People - Amateur

Christopher Sherman USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Sun Baked" Vacationers lounging next to the pool at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Daniel Arranz Molinero Spain 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "I believe I can fly" Cambodia

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Lizy Manola Greece 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Procession"

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Joseph P. Smith Malta Honorable Mention "Morning Bread" A traditional baker in Malta prepares the first morning bread for consumption

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Nelson Cheang Macao Honorable Mention "Little-man"

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Craig Christianson USA Honorable Mention "Story Time"

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John Atchley USA Honorable Mention "Syncopation in Black & White"

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Nikolay Smolyak Russia Honorable Mention "Haircut"

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Judit Pap USA Honorable Mention "Scaphandre"

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Anthony Pond USA Honorable Mention "Playground" Along the railroad tracks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Bertol Arrieta Spain Honorable Mention "Watching the dreams" Watching the dreams from the rear mirror

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Jesmen Wong Singapore Honorable Mention "Having Fun" Kids Jumping into water for fun

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Paul Crampton Canada Honorable Mention "The Road of Innocence" Capture the feeling before they grow up...

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Stephan Brauchli Switzerland Honorable Mention "Simply happy" Boys in Mrauk-U Myanmar enjoy their toys made from trash

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abdulrahman alterkait Kuwait Nominee "The future starts here" The future starts here

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abdulrahman alterkait Kuwait Nominee "in the corner" in the corner

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Abhishek Dasgupta USA Nominee "Lifeguards OFF Duty" Picture taken in Minnesota

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Agnese Mosi Italy Nominee "Hi!" On the train

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Aleksandr Romanov Russia Nominee "Hostess of the house" The Nenets woman makes a dinner

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Alessio Pavese Italy Nominee "Resting in the leaves"

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Alexei Chukhutin Russia Nominee "On the way to TsimShaTsui" Going by bus through HongKong

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Tokyo: Shibuya Crossing" A “diagonal intersection” allows hundreds of people to cross the street in every direction with each stoplight. The energy was riveting enough to stop even a frantic ambulance from breaking through.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Vision" The Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc teach others about Mexica/Azteca culture. They use art to promote understanding of various perspectives on education, healthcare, immigration & the environment.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Woman Selling Birds for Good Luck" A woman in Yangon is stalked by free pigeons while she sells a cage full of birds to those seeking fortune.

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Anik Rahman Bangladesh Nominee "Going Home (2)" People are trying to go over the train roof to get homed after the final prayer of World Congregation known as the second largest congregation of Muslim, holds in the bank of Turag River, Bangladesh

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Anil Bairwal India Nominee "You take yours, I will take mine" They were playing with these logs at the Tamil Nadu coast, India. The ocean would throw these logs out every now and then which they would try to take back into the ocean.

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Anthony Pond USA Nominee "Pepper Sifters" Pepper sifters in the spice markets of Mattencherry, India.

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Aoife Shanahan Ireland Nominee "Escaping the Race" The light Pattern initally caught my eye and then the man exited the building, he glanced at me and put his head down dejected by his job or prehaps his life.

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Barry Mills New Zealand Nominee "Woodsmen" Technique, Sharp tools, and Muscles wins these competitions

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BASIL STATHOULIS South Africa Nominee "Complexity The Holocaust Memorial Berlin" I spent an afternoon waiting for someone to walk past…The Holocaust Memorial, Berlin, Germany

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BASIL STATHOULIS South Africa Nominee "Roman Summer Kiss" Framed in Rome near the Piazza di Spagna, Italy

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Bertrand Chombart France Nominee "The Book" Night walk in Prague

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Bill HARBIN USA Nominee "Bishop Allen" Bishop Allen in sermon, part of a series from South Rome

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Las Vegas Strip 0231"

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brent washa USA Nominee "Flight Deck"

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Brian Finger USA Nominee "Go to the light"

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee "After Marilyn" Reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe. Air gusts from Buenos Aires subway ventillation.

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee "Capadoccia Toil" Tilling the soil in the time-honoured way, Capadoccia, Turkey

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BRUNO BRAVO Brazil Nominee "CROSSROADS" Orphan in Brazil

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BRUNO BRAVO Brazil Nominee "WORKERS" Reforming the city

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Candace Casey USA Nominee "Working Aloft" Construction worker on the Brooklyn Bridge with Manhattan backdrop

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Candace Casey USA Nominee "Giving Thanks" A young monk gives thanks for his meal in Bagan, Myanmar.

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Cavvy Chin Singapore Nominee "Time Machine" An illusion of train passenger travelling in a time machine. Osaka.

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Christiaan Hart Hong Kong Nominee "In Deep" Captured in Cambodia in 2011, Arguing, Disagreeing, Contemplating ? either one they are in very deep thoughts at their local roadside store.

