Joseph Lungaro Malta 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement People Amateur "Train Passengers" Train Passengers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Terry Self Canada 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence People Amateur "Chess" Men playing chess on the street in Havana, Cuba

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Diane Klein USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction People Amateur "Youth, and Age"

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Vladimir Karamazov Bulgaria Honorable Mention People Amateur "The power of faith" This is a small Christian church in a municipality near the capital of Bulgaria. Here every year on the day, which is a holiday of beekeepers, an interesting and breathtaking ritual is performed with

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Mary Whitesides USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Laughing Ladies of China" Laughter at a Funeral

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Dana Zubaid Kuwait Honorable Mention People Amateur "Festive Paint" Face painting preparations for the Mt. Haagen Festival in Papua New Guinea.

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Ken Weissblum USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "mirrored image"

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Judith Balari Italy Honorable Mention People Amateur "Kitchen life" Picture taken in an old kitchen in the countryside, Denmark.

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Kordian Waronski Poland Honorable Mention People Amateur "Rituals" Temple in Vietnam, early morning, everyday religious rituals.

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Honorable Mention People Amateur "The Red wall"

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Annemarie Jacques USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "3 red finger nails " she left me wondering how she is happy ... it's all about friendship and trust ... with or without a roof over one's head

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Diane Klein USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "A Lesson on the Subway"

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Kathleen Gerber USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Lesson on How Pulque is Made" Pulque is another fermented beverage in Mexico that is made from a particular variety of agave called the maguey plant. This is an old beverage that dates back to the pre-Hispanic times in Mexico and

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Angie Conti Malta Honorable Mention People Amateur "Saturday Morning Rituals" On the streets of Kokhana, Nepal, friends gather to chant and pray togethher

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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention People Amateur "Angola Tribes #7" Happy Family

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Jimmy Lok Hong Kong Honorable Mention People Amateur "Train trip"

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Jhinku Banerjee India Honorable Mention People Amateur "Colours of Life" A lady from Pali in Rajasthan who works in the cloth dyeing factory. She peeps out of the fabric left to dry after applyling dye.

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Budd Parker USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Tattooed Painter" Tattooed Painter

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Barbara Huwiler Switzerland Honorable Mention People Amateur "Dots"

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Yuan Zhang China (PRC) Honorable Mention People Amateur "My Brother with His Pet Dogs" My younger brother, a manager at a construction company, loves dogs and adopted the yellow dog, a homeless dog, at a construction site earlier this year. This photo was taken in March this year.

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Sonia Costa Italy Honorable Mention People Amateur "The slow changing" A special unit of Hellenic Army during the changing of the guard in Syntagma Sq. It looks like a slow, rhythmic, perfect dance.The ancient tradition continues every day since 1868. Athens, Greece

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Michel Groleau Canada Honorable Mention People Amateur "Point of view" In the heights of Bolivia, facing the salar of Uyuni, this old sage wonders. Should we sacrifice the beauty of this place to encourage the economic exploitation of all the lithium found there?

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Kathleen Gerber USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Painting the Ship" It is clearly going to take these two guys a while to complete painting this ship on Kandaegyi Lake in Yangon, Myanmar

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Prohaska Mark Daniel Austria Honorable Mention People Amateur "the wall crack" this was taken in Sibiu Romania

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Lello Fargione Italy Honorable Mention People Amateur "vita da donna in Myanmar"

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Robin Zygelman USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Happy 25th, Dear" Miami, Florida

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Diane Silverman USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Meditation"

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David O'Rourke Canada Honorable Mention People Amateur "Visitors to the Banksy Show" While taking in the Banksy Show in Toronto, I noticed this little side show unfolding in front of one of the exhibits.

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Adrian Per Romania Nominee People Amateur "Walking In The Winter Empire" Semenic Mountains , SW Romania . I,m walking and self shooting by ...Tripod

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Alejandro Gonzalez Mexico Nominee People Amateur "Lealtad " Amor auténtico

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee People Amateur "Family Portrait Day" Caught this dressed up family doing their own family portrait session.

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Andrea Biscosi Italy Nominee People Amateur "Hidden by a glass" Intimacy through the reflections of a city

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee People Amateur "Fire Breathing Dragon" This Renaissance character is practicing his glass blowing craft at a fair in south Florida.

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Antonio Cunico Italy Nominee People Amateur "Waiting for a splash" a group of swimmers await their turn to dive from the pier in Grado

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Arvid Fimreite Norway Nominee People Amateur "Street Gouverment" These ladies in a side street in Torremolinos, Spain, had loud conversations about various topics.

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Barbara Corvino Italy Nominee People Amateur "Entering the darkness" Pandemic street photography

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Barbara Groom USA Nominee People Amateur "Carnevale"

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Beom Geun Kwak Korea (South) Nominee People Amateur "murals and clothes" While walking on the streets of Seoul, the mural on the wall of a building was impressive and captured the moment when people passed by. Coincidentally, it shows that the color of the mural and the cl

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee People Amateur "Bhaktapur Lads" Bhaktapur Lads, Nepal

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Brian Connor New Zealand Nominee People Amateur "Tenganen Memory" Three old men of the Bali Aga Tenganen Village watching the village adolescents in the annual Pandanus Fight. Many years ago they would have joined in. June, 2013.

