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Mark Coote New Zealand 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Portrait Professional "Goat and Hermit" A goat and hermit pose for a portrait outside their cave in Southern India |
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John Rae USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Portrait Professional "Banana Porter" This young man carries bananas for clients in Lagos, Nigeria. Micro lending in Nigeria. |
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Werner Branz Austria 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Portrait Professional "Janine" |
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nigel riches UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Gary Swim" |
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John Wright UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Marianne Faithfull" Photographed by John Wright for Q Magazine's Icons Issue |
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Chris Crisman USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "The Miner" Leann Johnson is a heavy machinery operator living in working in Round Mountain, Nevada. This image is part of an ongoing series of portraits of women working in male dominated professions. |
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Barbara Zanon Italy Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Bride and Groom Portrait" |
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Dani Pozo Spain Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "On the Border of Osaka" Yajuro Bando, Kabuki actor in a make up session during a backstage before his performance at the Circulo de Bellas Artes Theatre, in Madrid. |
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Karsten Thormaehlen Germany Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Emma, 116, Verbania, Italy 2016" 116-years old Emma is currently the oldest person in the world and the last one born in the 19th century |
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Henry Fernando Canada Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Man in Legan" Portrait of a man in Legan, Bali |
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John Rae USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Koranic Recitation" Young Woman at Koranic Recitation Stonetown Zanzibar |
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Ed Cooley USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Fisherman" Fisherman with ancient gear along the Li River |
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Romina Ressia Argentina Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Pop-Corn" From the series "How would have been?" |
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Kristian Piccoli Australia Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Legacy" |
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Rick Findler UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Somaliland Struggle" A Somaliland villager during Somaliland's Independence Day. Somaliland's struggle for independence ended in 1991 when it was self-declared as an independent state. |
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Vicki Couchman UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Candy Floss Vendor" A candy floss vendor on a quite street, Ujjain, India. May 2016 |
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Isabel Corthier Belgium Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "The Handyman" The handyman with his radio in Kabezi, Burundi |
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Ewa Cwikla Netherlands Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Jamie" |
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Franz Messenbaeck Austria Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "African Portrait I" M'Balling, Senegal |
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Dina Goldstein Canada Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Dorothy, Modern Girl" . Dina’s new work is inspired by the iconic advertising posters of 30’s Shanghai. Modern Girl, extrapolates upon past themes of commercialism and identity within Western culture by creating photog |
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Vikash Kumar Singh UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "A Ballerina" |
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Flokje van Lith Netherlands Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Nocturnal, Triptych" In the twilight zone where resignation meets the losing of innocence, a girl on the brink of adulthood finds herself oscillating between pain and hope and between melancholy and loneliness. |
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Brian Cassey Australia Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "The Skin I'm In" Carol Mayer was so badly burnt in a house fire when a young mother that her family was told she wouldn’t survive. Following more than a year of agony, operations and skin grafts … she did survive |
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Alain Schroeder Belgium Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Stone Carving" Stone carving in Mandalay, Myanmar. In a neighborhood where the leaves on the trees are bright white and a shower of fine dust from noisy power tools sprays into the air, the stone cutters of Mandalay |
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Adolfo Enriquez Calo Spain Nominee Portrait Professional "Vicente" |
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Adrian Streun Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "Hobby Shooter" Young shooter poses for the camera. Shooting is a very popular Swiss sport. Since William Tell shot an apple form his son's head, millions of Swiss try to be like Tell in terms of marksmanship. |
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Al Thompson USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Santana" A street portrait of Santana from the West Indian Day Parade |
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Amir Lavon Israel Nominee Portrait Professional "Only in America" A portrait production dedicated to 2016 election day . while the two candidates are fighting between themselves who is the better "man" it seems that the crowd don't find each of them as better even. |
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Antti Karppinen Finland Nominee Portrait Professional "Heart in the Box" Small girl holding a box with a heart symbol |
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Arnaud Gras France Nominee Portrait Professional "Mamie" mamie |
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Asa Deleau Wiklund Sweden Nominee Portrait Professional "Baby Dracula" |
