Portrait - Professional

BERT1 Julie Wajs
Australia

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"BERT1"



Cappuchino Henk van Mierlo
Netherlands

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Cappuchino"
Cappuchino



Abdou with rescued crocodile jason florio
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Abdou with rescued crocodile"
The portrait of Abdou is part of a long term project , now in it's 15th year based around a sacred forest in The Gambia, West Africa called Makasutu.In 2008 Abdou arrived at the forest with a live crocodile which he was going to sell for meat. I asked him if I could buy it, but first I wanted to make a portrait of him. He sold me the crocodile and we released it back into the river.



Father and Daughter Binh Trinh
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Father and Daughter"



Young Boy. Duncan, MS. Brandon Thibodeaux
USA

Honorable Mention

"Young Boy. Duncan, MS."
A young boy lays on the back of his grandfathers' car after being spanked with a switch in Duncan, MS.



Le Van Khoi, Vietnam - 1993 Peter Steinhauer
USA

Honorable Mention

"Le Van Khoi, Vietnam - 1993"
Part of a project on portraits of Vietnam which was in the published book project entitled Vietnam: Portraits and Landscapes (2001 Edition Stemmle)



Slumdog Lina Reinsbakken
Norway

Honorable Mention

"Slumdog"
Taken in the "Seawall" slum in Tacloban, Pilippines outside the childs home. Part of "Streetlight" charity exhibition



Live with unexpected reality K M Asad
Bangladesh

Honorable Mention

"Live with unexpected reality "
Shocked by the news of her son's death, an elderly woman stares out, still hoping to see him return from the jungle. Mohammad was a moual (honey collector) who was killed by a man-eater in Sundarban forest, on 22nd March 2010. Satkhira, Bangladesh.



Portrait (2) Aladino Di Prinzio
Italy

Nominee

"Portrait (2)"



untitled Alessandro Majocchi
Italy

Nominee

"untitled"
ethiopia,south



a last view Anouk Baumann
Switzerland

Nominee

"a last view"
the last picutre of a familyshooting



Jeanne Barend Houtsmuller
Netherlands

Nominee

"Jeanne"
Jeanne van Doorninck at her home in Eindhoven, NL



Stoicism Barry Cheeseman
Australia

Nominee

"Stoicism"



Funeral Ceremony Belinda Mason
Australia

Nominee

"Funeral Ceremony"
This young man is about to perform in a funeral ceremony in the remote community of Aurukun in Australia. This ceremony is called a "house opening". When a person dies, their house cannot be entered for one year. After the year has passed, the community has a ceremony to ask the spirit to leave the house and the grieving or "sorry time" can end. .



Dance Machine. Alligator, MS. Brandon Thibodeaux
USA

Nominee

"Dance Machine. Alligator, MS."
James "Dance Machine" Watson stands for a portrait at the Friday night parking lot party in Alligator, MS.



Elliott Erwitt Brian Smith
USA

Nominee

"Elliott Erwitt"
Photographer Elliott Erwitt photographed for the ART & SOUL book to support arts funding.



Haitian girl with Poultry in Sequin Cameron Davidson
USA

Nominee

"Haitian girl with Poultry in Sequin"
Young girl in the mountain village of Sequin with poultry for the market.



LILLIAN, from the series the FORGOTTEN women Carol Allen-Storey
UK

Nominee

"LILLIAN, from the series the FORGOTTEN women"
“Sex is my only option for survival.” -LILLIAN Image captured July 2011 Hamukungu Fishing Village, Lake George, Uganda.



Sheik Carolyn Brown
USA

Nominee

"Sheik "
Tribal Leader Yemen



Old man Cees Rijnen
Netherlands

Nominee

"Old man"
old man smokes cigar in Myanmar



Thai Woman Charit Pusiri
Thailand

Nominee

"Thai Woman"
A part of "Have We Forgot?" series.



African Gothic Number 1 Chris Johnston
Namibia

Nominee

"African Gothic Number 1"



Mr Sly The coffin maker David Morris
UK

Nominee

"Mr Sly The coffin maker"
Mr Sly was coffin maker in a small village in the Cotswolds. His family had made coffins for three generations. He was eighty odd years old when I photographed him and still working. When I asked him to pose under the sky light holding a tool like he was working, he said "What do you mean, fakin' it?".



