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Jophel Ybiosa Philippines 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Portrait Professional "Devotee" A portrait of devotee during Mud People Festival in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, Philippines on June 24, 2024. |
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George Philipas South Africa 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Portrait Professional "A hairdresser in Little Addis in Johannesburg CBD" The image, taken in a building known as "Little Addis" in central Johannesburg, is a 5-storey building filled with the sights and sounds of Ethiopia. Once you enter, from the first floor onwards, and certainly in the cafe and restaurant on the second floor, you are immersed in Ethiopian culture. The place brims with Ethiopian women dressed in the traditional Habesha kemis. The sweet smell of frankincense flows out of the coffee shop serving traditional coffee brought to you on low Jimma stools, with the customary popcorn condiment. If you close your eyes, you could be in Gondar or Bahar Dar. The lady in the small hairdresser shop - one of many in a row on the 3rd floor was laughing nervously when I asked her to take a photo. She agreed after a little persuasion. And we had a giggle together at the result on the back of the digital camera. Having Ethiopian heritage myself - my grandmother was from Gondar - I love visiting Little Addis. A little taste of my distant heritage and past. |
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Robert Ascroft USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Portrait Professional "Cate Blanchett-phone" In London I spoke w Cate about film noir and handed her a prop. She embodied that character. |
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Ovi D Pop Romania Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Remember 96 years" A 96 years old lady, who lived alone in a 150 years old house with no power or water |
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Sonia Costa Italy Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Eleanor" Summertime. East Village, NYC |
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Scarlett Freund USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "An American in Paris" A debonair American savors a smoky cigar at an outdoor café in Paris. |
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Sushilla Kouwen Netherlands Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Silent Grace" Silent Grace evokes a sense of inner calm and reflection. The soft presence invites stillness, while the seashell at the ear carries echoes of nature’s timeless rhythms. It speaks to the quiet power |
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Thomas Chadwick USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Antione Portrait" Portrait of Antione Calvin |
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Paula Watts USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Strength" Strength in our uniqueness, a portrait |
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Bettina Meister Germany Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Master" The background coloured wall and the mirroring glass table inspired me to this portrait. On top the lamp at the wall has a similar design as the stitch on the arm. Looks like old rembrand master photo |
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Ian Spanier USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Cohiba Cigar Tasting, El Laguito, Havana, Cuba" Portrait of Cohiba cigar taster at the El Laguita, Havana, Cuba |
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Ulla Jensen Denmark Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "A long gone Era" A family passion - living like vikings and training wild birds. |
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Patricia Steur Netherlands Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Kingi" Kingi Taurua Dedicated By Blood Au Tea Roa 2002 |
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Ed Lee UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Big Mike" Big Mike is a professional wrestler, musician and actor. He lives near me in Norfolk UK |
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Aaron Packard USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Biker" The image "Biker" is from a portrait project made during the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. |
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Pal Hansen UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Astronaut Tim Peake" British astronaut Tim Peake photographed in his space suit in a studio in London, UK |
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Tony Gale USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Actress in Diner" Actress portrait |
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Sean DuFrene USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Big Dick of the House" Portrait of my dad. He was definitely in charge, and did what he wanted. It was the first idea I had for the “Jack†series, which are a group of photos I created that represent a caricature of him |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Danny DeVito" Danny DeVito on Santa Monica Beach |
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Dale May USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Alex Patsos, Farmland" Environmental portrait of actor Alex Patsos. |
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Andrea Francolini Australia Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Chasing light" Nigar has been living all her life in a house which only have one lightbulb that occasioally works when her village gets electricity |
_Vender.jpg&img_size=400 "Off to the market")
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Robi Chakraborty USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Off to the market" Kolkata, India |
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Christoph Siegert Germany Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Mr. T., retired curator Museum House of Photography" Mr. T., the retired curator of the German museum Haus der Photographie, is celebrating a tribute to Helmut Newton. |
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Eduardo Lopez Moreno Kenya Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "The fruit seller" In the streets of Cartagena, Colombia, this woman walks selling fruits to turist |
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Andrew Bowen USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Dance Bodies" Dance reflects the whole of humanity |
