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Jonathan Minster UK 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Abstract Professional "Barcode" Chair lit with shafts of red light. |
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Adrien Barakat Switzerland 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Abstract Professional "Abstraction of the Oculus" Oculus WTC - NYC - USA |
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Ana Santos Spain 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Abstract Professional "RESONANTIA series (1)" |
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Paul Brouns Netherlands Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Entangled Squares" A couple of trees blocked the view of a building courtyard, but around the corner I had a clear view of the same structure. So I combined the two into this overgrown composition. |
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Florian W. Mueller Germany Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Church of Gold 4" Detail of brutalist church St. Gertrud, Cologne. Designed by Gottfried Böhm. |
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Alan Kent UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Creative Recycle?" |
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Beate Sonnenberg UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Cityscape" Exploring and making sense of urbanisation. In collaboration with Johanne Mills. |
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Jos Verhoogen Belgium Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "A future at the end?" Abstractions from the serie Trumpvisions, a photographic comment on the short term vision of politicians all over the world, and the viewless situation/ hopelessness as a result of it for millions |
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John Atchley USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Autumn Gold #3" |
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Ana Santos Spain Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "RESONANTIA series (2)" |
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Ana Sruharova Slovak Republic Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "paper (1)" |
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Kleber Osorio Australia Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Circle of sight " |
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Florian W. Mueller Germany Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Abstract Hive" From the series "Fragments" |
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Deborah Bohren USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Amoeba" Light playing on the Nova Scotia coast creates brilliant amoeba-like reflections. |
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Gillian Lindsay Canada Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Origami" Paris window display, macro |
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Silvio Balestra Italy Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "face clone" wathcing TV_project study for correlation between reality and fiction_human-actor-character being |
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Ellen Jantzen USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Synchronized Color" From my series "Abstraction of Form and Color"; In this series I wish to capture the abstract nature of the mountain forms; also highlighting a color palette that demonstrates an affinity with minerals hidden within the mountains; copper, turquoise, iron. |
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Debra Ledsinger USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Batter Up!" |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Airplane Seat Abstraction" |
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Jiahong Lin Taiwan Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Color" http://hirodrex.wixsite.com/index |
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Toby Maudsley UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Fish Soup" |
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Seamus Travers Ireland Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Kosovo Election" A torn election poster in kosovo reveals the multilayered nature of politics. |
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David Winegar USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Cubism" Wall art Philadelphia |
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Seth Benson USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "No Title (3)" |
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Andre Doyon Canada Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Doyon-Andre_Blue Shells" Blue Shells |
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Joanne Scherf USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Mirage" Altered reality of comprehending the familiar. |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Fractured" |
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Ron Schwager USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Aerial Abstract" macro photography of studio lighted dyed silk was produced with postproduction and overdrawing |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Jail Window" A jail window with light rays penetrating through it. |
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Alessio Fangano Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "The Louvre 4" |
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Ali Ihtiyar Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Waves of St-Laurent" Photo series from waves of Saint Laurent in Montreal |
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Ana Sruharova Slovak Republic Nominee Abstract Professional "paper (2)" |
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Ana Sruharova Slovak Republic Nominee Abstract Professional "paper (3)" |
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Anatoly Rudakov Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Colours of Sunrise" Taken with Intentional Camera Movement Technique |
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Andre Melo-Andrade Brazil Nominee Abstract Professional "Sharks teeth" Simply walking along a street we can find parts of animals in an unexpected places. Looking at this wall I've found teeth of a huge shark. Isn't it magic? |
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Anna Kovalenko Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "Visible sound" Project is about how could we feel the sound besides the hearing? Can we see the sound? So here's how it looks. Joseph Maurice Ravel - Bolero |
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Annette Willis Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Alexanderplatz" |