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Brandi Grooms Johnson USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Mommy & Me" |
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Carol Allen-Storey UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Agana Abatcha, A Woman of Resistance" “My husband joined Boko Haram. He insisted I join his cause, become a Boko Haram wife. I resisted and became hostile because I did not agree with his beliefs, and I refused to be intimate with him. |
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Carol Allen-Storey UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Zanna - A Man in Love" Zanna's love for his wife overcomes his fear of his wife, the was kidnapped by the Boko Haram had been sexually abused and radicalised. Through dialogue, and support of trained clerics, he felt the fl |
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Carsten Ingemann Denmark Nominee Portrait Professional "Cabbage" |
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Celeste McKenzie South Africa Nominee Portrait Professional "Khomani San Bushmen" One of the few Khomani San Bushmen of the Kalahari on a morning walk |
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Charlie Lim Singapore Nominee Portrait Professional "Husband" An old man resiting infront of his house at an old village in Kunming, China. |
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Charlie Lim Singapore Nominee Portrait Professional "Wife" An old lady sitting in the kitchen of her old house. |
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Chieko Tanemura USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Amish Woman Peeling an Apple" |
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Chris Kirby UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Shabeen Matriarch" A formidable "shabeen" (illegal drinking house) owner poses for her portrait within her premises in Soweto, South Africa |
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Chris Jelley UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Zoe " A portrait from a series on female wrestlers in the UK. Aiming to raise questions of gender roles and equality in modern western society? |
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Chris Gordaneer Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Scotia" Out take from an assignment , shot for Scotia Bank |
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Chris Crisman USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Butcher" Heather Marold Thomason is a butcher living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This image is part of an ongoing series of portraits of women working in male dominated professions. |
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Chris Crisman USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Firefighter" MMindy Gabriel is a firefighter living and working in Columbus, Ohio. This image is part of an ongoing series of portraits of women working in male dominated professions. |
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Chris Crisman USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Woodworker" Mira Nakashima is a woodworker living and working in New Hope, Pennsylvania. This image is part of an ongoing series of portraits of women working in male dominated professions. |
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Dana Hursey USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Pondering Pink" |
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David Yeo UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Justin O'Shea" Buying Director for luxury fashion e-commerce website, MyTheresa.com. |
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David Yeo UK Nominee Portrait Professional "FRED SIRIEIX" Galvin at Windows at the London Hilton on Park Lane |
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David Krovblit Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Modified - Ronald McSanders" Modified |
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David Krovblit Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Modified - McBowie" |
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David Krovblit Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Happy Meal" |
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David Krovblit Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "The Colonel" |
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Debbra Ross Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Precious" I am ready for my picture, my time is precious |
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Debbra Ross Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Spoilt Brat" I wanted a pony, not a dirty rotten sheep |
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Dina Goldstein Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Modern Girl, Crystal" . Dina’s new work is inspired by the iconic advertising posters of 30’s Shanghai. Modern Girl, extrapolates upon past themes of commercialism and identity within Western culture by creating photog |
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Dina Goldstein Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Stephanie, Modern Girl" . Dina’s new work is inspired by the iconic advertising posters of 30’s Shanghai. Modern Girl, extrapolates upon past themes of commercialism and identity within Western culture by creating photog |
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Dina Goldstein Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Song Twins, Modern Girl" . Dina’s new work is inspired by the iconic advertising posters of 30’s Shanghai. Modern Girl, extrapolates upon past themes of commercialism and identity within Western culture by creating photog |
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Dina Goldstein Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Hong, Modern Girl" . Dina’s new work is inspired by the iconic advertising posters of 30’s Shanghai. Modern Girl, extrapolates upon past themes of commercialism and identity within Western culture by creating photog |
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Duncan Elliott UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Camino Pilgrim" Renée on The French Way of The Camino Pilgrimage |
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Durga Garcia USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Artisans" Artisans represents all artists, potters, photographers, painters, actors, dancers, musicians and writers |
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Durga Garcia USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Kianga" |
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edelweiss bassis Brazil Nominee Portrait Professional "Morador de Rua" Weiss |
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Elie Galey France Nominee Portrait Professional "Bedouin Family" BEDOUIN FAMILY IN ALEPPO |