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Ben Girardi Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Portrait of a Skier" Portrait of a skier at night as snow falls. |
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Bettina Meister Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "sadness and strenght" This Gnaoua carries the sadness and strength of generations in his gaze, because his ancestors were slaves. It is precisely this look that I wanted to capture, with all its depth and intensity |
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Billy Bonkers Norway Nominee Portrait Professional "Indian streetfood" Portrait of a chef |
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Bobbie Goodrich USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Himba" Himba tribal teenage girl adorned for attracting a husband |
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Brian Cassey Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Last of the Trochus Divers - Albert 'Boyo' Ware" Albert ‘Boyo’ Ware (83) began trochus shell diving at age 15. He’s one of the last surviving Torres Strait divers that dominated the northern Australian industry in the 1950’s and 1960’s. |
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Camilla Broadbent UK Nominee Portrait Professional "The Lepidopterists" |
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Carl Pinnington UK Nominee Portrait Professional "The Essence of the Dragon" Model: Calianna Chen, HMUA: Carman Ip, Created for the Chinese year of the Dragon |
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Charles Lovell USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Nkrumah Better Boys Second Line " From ongoing documentary series of New Orleans cultural traditions including second line parades, Jazz funerals, and social aid and pleasure clubs. |
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Charlie Lim Singapore Nominee Portrait Professional "Johnson" The portrait was taken using one light source. It takes only 30 seconds to "paint". |
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Chris McAndrew UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Irvine Welsh" Scottish novelist and short story writer, Irvine Welsh. Probably best know for his 1993 novel Trainspotting that was made into a film of the same name which has achieved a cult status. |
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David Skernick USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Harley" This is Harley, the owner and creator of the City Meat Market in Erick, Oklahoma |
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David Poznic USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Bombay Bhai" A local grom resting during a blazingly hot session in Bombay |
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David Price USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Nicky - Unicorn Graveyard" Part of my series on Vintage Market vendors in ATX |
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David Allan Brandt USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Flower Wall" |
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Deborah Gray Mitchell USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Pushkar Street Seller" Photographed in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India in 2023 |
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Denis Grudet France Nominee Portrait Professional "Cabinetmaker woman" Pays de Loire , France |
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Diana Feil USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Emily" My mind was blown when I figured that her dress matches the statue's dress! |
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Donn Dobkin USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Mushroom Man" Gourmet Mushroom Farmer Ian Triplett, owner of 3 Cap Farms, surrounded by a fresh crop |
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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee Portrait Professional "The Dream Catcher " The Dream Catcher | Tribeman of Tribu Paghidaet of Dinagyang, Iloilo, Philippines |
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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee Portrait Professional "Warrior" |
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Elena Paraskeva Cyprus Nominee Portrait Professional "The Juggler" |
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Eline Blok Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Whitin yourself" |
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Eline Blok Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "In mind" |
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Ernesto Martens Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "J'ai une idee" Portrait de Stef |
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Evan Siegel USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Ballroom Fantasy" This image was captured in a mixture of natural light and strobe fill in South Central France |
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Fabrizia Costa UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Face to face" See you at the bar |
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Fabrizia Costa UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Martina" |
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Gabriel Chinchilla Mexico Nominee Portrait Professional "Red and hot" The red chair sessions skin and leather |
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Geoffrey McKillop Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Portrait Of A City" |
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George Philipas South Africa Nominee Portrait Professional "People of the Fashion District of Johannesburg CBD" A stylish rasta strolls down Pritchard Street, in the Fashion District of Johannesburg, CBD, the historic garment sector of Joburg and now the centre for textiles and fabric shops from all over Africa |
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Gerard Luthi Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "Indien a Jaisalmer" Un Indien sort d'un temple sous le regard d'un enfant et d'un couple. |
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Glen McClure USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Vegetable Vendor Havana Cuba" From the series Cuba |
