland

UK

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Birth and death of a universe #3"
When heat and cold combine in a small pond, science meets magic

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Eye of Horus"
a lagoon at Lencois Maranhenses, Brazil. Just sand dunes and a beautiful eye shaped lake.

Robert Davis

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Smoke Plume"

Roger Parvin

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Stargazer"
Heavenly Bodies

Sarb Vasile

Romania

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Glances and Shadows #3"
White is synonymous with purity and safety, while Black suggests mystery and depth in the unknown.

SchirZan | Schahrsad Shahmirzadi

Germany

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Black & White Solitaire "
Illuminated Geometry

Sebastien Hug

France

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Abyss"
Chambord, France, 25 octobre 2024.

Sharon Souproanuck

New Zealand

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Walk with Me"
ICM of people walking in the beach

Shifra Levyathan

Israel

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Lines and curves"

Shifra Levyathan

Israel

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"City in a glass"

Stephane Malassine

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"The Bookmark, NYC Sept 12 2014"
One WTC embodies a fixed point in collective memory—its very existence anchored in the rupture of 9/11.

Stephen Lang

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Feather Dust"
Raven in Flight

Steve Gelineau

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Vertiginous Living"
An abstracted reflection creates a vertigo-inducing image of this Miami, Florida condo building.

Steve Gelineau

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Black Olives"
Black olive-like globes rise from a bowl on delicate wires to create a visual abstraction.

Steve Majsak

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Walking the Rookery"
Chicago's Rookery Staircase

Steve Sorensen

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Steel Ellipise"
Multiple layers of a steel ellipse, or so it appears.

Steve Sorensen

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"On Being Seen"
Looking right through me, perhaps to the window of my soul?

Steve Zmak

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Light Dance on Wet Sand"
Camera flies backwards for 2-sec exposure capturing bubbles on wet sand backlit by the setting sun.

Susan Moss

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Multiple Dancers"
A lovely painting on a wall in Rajasthan India and I had fun creating it with a multiple exposure in

Tim Lucas

Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Sandstone Mouse"
In a time long past the rodents were large and nocturnal, but sunlight turned them to stone

Volker Kesting

Netherlands

Nominee
Abstract
Amateur

"Chaos"

Walter Colley

USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Just Papers"
Paper as Architecture

Brandon Ralph

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"The Whites"
left out to dry

Stone Peng

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Hay Field"
Typical Michigan Summer Hay field

David Moore

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Accommodations"

Frank Bevans

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Amboy"

Ian Spanier

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Litto and the Stallion"
Litto Gomez with his stallion on the tobacco farm in Dominican Republic

Anne Schlueter

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Gas War"
Gary's Gay Parita Sinclair is on the MO section of Route 66. Gary built this replica of the original 1930 gas station during his retirement. He passed in 2012, but the station is still there.

Gene Sellers

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Church On The Great Plains"

Brian Schneider

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Diners"
Diner open 24 hours Fairbanks Alaska

Glenn Goldman

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"From the Visitor Center"
U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC

Joyce P. Lopez

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"On Horseback #2"

Judy M. King

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Reptilian Romeo"
Few sports are more uniquely American than alligator wrestling

Allan Syphers

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Today's Flavors"
A Shaved Ice stand at a fair in Bath, Maine

Ann Chwatsky

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Shaker Village, Maine"
I was privileged to vist the Maine Sabbathday Lake Community to photograph and get to know them

Mike Gagarin

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Long Forgotten"
Two abandoned Caddies, Keeler CALIF.

Will Enos

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Cigarettes"
A cigarette vending machine of the past

Jacky Chapman

UK

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Boombox, NYC"
The music men. Lower East Side, New York 1986.

Steve Toole

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Welcome Center"
Tourists can stop here to get more information about taking trail rides through Western landscapes.

Fran Nunn

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Tribal Tribute"
Tipis overlooking city of Billings honoring Crow Tribe members lost to Covid

Kevin Vandivier

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Texas Cool Down"
Bar dog cools himself on the bar cooler on a very hot summer day.

Brandon Ralph

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Vail"
The unseen symbol, casts its vail

James Lee

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"East on 8"
Looking east on Interstate 8, just outside Yuma, Ariz.

Morris Asato

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Weathered"
Clouds shield a weathered grain elevator from the afternoon sun.

Shawna Gibbs

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Documented Alien, My Summer with Optimus Prime"
Started in 2013, a collaborative project between a photographer and her superhero-loving kids.

Beth Enos

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Gas Pump"
Forgotten last stop for gas.

