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Deborah Bohren USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Abstract Professional "Homage to the Cubists in Paris" How the Cubists would paint the Grande Arche de la Defense in Paris if they were here today. |
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Paul Brouns Netherlands 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Abstract Professional "Invitation to Openness" A scaffolding in The Hague (NL) was the starting point for this composition. Even at the moment when I took the original photo I thought of constructing this castle of openness. |
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Maja Strgar Kurecic Croatia 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Abstract Professional "Floating Garden" Photo from Floating Garden series |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Crest" Aerial abstract over Salt Lake |
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Gillian Lindsay Canada Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Heart of Gold" |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Ecstasy" |
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Sergey Varaksin Russia Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Composition #1" Film camera Mamiya 645, 80/2.8, rolfilm Fujicolor |
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Tim Cole UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Greetings" Detail taken from an alumni shoot—previous members of The AMOS Bursary |
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Izabela Pluta Australia Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Blue specturm and descent" Cyanotype |
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Paul Brouns Netherlands Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Fire Escapism II" Part 2 of my ongoing series of New York fire escapes. According to me, these stairs are very typical of the city of origin. The series is a tribute to the rhythm and dynamics of New York city. |
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Petra Senn Germany Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "breaking loose" |
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James Fox USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Horizons Two" |
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Ovi D Pop Romania Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "five seasons 02F" |
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Alan Kent UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "The is not a Triangle" |
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Stanislaw Chomicki Germany Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Red" |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Machina" Aerial abstract over industrial salt farm in Western Australia |
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Elzbieta (Ela) Kurowska Canada Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Gallis" Gallis resembles a tropical bird or a fantastic bloom. The miniature composition (2' diameter) is made of translucent organic gels and other organic materials captured in the cross-polarized light. |
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joSon USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Healing Landscape: A Damaged World in Transitionission #1" Once home to an array of wildlife and plants, the San Francisco Bay Area salt ponds are now a world of blazing colors and patterns when viewed from above. (detail of salt ponds) |
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Wenjun Fu China (PRC) Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "A Long Journey" |
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Petra Senn Germany Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "reason why #1" |
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Anthony Harris USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "All Roads" |
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Maja Strgar Kurecic Croatia Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Embrace" Photo from Floating Garden series. It all began with a single rose. The rose my daughter received for her 18th birthday. This rose prompted me to think about youth, beauty, transience of life…In add |
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Neal Grundy UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Transient Sculptures" The viewer may believe he is seeing a solid sculpture in the landscape. In reality, the image captures a fabric form in ‘mid-flight’. The sculpture exists for a split second in time. |
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Gilda & Bodha Italy Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Cosmic #4" Various plexiglas modules are first laser-cut in regular and irregular shapes, then heated and modeled by Gilda & Bodha. The sculptures thus created are a photographic investigation. |
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Jonathan Knowles UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Modernist Beer" |
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Tong Fu China (PRC) Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Cruelty" assimilates various schools of photography and painting, such as pictorialism, Impressionism and New York School |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Aqua Spiritus" Aerial over Salt Lakes |
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K. Daspit USA Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Covid hope and freedom" Freedom from COVID. Hope. |
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Amanda Aitken New Zealand Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Industrial Beauty" |
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Lucy Pope UK Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "Waterlines" A diptych made up from two separate waterlines from boats - spotted on various walks along the English coastline. I was drawn to their graphic, hand-painted qualities and the intricate, weathered det |
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Adrien Barakat Switzerland Nominee Abstract Professional "Spiralism" Sydney university staircase is treated in such a minimal way that it becomes a piece of art. |
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Alan W. Abramowitz USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Wires" |
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Alf Manciagli Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Venice" Beautiful reflection in one of the canal of Venice. |
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Ali Ihtiyar Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Enchanting flow" |
