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Tadao Cern Lithuania 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Portrait Professional "Revealing The Truth - Vincent Van Gogh" Have you ever wondered how does the artistic media form affects the feeling about the work? I chose one of the best know paintings to make it in to a photograph and to get that answer myself. |
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Tom Atwood USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Portrait Professional "Transgender Activist, Mother Flawless Sabrina" From 'Kings & Queens in Their Castles', photos of LGBT Americans at home, more at http://tomatwood.com/kingsandqueens.php |
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Richard BRADBURY UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Portrait Professional "Arinya" ARINYA |
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Olaf Veltman Netherlands Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Holi Festival" man having a break during Holy festival in India |
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Roos Hobe Netherlands Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Black Pearl" |
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ebony finck Australia Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Untitled" |
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Kasia Kalua Krynska Poland Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Above The Clouds" Above The Clouds - from the series STRANGENESS AND CHARM, medium format camera Rolleiflex |
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Sreesailam Pasupula India Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Man with Turbain" Rajasthani man's Portrait with Turbain |
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Tom Atwood USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Alan Cumming" From 'Kings & Queens in Their Castles', photos of LGBT Americans at home, more at http://tomatwood.com/kingsandqueens.php |
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Justine Tjallinks Netherlands Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Nude (Strength)" Portrait of an Albino woman. Nude explores the duality between the vulnerability and strength within oneself. |
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Justin Barton UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Nina Shtanski Minister of Foreign Affairs of Transnistra" In 1992 a bloody war was fought between Moldovans and Transnistrian separatists and now it remains caught between its Soviet history, current isolation and a dream of annexation by Russia. |
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Robert Piccoli Australia Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Family (1)" |
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Craig Easton UK Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Mr & Mrs McDonald, Scotland" from the series '900 Miles', Mr & Mrs McDonald at their farmhouse with ivy planted by Mrs McDonald's grandfather in 1910. Clipped annually into a heart shape it brings joy to all passing travellers |
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Dana Hursey USA Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Golden! - Jamesen Re" |
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Alfonso Calero Australia Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Environmental Refugees" Many Filipinos have been displaced from their homes because of natural disasters which have forced them to move to Manila from the provinces. They become street vendors living on the edge of poverty. |
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Monika Kluza Germany Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Julia" Etudes |
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Brian Cassey Australia Honorable Mention Portrait Professional "Disko Meri - PNG Bar Girl" Prostitution in Papua New Guinea is illegal. Julie is a bar girl - 'Disko Meri'- in a Port Moresby nightclub where illegal straight and gay prostitution is rife and HIV/Aids rampant. |
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Alan Gignoux UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Saharawi Refugees" Saharawi refugees, Ausurd Refugee Camp, Tindouf, Algeria. |
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Alejandro Mari Escalera Spain Nominee Portrait Professional "Nora Cismaru and her Dogs Game" |
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Alice de Kruijs Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Being Veiled" In the western world we see a big difference between a veiled or unveiled woman. If they choose to wear it by cultural, religious or other reasons. The opinions and expression about this subject are g |
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Amir Lavon Israel Nominee Portrait Professional "Adris Garage " Adris Muslim garage in Afule , Israel 2016 |
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Annie Katz USA Nominee Portrait Professional "In the Heat of the Day" An old woman in Havana, Cuba trying to stay cool with her fan on a hot day in December. |
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Beat Mumenthaler Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "Modest" |
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Beatrix Jourdan Hungary Nominee Portrait Professional "5" |
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Benjamin Haselberger Thailand Nominee Portrait Professional "Peshmerga in Iraq" A young Peshmerga fighter stands guard at the frontline to ISIS/"Daesh" |
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Bernd Opitz Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "Flowerman" Hamburg 2014 |
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Brian Cassey Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Cattle Farmers" Daintree cattle farmers Janice (71) and husband Keith Osborne (84) on the lush plains of their property at Daintree in northern Australia. As the rest of Australia suffers drought they are thriving. |
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Brian MacDonald USA Nominee Portrait Professional "South Sudanese Woman" South Sudanese woman in orange headdress with her cross. |
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Chris Gordaneer Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Paul in Field" personal project |
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Claudio Rasano Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "Same Place" South Africa |
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Craig Cameron Olsen USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Miner Bill" Montana Miner Bill with his 45 pistol |
