Santanu Bose India 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement People Amateur "HOLI CELEBRATION" The festival of Holi is celebrated with a great deal of joy and enthusiasm in Uttar Pradesh, India.It glorifies the advent of spring and adds a lot of colour to people's lives.

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Franck Metois France 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence People Amateur "Kyrgyz father" Father and child from the Kyrgyz ethnic group ( Tajikistan). Seen when they were strolling near their yurt on the Pamir plateau.

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Brenda Mitchell USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction People Amateur "Can I tell you a secret?" Two women from the Hanhi Tribe share conversation and laughter. Taken while in Y Ty region outside of Sapa, Vietnam

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Matthew Bedford Australia Honorable Mention People Amateur "Afterschool Special"

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Romy Klein USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "COMPANION"

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Chester Ng USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Untitled 03" Mending fish nets, Vietnam

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Budd Parker USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Pride Prom Queen"

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Shoichi Toki Japan Honorable Mention People Amateur "HOME" Inside a small old Japanese house

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Viet Van Tran Vietnam Honorable Mention People Amateur "Space time" The woman in colorful clothing that attracts the eye is looking at her fancy purse placed on an old-fashioned scale, challenging the viewer with the purpose of her action.

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Philip Tomlinson UK Honorable Mention People Amateur "Woman on the Train" Taken at Cochin train station, India.

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Robert Lie Indonesia Honorable Mention People Amateur "A Day in Penang" A Tamil worker made a call to someone in Penang.

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Steven Hauptman USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Detroit Smart" Detroit may be a tough city, full of rough characters, but never judge a book by its cover.

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Barbara Maker USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Witness Protection" Trust Me

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Paul Kessel USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Lost" Lost

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Michel Groleau Canada Honorable Mention People Amateur "Corn stand" When night comes, corn and chestnuts are offered side by side in the street shops of Istanbul.

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Gino Ricardo Netherlands Honorable Mention People Amateur "Split" creating art whil ebeing inspired by art. I took this image at Gugenheim during my trip to NY.

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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention People Amateur "Dinner is ready !" Madagascar

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Charles Crain USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Tibetan Monk - Mandala" Part of a series when the Tibetan Monks with the Dalai Lama created a mandala.

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Mariano Belmar Spain Honorable Mention People Amateur "De rojo"

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Callie Eh Malaysia Honorable Mention People Amateur "The Life Changing Beauty of The Sewing Machine" Surjo became financially independent after learning to sew at Sambhali Trust NGO. Sewing machines may seem like simple equipment, but they can be life-changing for women aspiring to a brighter future

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Michael J Locke UK Honorable Mention People Amateur "Communication"

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Honorable Mention People Amateur "It is a 'brewtiful' day" Photo taken in a Pub in Fremantle - Western Australia

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Melinda Goodall USA Honorable Mention People Amateur "Dog Day Afternoon" An unexpected spectator enjoyed the beach in San Diego, California.

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Francesco Lepre Canada Honorable Mention People Amateur "Lia at the Uffizi" Portrait of my daughter on a trip to the Uffizi gallery in Florence.

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Joseph Lungaro Malta Honorable Mention People Amateur "Beauties on Bicycle" Ladies on Bicycles at Hoi An, Vietnam.

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Adrian Per Romania Nominee People Amateur "Camels in Wady Rum Desert" My Travel in Jordan , 1 month ago.I have seen there Stunning places !

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Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Qatar Nominee People Amateur "Red Camel" the image was taken in egypt for a camel owner at Giza pyramid area who show his love to his camel , i used nikon D750 with 24-70mm lens at iso 200

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Anatolie Poiata Moldova Nominee People Amateur "Yellow pants of Cancale" Woman in yellow pants in the street of Cancale, France

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Angie Conti Malta Nominee People Amateur "High Jump" A group of Masai men show off their jumping skills to proof their strength.

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Angie Conti Malta Nominee People Amateur "Smoke and Water" A Muslim Thai woman washing the dishes in Klong Toei in Bangkok

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Angie Conti Malta Nominee People Amateur "Goat Man" A farmer in Dhaka proudly watches his goats.

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Angie Conti Malta Nominee People Amateur "Working in the Landfill" A man working in the landfill under the scorching midday sun, stops for a break

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee People Amateur "Up, Up and Away"

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Anne E Launcelott Canada Nominee People Amateur "Sylet Market, Bangladesh #@" Early Morning light

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Anne Eigen USA Nominee People Amateur "Ode to Albert"

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Arnold Plotnick USA Nominee People Amateur "Whiz Right By" Scooter on the streets of Amsterdam

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Arthur Jacoby USA Nominee People Amateur "Almost" Sculptor McKee Water Lilly Festival, Vero Beach, FL

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Barbara Maker USA Nominee People Amateur "Walking the dog" Law of Continuation

