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Laundry Drying Field Sujon Adikary
Bangladesh

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Abstract
Professional

"Laundry Drying Field"
Clothes and linens left to air dry keep a much fresher scent than tumble dried ones and do not require the use of additional chemicals.



basket playground Stefano Lunardi
Austria

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Abstract
Professional

"basket playground"



Dancing Ribbons Neal Grundy
UK

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Abstract
Professional

"Dancing Ribbons"
At first glance, the viewer may believe he is seeing a solid object dancing. In reality, the image captures Ribbons in ‘mid-flight’. The sculpture exists for a split second in time; once photograp



The Fork #28 Filippo Drudi
Italy

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"The Fork #28"
I like forks, I'm fascinated by them. Sinuous, elegant, feminine, and symmetric, yet menacing and seductive. I wanted to look deep into it and find out its many personalities. In this photograph - part of my project "The Fork"- I wanted to bring out the geometric, almost abstract qualities of this daily object.



Birdbath Dreams Catherine Roberts Leach
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Birdbath Dreams"



A Piece Of Sky Dancho Atanasov
Bulgaria

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"A Piece Of Sky"
A piece of beautiful blue sky was formed by four umbrellas above. I just caught my camera and took one of my favorite photo shots.



Black hole Ivan Muraenko
Israel

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Black hole"
Ceiling at the restaurant in Beijing



composition 213 Rotem Pushinsky
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"composition 213"



Suspended Nicol Hockett
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Suspended"



Liberte, egalite, fraternite Rotem Pushinsky
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Liberte, egalite, fraternite"



Parts Werner Branz
Austria

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Parts"



Have a Ball Glenn Goldman
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Have a Ball"
Modern architecture in Barcelona



Keriii G (PF05.1+4-(E6P2))210501 #2 John A. Blythe
UK

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Keriii G (PF05.1+4-(E6P2))210501 #2"
Medium: Kodak Ektachrome Radiance III - Experimental Process



Exteria 03 Elzbieta (Ela) Kurowska
Canada

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Exteria 03"
Exteria 03 is an otherworldly, glowing golden flower which I made from photoelastic organic gels and small branches. The composition was captured in the cross-polarized light.



Curuis Tony Hewitt
Australia

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Curuis"
Sensuality and passion reveal themselves within the drying waters of a Western Australian salt plain - part of the Continuum Exhibition



Yellow Car Irene Hill
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Yellow Car"



Refractions 1 Vicky Stromee
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Refractions 1"
layered images of refracted light



Birdbath Ice 1 Catherine Roberts Leach
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Birdbath Ice 1"



Aerial Abstract 001 Ben Kopilow
Australia

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Aerial Abstract 001"



Loca Tony Hewitt
Australia

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Loca"
Abstraction of textures and color deceive the eyes and question perception



the gap Axel Bussmeyer
Germany

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"the gap"
"the gap" is another result of working on the "red cube series", based on architectural photographs and worked over by multiplications and within my artistic concept of "shifting the perspective"



songline 1 Roland Blum
Liechtenstein

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"songline 1"
Songlines is dedicated to the Etosha Pan in Namibia.Only a few rain drops in combination with the unique light are enough to transform this abstract landscape into a sea of colors.



Green veil Frances Suter
Australia

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Green veil"



Red and Blue Stanislaw Chomicki
Germany

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Red and Blue"



Red chili drying field Sujon Adikary
Bangladesh

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Red chili drying field"
Thousands of chilis are laid out to dry creating a patchwork effect on open green fields. During the harvesting season which lasts for two months, farmers lay their crop out on plastic sheets evenly u



Green Sound Nicol Hockett
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Green Sound"
Green Sound presents a fluid wave merging a repeating device pattern with a lush green color wash and ambiguous depths. It represents the artistic conflict of nature versus machine.



Dune Fluidity 20 Steve Zmak
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Dune Fluidity 20"
Light and sand dunes caught together in a fluid dance.