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Az Jackson Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Boogeyman" This image appeared in the sky of one of my photos when I was shooting out of focus, long exposure traffic lights. To my knowledge there was nothing in the sky that night so it remains a mystery. |
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Beate Sonnenberg UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Sweetest Thing on Rose" From the series 'Sweetest Thing'. Water is the most important natural resource. Capturing its beauty in movement. Inspired by Abstract Expressionism. |
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Beate Sonnenberg UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Somewhere in between (yellow|orange)" This is one of six images from the series ‘Somewhere in between’. A snapshot of this special moment just before the light and viewpoint changes again. |
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Beate Sonnenberg UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Somewhere in between (yellow|blue)" This is one of six images from the series ‘Somewhere in between’. A snapshot of this special moment just before the light and viewpoint changes again. |
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Beate Sonnenberg UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Somewhere in between (orange)" This is one of six images from the series ‘Somewhere in between’. A snapshot of this special moment just before the light and viewpoint changes again. |
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Beate Sonnenberg UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Sweetes Thing" From the series 'Sweetest Thing'. Water is the most important natural resource. Capturing its beauty in movement. Inspired by Abstract Expressionism. |
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Carol Sharp UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Systems V - Transition zones" Recent science has observed synchronized electrical activity in an area just behind the root tip called the “transition zone†which may be the locus of the “root brain†first proposed by Darwi |
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Carrie Johnson USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Aquarelle de Lotus Bleu" In camera effects using a long exposure during the day featuring a blue lotus, a study in watercolor. |
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Carrie Johnson USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Vibrations" Visions in the night. |
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ChingChe Chen Taiwan Nominee Abstract Professional "Artificial light at night" many colors of light at night |
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Clayton Hairs Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Out of the Darkness" |
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Clifford White Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Light Play" Playing with light |
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Dana Hursey USA Nominee Abstract Professional "CMYK" |
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Danielle Austen USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Plume" Long exposure of the algae surrounding Whiriligig Geyser, Porcelain Basin, Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. |
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Deborah Bohren USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Primary Colors" An exploration of light, color, water and glass. |
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Deborah Bohren USA Nominee Abstract Professional "NYC #2" NYC buildings take on the colors of their neighbor's |
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Deborah Bohren USA Nominee Abstract Professional "NYC #4" If you stare long enough - and the light is right - New York's skyscrapers meld together in Escher-like ways. |
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Dimitri Pavlov Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "Burning Tree" |
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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee Abstract Professional "The Eye" |
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Ellen Jantzen USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Eruption" Eruption |
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Evgeny Dubinchuk Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "Icy web of lake Baikal" |
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Florian W. Mueller Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Multivision Manhattan XVIII" Multivision Manhattan. Multilayer photography. |
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Garry Wapshott Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "TAG ON TAG " EVEN IN SACRED VENICE |
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Gillian Lindsay Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Flight Path" montage: boat hull, birds |
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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Abstract Professional "Dance " |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Sureal Eclipse" A surealistic view of the “Great American Eclipse†through light cloud cover over Montgomery County, Maryland on 21 August 2017. The eclipse reached 83% of totality in the Washington DC. region. |
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Idell Conaway USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Yellow Tubastrea" Sidebloom Tubastrea, Underwater, a Digital Manipulation |
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James Fox USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Concept in Steel" Old car detail |
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Janice Tieken USA Nominee Abstract Professional "HARVEST ROUND UP" Diptych joining seemingly disparate elements that suggest a surreal connection, a leap of imagination, a passage of time and space |
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Janice Tieken USA Nominee Abstract Professional "ORIGINS" A diptych, 2 conjoined images from different places, times - art gallery and beach - life and texture suggesting connectivity however remote |
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Jean Rouzaud France Nominee Abstract Professional "COLORS PERCEPTIONS" SEARCHLIGHTS ON RIVER |
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Jennifer Mitsuko Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Labyrinth of dreams" Mulit exposure photography |
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Jess Hardcastle USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Blood Purifier Bottle c.1890's" From the on-going series Bottleworks. |
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Jess Hardcastle USA Nominee Abstract Professional "p-2009 Pinot Noir" From the on-going series Bottleworks. |
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Johan Van Cutsem Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "sol glacier" the sol glacier in NE Greenland baths in golden light during the very first light of the day foto johan van cutsem |