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Erika Masterson USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Dedication" Crepe Myrtle dress from Majestic Roots series |
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Esther Bunning New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "Surfer" Surfer - world adventurer. Multiple exposure in camera x3 captures. |
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Etienne van Sloun Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Asahi" Kimono at the Asahai Brewery Tokyo Japan |
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Etienne van Sloun Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Geisha" Geisha in teehouse |
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Eva Lewarne Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "At War" We are always at war... |
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Ewa Cwikla Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Dewy" |
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Finn Byrum Denmark Nominee Portrait Professional "Munk" Munk in Laos |
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Flokje van Lith Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Sorrow" The grief I can feel over all the injustices in this world in tandem with distressful childhood memories inspired me to show an adolescent girl's expression after having just cried. |
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Flokje van Lith Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Wings" During puberty we often wish to be able to fly away from the unruliness of reality. At the same time it is a time in which we find ourselves on wings convulsively flying us into adulthood. |
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Flokje van Lith Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Jewish Girl II" With this work I want to explore the contrasts between beauty and transience on the one hand and atrocities of deportation and extermination on the other. |
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Franco Cappellari Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "India, Holi Festival" I took this picture in India, during Holi Festival. |
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Franz Messenbaeck Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Africa Portrait II" M'Balling, Senegal |
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Freddy Fabris USA Nominee Portrait Professional "American King" First of a series depicting all American characters in the fashion of Royal portraits from the XVII and XVIII century's. |
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Fulvio Bonavia Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "Roman" I shot this for an exhibition called Photo Roman and shown at Recontres d’Arles. I got inspiration from Jean-Patrick Manchette’s book, « Nada » (1972) and i traslate in to a surreal vision. |
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Guy Farrow UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Monk" monk |
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H. Allen Benowitz USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Rice Lady" Rice paddy; Chitwan Jungle, Bharatpur, Nepal. |
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Hans Zeegers Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "My Fish" "my fish" portrait in Sulawesi. Hans Zeegers, The Netherlands |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Mayan Warrior" Closeup of local Cancún resident posing as a Mayan warrior in full costume at Central Market. |
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Heather Swan Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Side Saddle " Equestrian Lifestyle Portrait -- side saddle |
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Heather Swan Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Proud" Equestrian Lifestyle Portrait of a Proud Gentleman and his Horse |
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Henriette Houtsma Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Anna (1)" |
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Henriette Houtsma Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Anna (2)" |
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Henry Fernando Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Man in Temple" Portrait of man in a temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
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Ian Spanier USA Nominee Portrait Professional "American Ex-Israeli Soldier Jonathan Burch" Portrait of American born ex-Israeli soldier Jonathan Burch. Half Jewish but raised Catholic, Jonathan had an innate connection to Israel. He joined the Israeli special forces after 9/11. |
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Istvan Kerekes Hungary Nominee Portrait Professional "Workers with Coal" I made the picture in August 2016 in Transylvania area of Romania, and present a charcoal worker grandfather and grandson |
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Ivan Joshua Loh Singapore Nominee Portrait Professional "Photographer" Shot this photographer at 2016 photokina. |
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Jacky Chapman UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Shop keeper." The Jungle, refugee camp, Calais, France |
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Jennifer Garza-Cuen USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Ranch Hand, Buffalo, WY" |
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Jesper Molin Sweden Nominee Portrait Professional "Lars / 24 Portraits of my Father Kamilla" No matter how you look or who you are , it does not matter, all people have the same value and are j |
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Jiri Tondl Czech Republic Nominee Portrait Professional "Nurse" |
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Johan Luykx Belgium Nominee Portrait Professional "Blackout Tattoos" Portrait of a trader, taken in a Tattoo shop in Belgium. Taken by Johan Luykx, Managing Director of photo studio Chitra. |
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Johannes Hartig Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "Shepherd" Image was taken during a walk with a shepherd and his sheeps at the swabian alps in south Germany, 2014. |
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Julia Comita USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Clare's Portrait" Made in conjunction with makeup artist Laura Stiassni and hair artist Owen Gould |
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Julia Schestag Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "Olga" Project „About responsibility. Part I. Mary.“ |