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Christopher Moffat Australia Nominee "On a quiet day" Every one loves the internet

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Christopher Sherman USA Nominee "Lovers on the Bridge"

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Chuck Nakell USA Nominee "Meet Us At Midnight" Kyoto duo heading for late evening date at the club on the corner

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Cindy Bosveld Australia Nominee "Follow Behind" At Fremantle Market just went i saw this painting on the wall, I knew there will be a great image if someone walk pass. So i waited for a few seconds then two ladies just on time walked pass with...

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Cristina Tinta Vass Romania Nominee "The last day of summer" In a small Romanian village from the NE, children are enjoying their last day of holidays.

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Deepak Singh Dogra India Nominee "Rainy Day" At the Louvre, in Paris.

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Deepak Singh Dogra India Nominee "Monsoon" During the monsoons in Mumbai.

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Don Holman USA Nominee "Dip Dip & Swing & Back" Canoeists in Grand Teton National Park

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Dr.Samarendranath Mandal India Nominee "Everest Base Camp" Porters carrying Ply Boards on the way to Everest Base Camp

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Dr.Samarendranath Mandal India Nominee "Freedom" A child is jumping on a open field to his heart's content

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Estevao Lafuente Portugal Nominee "Minho"

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Estevao Lafuente Portugal Nominee "topten"

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Eunice Vasques Brazil Nominee "Human Sculpture" Cambodia, 2013

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Evan McBride New Zealand Nominee "Early Morning Fishing"

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Francesco Lorenzetti Italy Nominee "human horse" Kolkata-India

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Fumio Yamaguchi Japan Nominee "Bridge"

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George Grubb USA Nominee "Flautist and the Whooper Swans" For 30 years, this flautist has been serenading whooper swans at sunset at Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Ghassan El-Moussa USA Nominee "Break Dance Wedding" Looking for the garter belt and approaching from a different angle

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Gregoire A. Meyer UK Nominee "Behind the curtain " Leslie Joseph and mobile phone

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Hans Bauer Germany Nominee "Sightseeing in Berlin"

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Heiner Pflug Brazil Nominee "No Satisfaction with Service " In a restaurant in Miami, Fl - client complaining about service

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Heiner Pflug Brazil Nominee "Mother and Child" Taken in the outskirts of Kenya, Africa

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Helen McFadden Australia Nominee "Rice Paddy Fishing" Girls fishing with an old mosquito net in a rice paddy, Madagascar

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henk langerak Netherlands Nominee "Bromo people"

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Henry Foster USA Nominee "Tea Time" Candid taken in Pingtung City, Taiwan.

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Immanuel Tagger Austria Nominee "Dance of the Inkas" Dance of the Inkas

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Iulia Iacoban Romania Nominee "Light of silence"

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Iva Nash USA Nominee "Kiss, Hold, Snap" This image was taken as I was walking on the High Line in NYC. This couple along with the photographer were in the ally. Don't know why, but thought the shot was too good to pass up.

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Jefflin Ling Malaysia Nominee "WORKERS #2" The fast growth of economy in Indonesia today, still a lots of peoples been neglected by the government. This photo was shoot at Ijen Volcano East Java, Indonesia, they is the one of the body struggli

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Jesmen Wong Singapore Nominee "Pixel" Walking in Pixel

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Jim Lustenader USA Nominee "At the Races 1" Paris 2012-13: Owners, high rollers or "rail birds," race fans love to check out the horses as they enter the track. From the series "At the Races."

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Jim Lustenader USA Nominee "At the Races 4" Paris 2012-13: Two ladies walking from a champagne reception enjoy no attention from a group of men more interested in horses than women. From the series "At the Races."

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John Eaton USA Nominee "Haggling at the Goat Market"

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John Eaton USA Nominee "Watching and Waiting"

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John Eaton USA Nominee "Stairway to ???"

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Joydeep Mukherjee India Nominee "The Eye" A Musk Man behiend the Musk

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Joydeep Mukherjee India Nominee "The Old Shepard" A Old Shepard on his way back to home

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Judith Ebenstein USA Nominee "Firemen (Lines)" Photograph taken at the Firemen's Monument, New York, NY, during Yearly Memorial Service

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Judith Ebenstein USA Nominee "Firemen (Horses)" Photograph taken at the Firemen's Monument, New York, NY, during Yearly Memorial Service

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Judith Ebenstein USA Nominee "Firemen (Boy)" Photograph taken at the Firemen's Monument, New York, NY, during Yearly Memorial Service

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Judith Ebenstein USA Nominee "8th Avenue Subway Singer"

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Julie Garran Australia Nominee "Passing Portraits" People passing by an exhibition of portraits,on a building sight in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

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Kah-Wai Lin USA Nominee "Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park"

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Kalyan Bhattacharyya India Nominee "Eyes" Children are looking from their room

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee "The Joy of Bubbles" Taken of two children playing during the Chinese Festival Celebrations Auckland NZ

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Kimber Wallwork-Heineman USA Nominee "Mexican Fisherman" Fishing along the Baja in Mexico is a way of life.