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John Atchley USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Maui Red #1" |
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Jos Verhoogen Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "Walls will not stop people" Abstractions from the serie Trumpvisions, a photographic comment on the short term vision of politicians all over the world, and the viewless situation/ hopelessness as a result of it for millions |
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Jos Verhoogen Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "Burned Bridges" Abstractions from the serie Trumpvisions, a photographic comment on the short term vision of politicians all over the world, and the viewless situation/ hopelessness as a result of it for millions |
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Jos Verhoogen Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "Small borders" Abstractions from the serie Trumpvisions, a photographic comment on the short term vision of politicians all over the world, and the viewless situation/ hopelessness as a result of it for millions |
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Jos Verhoogen Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "Support Bar" Abstractions from the serie Trumpvisions, a photographic comment on the short term vision of politicians all over the world, and the viewless situation/ hopelessness as a result of it for millions |
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Jos Verhoogen Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "The guide is no leader anymore" Abstractions from the serie Trumpvisions, a photographic comment on the short term vision of politicians all over the world, and the viewless situation/ hopelessness as a result of it for millions |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Haloes" |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Floating" |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Droplets" |
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K. Daspit USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Starry Baby Banana Nights" Loving the intrinsic decent of bananas...... |
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Karen Hirsch USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Prickly Abstract" |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Iceland Wall" Icelandic map degraded on wall |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Red Hands" Red hands on sculpture |
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Maarten Wouters Netherlands Nominee Abstract Professional "LeBook Parfum combo" Lightpainting perfume combo for LeBook |
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Mahfuzul Hasan Bhuiyan USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Starry night" Reflection of a tree after rain |
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Malissia Simpson USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Optical Illusion" I specialize in what I call "reflectography". The reflections on this building in Chicago reminded me of moving water. |
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Marcel Crozet France Nominee Abstract Professional "Birds on the Bean" Two birds on the Bean in Chicago |
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Marcel Crozet France Nominee Abstract Professional "The Spool" The light playing through "The spool", a sculpture of welded nails realized by the American artist John Bisbee |
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Marcel Crozet France Nominee Abstract Professional "Tribute" Overlay of two images of the same concrete structure |
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Margo Taussig Pinkerton USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Study in Greens" |
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Marjorie Lord Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Elizabeth" |
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Mauro Boiteux Brazil Nominee Abstract Professional "Deep blue Water # 1" |
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Mauro Boiteux Brazil Nominee Abstract Professional "Deep Blue Sky # 2" |
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Melissa Woodward Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "HypnotEYEze" |
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Michael Streckbein Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Mirrors NYC " Reflections in the facade of the UN headquarters in Manhatten |
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Michael Streckbein Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Asymmetry" An abstract approach to the Porsche Museum, Stuttgart designed by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects. |
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Ming Chien Chia France Nominee Abstract Professional "Wires One" I've been photographing the chaotic telegraphic and electric wires that are an intrinsic to the cityscape of many Asian cities. I found that a single wire can command as much attention as a 1000 |
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Ming Chien Chia France Nominee Abstract Professional "SEA MIST" The sea and sky blend into a single continuum, like yin and yang, both are in inseparable. I've been looking for this shot for a while - where the horizon creating the dichotomy is missing. |
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Nancy Scherl USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Acid Reflux & Lyrango Spasm ('Medical Mocks' Series)" Medical Mocks' is an artificial anatomic creation, constructed in camera with some digital postproduction. The images provoke and lure viewers into the artist's scientifically impossible worlds. |
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Neal Grundy UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Fragments" This project captures the explosions produced from different coloured glass when shot with a gun and other small controlled explosions. |
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Nina Kiseleva Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "The seesaw" |
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Nina Kiseleva Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "The Wires" |
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Pallon Daruwala India Nominee Abstract Professional "daruwala-pallon_canyon wall" Natural colors of the abstract, weather beaten walls of a canyon |
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Pallon Daruwala India Nominee Abstract Professional "daruwala-pallon_ship hull" The rusted hull of an old ship looks like a floating, abstract painting |
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Patricia Werneck Ribas Netherlands Nominee Abstract Professional "Muriel" |