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Julie Wajs Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "The Beautiful Couple" A wife has to nurse her husband after surgery in a hospital in Cambodia. There is no post operative care so the family have to feed, bathe and donate blood for their loved ones. |
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K M Asad Bangladesh Nominee Portrait Professional "Old Boy" Bayzid Hossain (4) on a bed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Bayzid Hossain suffering the premature ageing condition progeria. He is look a swollen face, hollow eyes, sagging skin, aching joints, an |
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Karsten Thormaehlen Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "Sonoko, 102, Tokyo, Japan 2013" 102-years old Sonoko performing Tai Chi in her living-room, which she publicly tought until she turned 99 |
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Katarina Premfors United Arab Emirates Nominee Portrait Professional "Dan & Jeff" Dan & Jeff live in Newburgh. Once called the murder capital of the US its now slowly reviving itself |
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Kate Turning USA Nominee Portrait Professional "San Tequilito" San Tequilito - a portrait of the Saint of Tequila. Who knows what will occur when the bottle is empty. |
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Kate Turning USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Warrior" Part of The Raw Beauty Project empowering disabled women.Though paralyzed, Allana Flax Clark is a champion ParaDressage rider hoping for the next ParaOlympic games. |
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Kerri-Jo Stewart Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Being Marlene Deitrich" |
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Kevin Vandivier USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Sunset Ace" I spent a couple of days shooting a magazine story on this pilot. I wanted to make a unique portrait unlike anything I had seen before. I mounted a strobe on the upper wing and ducked down in the back |
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Kim Sokola Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "Shit Happens" Shit, happens, CSS, |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Diver" Diver coming out of water under the jetty |
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Kirill Tcipilev Russia Nominee Portrait Professional "Kate" Portrait of feels himself contradictory Kate |
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Kristian Piccoli Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Survivor" |
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Kristian Piccoli Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Culinary Artist" |
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Kristian Piccoli Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Ballet Mamma" |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Aram & Bogie" Blacksmith and dog. |
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Lisa Fleischmann Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Stage Ready, Emma" Creative audition dance portraits were taken for senior students of Canada's National Ballet School, ready to graduate from the Professional Ballet Program. Currently these alumni are successful dance |
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Luciano Lavadini Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "Boy in the Slam" Varanasi India |
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Luigi Fieni Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "The Awakening" The deep meaning in every human where to feel the presence of an inspiring nature around us, awakening our emotions, inviting to listen to them, leading to a true dialogue within mankind and nature. |
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Lynn Clayton New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "Island Recluse" Ken lives alone on a bus on an island off New Zealand, far away from normal everyday life |
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Malika Sqalli Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Aicha" Aicha, 110 years old, wearing her facial tattoo, she used to tattoo other women.She told me my behind ear tattoo is rubbish for a tattoo has to be seen. |
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Marcus Hausser Brazil Nominee Portrait Professional "HipHop" Family |
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Margaret M. Savino USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Street Theater Solo Actress in Krakow Poland" Krakow Poland Our Lady Assumed into Heaven Basilica Main Square. Theater Art flourishes! Afternoon mimes entertain delighting tourists & families with performance, costumes & creative drama! |
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Marinka Masseus Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Silent Voices" In the words of former US president Jimmy Carter: 'There is a pervasive denial of equal rights to women, more than half of all human beings. It is the worst and most unaddressed human rights violation |
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Mark Bennington USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Rainbow Ladies: Bhago" Bhago (63) is a land owner. "Work hard, be loving, be contended, and always take care of the women in the family. Have courage to run the family, even if the husband is drinking and not working." |
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Mark Bennington USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Rainbow Ladies: Carline" Carline (40), enjoying a day off with her sister at the Chaguaramas beach in Trinidad. She has a demanding job at the Ministry of Works, and so loves days like this. |
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Mark Carter New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "Rodeo Cowboys" Portrait series looking at Rodeo Cowboys in New Zealand |
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Mark Carter New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "Men of the Yulong River" A portrait series shot in Yangshuo China looking at the men who pilot the traditional Bamboo rafts for tourists down the Yulong river. |
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Markku Lahdesmaki USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Human Cannon 3" Human Cannon Captain Rudy at Ramos Bros. Circus about to be launched from the cannon. |
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Markku Lahdesmaki USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Rider1" Motorcross Rider in Chile. |
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Martin Miller USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Aryani Playing Piano" |
