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Jane Strisik USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Abstract Amateur "Doorway NYC" Enter |
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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Abstract Amateur "Circles" |
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Renate Wasinger Germany 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Abstract Amateur "Between" |
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Jean-Paul Soujol Benedetti France Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "black matter" A search for abstraction on this landscape between black and polar blue. |
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Dewi Puspasari Indonesia Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Colours Of Life" The life is beautiful with perfect colour combination.The highs lows of myriad of emotions make living a journey that helps you grow stronger as a person. |
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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Curves" |
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Ilya Trofimenko Germany Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Before the flight, Tbilisi Airport." |
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Robert Bolton UK Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Intersection Section" Some abstract detail from the Highlands of Iceland. Taken in September 2022 |
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Claudia Zeien USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Ship Shapes" Green ships docked in Greenland create interesting shadows and reflections |
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Emo Gene Canada Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "No Performance Tonight" Dbl Exposure Symmetry of Seats at Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Emo Gene Canada Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Tents" High-key photography |
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Chester Ng USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Kubrick's Kaleidoscope" |
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Sylvia Gardner USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Crazy City Cafe" Crazy City Cafe |
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Barbara Maker USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "In Magenta" A Dream |
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Anne Dignam USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Bird Cage" |
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Charlotte Turner USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "His View" |
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Harvey Silber USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "As Time Goes By" |
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Alex Politis France Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Transformation" A marked change over time, in form, nature and appearance |
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Michael Jurek Germany Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "No Parking" No parking sign in the Marina Monte Carlo. |
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Jan Bellamy New Zealand Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Around and Around" |
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Danny Valk Netherlands Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Basketball Court" The colorful lines of the old basketball court at the abandoned Berlin Tempelhof airfield. |
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Barbara Maker USA Honorable Mention Abstract Amateur "Eggmania" Illusions |
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Adriana Kastelan Croatia Nominee Abstract Amateur "Blue Mood" Blue sunset on sea |
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Alex Drozd UK Nominee Abstract Amateur "Carwash 151" Carwash is a theatre - a range of visual experiences from meditative moments to an exuberant displays of light and motion, reminiscent of fireworks in full flow. |
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Andrew Ilachinski USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Color surreality #1" Color surreality #1 |
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Anna Pilat Poland Nominee Abstract Amateur "Trees in the water" |
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Anne Eigen USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "A Dance" |
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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Surrounded by Ice" |
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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Space Dock" |
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Anne Neiwand Australia Nominee Abstract Amateur "Blue Moods" Arnhem Land highlights amazing colours throughout the water and the sand banks beneath. |
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Anne Schlueter USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Egret Fantasy" Although this egret was shot along the California shores, his pose on the seaweed sparked a desire to process the image as an homage to ancient Japanese art. |
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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Covid Throat" |
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Anne Neiwand Australia Nominee Abstract Amateur "Gold Lava" The creeping edge of land moving out towards the ocean in the Kimberlies looks just like Golden Lava flow. |
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Annemarie Jacques USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Untitled" |
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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Abstract Amateur "Alfa" |
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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Abstract Amateur "Getting in to the centre" |
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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Abstract Amateur "Akropolia" |
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Arthur Jacoby USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Morning Bike Ride" Bicyclist Fort Lauderdale |
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Barb Kreutter Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Impulse" Chaos Captured |
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Barb Kreutter Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Iron Wharf" Joyful discoveries in a boat yard |
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Barbara Maker USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "In the Weeds" Magenta in Nature |
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Barbara Maker USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Blinded" Blinded by the Light |
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Barbara Maker USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Wheelhouse " Splash of reds |
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Barbara Groom USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Out Of The Dark #1" |
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Berry Bingel UK Nominee Abstract Amateur "Blurring the lines#4" Blurring the lines between art and photography |
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Beth Youmans USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Red White and Blues" |
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Beth Buelow USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Bubbly" Steel grid with water bubbles in a fountain, Chicago Botanic Garden |
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Blaine Reid USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Oculus Prime" Waterfall effect on the Oculus Waterfall, Guitar Hotel, Hollywood, FL |
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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Fisherman's Terminal Fog 0163" Fisherman's Terminal Fog 0163 |
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Brigitte Bourger French Polynesia Nominee Abstract Amateur "Effusion" |
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Bruce Orr USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Crossways" |
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Bruce Orr USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Bridge Support Structure" |
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Budd Parker USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Towels Behind a Shower Glass" |
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C E Morse USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Farrago #26" An abstract fusion of details from found objects |
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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee Abstract Amateur "Reflection of a Fiesta 360 degress" The reflection in a musical instrument of a Fiesta. |
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Charlotte Turner USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Trestle" |