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Patrick van Dam Singapore Nominee Abstract Professional "On Track" |
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Patrick Desgraupes France Nominee Abstract Professional "Marsh Abstract" Marsh Abstract |
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Patrick Desgraupes France Nominee Abstract Professional "Sumi-e & Olive oil" Unfiltered olive oil contains a natural deposit. First drop of deposit fell in the oil formed a circle and then gradually a flower. I immediately thought about Indian ink and Sumi-e painting. |
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Paul Edmundson Norway Nominee Abstract Professional "Leading Dreams" A study of azure waters. |
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Paul Breuker Netherlands Nominee Abstract Professional "take me to the river" Project about the beauty of cargo from inland waterway vessels in the Netherlands |
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Pep Ventosa USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Street Car, Yellow" Overlaid photographs of yellow street cars from different cities. From the series "The Collective Snapshot". |
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Peter Meyer Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Sweet Oblivian" The sticking sweet tendrils of the Forked Sundew. An insectivorous plant that lures its victims with sweet drops of sticky nectar to which they get stuck to and eventually digested by the plant. |
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Petra Senn Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "gone through" seen in an abandoned building |
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Richard Lotman Brown USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Autumn Gallery" Relections of Fall |
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Robert Pacheco USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Chicken Wire" |
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Ron Schwager USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Bird of Paradise" Studio lighted macro photography of dyed silk with postproduction and overdrawing |
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Ron Schwager USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Abstract Expressionism in Silk" Dyed silk chiffon fabrics in the macro world |
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Sacha Ineichen Switzerland Nominee Abstract Professional "flower pot" |
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Sarah Prescott USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Rust in Bloom 9" Some see rusty barnacles,I see fields of flowers. No software manipulation was used on this image. |
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Seth Mayer USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Jellies" |
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Seth Mayer USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Daydream Fields" A journey into daydreaming while hiking. |
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Sheng-Wen Wang Taiwan Nominee Abstract Professional "X-Y Building Facade" about “X-Y Building Facade†When people face the building constructed by vertical and horizontal line, the landscape will show various change with different viewing angle. I long to explore how |
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Sheyla Paz Hicks USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Misterio" American classic cars still running on the streets of Havana |
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Shoji Fujita Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "Urbanscape,Blue,Square 1/4" I cut out one side of a building. |
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Silvio Balestra Italy Nominee Abstract Professional "Rings" project study for correlation between reality and fiction_human-actor-character being _watching TV |
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Simon Puschmann Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Havanna, Cuba" Havanna, Cuba |
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Stefano Lunardi Austria Nominee Abstract Professional "soapbubbles" a bubble in th wind like a soul in the universe |
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Stephen Perry Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Light in Trees" Painting with light-- exploring the forest with long exposures. |
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Steven Duncan Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Line" A line of coal picked up by the moving glacier running through the Denali National Park, Alaska |
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Sue Vo-Ho Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Tórshavn" The port of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. |
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Sylwia Kuzak UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Rapid Changes- Water Reflection" My photograph featuring water reflections were created as representation of thoughts and feelings that I experienced during a challenging period of my life. First photograph is visual representation |
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Sylwia Kuzak UK Nominee Abstract Professional "UNTITLED (1)" "City - reality and imagination." I’ve always been passionate about the idea of investigating city landscapes. I follow the lines of the city pouring through our streets almost as ghosts of our so |
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Takayuki Sekine Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "high #1, 2013" "high" series are one of experiment for essence of photography I'm working on. |
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Theresa Tarara USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Dying Day" Watching. |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "Aether V1" AETHER was ruler of the atmosphere, the privileged user of the higher light blue pure air layers. We mortals are always looking for it, but we are condemned to inhale the most polluted lower air layer |
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Vera Nowottny Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Tukan" Tukan, analog Camera Obscura work |
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Victoria Parnall-Vaughan UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Green sleeves" |
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Wolf Peter Steinheisser Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "edgar allan poe - book" the mask of the red death - part3 |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee Abstract Professional "Lineman Plier" The mountain and its reflections look like a lineman plier. |
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Youngsook Zhang USA Nominee Abstract Professional "delightful" Sandiago,CA |