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Damjan Voglar Slovenia 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Portrait Amateur "Old Woman (2)" Portrait taken on the street of Marrakech (Maroco) |
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Mikhail Porollo Belgium 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Portrait Amateur "DESTA, project GODDESSES" This project is neither about religion nor about traditions of different cultures in different eras. This is one out of twelve images (the project consists of 12 images) of supernatural states of twelve women. Each face has been made fully symmetrical by mirroring the left side on the right. The specific clothes of these women are used to frame and purify the appearance of each feature. As we know, the right part of our brain is responsible for the spiritual, mental and creative part of our personality. It is actually the left part of our face that expresses these emotions. The left part of our brain (expressed through the right half of the face) is responsible for the rational, practical and logical side of us. It has been proven that the older we grow the more symmetrical our face gets, so the right part will become a mirror of the left. Symbolically saying we move from the past to the future, from earth to heaven, from the materialistic to the spiritual. Our current face is the present of our life, the factor that links past and future. This explains why all the gods and goddesses (the inhabitants of the divine world) in ancient icons were depicted with symmetrical faces and why they are so attractive to our eye. The beauty of each human is exceptional and cannot be fully explained, seen or revealed as it is more complex and subtle than it seems. At all times will our brain complete the image of “our” personal etalon of beauty. Our uniqueness and spirituality is reflected in every minute of our life, in our human being, in our being human. © Mikhail Porollo 2011 |
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Nicola Vernizzi Italy 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Portrait Amateur "The Smoker" (01-2010) I encountered this man on my way from Lakshmanjula to Rishikesh(India). He was camping alone, just he and and his few things. As happens on so many occasions like this, it was he who called to me as I was passing by. He invited me to sit and drink tea. We chatted for a half hour, all the while he sat smoking no less than four Marijuana Chilum. |
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Julia Schestag Germany Honorable Mention Portrait Amateur "Maria." Project "Maria". |
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Allan Wash USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Monkey Business" Tourist Vendor Puerta Vallarta Mexico |
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Awatif Aljahdali Saudi Arabia Nominee Portrait Amateur "A tribe of women" |
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Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Nominee Portrait Amateur "senegalese wedding" Father and daughter |
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Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Nominee Portrait Amateur "sha-la-la..." |
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Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Nominee Portrait Amateur "Pierot" |
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Bill Gekas Australia Nominee Portrait Amateur "Oooh la la" |
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Bill Gekas Australia Nominee Portrait Amateur "Girl And Balloon" |
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Bill Gekas Australia Nominee Portrait Amateur "Yesteryear" |
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Bob Demchuk USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Pokot Woman" African Grand Mother 2011 |
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Charit Pusiri Thailand Nominee Portrait Amateur "Have We Forgot? #14" A portrait of a Thai girl eating a hamburger with a not so Thai behavior. |
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Chris Minihane USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Maasai Girl" A Maasai girl watches us as we are loading camera equipment into our car in the remote area of Magadi, Kenya. |
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Claudio Allia Italy Nominee Portrait Amateur "Flower Pots #2" A series of image portraiting dwellers inside their barracks in the Mathare Valley Slum (Nairobi). |
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Claudio Allia Italy Nominee Portrait Amateur "Flower Pots #1" A series of image portraiting dwellers inside their barracks in the Mathare Valley Slum (Nairobi). |
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Dana Ullman USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Hector at home." Hector at home. After suffering a stroke, he has not been able to work or communicate without the assistance of his roommate. The transitional care program has eased the workload for Hector’s needs and language barriers. |
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Dave Southwood UK Nominee Portrait Amateur "Hendrik" timeless remembrance, the memories of a small boy |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Moema" |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Young Master Darcy" |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "WWII Flying Fortress Pilot 2010" |
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Dirk Ott Germany Nominee Portrait Amateur "holi festival" child at the holi festival in india. Holi, or Holli,is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and others. The main day, Holi, is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and coloured water at each other. |
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Don Whitebread USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Belqis, a Clever Girl From Al Hajjara" elqis, a clever girl From Al Hajjara in the highlands of western Yemen. |
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Ehab Shukha Israel Nominee Portrait Amateur "DANCING 5" Portrait of a dancer while participating in a national dancing competition. |
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Ehab Shukha Israel Nominee Portrait Amateur "DANCING 21" Portrait of a dancer while participating in a national dancing competition. |
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Estelle Dougier France Nominee Portrait Amateur "Jude" |
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Franek Strzeszewski UK Nominee Portrait Amateur "Duszan. Nowica, Summer 2010 " A remote village is a home for a lively group of children who, surrounded by the scenery of Beskidy Mountains, also have their contemplative moments. |
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Frederico Colarejo UK Nominee Portrait Amateur "The Wrestler" Young Kushti wrestler in Tulsidas Akhara, Varanasi, India. Young and older wrestlers come here every morning six times a week to learn and practice the art of Kushti. This is a portrait of one of the youngest fighters before starting his daily practice. |
