Romy Klein USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement People Amateur "Inside Out"

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Jason Hioe Indonesia 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence People Amateur "Melasti Ceremony #1" The Melasti Ceremony is an important Hindu Balinese purification ceremony. In this image great numbers of people make their way down the cliff to Melasti Beach, where the ceremony will take place

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Wong Kum Loon Malaysia 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction People Amateur "Fisherman"

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Louise Pedno USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Burmese barbershop"

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Wong Choon Keat Malaysia Honorable Mention People Amateur "A Brand New Day" A fisherman started a brand new day

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Jonathan Chua Singapore Honorable Mention People Amateur "Different in Attention" An art piece attract different in attention between man and woman

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Angie Conti Malta Honorable Mention People Amateur "Keep Smiling" Woman in Nepal returning home from work in the rice fields.

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Joanna Madloch USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Spring Herself" NYC, 2022

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Debbie Kestenberg USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Chalk on the Street"

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Margo Ryan UK Honorable Mention People Amateur "Market Day" Very early morning start as people take their fresh produce to sell at the market, Madagascar

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Flo Fritz Germany Honorable Mention People Amateur "Looking for whales?" Iceland meets Asia

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Dave Cohen USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Still Waiting"

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Michael Rausch USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Johnnie" Open for haircuts in Arizona.

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Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Honorable Mention People Amateur "La solitude du Travailleur #1"

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Sally Stevens USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Between Sets" Music flows from soul to soul...

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Nestor Novo USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Moment of Thruth" Moment of Thruth

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Josef Buergi Switzerland Honorable Mention People Amateur "Mundari Cattle Herder" Mundari cattle herder, South Sudan

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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention People Amateur "Holy Meditation" Varanasi , India , Ganges

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Pelin Guven Turkey Honorable Mention People Amateur "Untitled"

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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention People Amateur "The Bamboo Man" Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Janis Ehlers USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Montreal Smile" Come Ride My Bus

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Lello Fargione Italy Honorable Mention People Amateur "Al mercato" al mercato della carne nell'isola di zanzibar

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Felice Willat USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Riverboat Window Washers" Sailors help keep the riverboats looking their best!

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Abhishek Nandy India Nominee People Amateur "Alleys of Benaras" Life amidst the Alleys of Benaras

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Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Qatar Nominee People Amateur "Middle Circle" Nikon D7100 with 10-24mm lens

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Alexander George USA Nominee People Amateur "'Waiting for the Taxi'" Man with Suitcase craning neck and looking over the curb

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Alexander George USA Nominee People Amateur "Pictures at an Exhibition" Two viewers with different responses pass by an artist display at a crafts fair

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Andrea Biscosi Italy Nominee People Amateur "Napoli" Quartieri Spagnoli

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Angelo Brancaccio Italy Nominee People Amateur "Winter paths" Cremona, Italy 2020. Few people around during an unusual snowfall.

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Angie Conti Malta Nominee People Amateur "Meat Feast" A family butcher shop in Nepal where the whole family works together.

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee People Amateur "Renaissance Man"

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Anne Connor USA Nominee People Amateur "A picture says a thousand words" A man sits next to what used to be his boat following the destruction of Hurricane Ian on Sanibel Island in September 2022. Storms are becoming fiercer and more frequent as our climate changes.

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Antonio Cunico Italy Nominee People Amateur "Iceskate"

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Arthur Jacoby USA Nominee People Amateur "Passion" Performance of Porgy and Bess

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Barbara Maker USA Nominee People Amateur "Returning home" A Long Day

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Barbara Orienti Italy Nominee People Amateur "Burning away" Varanasi

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Barun Chatterjee India Nominee People Amateur "Torch of Believe " It's a ritual in India called as Ganga Arati - the fire spreads its knowledge to the humanity in the bank of River

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Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Nominee People Amateur "La solitude du travailleur #2"

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Beom Geun Kwak Korea (South) Nominee People Amateur "Nice umbrella" The figure in the picture seems to be paying attention to the human umbrella.

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Berit Hampel Australia Nominee People Amateur "Georgie #1"

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Berry Bingel UK Nominee People Amateur "Piers" Street scene; Piers poster on the side of double decker bus and elderly lady on pedestrian crossing

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Beth Buelow USA Nominee People Amateur "So Much To See" Amish travelers take in the city scene near Union Station in Chicago.