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Alys Williams Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Burned Chairs" The charred remains of children’s dining chairs following a summer camp lightning strike (Gambier Island, Canada). |
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Alys Williams Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Aristotle's Cabin Illusion" An illusionary swirl of stars over ranchland in Canada's Chilcotin plateau. |
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Ana Joveva Republic of North Macedonia Nominee Abstract Professional "Dream" Usual environments, due the pandemic of Covid-19 has left dreamers with a dearth of “inspiration",less travel, seating at home, and follow all rules experiencing a new phenomenon coronavirus pandemi |
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Ana Joveva Republic of North Macedonia Nominee Abstract Professional "Mysterious Flight" THIS IMAGE IS PART OF VERY OLD BUILDING FULL OF MYSTERY... |
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Ana Joveva Republic of North Macedonia Nominee Abstract Professional "Orbis" ORBIS - Between stimulus and response there is a space, power, life, emotion, action. In that space is a power to chose our response. Freedom... |
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Angela Di Finizio Italy Nominee Abstract Professional "Dumbo " |
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Aqua Lin Taiwan Nominee Abstract Professional "The real place is color" I use photogram to create the abstract image, inviting viewer to feel it by intuition. |
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Carol Horigan USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Rose Odalisque" from The Night Garden |
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Catherine Roberts Leach USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Blue Eye" Shot through a privacy glass cube, the scene is just as I viewed it. |
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Charlotte Gibb USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Reflect" The enchanting colors of the Mediterranean are hypnotizing. |
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Chris Bekos Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Lone Home" Lone Home |
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Danielle Austen USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Feather" Wickecheoke Creek Preserve, New Jersey. |
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Danielle Austen USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Galvanic" Macro of the water flowing at Rock Mil Preserve, New Jersey. |
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David Moore USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Portal" The mesmerizing attraction of escapism. |
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David Butler USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Ink and Water" |
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Deborah Bohren USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Dunescape in Morning Light" The morning light rising above the dunes in Soussevlei produce undulating shapes of oranges and blues. |
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Deborah Bohren USA Nominee Abstract Professional "A Tree Grows in Oaxaca" Capturing the softer side of Oaxaca. |
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Devante Parson USA Nominee Abstract Professional "East River" Ward's Island Bridge on New York City's East River. |
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Dick Nosbisch USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Photo Genesis #13" ABSTRACTS​ ​"My abstract work takes a form that challenges accepted ideas of what photographs should look like. The title of my abstract work is called: "Photo Genesis" |
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Dino Petrocelli USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Color Me Blue" |
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Dmitry Saltykov Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "Arrival" Alien guest, flies from afar... |
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Dmitry Saltykov Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "A star named the Sun..." Able to reach the stars, except that it is a dream... |
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Dwight Hiscano USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Graffiti, Union County, NJ" This image was made under a bridge by a highway not far from New York City. The colors are not enhanced in any way and nothing has been added or removed from the original subject. |
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Ekaterina Pavlenko Russia Nominee Abstract Professional "Desired Blossom" The time will come and the flower of our desires will bloom. |
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Eva Kormann / Leopoldi-Art Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "The Lady in Black" A dream sequence... The woman in black, does she bring happiness or does she bring pain? Is she out of the twilight zone or is she a part of me? What do you think? |
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Eydis Einarsdottir Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Guardian Angel" One of three images from the series, "Elysian Visions": I hope to create a narrative for a discussion of what we see is not always what we perceive it to be. |
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George Kavanagh Ireland Nominee Abstract Professional "Autumn floating by" autumn floating by |
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Gigi Williams Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Metamorphosis" A study in oil and water, metamorphosis shows conspicuous changes in shape and form with heat and gases playing their part |
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Gilda & Bodha Italy Nominee Abstract Professional "Cosmic #7" Various plexiglas modules are first laser-cut in regular and irregular shapes, then heated and modeled by Gilda & Bodha. The sculptures thus created are a photographic investigation. |
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Gillian Lindsay Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Xanadu" |
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Glyn Davies UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Making Tracks for Home" Distinct dry stone, farmer built walls, divide this open mountain moorland, for sheep farming purposes. The orange is partly sunset, but also the vegetation |
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Henry Pontual USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Color Dances 5" Colorful lights ballet in light painting |