Monet 13 Tom Epperson
Philippines

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Monet 13"
Mother Nature produces colosr beyond imagination



This Way Lou Fischer
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"This Way"
Patterns on a trac field from above.



Whirling Ballet Paul Brouns
Netherlands

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"Whirling Ballet"
A single staircase was captured in Enschede, a town in the East of the Netherlands. I turned the construction of round shapes and metal steps into this ballet of rhythm and motion.



18 Alan W. Abramowitz
USA

Honorable Mention
Abstract
Professional

"18"



Terrae incognitae 01 Aldo Frezza
Italy

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Terrae incognitae 01"
I slowly peer into the surfaces of an alien planet. I carefully write down the coordinates of unknown territories that overflight.. But you don't reveal the worlds hidden beneath your visible



Best Seat in the House Alexandro Pelaez
UK

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Best Seat in the House"
"Best Seat In The House" taken in Rome in 2021 with a 35mm film camera applying the double exposure technique using a 800 ISO colour film is part of my five-year ECLECTIC series of double exposure pho



Lost in Time Ali Kabas
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Lost in Time"
Water’s every form is impressive! In one drop of water are found all secrets of life. My effort was to get as close to that single drop as possible.



Jellyfish Ana Joveva
Republic of North Macedonia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Jellyfish"
IMAGINETHE ETERNITY...COLORS AND SHAPES OF OUR WORLD. IMAGINE THE ENDLESSNESS OF THE UNDEWATER NATIVE WEALTH. IMAGINE WHAT YOU FIND DIVINELY OUT. THAT IS WHAT I REPRESENT TO YOU. NAME OF THIS SERIES I



Reflecting on Times Past Arete Edmunds
Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Reflecting on Times Past"
I captured this image while I was photographing on assignment the Model T North American Tour.. This gentleman was one of the owners of a Model T in the show, and I captured him as he was in thought.



Country Fair Babs Armour
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Country Fair"
Armour-Babs_CountryFair.jpg



Criss Crossing Babs Armour
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Criss Crossing"
Armour_Babs_CrissCrossing.jpg



I Dream of Freedom Barbara Warren
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"I Dream of Freedom"



Everybody Dies Anyway Barry Noland
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Everybody Dies Anyway"



Aerial Abstract 005 Ben Kopilow
Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Aerial Abstract 005"



Aerial Abstract 022 Ben Kopilow
Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Aerial Abstract 022"



Aerial Abstract 118 Ben Kopilow
Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Aerial Abstract 118"



Fade the Burning Moon Bob Swanson
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Fade the Burning Moon"
Finally the stars came out to help the moons on their way



Orange Sandbag Bret Doss
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Orange Sandbag"



Synapse Carl Pinnington
UK

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Synapse"
Inspired by the interplay of light meeting the artists sonder expression - Model: Dani, MUA: Meghan Baxter



The Poetry of Flight Carol Horigan
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"The Poetry of Flight"
A study of the elegance of nature's design



Burlesque Carrie Johnson
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Burlesque"
Burlesque



nature story Cees Rijnen
Netherlands

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"nature story"



Covid Lockdown Chae Yun Christine Park
Korea (South)

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Covid Lockdown"
Expression of what I have been feeling during Corona Lockdown in New Zealand



Metal Insects Charles Foulsham
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Metal Insects"



Thermal Art Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Thermal Art"
Nature is a great artist and teacher if one listens very carefully.



Paradise Beach Christian Kleiman
United Arab Emirates

Nominee
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Professional

"Paradise Beach"
Lost, somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. A deserted beach expressing its fragile pristine beauty. My vision strives in provoking an awakening to see the world differently by changing our perception



Strategic Impact #1 Christian Mushenko
Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Strategic Impact #1"
Portraits for the rebranding of a creative design agency using Holi Powder to symbolise the spirit, strength and dynamic appeal of the agency.