Berber Dune David Hillegas
USA

Nominee

"Berber Dune"
Berber guide in Saharan Desert



Soldier Duncan de Fey
Netherlands

Nominee

"Soldier"
Soldier standing guard in St Petersburg



Zion Edward Gajdel
Canada

Nominee

"Zion"
Toronto graffiti artist



Transition Eir-Jorgen Bue
Norway

Nominee

"Transition"
Henningsvær, Norway



Suriname Flag Ertugrul Kilic
Suriname

Nominee

"Suriname Flag"
Young lady is posing with her like Suriname Flag decorated hat.



almost Giuliano Koren
Italy

Nominee

"almost"
Insiel Mercato workers. Calendar 2012. Giovanni Scarpis, project manager. Father full-time, full-time husband, full-time managers. It never stops. Or almost.



110 Mayan Years Gray Hawn
USA

Nominee

"110 Mayan Years"
Behind those closed eyes lies the memories of 110 years. Traveling in the Yukatan Jungle I met this wonderful Mayan Elder in a village.



Artilleryman Gregory Gieske
USA

Nominee

"Artilleryman"
A Soldier from 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, rests a moment in between the firing of 155mm Howitzer rounds from a Paladin near Mosul, Iraq.



Hank & Lulu guus rijven
Netherlands

Nominee

"Hank & Lulu"



Ming meet Mao Henk van Mierlo
Netherlands

Nominee

"Ming meet Mao"
Ming meet Mao



Counting coins Honey Atkinson
Australia

Nominee

"Counting coins"
Line them up nice and neat.



Steven Tyler Ian Spanier
USA

Nominee

"Steven Tyler"
I made this portrait of Steven Tyler at a garage in Massachusettes where custom motorcycles are made. Tyler is a business partner with the garage. Tyler was hosting the Sturgis Bike Week that year and I was shooting for their magazine. Thankfully he was willing to stand for this shot for me.



Tatoo Jack Hutch
USA

Nominee

"Tatoo"
Island Living



Istanbul perfumer James Hughes
UK

Nominee

"Istanbul perfumer"
Oldest perfumer of Istanbul with his box of scents



Li Youran James Bollen
UK

Nominee

"Li Youran"
Li Youran, 19 inside the People's University, Beijing, 1999. Li Youran was a fan of several local punk bands.



Gypsy Jano Stovka
Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Gypsy"
father of 15 kids from eastern europe



Portraitsinblack: Jazz Musician Joel Ventura
Spain

Nominee

"Portraitsinblack: Jazz Musician "
ABDU SALIM, Musician in exile, born in Texas 1950. Unique in his way of dancing his own music, he has already settle his albatross wings over our country for several years, pleasing us with his sasophone voice. Compositor, arranger and talented soloist, he is faithful keeper of a music that perfectly reflects his way of life.



Portraitsinblack: Sandrine Joel Ventura
Spain

Nominee

"Portraitsinblack: Sandrine"
SANDRINE PENDA, Photographer and model, Paris.Né in Paris and six years in Spain, she discovered photography while working as a model. It is with an old analogue SLR OM-10 that made ??the first steps. I love photography in general, because it freezes the moment forever, brings to life the petty things and allows us to be a stealthy click the privileged witnesses of an era, a century, one minute, half a second.



Boy with a hoop Jonathan Banks
UK

Nominee

"Boy with a hoop"
Boy with a hoop near the Malecon in Havana; Cuba



Portrait of Norman Corwin Kathryn Jacobi
USA

Nominee

"Portrait of Norman Corwin"
from the series, "The Child is the Father of the Man", images of elderly adults with themselves as children



Couple displaced by Flood Kerry Sharkey-Miller
USA

Nominee

"Couple displaced by Flood"
Sacred Valley, Peru February 2010. Peruvan couple lost their home in the floods of 2010 and were living in a tent city, uncertain of where they will live in the future. Their entire town was destroyed.




Cataract Woman Larry Louie
Canada

Nominee

"Cataract Woman"



Boys out of School Louis Montrose
USA

Nominee

"Boys out of School"
Rural Village, Karnataka, India, 2010



Meme Luigi Fieni
Germany

Nominee

"Meme"
The glaze of an old man. Wrinkles like tears, the root of man. Lomanthang, Mustang, Nepal



The Looking Glass Marc Cartwright
USA

Nominee

"The Looking Glass"
Self Portrait : Los Angeles



Malega, Surma Boy, April 2011, Ethiopia Mario marino
Germany

Nominee

"Malega, Surma Boy, April 2011, Ethiopia"
Austrian-born photographer Mario Marino has spent the last few months in the South Ethiopia’s Omo River Valley taking what he calls “photographic psychograms” of its inhabitants. Each gorgeously spare portrait represents a different micro-culture of the region, which Marino chose for its incredible density of distinct ethnic minorities. “Faces of Africa” is a race against time of sorts. Marino searches the smallest, furthest villages for people whose heritage is under assault by the potent forces of tourism, technological advancement, and social globalization. His chosen method of preservation is to record a culture’s mark upon the body: white chalk used as face paint, intricate patterns shaved into hair, and throughout the portraits, ornaments made from the matchless leaves and shells of the South Ethiopian terrain. The sitters literally wear their homeland, supporting the claim of couturiers and choreographers everywhere that the body is simply one more medium for communication.