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Klaus-Juergen Roericht Switzerland Nominee "childrens playground"

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Kristine Hellevik Norway Nominee "The Wedding Photographer"

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Lauren Golden USA Nominee "New Orleans Apocalyptic Morning"

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Leo Salazar USA Nominee "The New Religion" The new simbol of mass following

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Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "Spots and Dots"

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Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "Red Scarf"

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee "The Window Cleaner"

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Lloyd Bayer United Arab Emirates Nominee "A Living" A soloist earns his bread and butter on a street alley in Florence.

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Luciano Lavadini Italy Nominee "the wait" Varanasi-india-

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Luciano Lavadini Italy Nominee "scene of daily life" Bagherat-Bangladesh-

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Marianna Armata Canada Nominee "armata-marianna_Braille" a senior lady reads white pages of Braille with her fingers

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Marina Proniakova Russia Nominee "By themselves"

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Mario Bejagan Cardenas United Arab Emirates Nominee "Legacy" Passing down to the young generations the skill, wisdom and values of what the mighty bird represents – courage, respect and honor.

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Marisol Pastor Spain Nominee "Morning paper"

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Mark Bernhardt USA Nominee "Lounge Lens5" This young lady was intently waiting for someone - who? A friend, her prince charming. The intensity and air of mystery was palpable.

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Mark Bernhardt USA Nominee "Hi-rise window washer" My wife and I were walking in downtown Orlando when we heard a commotion above us. a window washer was "walking" left and right across the face of the building.

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Mark Garbutt Canada Nominee "Brick workers" There is a lot of smoke in Antananarivo ,Madagascar now I know way it is from the brick kilns Oct 2013

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Mark Garbutt Canada Nominee "Morning at the Bridge " This was taken at Victoria Falls , on the Zambia side , I new the shot that I wanted just had to wait for a person to be walking away from me . July 2004

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Mark Coggins USA Nominee "Street Car Approaching" Garden District Street Car in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Martin Alpert USA Nominee "Lincoln Road Transaction"

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Mats Anda Norway Nominee "Les Filles Du Limmatquai" Never use your 14 mm to shoot people they told me...

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maurizio inda Italy Nominee "Lisa " Raval, Barcelona.

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Michael Radin USA Nominee "You Cannot Deceive Time"

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Michael Da Re USA Nominee "Unhappy Cowgirl" Christmas parade. Small town,Ohio

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Michael Gora USA Nominee "Watching Fireworks" Culinary students at a charity event take a moment tho watch and photograph the fireworks.

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Michael J Locke UK Nominee "Reluctant Models" Reluctant Models

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Michael J Locke UK Nominee "Remembrance" Remembrance

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Michele Taras Canada Nominee "My place" Welcome to my place!

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Michele Taras Canada Nominee "Hands and Fingers" Hands and fingers showing the love between cultures, adult to child.

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Moira Blincoe New Zealand Nominee "Two Generations" Mature hand of first time Dad cradles newness of his eight day old baby.

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Nick Ng Malaysia Nominee "Within Old Delhi" Old Delhi has little secret places not seen by many. One has to venture deep inside. This was taken in the alley of Old Delhi, showing the working cultures of the people.

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Nick Ng Malaysia Nominee "Taking A Break" A young man having a breather in the back alley of Old Delhi.

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Nick Ng Malaysia Nominee "From Within My Home" An old lady from within her old shack in the slums of Manila

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Nikolai Endegor France Nominee "Time to..." Musee d'Orsay, Paris

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Nikolay Smolyak Russia Nominee "Dance class"

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Going Home (1)" Day of the Dead Festivities, Mexico, 2013

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Pole Dancing" Mexico, 2013

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Tres Muchachas" Day of the Dead Festivities, Mexico, 2013

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Oliver Stegmann Switzerland Nominee "Sisters" Day of the Dead Festivities, Mexico, 2013

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Ove Sandvin Norway Nominee "Poor girls, turist money" Natal, Brasil

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Pamela Fickes_Miller France Nominee "Ring of Towers" Hands Series, Illegal street vendor on the street in Paris, France, 2013

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Peter K.C. Ho Canada Nominee "Chit Chat" Photographed in Cuba, Winter 2013.