Orbit Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Orbit"
Whiteoak Canon, Shenandoah National Park, VA



Golden circles David Frutos Egea
Spain

Nominee
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Professional

"Golden circles"
Believing myself to be a painter of abstract expressionism, I took my camera and went to the countryside to enjoy the colorful autumn.



Metropolitain Denis Bourg
UK

Nominee
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Professional

"Metropolitain"
Gare du Nord



Sorrow Dianne Yudelson
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Sorrow"



ORB+1 Dick Nosbisch
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"ORB+1"
​"My abstract work takes a form that challenges accepted ideas of what photographs should look like. The title of my abstract work is called: "PhotoGenesis" - The manipulation of the original ph



Red Dolly Kabaria
India

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Red"



Confluence! Dolly Kabaria
India

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Confluence!"
The world around us is a confluence of time and space that melts together into a kaleidoscope of colours and greys as we pass through each day our life.



Cosmic Freeze Doug Gibbons
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Cosmic Freeze"
Light skimming the edge of the Canadian Shield shoreline, Lake Superior.



Caelum Elzbieta (Ela) Kurowska
Canada

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Caelum"
Caelum is an otherworldly, glowing blue flower which I made from photoelastic organic gels and small branches. The composition was captured in the cross-polarized light.



The Prasine Series, #2 Emilia Kashfian
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"The Prasine Series, #2"



untitled #4 Erica Tamburo
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"untitled #4"
multiple exposure photography



Flesh Esteban Haga
Japan

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Flesh"



Vegas water bottle Fabrizia Costa
UK

Nominee
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Professional

"Vegas water bottle"
I opned my eyes one morning and a thin stream of light was doing this on my water bottle. Grabbed my phone :)



happy dreamers Feyona Van Der Molen
Netherlands

Nominee
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Professional

"happy dreamers"



Drive 2 Extremes Multivision M24 Florian W. Mueller
Germany

Nominee
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Professional

"Drive 2 Extremes Multivision M24"
MX Photography for Porsche Middle East. Combination of two locations with the Porsche Taycan CT: Northern Lapland and Arabian desert. Real car, real photography, no CGI.



reflection at dusk George Kavanagh
Ireland

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"reflection at dusk"
reflection at dusk



Surreal Gerlinde Keating
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Surreal"



Noir Blanc II Gillian Lindsay
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Noir Blanc II"



Snowy Blues Glyn Davies
UK

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Snowy Blues"
There was hardly a puff of wind to blow the isolated, pillow-like clouds in the blue sky above. It was peaceful save for the sound of my boots crunching into the thick snow drifts.



Color Dances 4 Henry Pontual
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Color Dances 4"
Painted with lights, beauty of colors, real click without photoshop.



Abstraction Ilia Uzunoski
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Abstraction "
This picture was taken in the kitchen try full of water and some oily remains after cooking of meat.



Boat Art Jacqueline Da Costa
UK

Nominee
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Professional

"Boat Art"
At the moment I am fascinated by the fishing boats on Hastings beach, all aspects of them



River of Red James Fox
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"River of Red"
Mineral runoff from hot thermal pool



Blue Stairs White Stairs Jane Therese
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Blue Stairs White Stairs"
Up or Down?



Got to be Free Javier Bohorquez
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Got to be Free"



Plastic Jean Rouzaud
France

Nominee
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Professional

"Plastic"
PLASTIC FILM



Cosmic Sphere Jeff Becker
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Cosmic Sphere"
When you look inside, what do you see?



Navajo Dream Joan Grabel
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Navajo Dream"
I abstract and isolate, observing the impact of light and color observed in the New Mexico sunset



Fallen Camera Var. 1 Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Fallen Camera Var. 1"



Satellite Joerg Schwalfenberg
Germany

Nominee
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Professional

"Satellite"
Personal Work | Harbour City, Hamburg



Ice John Siskin
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Ice"



Tubular Sky Jonathan Banks
UK

Nominee
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Professional

"Tubular Sky"
The ceiling feature was inspired by rainfall, something taken for granted in the UK, but something revered and so rare in Africa. The earthy tones represent the scorched earth of Africa.