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Michele Tiblier USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Equestrian Beauty" It's not a hobby, it's a lifestyle |
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Monika Sandel Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "King of the Kitchen" Employee of an restaurant who shows something from the menue card |
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Nick Servian New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "Portrait (1)" |
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Nicola Majocchi USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Fierce Grace 1" Dance Study is a series of images dedicated to the beauty and grace of dance and the sheer power of human physical performance. This is an interaction between two worlds that I like to define as "Graceful Fierce". It is aimed to celebrate the brilliant talent of these amazing dancers from the New York City Ballet Group, as well recognize their athleticism, as they are propelled into motion by internal forces and often buffeted by external ones. I have always been in love with motion. A model bounding through grid-locked traffic in Manhattan, a ballet dancer suspended in mid-air after a joyous leap skyward, a chase of two skiers racing down a mountainside at death-defying speeds... twin maelstroms of adrenaline and swirling snow. |
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Nicolo Sertorio USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Croatian Fire Spinner" |
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Patrizia Burra Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "That's All" Portrait |
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Paul Wager Laos Nominee Portrait Professional "River Monk" A novice monk about to return to his temple across the Mekong river in Luang Prabang, Laos. |
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Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Africana" |
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Piers Golden UK Nominee Portrait Professional "The Spearfisherman" The Spearfisherman, Santa Sabina, Puglia |
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Refat Mamutov Russia Nominee Portrait Professional "Aviator, A Self-Portrait" |
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Riccardo Magherini Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "1204" BKK series |
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Richard Freestone UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Millworker" Millworker |
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Richard Wood New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "A Young Princess" |
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Robert Piccoli Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Connoisseur" |
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Robert Piccoli Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "The Accordionist" |
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Salvo Alibrio Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "Varanasi" GATE VARANASI SADHU |
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Scott Nobles USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Boston University Graduate Student" Graduate student in the Active Perception Lab at Boston University. Shot for BU's research website. |
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Scott Nobles USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Beards and Bow Ties" Portrait commissioned by Veritiv uBrand for a swatch book of their print paper samples. |
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Silvino Gonzalez Morales Colombia Nominee Portrait Professional "Francsico Niquinas, Nasa's Musician" Proud member of the Nasa aboriginal people, Calderas Reservation, Cauca, Colombia. |
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Steve Bisgrove Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "The Priest Without a Congregation" Evangelist priest from Romania where all of the other evangelists have left. |
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Steve Bisgrove Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "The Family" Three generations of a family of Rom at home in Transylvania. |
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Sverker Johansson Sweden Nominee Portrait Professional "Self Portrait (2)" No comment. |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Rivka" Rivka sits in her dilapidated home in Kutaisi, Georgia. She was born into a rich Jewish family, but lost everything after putting all her money into a pension fund during the Soviet Regime. |
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Tony Wacker Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "Merlin Dietrich" Merlin Dietrich, Dandy, Berlin |
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Tony Richards USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Keyboard Player" Jorge plays the 'keyboard' in a computer lab. |
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vahid babaei Iran Nominee Portrait Professional "Where" There is sadness in the face of grief to forget my clothing size |
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Vasiliy Ryabovol Russia Nominee Portrait Professional "Untitled 15" |
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Vicki Couchman UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Toy Vendor" A toy vendor stops to take a call on his cell phone, among the ruins of Hampi, India. January 2016. |
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Vicki Couchman UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Pilgrim" A pilgrim to the Kumbh Mela 2016 dries her sari in the sun after bathing in the holy waters of the river Shipra, Ujjain, India. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World. |
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Victor Elias USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Mimo" Street performer at San Sebastian Festival 2016. San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Vit Madr Czech Republic Nominee Portrait Professional "Winter Queen" It was cold, lots of snow and the Queen laughed |
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Werner Branz Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Family" |
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Werner Branz Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Lisa" |
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Werner Branz Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Boy" |
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Werner Branz Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Man" |