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Charlotte Turner USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Etch-a-bridge" |
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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Every step of the way" High and Low fashion coexisting. |
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Cindy Poulin Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Overlord" I was on an airport train and another train passed going the other way. Although unexpected, I liked the result as I could "see" a giant man overlooking the riders on the train. |
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Curtis Fedder Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Step Through the Looking Glass, Alice!" Life is about breaking barriers, large and small, challenging oneself with what lies beyond. |
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Dave Cohen USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Looking Beyond" |
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Dave Vescio USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "They're Always Watching Me, No. 39" |
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Dave Johns USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Coke in the Woods" |
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David Edwards USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Field Theory #2" The Field Theory Series explores visual clues to the perception of space on the image plane such as varying focus areas imitating the brain’s limited depth of field. Fields of color take on form. |
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Debbie Scott-Queenin USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Ladder to the Unknown" |
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Debbie Hartley Australia Nominee Abstract Amateur "Oil on Water I" |
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Denis Sivack USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Lost Blue Among Orange" Digital capture, archival pigment print. |
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Denise Dethlefsen USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Existential Questions" |
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Derek Chiang Singapore Nominee Abstract Amateur "Red Boat" Red Boat |
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Despina Kyriacou UK Nominee Abstract Amateur "Two-Tone linear shapes" Contrasting tones working in unison to one another. |
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Elizabeth Kazda USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Translational Symmetry with Common Objects: Magnifying Glass" A magnifying glass was photographed with an in-camera multiple exposure of 15 frames using my translational symmetry technique. |
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Elizabeth Schatz Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Emergence" |
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Ellin Pollachek USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Dusk" |
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Emo Gene Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Blue Eyes" |
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Emo Gene Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Over the Pond" Quadtych, reflections |
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Gary Levy USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Big Bang Theory" Venue Ceiling |
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Gary Levy USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Drip Drops And Flip Flops" Garden Center |
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Gerd Kufner Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "View into the universe" |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Abstract Amateur "Untitled" A detail of a pavilion in Expo - Dubai |
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Gregory Hom USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Harmonics" In-camera multiple exposure of an agave plant |
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Hartmut Rieg Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Composition #2" Light and shadow on wall, Karlsruhe Germany 2022, Canon Powershot SX70, 17mm, ISO 100, F/6.3, 1/1000s, Gimp 2.10.32 |
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Hartmut Rieg Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Composition #5" Last daylight traces capture, Karlsruhe Germany 2019, Canon Powershot SX70, 136mm, ISO 100, F/5.6, 1/320s, Gimp 2.10.32 |
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Harvey Silber USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Corona Variant" |
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Hector Bird USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Flowing Metal" |
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Helen Storm Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Fun with Blues" |
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Helen Storm Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Study in Red" |
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Ilya Trofimenko Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Before sunset 20220604" |
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Isbel Dias Brazil Nominee Abstract Amateur "Kiss" The kiss made from a crack in the large cement wall covered by slime, colorful algae and small animals that live there, in addition to a radical treatment of colors. |
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Iva Nash USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Field of Purple Iris" Image was taken at Norfolk, VA Botanical Gardens. The gardens were built as part of the WPA program during WWII |
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Jacqueline Spearly USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Ancient Stone Arches" Multiple in Camera Technique Stone Arch Ruins at the Bethlehem Steel Plant |
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James Meldrum USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Madison at Night" |
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James McNelis USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Untitled" Pond Ice |
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Jamie Johnston USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Snowflakes" Actual photographed snowflakes from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado collaged into a single photo. |
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Jane Kreinberg USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Stairway to Heaven" Contemplating the heavens, and how we all choose our own paths in this world. |
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Jason Chen USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Interdimensional Aberration" hand-woven archival pigment print |
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Joan Caulfield New Zealand Nominee Abstract Amateur "Bubbling water" |
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Jober Costa Brazil Nominee Abstract Amateur "Nature" At the bottom of the stream lie two branches fallen naturally from a tree. The spontaneous process of transformation and recycling of nature. |
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John Doyle USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Persian Buttercups" Impressionistic Flowers |
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Judith Acker USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "" |
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Judy M. King USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Ebbing Away" Languishing before death, the energy of crucified Jesus visually ebbs away due to the zoom burst. |
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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Coral In Motion" Peach, pink and yellow tones showing off their movements. |
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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Monolith In Aggregate" Deep, earthly stone rises up in shadow and light. |
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Kathryn Zerbe USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "red on green " |
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Kelly Zhang USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Iridescent " I took this photograph of soap bubbles in 2022 and was genuinely amazed by their iridescent hues and rich textures. |
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Klaus Tesching Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Splash" |
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Leslie Goldman USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Dali in The Twilight Zone" Scenic Overlook Medellin, Columbia 2020 The overlook was overcast, but a vendor's truck held an interesting reflection. |
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Lita Kishbaugh USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Cone Flower After the Rain" |