S. Rick Armstrong

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Window"
Window on Downtown

Alexander Friedrich Beck

Germany

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Defile dia de los muertos en Merida #2"
desfile de dia de los muertos en Merida, analog techique middle format

Steve Majsak

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Summer in the City"
Children cooling off in Chicago's Crown Fountain in Millenium Park

Bruce Saille

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Saukville, Wisconsin 2023"

Seth Mayer

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Mile 7"
Desert road.

Frank Bevans

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Last stop"

Kathryn McGarvey

Canada

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Forsaken and Forlorn"

Beyti Barbaros

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Left to rust"
Time is the biggest tyrant—relentless, patient, and undefeated. its quiet destruction.

Melinda Goodall

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Winter Humor"
Winter provides an amusing scene at the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park.

Wayne Palmer

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Scaffold Assembly"

Yvonne Boyd

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Genoa Bar"
It's always wild in the west. First Bar in Nevada

Brian Schneider

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Abandoned Barn"
Abandoned barn rural south west Missouri.

Richard Cox

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Backroads in Virginia USA"

Mark Seawell

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Reflections of a black woman"
They gathered in Salt Lake City to protest injustice and save something precious, a women's right to her body..reflections of a black woman

Michael Knapstein

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Amish Buggy Ride"
Two Amish brothers share a horse-drawn buggy ride in rural Wisconsin, USA.

Jill Snyder

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Voting for Dogs"

Olivia Ogren-Hrejsa

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Twisted"
Texas County Rodeo

Deborah Kruks

Canada

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Rainy Days New York"
New York City Scape with Empire State Building through a rainy window

Eduardo Garcia

Brazil

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Nothing"
Outdoor display at Arizona USA 2012

Diane DeQuevedo Klein

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"A Silent Prayer Before his Ride"

Maria Coletsis

Canada

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"Curlers"
Rituals of Hair

Marina Onken

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Amateur

"Murmuration"

Steve Sorensen

USA

Honorable Mention
Americana
Professional

"A grain silo on the American Plains"
As eloquent as any European edifice, a symbol of the American West.

Alex Bogaard

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Americana
Amateur

"Hold On"
Bareback Bronc

Seth Joel

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Americana
Professional

"Cowpunchers Prayer"
A Rodeo opening ceremony prayer typically expresses gratitude, seeks a blessing for the participants and acknowledges the role of faith in the rodeo culture.

Jill Mudge

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Americana
Amateur

"Coming Home"
Bringing them Home from the Pasture

Lou Fischer

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Americana
Professional

"Blue Swallow Rt 66"

James Sparshatt

UK

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Americana
Professional

"Bluesman on Beale"
A man of blues lost in his base on Beale Street, Memphis

Wayne Palmer

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Americana
Amateur

"125th Street"

Alex Bogaard

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Riding a hurricane"
Power and Grace in Harmony.

Allan Syphers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Assemblage #2"
Grain Storage Buildings In The Palouse

Allan Syphers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Holding Court"
Young Somali immigrants in Lewiston, Maine

Allan Syphers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Ocean City Boardwalk"
The boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey

Allan Syphers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"The Approaching Storm"
Marshall Point Lighthouse in Maine

Allan Syphers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Traffic Jam"
A bumper car ride at a fair in Bath, Maine

Anand Sharan

India

Nominee
Americana
Professional

" 'Carolina' is calling you home"
Heartbeat of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Ann Chwatsky

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Sabbath Lake Shakers #2"
HOW WONDERFUL TO GET TO KNOW THEM

Anne Grosse-Leege

Germany

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Heritage of the giants"

Anne Schlueter

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Wrinks Market"
Wrinks Market is a Route 66 landmark in Lebanon, MO.

Arthur Jacoby

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Craftsman"
Blacksmith, South Florida Fair, West Palm Beach, FL

Audrey Gottlieb

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"No Dogs Allowed"
Sign in shop window, No Dogs Allowed, NYC

Bob Shor

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Gazing"
Dumbo Brooklyn, NY

Bragi Schut Jr.

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Midnight Train"

Brandon Ralph

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"America Connected"
America connected

Brandon Ralph

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Grooms Cross"
Cross x Cross

Brian Gilwee

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"All faithfull"

Catherine Riddle

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Cast Iron Comfort"
This old stove would have been the center of 1800's life at the Bannock Ghost town in Montana

Chieko Tanemura

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Cathy's Cafe"

Curtis Fedder

Canada

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"The Chicago 'L'"

David Kelly

UK

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Retired"

Diana Feil

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Giant"
Stumbled upon this in the desert and liked the reference between container and landscape

Diane Waldron

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Forgotten House"
Echos of a life once lived.