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee People Amateur "Peekaboo"

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Carol Smokler USA Nominee People Amateur "Untitled"

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee People Amateur "A dog named Puddles" A reflection in a puddle of water of a man walking the dog during the Pandemic

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Charlotte Turner USA Nominee People Amateur "Topsy Curvy" Turner-Charlotte_Topsy Curvy.jpg

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee People Amateur "Summer of Dreams" The last days of summer create the strongest memories.

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Constance Teo Malaysia Nominee People Amateur "Speed at the night market" Fastest way to get through the night market in Ho Chi Minh City for a bit of shopping in the brightly lit stalls. Zipping in and out on bike through human foot traffic is a way of life in the city.

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Crispin Anderlini Malaysia Nominee People Amateur "Thespians" The closing scene of a school play in Yei, South Sudan, depicting reconcialiation, hope and promise for their future.

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Cuneyt Gumushaneli Turkey Nominee People Amateur "Sorrow" in 2020,Izmir was hit by 7.0ML earthquake.117 people died under the ruins.While passing by damaged CityHall,I saw Its nightguard touring sadly since he would lose his job with CityHall’s destruction

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Damaso Avila Spain Nominee People Amateur "Traditional Dance" n the tiny hamlet of Las Vegas (in the south of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) a religious celebration is held every July 26 accompanied by a centennial stick dance. In the photo you can see the mom

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David O'Rourke Canada Nominee People Amateur "Dog Days in Greece" It was fun to see the juxtaposition of the tired tourist with our K-9 friend.

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Denise Isnor USA Nominee People Amateur "Hope" religeous march meets BLM street art

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Derek Chiang Singapore Nominee People Amateur "RGB Men" RGB Men

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Diane Silverman USA Nominee People Amateur "SanBlas, Panama"

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Ellin Pollachek USA Nominee People Amateur "The Corn Harvesters" Gathering corn in Nepal is as ancient as the land itself.

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Enrica Ridolfi Italy Nominee People Amateur "Spettatori" Due persone osservano un'opera d'arte

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Felice Willat USA Nominee People Amateur "La Boca Tango" La Boca, Argentina - where Tango was born and still flourishes outside the cafes and in the streets.

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Feyzullah Tunc Turkey Nominee People Amateur "Horses"

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Flo Fritz Germany Nominee People Amateur "Naples Street Moment" The old town center of Naples is a fascinating microcosmos of colors, people, noise, live, moments. So the man with the mask entered the picture by accident. A Naples moment.

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Gary Levy USA Nominee People Amateur "Falling Behind At The Slots" Couple Entering Casino

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Gino Ricardo Netherlands Nominee People Amateur "Passing time" Passing time

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee People Amateur "Traveling in Iceland" I took this photo just after an heavy storm in Iceland

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Greg Finnegan Canada Nominee People Amateur "Shopping" Shopping

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Gwen Solomon USA Nominee People Amateur "Stepping Out"

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Hendrik Kotze Namibia Nominee People Amateur "A long road" A re-cycle collector is caught between the shadows as he carries his load in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, much the same way as travellers from long ago that set off on foot; loads over their shoulders

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Holger Buecker Germany Nominee People Amateur "The Power of Benni Cellini" Powerful Benni Cellini of German rock band Letzte Instanz live at the Mera Luna Festival in Hildesheim

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee People Amateur "Tannery Worker - Fes" Tannery Worker - Fes

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Jane Strisik USA Nominee People Amateur "just looking"

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Jane Craig Walker UK Nominee People Amateur "Front Row Seat" A gentleman has a front row seat during a student musical performance in Atyrau, Kazakhstan

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Janis Ehlers USA Nominee People Amateur "Blue Shaw" An early morning walk in San Miguel

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Jeff Olson USA Nominee People Amateur "Hat Trick"

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Jessica Margo USA Nominee People Amateur "Artist in Residence" An artist does his work in the hot sun among his companions. Key West, Florida-March 2020.

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Joanna Madloch USA Nominee People Amateur "The Crossing" London, 2019

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Jober Costa Brazil Nominee People Amateur "The Waiting"

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JT Schube USA Nominee People Amateur "backlit"

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Kazik Salwa USA Nominee People Amateur "Driver" New York City

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Klaus-Juergen Roericht Switzerland Nominee People Amateur "Waiting" Some are reading, others are waiting to board the Vaporetto (-Ship) in Venice

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Kurt Steinle Belgium Nominee People Amateur "Die Strickerin" In Paris fotografiert

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Lana Williams Canada Nominee People Amateur "Connectivity" Social media matters even in the most desolate of places

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Lawrence Worcester UK Nominee People Amateur "Bagan Photo Shoot" A wedding fashion photo shoot amongst the temples of Bagan, Myanmar

