Wendy Stone USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Fine Art Amateur "Jennifer in the Kitchen" This is from my series, Omnipresent. This is a mid 20th century art project.

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Paolo Salmaso Germany 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Fine Art Amateur "Invisible colors, Garden DE" This photo was taken in Munich, Germany, in an English garden. I used a camera that I modified to emit light at a frequency of 700nm. This allows us to see colors that we can't normally see with the n

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Bo-Yuan Chuang Taiwan 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Fine Art Amateur "Silence"

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Dvornik Gabor Hungary Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "The Weight Of Emptiness" When Xmas time comes, when you alone - everything becomes empty.

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Ilene Fox USA Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Venice Before Dawn" Restocking the shelves, before the sun comes up.

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Ilya Trofimenko Germany Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "A late fall morning near Hohnstein"

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Mayda Rumberg USA Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Cloudy rear windows"

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Paola Francesca Barone Italy Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "La festa e finita, andate in pace!" un mio autoritratto ironico per sensibilizzare alla pratica di un divertimento sano contro la pratica comune ,diffusa dai social, della "bella vita" a tutti i costi.

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Steve Majsak USA Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Fast 'EL' on the Wells Street Bridge" Chicago's Elevated "EL" train in motion in Downtown Chicago

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Michie Wong USA Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "It's Complicated" Governmental coercion and gender roles in a Norman Rockwell likeness

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Brian Rope Australia Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Lawson – Kangaroo Valley – Snowy Mountains" A spinning child in suburban Lawson’s playground on Reservoir Hill in 2023 displayed on ethereal clouds over Kangaroo Valley, NSW in 2015 – itself displayed in a wintry Snowy Mountains landscape.

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Hannah Berry George UK Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Bad Brain" A woman stands in her own mind, towering over her brain telling it off like a naughty child, as it cowers in the corner. Bad Brain looks at how we beat ourselves up and are our own worst enemy.

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Karin Furter Switzerland Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Mermaids"

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Kensaku Tsutsui Japan Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Relics of a Forgotten Shore" Abandoned boats in disrepair contrast with distant city lights, symbolizing a poignant divide between progress and abandonment, evoking reflections on time’s passage and forgotten histories.

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Arnold Plotnick USA Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Ladder of Failure" A ladder left on the streets of New York City

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Nicola Roberto Italy Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Fluctuation"

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Elisa Miller UK Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Bed of whispers" This series explores what ageing means and the significant impact of societal beauty norms on women's self-perception, influenced by various industries, such as glossy magazines and cosmetic chains. N

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Anne Grosse-Leege Germany Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Blue lagoon"

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Barbara Maker USA Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "98 Years" These Hands Flew Airplanes

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Michel Groleau Canada Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Ballerinas" At the end of the day in summer, the wind turbines of the North Sea wave their blades to greet the sun which never quite sets. Seen from afar, they look like ballerinas executing their steps together.

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Gavin Libotte Australia Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Infinity"

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Dominic Beaven UK Honorable Mention Fine Art Amateur "Rejection" A young woman’s social media obsession spirals into depression and loneliness.

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Alex Politis France Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Postcard from Stockholm"

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Alexander George USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Childhood Left Behind" Precocious young boy demonstrates underwater swimming skill and for a few moments seems to step away from his favorite toy

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Andre Roeleven Netherlands Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The farmer" Capture of a farmer inspecting his field at South Beijerland

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Andreas Theologitis Greece Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Colored Shadows"

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Anita Schiedeck Spain Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Albufera hot"

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Anna Barber USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Kitty in Dogwood"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Out of the Mist"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Agony"

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Mystery Behind The Mask"

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Anne Eigen USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Stairware to Somewhere"

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Arnold Plotnick USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Ghosts on the Bridge" Eerie silhouettes of people walking on the Williamsburg Bridge, NYC

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Arthur Jacoby USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Woman of the Night" Maquerade Mask, Venice, Italy

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Arthur Jacoby USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Pygmalian" Celtic Dancer

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Barbara Maker USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Feel the Music" In Sync

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Barry Good USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "A home away from home" a comfortable space for your imagination

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Berry Bingel UK Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The rainbow" End of the rain shower and rainbow over construction yard

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Bo-Yuan Chuang Taiwan Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Sumiyoshi Shrine"

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Brendan Berryman Australia Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Skip Alley "

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Bihoro Pass Tree 2"

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Brian Rope Australia Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Palmerston Lane Manuka - Palmerston Lane Manuka" Palmerston Lane in Manuka displayed in Palmerston Lane in Manuka. Why? How many waste bins are there in the lane? Have you ever eaten at Chomolungma? Why is the sky those colours?

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Irish Cartoon Boat"

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Carolyn Edelstein USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Followed by Stella"

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Marsaxlokk Fireworks" Marsaxlokk Fireworks

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Christine Truhe USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Crystal Bouquet" Crystals of citric acid under high magnification gather naturally into a bouquet.