Move Over, Basquiat! Karen Jordan
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Move Over, Basquiat!"
Layers of anonymous artists have over time added their own personal touch of images and text in 4 languages to this colorful graffiti found in Rome. A crowd-sourced collaboration in the truest sense!



Mystery In A Wave Karen Evans
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Mystery In A Wave"
Captured along the Elbow River in Alberta.



Night Clouds Kate Turning
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Night Clouds"
The Cerio Series for Enrique Guerrero Gallery



Abstract 15 Katherine Richmond
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Abstract 15"
They are not something I define, they are for viewers to discover and interpret with in themselves.



Beyond Katherine Richmond
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Beyond"
These pieces pose an essential question for me: is this the world we’re meant to see, or only the world we’re able to see?



Abstract #14 Katherine Richmond
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Abstract #14"
They are not something I define, they are for viewers to discover and interpret with in themselves.



Abstract #11 Katherine Richmond
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Abstract #11"
They are not something I define, they are for viewers to discover and interpret with in themselves.



Conduction #1 Kikoh Matsuura
Japan

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Conduction #1"
#127



Conduction #3 Kikoh Matsuura
Japan

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Conduction #3"
#132



Karijini 006 Kingsley Burton
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Karijini 006"
Karijini 006 || Western Australia



denila national park, ak Laird
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"denila national park, ak"



Lost Moments Lawrence Dattilio
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Lost Moments"
A polluted atmosphere creates uncertainty and doubts about human longevity. We ca enjoy the environment's beauty as long as possible or make an effort to improve and restore it.



Rusted Vehicle, Scrapyard, Southern Idaho, #185 Lee Saloutos
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Rusted Vehicle, Scrapyard, Southern Idaho, #185"



Rusted Vehicle, Scrapyard, Southern Idaho, #233 Lee Saloutos
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Rusted Vehicle, Scrapyard, Southern Idaho, #233"



Sea Kelp Lou Novick
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Sea Kelp"



Measure Up Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Measure Up"
Patterns on a trac field from above.



The Yarns Nest Magnus Laupa
Sweden

Nominee
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Professional

"The Yarns Nest"
The carpet factory Louis de Poortere works with traditional techniques to make beautiful carpets.



Dancing Saffron Maja Strgar Kurecic
Croatia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Dancing Saffron"
This photo is from the Floating Garden series. These photos are not just photos of flowers; they are an ode to the organic, elemental life, as well as an ode to cycle of life - which celebrates birth



Eos Marc Santos
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Eos"
"Eos" - Explorations in dance. Inspired by the Greek goddess of the dawn.



Inside the color space Marek Czarnecki
Poland

Nominee
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Professional

"Inside the color space"
Digital panorama taken inside an architecture space made of plastic, lighted from outside by sunlight.



Wet Gold Matt Vacca
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Wet Gold"
Oil and water



Blue Relax Mauro Boiteux
Brazil

Nominee
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Professional

"Blue Relax"



Hinge Michael Stoklos
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Hinge "
abstract hinge found on a trailer



Maori Bay Michel Perrin
New Zealand

Nominee
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Professional

"Maori Bay"



The red Fiat Nathalie Anctil
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"The red Fiat"



Space (I believe in) Nathan Kraxberger
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Space (I believe in)"
Double exposure on medium format film. A Manhattan building from top to bottom.



Wobble Burst Nicol Hockett
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Wobble Burst"
Wobble Burst originated with an image of my son's favorite toy, a beautifully painted wooden roly-poly, egg-shaped, Weeble Wobble, that was creatively processed in a light fiber fashion.



Fall of Giants Nicoletta Cerasomma
Italy

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Fall of Giants"
Teresa Bandettini was one of the most talented eclectic woman of the XIX century. Her calling to art was strong and carnal. Her impetuous verses took over her, exposing her naked soul to the response that was always favourable.