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Gregory Van Gansen Belgium Nominee Portrait Professional "A Fishtastic day" Portrait of a young chef with a fish he will prepare in his restaurant. |
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Guido Schiefer Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "US american Artist Ser Sepas during the fair Art Cologne" |
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Helga Salwe Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "The Clairvoyant" While visiting my extended family in Krakow Poland I met Mrs Skolska, the clairvoyant. |
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Henk Pasman Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Eyes in your back" potrait of Noush in my studio in 2024 |
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Henry Pontual USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Body" The image is part of the book Rua Larga which portrays the history of old Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
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Hilary Sloane USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Fashion Pride" Drywall Dave changed his life by changing his wardrobe. He wears butterfly pins in honour of his deceased wife. |
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Hugh Johnson UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Nino Cerruti at home" Legendary fashion designer, Nino Cerruti at home in Biella, Piedmont |
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Ian Spanier USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Gia" I have been asking actors to play with a theme of cinematic portraits. |
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Ian Spanier USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Nicaraguan Farm, Esteli, Nicaragua" Portrait of Nicaraguan Farmer for a book on cigars due out February 2025 |
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Jaap Bijsterbosch Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Selfie at the Escalator" The deepest and steepest escalator in Prague |
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Jean-Pierre Giraud France Nominee Portrait Professional "Jeune femme au clair de lune" |
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Jean-Pierre Giraud France Nominee Portrait Professional "Profil" |
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Jeff Harris USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Wind and the Rain" Portrait of the actors Jen Tullock and Pete Simpson for the play, "the Wind and the Rain - A Story About Sunny's Bar" |
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Jerry Stevenson USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Mystic" |
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Jerry Stevenson USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Prophet" |
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Jon Shard UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Don Warrington/King Lear" Don Warrington/ King Lear |
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Jonathan Oakes UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Jali" Jali is a master of the West African Kora or Harp, an instrument built from a large calabash cut in |
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Julie Shipman USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Old Lady of Poros" Over a century old, she still walks to her porch to check out the neighbors. |
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Karineh Gurjian USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Humans of the World #6" Humans of the World |
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Ken Sax USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Christopher Nolan" Christopher Nolan for L'Uomo Vogue |
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Lowska A Brandis Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Never let me go #1" In this portrait we aim to capture the fleeing youth and innocence of a young girl. Just before she grows up. So we can hold on to the past and always have our children close, to never let them go. |
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Lowska A Brandis Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Never let me go #2" In this portrait we aim to capture the fleeing youth and innocence of a young girl. Just before she grows up. So we can hold on to the past and always have our children close, to never let them go. |
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Marco Benedetti Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "The Geisha" |
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Maria Coletsis Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Theofilos Blue Studio" Greek Potter |
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Mark Harrison UK Nominee Portrait Professional "The Farrier" Even in a modern society, some things are still done the old way. Mike, the Farrier prepares to shoe a Shire horse in Kent, England. |
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Markku Lahdesmaki USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Pow Wow" Peak time at the ATM, my pop up studio. Thunder and lightning POW WOW in my neighborhood, Morongo. |
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Markku Lahdesmaki USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Desert Royal" One of my ongoing series Desert Royals. I wanted to capture the glamour of drag. |
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Markus Gmeiner Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Oedipus" Interpretation of King Oedipus |
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Martin Krystynek Slovak Republic Nominee Portrait Professional "Fogo 4" |
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Mikayla Mackaness Montserrat Nominee Portrait Professional "Music in the Waters " Cameron plays in the waters of Charleston, South Carolina |
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Mimmi Moretti Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "Michaela" |
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Mohammadreza Pourian Iran Nominee Portrait Professional "Pride and Prejudice " A portrait of a woman with southern Burka , looking at the camera with a flesh of pride in her eyes. |
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Nancy Scherl USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Innkeeper" The Innkeeper wakes up early to set her breakfast dining room tables for her guests. |