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Jacqueline Da Costa UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Once I was A Boat" It is very sad when a boat is left to decay on a beach. To me this image shows the sad eyes of the boat looking landward, the sea not in sight. |
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Jeff Zaruba USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Cloudscape 30b" Cloudscapes - creations of light, art, science, nature and spirituality |
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Joan Grabel USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Contemplation of Water and Light 1" observing the essence of moving currents of the ocean with the interplay of light capturing and creating form from formlessness |
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John Sassen Netherlands Nominee Abstract Professional "Red" Red |
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Jumpei Tainaka Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "_9/11 Memorial South Pool I" |
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Jumpei Tainaka Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "_9/11 Memorial South Pool II" |
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K. Daspit USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Covid Confinement" The waves are indicative of the ocean..The grid of the COVID confinement |
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Karat Tokyo Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "Beach" |
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Karen Ketels Belgium Nominee Abstract Professional "Secret life of plants" Looking inside the jungle of leaves |
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Karen Hirsch USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Perspective of Colors" |
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Karen Evans Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Wings" My image "Wings" is a delightful image of movement, colour and line captured of the Salish Sea along the west coast of Canada. Wings is the discovery of a much more romantic or dreamy depiction of the sea rather than the realistic characteristics of it. |
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Katherine Richmond USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Champaign" Contemporary Abstract Landscapes, Shot through the lens, bold colors and dynamic shapes removed from original form lend to another world of mysterious interpretation |
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Kikoh Matsuura Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "Conduction" #137 |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "New York #220" New York #220 |
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Kunio Nakaoka Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "Triangle" |
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Laird USA Nominee Abstract Professional "naples,fl" infrared capture & digital manipulated |
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Lee Scott USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Sunset on the Salar de Uyuni" The sky showed signs and slowly the reds began to deepen until about 30 minutes after sunset when the clouds burned with the intensity of fire. On this night I just couldn't turn to walk away. Coquesa |
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Lee Saloutos USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Rail Car, Portola, CA, #3" |
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Lee Saloutos USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Corrosion, Warm Springs NV, #2" |
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Lee Saloutos USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Corroded Vehicle, Rachel, NV, #1" |
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Lee Saloutos USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Shot Up Car, Denay Valley, NV #6" |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Abyssinian Ground Hornbill " Abyssinian ground hornbill landing from flight. Captured with wings still up and feet just touching. |
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Les Sharp Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Reflections" There is a place in central Vienna where glass fronted tower blocks reflect the image of the surrounding historic buildings. |
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Lou Fischer USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Upward" |
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Marilyn Maxwell USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Blue" |
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Matthew Anderson USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Web" Pipes and conduits, echoing on each other... |
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Mauro Boiteux Brazil Nominee Abstract Professional "Vintage motorhome #1" Detail of a vintage motorhome |
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Miguel Angel Vargas Perez Taiwan Nominee Abstract Professional "Kabuto No.5" Traditional Samurai helmet. I used smoke to display varying substances, while the black background gives a sense of mystery. The subject gradually turns from being transparent to void and emptiness. |
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Mike Lindtner Austria Nominee Abstract Professional "paranormal visuality I" |
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Minae Kawada Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "Aurora" From my series, Dreaming Planet. |
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Minae Kawada Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "Night Flowers" From my series, Dreaming Planet. |
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Mirka van Renswoude Netherlands Nominee Abstract Professional "Untitled" Oil and Water Photography - In imbalance we can lose ourselves, staying true to ourselves is essential |
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Neal Panton Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "The Visitor" At twilight in that moment of last light the imagined becomes real. |
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Neil L. Johnson USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Mask" A container for a product found in Walmart, with just the right lighting, made for a mysterious subject. |
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Nluz Love Spain Nominee Abstract Professional "1$" Photography, as symbolic capital, has much more value than real capital since it breaks the chains that cling to ignorance, showing the author his own reason for being. |