The eye of nature is alien and a pirate watching Nluz Love
Spain

Nominee
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Professional

"The eye of nature is alien and a pirate watching"
A surprise can be observed among the litter. An eye and portrait of a staring pirate. That's my alien work



Rubble Olga Nebot
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Rubble"
From my personal work, capturing the landscape in the North of Argentina. At 4,000 Km High the remains of a mine are fading away.



Swamp Oliver Klink
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Swamp"



Tribute to Vasarely Patrick Desgraupes
France

Nominee
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"Tribute to Vasarely"
The photograph is a tribute to the artist Vasarely, one of the fathers of optical art who lived in Provence, not far from this place.



White Rose Terraces Paul Brouns
Netherlands

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"White Rose Terraces"
The White Rose (De Witte Roos) is a 13 story social housing project in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, designed by 25H Architects. Its organic shapes look different from all angles and is beautiful to its



I'll be there Petra Senn
Germany

Nominee
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Professional

"I'll be there"



I was a pencil Rainer Thrum
Germany

Nominee
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Professional

"I was a pencil"



whofoca Raul Vega
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"whofoca"



Imprinted Rebecca Croft
Australia

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Imprinted"



The Gift Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"The Gift"
George Town Washington DC USA



Illumination I Robin Williams
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Illumination I"
From the series photo-synthetic comprising of Primordial, Metamorphosis, Enlightenment and Illumination - an exploration of life in a liquid state



Oblique Robyn Finlayson
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Oblique"
Sand script



Drawn by nature Roos Hobe
Netherlands

Nominee
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Professional

"Drawn by nature"



living mural Rotem Pushinsky
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"living mural"
taken at hudson yards nyc



Dream Weaver Sarah Caldwell
New Zealand

Nominee
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Professional

"Dream Weaver"
Exploring the beauty of lines and shapes using my architectural images and abstracting them fully in photoshop



Monster Shinya Itahana
Japan

Nominee
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Professional

"Monster"
Inside, outside, visible or invisible, Monsters are everywhere.



Hadron Stephanie Girouard
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Hadron"
Photo from Entropy series



Boson Stephanie Girouard
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Boson"
Photo from Entropy series



Anima Stephen Spartana
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Anima"
Drifting Through Time



Persistence Steve Cain
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Persistence"
The final image in a series about a light bulb that refuses to extinguish.



Iced Wave Sue Vo-Ho
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Iced Wave"
In December, there were no snow outside and it reminds me that the climate seems to change fast. I had to make my own ice for creating this image.



Fauve Suzan Mandla
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Fauve"
Abstract image of fuchsia begonia blossoms created using a combination of Intentional Camera Movement and successive layers of digital manipulation..



Ice-cold T. J. Hankins
USA

Nominee
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"Ice-cold"
Looking down into a blue glass containing ice cubes.



Quaking Aspen Tom Brownold
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Quaking Aspen"
Aspen forest in autumn colors



Light interweaving space Tong Fu
China (PRC)

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Light interweaving space"
Explain and define the relationship between time and space with photography.



Wildwood Tony Sweet
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Wildwood"
Reflection of neon lights and storefronts onto the wet boards (boardwalk) of Wildwood, NJ. Shot in the rain.



Chroma Tony Hewitt
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Chroma"
Golden sands and draining tidal waters enthused with drying salts present as a flowing pallette of colors



Osteosis Ty Stedman
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Osteosis"
Transient forms generated on a tidal flat in the north west of Australia.



Peace Victoria Parnall-Vaughan
UK

Nominee
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Professional

"Peace"



Human Werner Branz
Austria

Nominee
Abstract
Professional

"Human"



Nada Werner Branz
Austria

Nominee
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Professional

"Nada"



Fleeting thoughts Yvon Jolivet
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Fleeting thoughts"
Fleeting thoughts drifting under the frost of ice.