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Bo-Yuan Chuang Taiwan Nominee People Amateur "The Nightlife"

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee People Amateur "Havana Hip"

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Brian Hunt Canada Nominee People Amateur "18 Hanover Street"

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Bruce Fraser Australia Nominee People Amateur "Purple People Eater" Urban streetscape, in Perth Western Australia

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Bruce Orr USA Nominee People Amateur "Sweet Grandma Pan Yuammei" The Pan Family, Chinese "Red Yao, Dazhai Village, China

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Bruce Orr USA Nominee People Amateur "Cast-Away" "Blackbeard", Cormoran Fisherman, Chinese Han minority, Li River, Xingping

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Budd Parker USA Nominee People Amateur "Pregnant Woman at Wynwood Walls"

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee People Amateur "The Portraitist" Viana do Castelo, Portugal

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee People Amateur "Neighbors" Village of Rabo de Peixe, on the Azores Island

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee People Amateur "Woman With Jug"

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Carol Smokler USA Nominee People Amateur "early morning" catching the sunrise

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Chalkiadakis Michail Greece Nominee People Amateur "Motherhood in Omo Valley " This photo was taken during my trip to Africa and more specifically in Omo Valley, Ethiopia. I was visiting some of the tribes and took this picture of the mother holding her baby

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Charles Crain USA Nominee People Amateur "Dia de los Muertos - Green Shawl" part of a Dia de los Muertos series captured in Mesa Arizona

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee People Amateur "The pilgrims of Lourdes" A photo of the pilgrims of Lourdes behind the rosary beads

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Chengbin Zhang China (PRC) Nominee People Amateur "Parallel World" Nowadays, young people are caring, thinking and building their own parallel worlds.

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Christoph Roethenmund Switzerland Nominee People Amateur "Untitled" From the series "Liguria in the winter time"

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee People Amateur "Who watches the watchers" Watching and being watched, which is which?

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Chuck LaChance USA Nominee People Amateur "Missdirection" The world's introspection.

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Claudia Zeien USA Nominee People Amateur "Three Dreamers" A restaurant server takes a break on a side street in East London.

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Claudio Bonaccorsi Italy Nominee People Amateur "Basket maker in Gallipoli"

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Colleen Sanchez USA Nominee People Amateur "Take a walk with me" Life is an adventure. Come, take a walk with me.

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Crispin Anderlini Malaysia Nominee People Amateur "Hanoi cafe" The pleasure of pondering echoed in patrons of a Hanoi cafe. Given the time to reflect, where do they find their minds wandering?

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee People Amateur "Feel The Beat"

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Debbie Scott-Queenin USA Nominee People Amateur "Cold Feet?"

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Deborah Kruks Canada Nominee People Amateur "All in a Days Work" Way of life, fishing on the Tonle Sap River, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Demetrio Jereissati Brazil Nominee People Amateur "Venetiana" Lonely man in the cool night of Venice.

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Derek Chiang Singapore Nominee People Amateur "Wayang Praying" Chinese opera performers are governed by taboos and beliefs. Rituals are a necessity to pay respect to the patron deity of the opera as well as spirits from the underworld. Many performers observe the

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Dewi Puspasari Indonesia Nominee People Amateur "On Call" Businessperson on the street : Every day in the life of street vendor

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Dr.Samarendranath Mandal India Nominee People Amateur "Third Shadow" People at Gangasagar Beach, West Bengal, India.

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Eddy Verloes Belgium Nominee People Amateur "World in blue and yellow" 2016, Cuba, Havana

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Eddy Verloes Belgium Nominee People Amateur "Elle adore le rouge" 2022, Belgium, Oostende

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Eddy Verloes Belgium Nominee People Amateur "Waiting for the train" 2022, Belgium, Liège railway station

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Edie Swift USA Nominee People Amateur "Dance and Joy" The Joy of Afro Cuban Dance

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Elaine Klein Israel Nominee People Amateur "India Days"

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Ellin Pollachek USA Nominee People Amateur "He Works Hard for His Money" It isn't easy going through the trash to make a living.