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Lois Alexander-Mandel USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Cracked" |
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Louis-Philippe Provost Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Lunar Eclipse" Two image collage, Fulton Center in NYC and the lunar eclipse from May, 2022 |
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Lucy Lasky USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "chaos theory" |
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Lynne Mass USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Color Me Happy" |
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Madeleine Corbeil USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Kayaks to Rent" The WMS Boathouse, designed by Gang Studio, is a training school and also rents kayaks. When the doors opened to the rental kayak store I was drawn to the rows of colored kayaks, rain coats and oars. |
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Marilyn Kress USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Mistakes Undone" Mistakes Undone |
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Marius Surleac Romania Nominee Abstract Amateur "Idle" |
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Martin Babarik Slovakia Nominee Abstract Amateur "forest in movement" ICM Photography |
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Martine Lemarchand France Nominee Abstract Amateur "Permafrost #1" La série représente le pergélisol. Il a été pris dans ma cuisine en utilisant des ingrédients alimentaires ( café, sac à vin, curcuma, betterave, curaçao ... ) par analogie avec notre terre m |
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Martine Lemarchand France Nominee Abstract Amateur "Permafrost #2" La série représente le pergélisol. Il a été pris dans ma cuisine en utilisant des ingrédients alimentaires ( café, sac à vin, curcuma, betterave, curaçao ... ) par analogie avec notre terre m |
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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Angles" Ceiling |
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Melissa Lackey USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "The Time Traveler" |
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Michael Jurek Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Oslo Opera" Interior of the Oslo Opera House, Norway |
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Mike Eubanks USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Blue Ice" Blue Ice is an Abstract found in Nature |
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Nadja Perez USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Looking for me" |
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Natalia Forgacova Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "At the pumpkin patch" This photograph is an experiment with colours and attempt to show unusual perception of nature, when old relations between objects loose their meaning and image starts new chromatic dialog with a view |
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Natalie Truchsess Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Le Loro Idee (Their Ideas)" 30th anniversary of the murder of judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in Palermo, symbolic figures of the fight against the mafia. Their ideas remain and continue to run on other men's legs. |
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Neil Hunter USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Tangled Up in Blue" |
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Nestor Novo USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Swoosh" Swoosh |
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Norbert Boeckmann Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Secret_entrance" |
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Pamela Rozsa USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Bright Lights and Fantasies" Using zoom burst technique to visualize the pull of the lights into a casino. |
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Paola Francesca Barone Italy Nominee Abstract Amateur "Nagori" Napoli, gennaio 2019 : visione d'inverno dell'acero nel mio giardino |
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Paola Francesca Barone Italy Nominee Abstract Amateur "Cromie di accordi musicali" Immagine di un suono musicale |
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Paul Gravett Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Colour Study #36" Each Colour Study originates with photographs of papers and films, layered three to five deep on a stack of glass shelves. The experimental technique utilizes depth of field and layering to produce un |
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Peter Krenek Slovak Republic Nominee Abstract Amateur "Piercing though" Night carousels |
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Peter Marxer Liechtenstein Nominee Abstract Amateur "Aufsteigender Wasserdampf" water vapor rises in the air early in the morning |
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Ralph Domino Australia Nominee Abstract Amateur "Side Swiped" Two vehicles collide side-by-side causing side panel damage resulting in an interesting abstract image. |
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Regina Cserna Austria Nominee Abstract Amateur "Sunrise in Venice" double exsposure in camera of a sunrise in Venice |
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Remi Joseph d'Argent Australia Nominee Abstract Amateur "Evening rush hour" Peak hour evening rush |
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Richard Zimmerman USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Symmetree" |
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Robert Truran USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Spiked" |
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Robert Bolton UK Nominee Abstract Amateur "Bifocals" Some abstract detail of a glacial lake in the Highlands of Iceland. Taken in September 2022 |
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Roger Parvin USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Moths to a Flame" constructed with recyclable materials |
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Ruth Ball Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "And We Have Lift Off" Edmonton Art Gallery |
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Smadar Sasson USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Color is fuel" |
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Smadar Sasson USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Burano Dream" |
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Stefan Buder Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Space #1" Seen in Valencia (Spain) 2022 |
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Steffen Mueller Germany Nominee Abstract Amateur "Berlin Nite Lite #1" Creating an abstract view of the city with real time multiple exposures in camera |
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Steve Majsak USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Sky High" Looking Up from New York City's The Vessel |
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Steve Gelineau USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Open Seating" Rockport Harbor Massachusetts USA Kayaks All In A Row |
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Steven Greenbaum USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Double Take" Double Take |
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Susan Langer USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Splintered " |
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Susan Jacobs USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Icy Red Line" |
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Susan Jacobs USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Golden" |
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Susan Jacobs USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Red Sails" |
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Takashi Sugimoto Japan Nominee Abstract Amateur "Tokyo Bay" There is the bay area next to Ginza in Tokyo. I took the photo there when I was jogging. |
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Terrance R Pack Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Meltdown" |
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Terry Self Canada Nominee Abstract Amateur "Autumn Breeze" Autumn leaves drifting away in the breeze. |
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Vivian Koppelman USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Black, Red, White" |
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Volker Kesting Netherlands Nominee Abstract Amateur "From Dark To Dark" |
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Volker Kesting Netherlands Nominee Abstract Amateur "Red Dress" |
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Willa Davis USA Nominee Abstract Amateur "Tarmack Jazz" Colorized airport tarmack lines |