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Berry Bingel UK Nominee People Amateur "Watching" Watching the old and the new

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Bo-Yuan Chuang Taiwan Nominee People Amateur "DJ Night"

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Brigitte Bourger French Polynesia Nominee People Amateur "Somewhere in Africa"

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Bruce Gelvin USA Nominee People Amateur "Home on the Range" Cowboys of The Eastern Sierras

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Budd Parker USA Nominee People Amateur "Decisions in the Rain"

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee People Amateur "Jamaican painter"

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee People Amateur "Bathers"

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee People Amateur "Moroccan Berber Woman"

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee People Amateur "Open For Business"

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Charlotte Turner USA Nominee People Amateur "Domino Hands"

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Chester Ng USA Nominee People Amateur "Untitled 01" Soya factory, Vietnam

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Chester Ng USA Nominee People Amateur "Untitled 02" Incense factory, Vietnam

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Christoph Roethenmund Switzerland Nominee People Amateur "Because of you" The picture is from the series "Summertime at the Dümmer". The Dümmer is the second largest inland lake in Lower Saxony (Germany).

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Cindy Poulin Canada Nominee People Amateur "Hoop Dancer"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee People Amateur "Grace"

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Dave Johns USA Nominee People Amateur "hamburger"

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Deba Prasad Roy India Nominee People Amateur "DAILY LIFE RICE MILL WORKERS" The photograph was taken from a Rice Mill in Bangladesh. After drying in the sun light, the paddy’s kept in jute sacks. This is the routine duty of the workers in the dry season from November to Jun

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Debbie Scott-Queenin USA Nominee People Amateur "Steppers"

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Diane Waldron USA Nominee People Amateur "Cheese Fries Guy" This young man is happy to serve all the fantasy fried food a state fair has to offer.

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Eric von Schulthess Switzerland Nominee People Amateur "The Nomad" Kyrgyzstan, plateau over 3000 m, the Nomad is watching and herding his sheep, cattle and horses. Very rough live.

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Eunice Vasques Brazil Nominee People Amateur "Landscape Photography" This photo mas made at a market in Amazonia, Brazil

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Felice Willat USA Nominee People Amateur "Woman with Pot" Stark contrast of a local woman surrounded by International tourists and heavy traffic in a busy Indian intersection.

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Frank Proost Luxembourg Nominee People Amateur "Lone Ranger" National Park ranger walking through a sandstorm

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Gary Levy USA Nominee People Amateur "Wind Ensemble Finale" Musicians and baloon release

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Georg Kowallek Germany Nominee People Amateur "Bridge" Near the harbour of Chania, Greece

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Gregory Hom USA Nominee People Amateur "The Big Shuffle" Playing Mah Jong

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Gwen Solomon USA Nominee People Amateur "Where Am I?"

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Harvey Silber USA Nominee People Amateur "My Craft"

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Henk Langerak Netherlands Nominee People Amateur "Tattoo artist" tattoo artist at work

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Jack Weingarten USA Nominee People Amateur "A Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem" A Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

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James Meldrum USA Nominee People Amateur "A Day At The Aquarium"

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James Peterson USA Nominee People Amateur "Walkers" Strolling briskly into an unknown future.

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James Patrick Conway Brazil Nominee People Amateur "Summer Colors" In a pool, a group was having fun and the sun was already leaving its marks

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Joseph Lungaro Malta Nominee People Amateur "The Train Passengers" All Aboard ! at Dhaka Train Station in Bangladesh

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Juerg Vontobel Switzerland Nominee People Amateur "Tanja in motion"

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Julio Lucas USA Nominee People Amateur "Patagonian Explorer" Lone trekker surveys the vast expanse of Perito Moreno Glacier.

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Karen Safer USA Nominee People Amateur "At the Corner Store, Mareb" Young girl buys provisions at local Yemen store.

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Leila Sullivan USA Nominee People Amateur "The Red Door" Morning rest in Salamanca, Spain

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Leslie Goldman USA Nominee People Amateur "Sports Men's Ship" Pyramidal Tour of Fun, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 2023

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee People Amateur "Man with Two Camels"

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee People Amateur "Muttrah Morning"

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Louise Pedno USA Nominee People Amateur "Calenda" In Oaxaca, calendas are large processions in which the local community gathers to celebrate major events in people's lives, such as weddings, baptisms, graduations, and major holidays.

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Luciana Trappolino Italy Nominee People Amateur "Dance Voodoo of Initiated"

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Lucy Lasky USA Nominee People Amateur "Paris Femmes"

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Madeleine Corbeil USA Nominee People Amateur "Planting Myself Here for Awhile" Capturing sunrise at Zabriskie Point I saw this man climbing down and taking in and appreciating the beautiful start of the day

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Magali Chesnel France Nominee People Amateur "Pool Party" Self-portrait taken in a pool, surrounded by colorful inflatable buoys. Aug2023

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Margo Ryan UK Nominee People Amateur "Scorching" With the washing lazily blowing, the heat reflecting off the scorching sand there's a feeling of isolation with the lone figure on top of the dune carrying her bowl of fish.