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pollo dighero Argentina Nominee "Gaucho calchaquí"

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pollo dighero Argentina Nominee "Digger resting"

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Porus Khareghat India Nominee "Meditate " A buddhist monk in deep meditation

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Raffaele Tuzio Italy Nominee "The time wasters" Port of Neendakara (Kerala, India)

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Raffaele Tuzio Italy Nominee "Hard day" Worker in Neendakara port, Kerala (India)

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Raffaele Tuzio Italy Nominee "Fish seller" Fish seller in Kerala market (India)

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Waiting to be judged" St Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Water! After a long walk through the desert." Villagers, Kutch, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Face to face" Pilgrims, Kumbh Mela, Allahbad, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Contemplate" Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Consulting with his bride" Varanasi, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Ajmal " Ajmer, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Lathmar Holi" Nandgaon, UP, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Street children" Old Delhi, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Waiting for the train" Varanasi, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Devotees" Krishna Temple, Vrindavan, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "As she rides" Bolpur, West Bengal, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Sikhs at the station" New Delhi, Railway Station, India

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Pilgrims at the Kumbh" Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India

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Robson Rogan Canada Nominee "Happy Trails" The beginning of a new journey together...British Columbia, Canada

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Rodger Overholser USA Nominee "Traveler"

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "Shoe Shine" On the street, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ron Cooper USA Nominee "Las Trancas Cowboy"

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Ron Hewit UK Nominee "moving home" two young women on the move - to where, or why, who knows?

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Ryan Maheu USA Nominee "Jesus"

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Sandrina Huish New Zealand Nominee "Simply Wet" A nasty wet day in Melbourne CBD led me to have such fun for hours with long exposures.

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Sanghamitra Sarkar India Nominee "Imprisoned"

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sankar sridhar India Nominee "Seen, unseen"

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Sesh Sareday USA Nominee "Monks in Motion" Young Monks on a journey in search of something .

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Sesh Sareday USA Nominee "Monk_kees" Young Novice Monks looking curiously through a large wooden window.

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Seta Karabadjian Canada Nominee "Fishermen parking their boat" Vizhinjam village, Kerala, India, 2014

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Seta Karabadjian Canada Nominee "Fish Baskets" A fisherman carrying fish baskets, Vizhinjam village, Kerala, India, 2014

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Shalabh Sharma USA Nominee "Bubble Lady"

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Shelley Milbank Australia Nominee "Looking for love" Looking for love in all the wrong places

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Siegfried Hansen Germany Nominee "paperboy" seen in London, a man in nice graphic surroundings

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Sonal Shah UK Nominee "Dressed for the Met" Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Soren Harbel Spain Nominee "Morocco 019" Kids and Laundry, Morocco

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Soren Harbel Spain Nominee "Morocco 088" Boy on a Roof, Morocco

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Stanley Padilla USA Nominee "Mother" s day" Amanda"s 1st Mother's Day

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Stanley Padilla USA Nominee "Catching dinner" Barra de Potosi

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Stanley Padilla USA Nominee "Nizhina"

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Stephan Brauchli Switzerland Nominee "Inle Fishermen" Fishermen at Inle lake Myanmar using their traditional nets

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Subin Muraleedharan India Nominee "Celebrating Freedom" A little boy in Delhi- the National capital of India

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Sundari Narayan-Swami USA Nominee "Make-up" A Kathakali dancer in Kerala gets his make-up done

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Susanne Baumgartner Switzerland Nominee "The Kiss"

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Sushrutha Metikurke New Zealand Nominee "Virupaksha Temple at Hampi" The 15th century Virupaksha Temple at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi in India

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Sushrutha Metikurke New Zealand Nominee "People of Hampi" Locals on a boat ride across the River Tungabhadra in Hampi, India.

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Tatiana Bitir Canada Nominee "Smile" Cuba,Havana 2009 .Patients of the Eduardo Bernabe Ordaz Psychiatric Hospital.

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Tatsiana Moskalenko Belarus Nominee "Sunday Morning"

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Tatsuo Suzuki Japan Nominee "Back Alley" Shibuya,Tokyo,Japan

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Thomas Schell Austria Nominee "Mr. Ford"

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Timothy Schnellenberger USA Nominee "MAMA'S BOY"

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Ton Dirven Netherlands Nominee "Untitled01"

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Tormod Raen Norway Nominee "Stories"

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Trond Are Berge Norway Nominee "Berge-Trond Are- Girl with Golden berry"

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Tu Vo USA Nominee "On the Way to Work" A Cuban woman putting on make-up on her way to work. Havana, Cuba 2014

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Ulla Cornelius Germany Nominee "As time goes by"

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Ulla Cornelius Germany Nominee "The golden shoes"

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Valerie Prudon Australia Nominee "Cowboys" Branxton, Australia in 2013. Cowboys waiting for their turn at a rodeo.

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Vincent Morban Canada Nominee "The Folks You Meet on the Brooklyn Bridge" Some lyrics from Frank Sinatra's classic song "The Brooklyn Bridge" just seem appropriate.

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee "Bourbon Street" Canon EOS 5D. Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.

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Yossi Manor USA Nominee "Yes!" A young pianist at the winner's recital

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