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Neil Spence UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Portrait of Zandra Rhodes" Portrait of Zandra Rhodes, iconic British fashion designer. |
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Neil Spence UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Paint It, Black" Portrait of Bill Wyman at 88, bass guitarist with The Rolling Stones. |
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Nikita Pirogov Cambodia Nominee Portrait Professional "Maria, from the series 'Pacifying Buddha'" Portrait of my great grandmother Maria Miroshnikova from the series with hindu/buddhist influence |
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Patricia Steur Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Julia" Rancho Folclórico Portugal |
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Patricia Steur Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Anna" Rancho Folclórico Portugal |
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Patricia Steur Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Bruno" Rancho Folclórico Portugal |
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Patricia Steur Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Jump" Keith Haring at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1988 |
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Paul Dodd Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Queer Cupid" Queer Cupid |
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Pedro Oliveira USA Nominee Portrait Professional "King James" Portrait of James, a man facing homelessness, in front of the gates of Saint James church, in Portland Oregon |
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Pedro Oliveira USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Shoemaker" George’s Shoe Repairs started in 1961 by Joshua’s father! Josh, a former dancer took over his father |
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Pete Saloutos USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Fern portrait " mixing new and old school lights! |
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Praveen Emmanuel India Nominee Portrait Professional "Classical" Ancient Chinese attire worn by young women in Beijing City. |
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Raffealla Fernando Sri Lanka Nominee Portrait Professional "The flower girls" Paro and Rakhi simply loved the blossom scent in their hair and the fresh smell of their detergent-free clothes. Presenting the beautiful village flower girls. |
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Robert Cadman UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Fred" |
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Robert Cadman UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Kelly" |
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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Him" Holi, UP, India |
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Scott McDermott USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Robert DeNiro Light Painting" light painting with Robert DeNiro for Haute Living mag. |
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Sean DuFrene USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Lowrider Artist" Jacqueline Valenzuela is a Chicana-identifying artist who has made an impact in the traditionally male SoCal lowrider car scene. She has also made inroads into the regional fine art scene with work th |
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Shawna Gibbs USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Summer Portrait" Portrait of Minji using expired Polaroid film. |
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Silvan Fessler Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "Diving" |
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Steve Korn USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Moment" A Moment with dancer, Annie Franklin |
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Susanne Middelberg Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Susanne" Susanne |
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Sushilla Kouwen Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Oxygen" Oxygen portrays my father’s introspection and fatigue, reflecting the quiet toll of illness. It captures complex family emotions during hardship, inviting reflection on universal themes of sickness |
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Terje Skaare Norway Nominee Portrait Professional "Nightmare" Painted with light |
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Terri Gold USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Mermaid Dreams in Coney Island " Color Infrared Image _ The Coney Island Mermaid Parade_One of the fabulous "TailShaker s"dance group |
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Thomas Chadwick USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Antione Full Length" Full length portrait of Antione Calvin on Apple Boxes. |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Willy T. Ribbs" The first African-American Indy and F-1 driver |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Kasamune Spirits" (That's his name.) One from a series of professional prizefighters ("Bruisers"), coming directly from the ring to my lens, still bloody, bruised, swollen, and sweaty |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Thumper" Pilot at U.S. Navy's Top Gun School at Miramar Naval Air Station |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Portrait Professional "The Two Jedi" George Lucas and Yoda |
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Tom Zimberoff USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Steve Jobs" Steve Jobs with Rosetta Stone (unpublished); the 1st "tablet computer" |
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Tony Gale USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Taylor Rooks" Sports Journalist Taylor Rooks for NY Moves Magazine |
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Tony Gale USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Two way mirror portrait" Portrait using a two way mirror to photograph two people at once |
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Wenying Liu China (PRC) Nominee Portrait Professional "Into Art" artists as I see him merging with his artworks and working environments to reinforced his narrative |
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Yana Slutskaya USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Let Them Eat Cake" This portrait was inspired by a phrase “Let them eat cake†often attributed to Marie Antoinette, |