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Ottmar Philipp Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Fields of Change" Abstract color patterns due to different field practices in the Paluse, Washington |
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Ovi D Pop Romania Nominee Abstract Professional "Nature bleeding" A copper mine devastating the lake |
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Patrick Tregenza USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Masted" |
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Patrick Tregenza USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Hope Springs" |
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Patrick Desgraupes France Nominee Abstract Professional "From Grape to Stars" This photograph represents a tank of wine in fermentation, seen from aboveQuoting a poet, Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum mechanics said: "The whole universe is in a g |
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Paul Brouns Netherlands Nominee Abstract Professional "Fire Escapism III" Part 3 of my ongoing series of New York fire escapes. According to me, these stairs are very typical of the city of origin. The series is a tribute to the rhythm and dynamics of New York city. |
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Pep Ventosa USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Rembrandt's The Night Watch" From my series "Art’s Magnetic Field" - a representation of the human desire to be in the presence of iconic artworks and the fundamental role photography played in their popularity. |
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Pygmalion Karatzas Greece Nominee Abstract Professional "Tunnel Vision" In-camera motion blur during the moving locomotive in the construction tunnels of the Thessaloniki Metro in Greece. |
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Raul Vega USA Nominee Abstract Professional "only" |
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Rebecca Croft Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Spider Cliffs Of Zion" |
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Richard Gadd USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Green" |
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Richard Gadd USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Blue" |
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Robert Pacheco USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Dramatic Red" red waves to wind -- white water crashing sings -- quiet caresses |
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Robin Williams Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Making Connections" Part of a series on the interaction between liquids and light shot during the Covid-19 lock-down |
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Robyn Finlayson Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Ascension" Sand designs by nature |
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Roland Blum Liechtenstein Nominee Abstract Professional "lonely the trees no 1" the series lonely the trees was realized in the namib desert |
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Ron Steemers Netherlands Nominee Abstract Professional "CO-2" camera obscura with hand |
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Rotem Pushinsky USA Nominee Abstract Professional "composition" |
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Sacha Ineichen Switzerland Nominee Abstract Professional "Wooden flowers" - |
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Sami Voutilainen Finland Nominee Abstract Professional "Masked" |
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Shinya Itahana Japan Nominee Abstract Professional "Rainy Night Orchestra" Rainy night orchestra and city lights, Yamaguchi, Japan. |
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Simon Puschmann Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "Forest Kaleidoscope | RGB" This image was shot in b&w with Leica Monochrome in 3 exposures. One was filtered red, one green, one blue. When reassembled in Photoshop you get a color image. |
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Staffan Andersson Sweden Nominee Abstract Professional "takeoff" project A walk in the Park , inspired by the Impressionists 2020. no PS |
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Stefano Lunardi Austria Nominee Abstract Professional "multicolor" |
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Steven Castro USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Rock O Plane" |
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Steven Castro USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Giant Dipper" |
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Steven Castro USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Pike Place Market" |
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Steven Edson USA Nominee Abstract Professional "Surface Tensions #2" Observation on the surface of water influenced by winds, tides, light and reflections. |
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Suzan Mandla Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Candy" A combination of Intentional Camera Movement and layers of digital manipulation transform a grocery store display into an abstract, unrecognizable version of itself. |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Nominee Abstract Professional "Geometry of Farming" Aerial over parched paddocks reveals the geometry of farming |
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Ursula Stiglitz Austria Nominee Abstract Professional "in flux" floating in urban space |
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Veronique Gohier Canada Nominee Abstract Professional "Glimmer" |
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Victoria Parnall-Vaughan UK Nominee Abstract Professional "Lines in the Sand" |
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Werner Bertsch USA Nominee Abstract Professional "France" Inspiration from Fire |
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Werner Branz Austria Nominee Abstract Professional "Reflection" |
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Wilma Roesch Germany Nominee Abstract Professional "cube light" ..sorry, the correct city-title: "wHat town is tHat?"..in here I saw the about-1m x 1m x 1m-cube.. I guess, it still stands in a "magic" house. |
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Xuehua Jiang China (PRC) Nominee Abstract Professional "Color Water" This image was shot from a helicopter flying over in Spain |
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Xuehua Jiang China (PRC) Nominee Abstract Professional "Delta River" This image was shot from a helicopter flying over in Iceland |