Chawura, Tsiame Man, March 2011, Ethiopia Mario marino
Germany

Nominee

"Chawura, Tsiame Man, March 2011, Ethiopia"
Austrian-born photographer Mario Marino has spent the last few months in the South Ethiopia’s Omo River Valley taking what he calls “photographic psychograms” of its inhabitants. Each gorgeously spare portrait represents a different micro-culture of the region, which Marino chose for its incredible density of distinct ethnic minorities. “Faces of Africa” is a race against time of sorts. Marino searches the smallest, furthest villages for people whose heritage is under assault by the potent forces of tourism, technological advancement, and social globalization. His chosen method of preservation is to record a culture’s mark upon the body: white chalk used as face paint, intricate patterns shaved into hair, and throughout the portraits, ornaments made from the matchless leaves and shells of the South Ethiopian terrain. The sitters literally wear their homeland, supporting the claim of couturiers and choreographers everywhere that the body is simply one more medium for communication.



Brazil_Boy Mark Westerby
UK

Nominee

"Brazil_Boy"



Chef Paul Bocuse Melanie Dunea
USA

Nominee

"Chef Paul Bocuse"
Photographed for My Last Supper: The Next Course



HYPNOSIS Michal Josephy
Czech Republic

Nominee

"HYPNOSIS"
An orthodox Jew during Passover.



innocence2 michel perrin
New Zealand

Nominee

"innocence2"



A Devotee of Love Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
Bangladesh

Nominee

"A Devotee of Love "
A devotee of Radha-Krishna, came from nearest village to attend a week long Hindu Radha-Krishna cultural festival at Narayangong, Bangladesh.



tansy Mudita Aeron
UK

Nominee

"tansy"



Akha Girl Paul Wager
Laos

Nominee

"Akha Girl"
An Akha girl in her village in Luang Namtha, Laos.



The lady at home Paul Bucknall
UK

Nominee

"The lady at home"
A portrait of a Cuban lady viewed against the doorway to her home



Child, Lake Malwi pesarelli stefano
Italy

Nominee

"Child, Lake Malwi"
Day life on the Lake Malawi



Ethnograph_twelve Philip Gatward
UK

Nominee

"Ethnograph_twelve"
from a series of the people of South Omo, Ethiopia



Ethnograph twenty nine Philip Gatward
UK

Nominee

"Ethnograph twenty nine"
from a series of the people of South Omo, Ethiopia



28 Philipp Engelhorn
Hong Kong

Nominee

"28"
Member of 28 Prison Gang (South Africa)



Henry Pierre Delaunay
France

Nominee

"Henry"
The beauty is a meeting



TIDES OF TIME Rakesh Sahai
India

Nominee

"TIDES OF TIME"
Her intensely engrossed gaze captured my imagination. How time turns us all from performers to silent spectators. She watched intently and critically, silently and actively.. without wanting any limelight! Her creased skin was talking and telling me about her trials and tribulations. The tides of time may wither you physically, but what they leave behind is the invaluable knowledge of experience.This was shot near Kohima, the hilly capital of Nagaland,Inda.



Alessandra Riccardo Magherini
Italy

Nominee

"Alessandra"



Skateboard Portraits Samuel Hicks
UK

Nominee

"Skateboard Portraits"
Shot for the Robin Bell Silver footprint documentary



Quincy Jones Scott McDermott
USA

Nominee

"Quincy Jones"
Diptych of Quincy Jones photographed for Nelson Mandela's foundation, 46664.



billy Cowan,Prestwick GC Staffan Andersson
Sweden

Nominee

"billy Cowan,Prestwick GC"
60x60 cm



Taffy Swapan Mukherjee
India

Nominee

"Taffy"
She was a top ramp model of London, and a professional dancer. Photographed in the late 70's in my London studio.



Indian wrestler Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee

"Indian wrestler"
Nada kusti, a traditional form of wrestling, is being still practised in Mysore, India.



Faces of Dissent - Protesters at Occupy Wall Street Uwe Schober
Germany

Nominee

"Faces of Dissent - Protesters at Occupy Wall Street "
Faces of Dissent - Protesters at Occupy Wall Street



Himba Maiden Wendy Kaveney
USA

Nominee

"Himba Maiden"
Opuwo, Namibia: Young Himba woman bathed in side light



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