Dietmar Sorgatz

Germany

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Titan 2.0"
Holding the World, NYC 2025

Elizabeth Holmes

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Train Concourse"
William H. Gray III 30th Street Station Concourse in Philadelphia

Frank Bevans

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Night calling"

Frank Bevans

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Church"

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Abandoned"

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Bed And Breakfast"

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Canal Street At 4:00 a.m."

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Life In The Big Empty"

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"The Long Goodbye"

Gene Sellers

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"The Raw Edge Of Despair"

Glenn Goldman

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"On the Mall"
National Museum of African American History and Culture and Washington Monument

Glenn Goldman

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Under Construction"
New York City, along the Hudson River.

Harvey Duze

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"'The Nation Lives'"
Rows of cannons and split-rail fence along Wheatfiled Rd. at the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Harvey Duze

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Choptank River Light #2"
replica of the original Choptank River Light (a screw-pile lighthouse) located near Oxford, Maryland

Jack Weingarten

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Statues of Liberty With Tourists"
Statues of Liberty with tourists

James Meldrum

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Rural Scene"

Jamie Leasure

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Treeline"
On the plains of Idaho, a line of trees denotes property lines under feet of wintertime snow

Jeffrey Andrews

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Bar Register"

Jeffrey Andrews

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Cat owns yard"

John Doyle

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Arlington Cemetery"

John Hepburn Jr

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"There's gold in them that hills"

Joshua Martin

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Hunter at CF Ranch"
Hunter Reaume at Cf Ranch Tmax 400 Olympus 35 RC

Julie Shipman

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Long Dessert Highway"
Driving alone down Highway 1, the length of Baja; big open wild spaces with the human fingerprints.

Kathryn McGarvey

Canada

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Solitary Sentinel"

Kathy Sergio

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Magnolia Cemetery James"
Magnolia Cemetery James resting in repose

Kevin Vandivier

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Days End"
Champion Calf Roper Stran Smith ends is day working the range in Texas.

Larry Bean

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Backroad - Montana"
Bridger, Montana

Leah Earle

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Bringing In The Herd"
A cowboy pushes the herd of horses back towards the corrals.

Leslie Goldman

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Halter Ego"
A walk on the wild side. Mt Washington, MD 2024

Lisa Means

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"American Welder"
American Welder - Atlanta GA

Lisa Romano

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"We salute"
Honoring Those Who Served

Lou Fischer

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Alabama Carnival "

Lou Fischer

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Old Garage and Truck"

Lou Fischer

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Teddy's Red Hots"

Madeleine Corbeil

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"The School Teacher"
Captured on a tour of the Naper Settlement; outdoor history museum of historial buildings

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Home Grown"

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Church Goers"

Matt Lit

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Range Rider"
A cowboy is dwarfed by the San Luis Valley, in southern Colorado, while gathering cattle.

Michael Knapstein

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Good Conversation"

Michael Rausch

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Hatch"
Famous for its chili peppers, Hatch, New Mexico.

Mike Gagarin

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Motel Sign"
Motel next to the Bagdad Cafe, Newberry Springs CAL. Bagdad Cafe, 1988 classic movie.

Narinder Sall

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Liberty - Wine Vine 114"
Wine Vine114 image of a grapevine was made at the Messina Hof Vineyards in Bryan, Texas. The vine is only about 4" tall.

Nathanael Rehlander

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Laundry Day"
Laundry Day in Fort Worth, Texas

Nelson Rudiak

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Beach Bird"
Bird on lifeguard's chair.

Niko Eden

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Cowboy in Calico"

Niko Eden

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Danielle"

Olivia Ogren-Hrejsa

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Last to Leave"
High school marching bands demand thousands of practice hours from students to excel in state competitions. Long hours, in all types of weather, test the dedication of everyone.

Patricia Jarvis

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Winter Storm"
A very frigid & windy winter this year in Colorado!

Peter Mendelson

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Memory Motel"
The iconic Montauk motel being engulfed by bushes, like memories slowly disappearing.

Peter Ydeen

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Garage is Full"
A garage in Bethlehem Pennsylvania - at night

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Hope"
Street in St Paul, Minnesota

Romy Klein

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"The White House "

S. Rick Armstrong

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Hoop"
Picnic in America

Selena Malone

USA

Nominee
Americana
Professional

"Quiet Reverence"
A still and timeless moment—an empty street leading to the church - the soul of a small town

Sonia Melnikova-Raich

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Prophecy"
En Route 66 in Mojave Desert, California

Steve Eirschele

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Steel Horses"

Steve Gelineau

USA

Nominee
Americana
Amateur

"Cobra Powered"
An eight cylinder Cobra engine sits for inspection in an antique Ford Mustang sportscar.

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