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Felice Willat USA Nominee People Amateur "Women at Work #1" Women at Work cleaning up the park in India

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Flo Fritz Germany Nominee People Amateur "Beach scenery, La Réunion Island" Beach scenery, La Réunion Island

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Francesca Codispoti UK Nominee People Amateur "Workship" Agra_Workshippers congregate in prayer

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Gary Levy USA Nominee People Amateur "Bagman" Casino Corridor

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Gerd Kufner Germany Nominee People Amateur "Single - Married"

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Gillian Marshall USA Nominee People Amateur "Konyak tribesman, Nagaland, India" A Konyak tribesman in the northern tribal state of Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Gino Ricardo Netherlands Nominee People Amateur "Blending in" A body builder in Paris

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee People Amateur "Walking in Expo" I took this photograph at Dubai Expo 2020

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee People Amateur "Ghats of Varanasi" Photo taken at dawn during the cremation ceremony on the Gange river Varanasi - India

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Harvey Silber USA Nominee People Amateur "Sunscreen"

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Hary Fuller Spain Nominee People Amateur "Pause"

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee People Amateur "Artisan - Marrakech" He carved chess pieces using his foot to guide the chisel.

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee People Amateur "Saturday Night in Times Square" Saturday Night in Times Square

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Janis Ehlers USA Nominee People Amateur "Walking By" Watching You Go By

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Jason Hioe Indonesia Nominee People Amateur "Melasti Ceremony #2" Melasti Ceremony is an important Hindu Balinese purification ceremony. in this image People pray on the seashore to clean themselves.

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Jeff Olson USA Nominee People Amateur "Hello Sunshine"

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John Kochanowski USA Nominee People Amateur "Lhasa Prayers"

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Judy Nussenblatt USA Nominee People Amateur "A Day's Work"

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Juliana Muronda USA Nominee People Amateur "Umbrellas"

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Klaus-Juergen Roericht Switzerland Nominee People Amateur "Kein gutes Angebot" Auf einem Markt auf der Insel Madeira

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Kurt Steinle Belgium Nominee People Amateur "Warten" In Paris gesehen und fotografiert.

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Lawrence Russ USA Nominee People Amateur "Invitation to a Dance"

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Lello Fargione Italy Nominee People Amateur "Coltivatrice di alghe" la coltivatrice delle alghe nell'isola di zanzibar

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Leonid Goldin Israel Nominee People Amateur "Paco Rabanne" 2021

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Lynn Hedges New Zealand Nominee People Amateur "Milan Railway Station" People coming and going

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Manny Fajutag Philippines Nominee People Amateur "Tres Marias" This photo was taken in United Arab Emirates A three women walking towards the main entrance of Al Jahili fort

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Margo Ryan UK Nominee People Amateur "Ablutions" A monk gently shaves the head of another monk in their morning ablutions.

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Margo Ryan UK Nominee People Amateur "All aboard" In the late afternoon a group of nuns head home, the bus conductor wad of money in his hand shouting out for more customers

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Margo MacArthur USA Nominee People Amateur "Saloon"

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Mary Whitesides USA Nominee People Amateur "Woman in Hanoi"

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Melissa Lackey USA Nominee People Amateur "Grace"

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Michael Mannix USA Nominee People Amateur "Between Prayers" This seemingly "old world" nun walks in an alley in Dubrovnik which dates back to the 7th century, as she checks in on her mobile. The juxtaposition of old versus new is really apparent here.

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Michel Groleau Canada Nominee People Amateur "Gauchos" Some of ithe main components of Gaucho culture are related to the importance of rural life of plain, horse, guitar, mate and beef, as well as the values of solidarity, loyalty, hospitality and courage

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Michie Wong USA Nominee People Amateur "G'mornin'" A moment in the morning

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Nicola Roberto Italy Nominee People Amateur "Cafe" A quiet summer afternoon

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Nicole Vittoria de Jager South Africa Nominee People Amateur "Chit Chat" I am drawn to what seems to be an engaging conversation. Train trip from Edinburgh to London. 5th May 2022.