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Claudio Bonaccorsi Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Bar Savoia"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Gimme Shelter"

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Dave Cohen USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Disillusion"

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David Hylton USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "In the Pink" A visit to the science center

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Debbie Kestenberg USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Untitled #2"

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Debbie Kestenberg USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "No Left Turn"

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Demetrio Jereissati Brazil Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Rio de Janeiro" At sunrise time, from a hotel balcony in Ipanema, we can see three images in one: the sunrise itself and two reflections. All together, they create an interesting image.

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Demetrio Jereissati Brazil Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Sorrento" Rainy day in Sorrento, Italy.

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Denis Sivack USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "360"

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Ekaterina Tsurkina-Appina Canada Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Alien Venus, Sample 21.4" There are people in this world who find it difficult to understand, realize and accept the fact what they came to this world for. As a rule, they are searching for themselves all their lives, fallin

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Elisa Miller UK Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Torero" My series "Murder, My Sweet" critiques societal pressures on women regarding relationship status. Inspired by 1940s film noir, it portrays Diana battling her seductive, confident alter-ego. This work

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Enrica Ridolfi Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Not yet" Ritratto di mia figlia realizzato con collage fotografico analogico e altri elementi.

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Erik Olson USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Lampshade"

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Erik Olson USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Flight"

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Fabio Rossi Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Viking"

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Frank Loddenkemper Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Paths into the Sea 01" The series ‘Paths into the Sea’ was created on the rugged coast of Istria. Each picture shows the silent and meditative connection between man and nature.

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Gayle Pepper USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Red Balloons" Red balloons in Chinatown Los Angeles.. a street shot.

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Gerardine Gannon Australia Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Silhouettes of Power" As I came up on deck of a yacht sailing past Belgium, the soft morning light lit up the strangely beautiful wind turbines.

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Fishing Boat" Photo taken during a foggy day in Sri Lanka

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Glenn Williams USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Long Bill" Polluted Water

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Glenn Williams USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "School Bus" Cold Ride Home

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Hartmut Rieg Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Composition #04" Wardrobe Apparition

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Hary Fuller Spain Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The girl with the blue bracelet"

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Ilene Fox USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Path of Light" Light leading you down the path early in the morning.

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Inna Malostovker USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Night Symphony" Small detail of this guitar reminded me of a bridge. I positioned the camera to have hallway lights in the background to create a feeling of a night landscape.

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Inna Malostovker USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Whispers of Rain" Spiderweb in the early morning rain.

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Ira Dwoskin USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Windmills of the Netherlands" windmills of the Netherlands

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Ivo Mateju Czech Republic Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Torpedownia" This photograph captures the ruins of Torpedownia on the Polish Baltic coast, taken during sunrise on the morning after a rain. The golden rays reflect on the surface of the sea, leading the eye towar

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Jacqui Turner USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Muse"

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James Teer USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Yellow Bathroom #2" A woman has an unknown crisis in a yellow bathroom

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James Patrick Conway Brazil Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Carrossel"

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Janet Slater Canada Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Footprint In The Sand"

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Jeffrey Andrews USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Reach"

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Jeffrey Andrews USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Thoughts"

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Joerg Hoffmann Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Restful Ocean at Sunset" This photo was taken with intentional camera movement emphasizing the serene and tranquil mood at that evening.

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John Galbreath USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "No Place Like Home" Approaching Storm Oklahoma

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Jose Costa Brazil Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Air" Aer

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Jovelino Matos Almeida Portugal Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Castelo's Red Roofs" amazing pattern with red roofs of white houses in Portuguese village 'Castelo de Vide'

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Joyce Reinertson USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Remembering Koji" My cat Yoshi honoring and remembering his buddy Koji after koji died.

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Karin Furter Switzerland Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Dancing in the Sea"

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Kathryn Zerbe USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The magician"

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Ken Weissblum USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Creamsicle" creamsicle

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Kenneth Tyson USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Olympus"

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Kylo-Patrick Hart USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Railway" Foregrounding the beauty that results when unexpected movement and brilliant late-afternoon skies collide amid the wide-open spaces of Wyoming.

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Laura Malaterra Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Reflected in the window" My city, Genoa, is magically reflected on the windows of my room

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Laurie McCormick USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Tricky Dick" Family Secrets Series

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Laurie McCormick USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Robbed-Smashed Piggy Bank" Family Secrets Series

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Lawrence Russ USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Ritual"

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Leslie Goldman USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Transparency" Museum Cafe, Miami, FL January 2025

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Lilyan Aloma USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Untitled #2" An abstract view of the back of a truck, New York City

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Nature's Revenge"

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Lucy Lasky USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "I want . . . . . "

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Luigi Greco Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Man"

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Lynn Hedges New Zealand Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Magical Lighting"

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Mari Saxon USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Threshold of Adulthood" A series of photographs dedicated to growing up and transitioning to independent life of my eldest daughter Alice

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Marina Onken USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "One Is Not Like the Other"

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Mark Anthony Agtay United Arab Emirates Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Mosaic of our Life" The Mosaic of our life is the diverse nature of human existence, akin to a vibrant tapestry woven from various experiences, cultures, and perspectives.