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Leba Marquez USA Nominee People Amateur "Tattoo" Venice Beach, California USA

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Leonid Goldin Israel Nominee People Amateur "Coronavirus test" 2021

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee People Amateur "Pottery Vendor in Essaouira Morocco"

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Lukasz Zietara Poland Nominee People Amateur "Girl with the bags"

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Lynn Hedges New Zealand Nominee People Amateur "Butcher in Fez"

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Lynne Mass USA Nominee People Amateur "Waitin' For My Ride"

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Margo Ryan UK Nominee People Amateur "Weathered face" A pilgrim holds up his sarong in the wind to dry, the billowing white sarong frames another man his weathered face deep in religious prayer. India

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Mariano Belmar Spain Nominee People Amateur "Dias de playa"

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Marvin Basil USA Nominee People Amateur "Overwhelmed"

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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee People Amateur "Fire Island Boardwalk " Sea View

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MD Rakibul Islam Bangladesh Nominee People Amateur "Drying rice" Drying rice under the blazing sun.

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Melinda Goodall USA Nominee People Amateur "Train Time" A traveler emerges from a darkened corridor to locate his train in Los Angeles’ Union Station.

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee People Amateur "The Steamroller" A worker firing up his antique steamroller for a parade of farm equipment in rural Wisconsin, USA.

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Mimmi Moretti Italy Nominee People Amateur "Tokyo Subway"

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Narcis Mursa Romania Nominee People Amateur "People's Liberty" Taken in Malovat Village -Mehedinti County Romania

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Neelima M Reddy India Nominee People Amateur "Kumbh a Journey of Renunciation" The Royal Procession of Naga Sadhus in Kumbh come down from Himalays for Shahi Snan (auspicious holy bath) - as they move towards Holy dip in Ganges on Makara Sankranti day

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Nestor Novo USA Nominee People Amateur "Grungy Lifeguard" Grungy Lifeguard

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Nigel Bullers Canada Nominee People Amateur "Family" Story time with the family, Vancouver

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Nilanjan Ray India Nominee People Amateur "Holi festival"

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Nova Boudreau Canada Nominee People Amateur "Night Spinning" Steel wool photography

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Oya Akkul Turkey Nominee People Amateur "overlap" A rainy day at the Suleymaniye mosque… Istanbul/ Turkey 2021

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Paul Kessel USA Nominee People Amateur "gennaro feast" A worker at the Gennaro Feast in NYC

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Pelin Guven Turkey Nominee People Amateur "Beijing Swimmers"

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Bangladesh, Cox Basar #1" "Learning from Grandma"

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "St. Martin Island, Bangladesh #8" Fun under the sun set

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Angola Tribes #6" "I love my mom!"

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Angola Tribes #9" Men in the bush

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Calcutta #1" ' My lunch '

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Calcutta, Ganges #2" Getting the holy Water

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Calcutta, Slums #3" ' I live here ! '

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Peter Wingerter Germany Nominee People Amateur "more work than love"

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Prashanta Hridoy Bangladesh Nominee People Amateur "Street Saloon" The man is shaving under the open sky on the side of a busy road. Bangladesh.

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Rafael Perdomo USA Nominee People Amateur "The Bond Girls" The Bond Girls

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Robert Lie Indonesia Nominee People Amateur "She and The Popes" A nun is passing by in a street full of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedictus mural in Lourdes

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Roli Seb New Zealand Nominee People Amateur "Peace at a street crossing in bright sunlight"

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Ronald Dunlap USA Nominee People Amateur "Impromptu Portrait, Jaipur, India"

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Ronaldo Andrade Brazil Nominee People Amateur "Trabalhador do Couro" Trabalhador de um curtume no sertão nordestino, na Paraíba - Brasil

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Sascha Dietze Germany Nominee People Amateur "In the army." Swiss soldiers looking for a way up?

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee People Amateur "Married" Married in the traditional Indian manner

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Stuart Lieberman USA Nominee People Amateur "A Day During The Pandemic, 2020" A Day During the Pandemic, 2020

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Susan Vizvary USA Nominee People Amateur "Bondi Bathers" Before we had to social distance, we evenly spaced ourselves on the sand

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Suz Lipman USA Nominee People Amateur "Caffe Trieste" A man sits outside Caffe Trieste, a 65-year-old coffee house in San Francisco, CA, as the café’s founders look on from old photographs.

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TR Smith USA Nominee People Amateur "Mother at 97" Mother at 97

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Urs Hintermann Switzerland Nominee People Amateur "Light tail"

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Volker Kesting Netherlands Nominee People Amateur "Winter Fun"

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Wayne Thornbrough USA Nominee People Amateur "Art Exhibition" Family portrait reflects it all

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Winfried Alberti Germany Nominee People Amateur "Taxi Driver in Havana" The young man in Havana shows with his pose all his pride of ownership of the excellent restored oldtimer. The use of decades old cars is not nostalgia, but a bitter necessity to secure the existence.

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