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Mark Schuler USA Nominee People Amateur "From All Sides Now: B & A" A new space surrounds them when viewed from all sides

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Matthew Bedford Australia Nominee People Amateur "Modern Monk"

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Matthew Bedford Australia Nominee People Amateur "Maximum"

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Matthew Bedford Australia Nominee People Amateur "Kyoto Deluge"

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Mauricio Arango USA Nominee People Amateur "Light Curtain"

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Michael Rausch USA Nominee People Amateur "Glass Glow" Glass blower creating.

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Michael Mannix USA Nominee People Amateur "Clifden Jewels" Mother and daughter kneel to admire the jewelry in Clifden, Galway.

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Michiko Ôtomo Canada Nominee People Amateur "Passing" This photo was taken at one of the stairs in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Quebec city, Canada.

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Mik Rossi Italy Nominee People Amateur "Eyes of the Sinner" Centuries before being used by the despicable KKK, conical garments were worn in catholic events to remind believers that all sinners are equal in front of God. In Spain the tradition lives on

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Monique Jansen Belgium Nominee People Amateur "Green" Woman in Meknes, Morocco

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Nicholas Wong USA Nominee People Amateur "Young Lions" Chinatown, NYC 2024

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Norman Robbins USA Nominee People Amateur "Friends" Mural seen on a building across the street in West Palm Beach through some window shades

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Panos Chatzistefanou Greece Nominee People Amateur "Chrysa" Image is part of project "Office". In this I stuck with everyday moments, marginally ordinary but at the same time the commonplace is violated by a private subjectivity, a "something" more private

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Panos Chatzistefanou Greece Nominee People Amateur "Painter" Image is part of project "Office". In this I stuck with everyday moments, marginally ordinary but at the same time the commonplace is violated by a private subjectivity, a "something" more private

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Paul Kessel USA Nominee People Amateur "" balthazar

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee People Amateur "Beauty on the beach" Madagascar

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Poul Helt Denmark Nominee People Amateur "In the Mood"

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Prashanta Hridoy Bangladesh Nominee People Amateur "Lal Kach" The festival is held Lal Kach (Red Glass) during the last day of the Bangla month in Munshiganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The Lal Kach festival has been well-known in the local c

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Prohaska Mark Daniel Austria Nominee People Amateur "a love story" morocco agadir

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Rafael Perdomo USA Nominee People Amateur "Miccosukee Hair Dresser" Readying for alligator wrestling

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Renate Wasinger Germany Nominee People Amateur "Communication"

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Richard Petronio USA Nominee People Amateur "Pastel Walk" Photographed in Bologna, Italy

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Robin Zygelman USA Nominee People Amateur "Last Call" Seeing blue butterflies not pink elephants

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Romy Klein USA Nominee People Amateur "DINING ALONE"

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Romy Klein USA Nominee People Amateur "TRAPPED"

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Ronald Dunlap USA Nominee People Amateur "Late Night Repast" Office lady seeking a late night repast.

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Sasa Prizmic Croatia Nominee People Amateur "Would I lie to You?"

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Sheryl Falkos USA Nominee People Amateur "Best View Of the Beach" Enjoying this gorgeous beach In Costa Rica

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee People Amateur "Umbrellas"

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee People Amateur "The Intrepid Biker "

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee People Amateur "Gliding on the Grand Canal" Two couples enjoying a gondola ride on the Grand Canal

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Stuart Lieberman USA Nominee People Amateur "Ready Aim Shoot" Ready Aim Shoot

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Stuart Lieberman USA Nominee People Amateur "Cigar TIme" Cigar Time

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Susan Langer USA Nominee People Amateur "Walk on by"

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Susan Vizvary USA Nominee People Amateur "Like time stood still" Hard to know if this image is from this year or decades ago. This little family run restaurant has been in NYC chinatown for years! The inside is practically untouched.

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Tom Sliter USA Nominee People Amateur "Leaning In" A member of the crew at work on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier at sea.

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Tomas Loukota Czech Republic Nominee People Amateur "Backstage" Backstage view of a cabaret and burlesque show in Brno, Czech Republic.

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TR Smith USA Nominee People Amateur "Midtown-0037"

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Willa Davis USA Nominee People Amateur "Into the Light" What was he thinking? I didn't know. I just loved his red shirt and drama under the pier in the glowing fog.

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Willa Davis USA Nominee People Amateur "Lady of the Fog" Most people came to the beach for the sun and shining blue Pacific waters—but not the lady in the red hat. She was warmly wrapped and prepared for the once-in-a-lifetime deep, and wet beach fog even

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