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Gina Rodgers USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Mursi Child" Young Member of the Mursi Tribe in Ethiopia |
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Gina Rodgers USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Dassanch Woman" Woman Collecting Water in Ethiopia |
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Igor Motl Bosnia & Herzegovina Nominee Portrait Amateur "Old actor" Portrait of an old theater actor from Prijedor (BiH). From series City portraits. |
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Ingetje Tadros Australia Nominee Portrait Amateur "Total concentration" Over a hundred tribes that populate the Papua New Guinea Highlands gather once a year at the Goroka festival. (Goroka, Papua New Guinea). |
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Ingetje Tadros Australia Nominee Portrait Amateur "Basanta" Basanta, one of the oldest patients living in Shiv Sadan - a residential complex for burnt out Leprosy patients in NGO Raphael, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India. |
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Ioannis Gousgounis Greece Nominee Portrait Amateur "old woman (1)" |
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Jochen Reiml Germany Nominee Portrait Amateur "floor lamp" indoor rooms |
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leandro scarpin Portugal Nominee Portrait Amateur "Contrasts" Puno, Peru. |
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Lisa Thomas USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Baby Cub" |
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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee Portrait Amateur "Portrait of a Young Boy" |
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Marco Conventi Italy Nominee Portrait Amateur "Marco" |
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Marcus Hewson Switzerland Nominee Portrait Amateur "A Day in the Night" |
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Marti Belcher USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Aged Man" Elder of the village Nosra, Rajasthan |
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Matty Karp Israel Nominee Portrait Amateur "Henna Tattoo lady" Henna Tattoo lady in the marketpalce in Marakesh |
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Michele Taras Canada Nominee Portrait Amateur "Tunisian Man" |
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Mustafa Mohsin Pakistan Nominee Portrait Amateur "Camouflaged" Child worker at the shipbreaking docks in Gaddani, Pakistan. This is one of the busiest shipbreaking docks in the world. |
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Natasha Shulte Ukraine Nominee Portrait Amateur "orphan Ganna,4 years old" end date project - may 2010. "THOSE WHO ARE NEAR US " about orphan children living in orphanage house in Odessa Ukraine.The project is built on research of inner world of an abandoned child. I try to bring this information using such concept as "social art”, drawing special attention of the public. I believe that "social" art is able to transform a society. And children demanding help will be heard ! |
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Nick Ng Malaysia Nominee Portrait Amateur "Face of Asia" The character of Asia is shown in this portrait of an old lady in Indonesia. |
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Nicola Vernizzi Italy Nominee Portrait Amateur "Mangiafuoco" (01-2010) Haridwar, the northwest bank of the Ganges, is the least populated part of the city. This man lived under a huge tree; his roof was made out of plastic. The sacred fire was burning at his feet and there was a small alter for the offers to the gods. Three cats were lazily wandering around. Although I understood nothing of what the man said to me, his memory is one of the strongest I have. His eyes and everything surrounding him could tell a thousand tales. |
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Nicolas Lotsos Greece Nominee Portrait Amateur "portrait on fire" At Masai village in Kenya, a Masai blows to light a fire making for a headless portrait |
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Nicolas Lotsos Greece Nominee Portrait Amateur "masai" Masai at the ngorongoro crater in Tanzania |
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Patricia Gooden USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Her Tern II" |
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Pep Karsten France Nominee Portrait Amateur "Nicolas Masseyeff" Portrait Commission for minimal techno musician Nicolas Masseyeff |
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Porus Khareghat India Nominee Portrait Amateur "Face" I have seen more than you will see in a lifetime. |
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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Naga tribal elder" Konyak Tribe, Nagaland, India |
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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Gypsy woman" Gypsy woman selling jewlery, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India |
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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Apatani elder" Vanashing custom, Apatani village, Arunachal Pradesh, India |
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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "The old man on a boat" Crossing the Ganges, West Bengal, India |
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Romain Nero Luxembourg Nominee Portrait Amateur "Wise woman" |
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Ryan Edy UK Nominee Portrait Amateur "Wayne" Studio portrait of Wayne |
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S Devarajan India Nominee Portrait Amateur "Berber Musician " A Berber Musician in Rabat, Morocco |
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Sandra Chen Weinstein USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Contemplation" The Girl of Eastern Africa is contemplating of her thought at School |
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Sean Stuchen USA Nominee Portrait Amateur "Home Again" Juan Quispe from Queros Tribe in Peru at Machu Pichu |
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Serhat Demiroglu Turkey Nominee Portrait Amateur "almost family" Painting with light with 15 seconds exposure time. models are my wife and my son.. |
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Soham Gupta India Nominee Portrait Amateur "Mother and Child" When begging becomes the last desperate attempt, for survival. . |
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Thomas Dreier Germany Nominee Portrait Amateur "Thomas Franke" Artist and actor |
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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Portrait Amateur "The Old Hindu" Old hindu devotee who lives in the streets of Hariwar. |