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Mascha Meijer Netherlands Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Just not there" Self portret, format 30x30 cm, Epson Fine Cotten Smooth Natural paper, felt wool. Dealing with post covid infection I find myself not being able to participate in life.

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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Blue evening " Grreenwich Village, NY

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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Caffe Reggio" Macdougal Street, Greenwich Village

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Melanie Schoeniger Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Beyond the edge of darkness 08" Reimagining the feeling of awe I experience when diving I reflect on the vulnerable state of our oceans and I envision how underwater species sense the world via ultraviolet and infrared sight.

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Michael Eckart Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Love" ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE Robert Indiana's "LOVE" stands for the pop art of the 1960s. The message could be found as a poster on room walls all over the world at the time. "Love" contributed to my enthusiasm for graphics and design. 30 years later, in the mid-1990s, when I was working as a jewelry designer, I incorporated "LOVE" into six pieces of silver jewelry. It was also meant to be a tribute to Indiana. Another 30 years later, in June 2024, I was at "The Sweet Mystery", a Robert Indian exhibition in Venice. This photo was taken there. LOVE IST ALL YOU NEED

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Michael Singer USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Sutro Peak" Sutro tower playing hide and seek in the San Francisco fog.

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Michie Wong USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Relationships " The family tree

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Natalie Truchsess Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "A handkerchief for my Weltschmerz" In the face of the suffering, injustice and destruction on our planet, I am sometimes overcome by a sense of deep sadness at the inadequacy of the world.

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Paola Francesca Barone Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Icara o dell'oblio" un mio autoritratto a rappresentare la caduta nell'oblio e la rinascita grazie al supporto dell'arte e della letteratura.

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Paola Francesca Barone Italy Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Au seuil de l'automne #1" un mio autoritratto a rappresentare l'identificazione tra uomo e natura

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Paolo Salmaso Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Invisible colors, Mountain CH" I did this photography project in Switzerland, in the canton of Zurich. I used a camera that I modified to a frequency of 700nm, which lets us see colors that we can't normally see with the naked eye.

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Paritha Wannawanit USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Breakfast Betide No 1" Imagine having breakfast with Piet Mondrian. 5 minutes in, and Salvador Dali asks to join us. The ambience suddenly becomes loud, even more colorful, and chaotic

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "High Tide" Lagos, Nigeria

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Peter Wingerter Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The fisher house"

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Petri Damsten Finland Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Two Sides" Surreal photograph of two sides of one man.

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Pierre Aucher France Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Flying Dream"

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Poul Helt Denmark Nominee Fine Art Amateur "People by the sea"

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Radek von Hirschberg Poland Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Waiting for the Night" Taken in old building in Warsaw (Poland). Part of the Desolate Beauty project.

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Raluca Caragea Belgium Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Be All Things" Embrace every facet of who you are, be bold and limitless

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Renate Wasinger Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Lonely"

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Renate Wasinger Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "End of summer"

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Robin Zygelman USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Silent Conversations" A Moment Frozen in Time, Observed

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Rolf Hoesli Switzerland Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The old lighthouse"

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Sarb Vasile Romania Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The Judgment"

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Nightscape"

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee Fine Art Amateur "The man from nowhere"

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Slobodan Blagojevic USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Lofoten Church" A church in Lofoten Islands, lit by a warm floodlight against the backdrop of the cold, freezing, dawn light.

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Stephen Mimms USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Beach Blues"

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Steve Majsak USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Full Moon Rising" Full Moon Behind Chicago's Harbor Lighthouse, Built in1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Needles" Pine needles dripping after an afternoon rain

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Sue Trower UK Nominee Fine Art Amateur "At the end of the Day"

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Suzanne Anton USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "On the road again" Road to nowhere

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Tailai OBrien Australia Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Merry Christmas 2024" Studio portrait of a white dove for Christmas 2024

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Thomas Kane Australia Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Fecamp Lighthouse-Normandy, 60 Years after the landings, Pea" 80 years on from the D Daylandings , the coastline is now peaceful

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Tony McGraw USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Bottle Splash"

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Volker Kesting Netherlands Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Hydrangea Fall"

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Wayne Palmer USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn"

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William Stamps USA Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Dancing legs"

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Wolfgang Autexier France Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Electrical Arc" The Roman arch of Les Saintes is 2000 years old. 2000 years of stories, of city life, of happy days and storms. Storms, he will have known a lot!

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Xavier Arnau Bofarull Germany Nominee Fine Art Amateur "Mediterranean Elegy"

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