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Norman Robbins USA Nominee People Amateur "Family" Family fishing at Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge

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Paul Kessel USA Nominee People Amateur "Essex Street" Lower East Side_NYC

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Heavy load! " Togo / Benin

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Our Home" Togo / Benin

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Waiting for the Show - Time" Papua New Guinea , Goroka Show

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Our Skeleton Group" Papua New Guinea

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Holy Painter" Varanasi , India , Ganges

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Holy prayer on the Ganges in the morning" Varanasi , India

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Peter Wingerter Germany Nominee People Amateur "Better view in 2023"

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Radek von Hirschberg Poland Nominee People Amateur "Mountain Photographer" 06/2022, Dolomites (Italy), Seceda

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Rafael Perdomo USA Nominee People Amateur "Artist at Work" On My Knees for Art

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Rajan Dosaj USA Nominee People Amateur "Supper's Ready" Image was captured in Downtown Los Angeles

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Robert Truran USA Nominee People Amateur "The Look"

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Robert Lie Indonesia Nominee People Amateur "3 Sadhus" 3 Sadhus in Nepal were posing their best style when visitors came to their place.

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Robin Zygelman USA Nominee People Amateur "Queen Of Hearts" This lady loves Life

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Romy Klein USA Nominee People Amateur "Her window, her door... her jail?" HAVANA, CUBA

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Ronald Dunlap USA Nominee People Amateur "I Close My Eyes" I close my eyes and dream of being somewhere else.

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Ronaldo Andrade Brazil Nominee People Amateur "Danca Massai" Povo Massai e sua dança no Parque Nacional Massai Mara - Kenia

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Ruth Ball Canada Nominee People Amateur "Chillin on a Hot July Day"

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Ruth Grindrod UK Nominee People Amateur "The farrier " The farrier and the shoe

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Sally Stevens USA Nominee People Amateur "Timing is EVerything..." Best not to rush into life or anything else...

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Sandipan Mukherjee India Nominee People Amateur "The smile"

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Sandro Tedde Italy Nominee People Amateur "Barcelona #4"

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Sanghamitra Sarkar India Nominee People Amateur "The painter" A man busy in painting the big mask

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Sanjoy Sengupta India Nominee People Amateur "At Muscat festival" when Spiderman meets the old Men

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Sara Szpektor USA Nominee People Amateur "Lost opportunity" szpektor-sara_lost opportunity.jpg

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Sheryl Falkos USA Nominee People Amateur "What a Girl Wants" Some beautiful women want heavy machinery. Dauphin Island, AL, USA

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee People Amateur "Reflection"

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Slawomir Skrzynski Poland Nominee People Amateur "neurosurgeon" at work

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee People Amateur "Double Take"

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Stuart Lieberman USA Nominee People Amateur "Capping Bourbon" Capping Bourbon

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Stuart Lieberman USA Nominee People Amateur "Beautiful Day" Beautiful Day

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Suz Lipman USA Nominee People Amateur "Priority Seating" Sisters ride the J Church streetcar in San Francisco, CA.

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Tailai OBrien Australia Nominee People Amateur "The Bullocky" Preserving Australia's rich agricultural past this bullocky single handedly steers and controls his team at Barellan NSW.

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Tal Lassman Canada Nominee People Amateur "Main Square" Mexico City Zocalo

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Tarun Chhabra India Nominee People Amateur "Performing Rituals" Tribal people performing last rituals for the dead relative. Relics are saved by the relatives for immersion in the confluence of Som & Mahi rivers in Rajasthan on auspicious occasion of Magh Purnima.

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Trevor Kerry UK Nominee People Amateur "Band" The military band exercising its Freedom of the City draws a crowd

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Ulrike Lugert Germany Nominee People Amateur "Red heads and cold feet" First day of the New Year in the Netherlands. Time to jump into the cold Northsea.

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Viet Van Tran Vietnam Nominee People Amateur "Twin artists" Le Ngoc Thanh and Le Duc Hai (Le Brothers) are twin brothers, born in 1975 in Vietnam. They are known as contemporary visual artists on themes of War, violence and connection.

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee People Amateur "Catrina" Mexico Traditional Day of The Dead

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Vladimir Karamazov Bulgaria Nominee People Amateur "The end" This grandmother goes every day to see her house, which has been destroyed by time. He has no strength to restore her, no children, no husband. All the items in the house are there. Her clothes, glass

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Willa Davis USA Nominee People Amateur "Guggenheim Moment" Woman Ironing and the man in a green shirt. Look at their hands.

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Yuan Zhang China (PRC) Nominee People Amateur "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends from afar" A group of German visitors touring the Summer Palace in Beijing on May 22, 2022 invited me to take the photo.

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