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Dana Hursey USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Lightning in a Bottle - Dede Flemming" |
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Debbra Ross Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Ian (2)" My passion, my life, my chooks |
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Dina Bova Israel Nominee Portrait Professional "Incomplete Symmetry" Allegory of self destructive force sitting inside a person, that can break even the most perfect harmony |
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Eugene Langan Ireland Nominee Portrait Professional "Ian (1)" This photograph is from a series of portraits done in one of Dublin's few remaining bronze casting foundries. |
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Filip Gierlinski UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Frogman of Istanbul" A diver goes fishing every other day on the waterfront in Istanbul, Turkey |
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Frances Suter Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Family (2)" |
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Frank P. Wartenberg Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "Tattoo Lady" |
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Georgina Goodwin Kenya Nominee Portrait Professional "Red Rose" A women smells a rose on her way to collect water during a drought in northern Ethiopia's Wollo region. |
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Gunnar Stroem Norway Nominee Portrait Professional "Teacher and Young Pupil" Sony RX-100, At an old school in Serengeti, Tanzania. |
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Harry Giglio USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Cats" I love accepting some private commissions and especially sharing people's lives and preserving that space in time for them. In this case, Buddy, the cat is dying from renal failure and as you can see, |
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Heimo Aga Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Expo" Italy, Milan. "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" is the core theme of EXPO Milano 2015. United Kingdom Pavillion, Steven Jewitt-Fleet. |
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Henri Kartmann France Nominee Portrait Professional "Sadhu" Sadhu in Hampi, India, 2010 |
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Jens Kristian Balle Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Donkey" From an ongoing series of conceptual portraits. |
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Jens Kristian Balle Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Cigar" From an ongoing series of conceptual portraits. |
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Jens Kristian Balle Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Fresh" Man stepping in fresh paint |
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Jesper Molin Sweden Nominee Portrait Professional "Marcus" Sweden - Halmstad |
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Jim Krantz USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull" Red Bull feature story on racecar driver, Daniel Ricciardo for the Targa Florio race near Palermo, Sicily. |
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Jo Hanley UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Cranium Fantastico 2" Ways to dress and distract a Chemotherapy Head - A tribute to discomfort 2015. |
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John Wright UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Robbie Williams" Portrait of Robbie Williams |
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Jonathan Banks UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Different World" A girl day dreams after sweeping the steps of the family house in Rwanda |
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Kristian Piccoli Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Paws" |
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Lars Bech Denmark Nominee Portrait Professional "Battlefield" Killing field karl Magnus Troedsson, Leading the development of the business- and product strategies for the DICE studios Ghost Games and the creator of the Playstation game Battlefield |
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Luca Kleve-Ruud Norway Nominee Portrait Professional "No(r)way" Norwegian Ministry approved a controversial plan – to dump 250 millions of tonnes of waste and chemicals into Førde fjord, an important spawning ground for fish. Ole Erik Thingnes is against. |
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Mandi Lynn New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "Block and Flow - The Warrior" Block and Flow is a photographic series that explores the archetypes associated with the movement of energy through the chakras. The Warrior represents the third chakra in it's flowing state. |
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Manny Iriarte USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Saddly Happiness" Bonao, Dominican Republic | Today |
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Marco Benedetti Switzerland Nominee Portrait Professional "Father and Daughter at Home" Father and Daughter at Home |
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Marjorie Lord Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Wilted Rose" |
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Mark Coote New Zealand Nominee Portrait Professional "Lest We Forget" A woman stands for peace next to a soldier at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial in Wellington on the 100th anniversary of ANZAC day. |
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Markku Lahdesmaki USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Avanto=Hole in the Ice" Portrait of a swimmer. One of series of images shot in Tampere Finland of Finns heating their sauna, cutting a hole in the ice and taking a the polar plunge. |
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Markus Gmeiner Austria Nominee Portrait Professional "Peasant Riot 1" Portrait of a hard working man |
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Mashid Mohadjerin USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Vaun" Jithawapum (Vaun) Longhorn, 16 in traditional dress. It took six months to make the handiwork on the dress. Every symbol, every color refers to who Vaun is as a person. |
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Mehmet Turgut Turkey Nominee Portrait Professional "Mothers and their Children 1" 2015 - Pelewa Town / Kenya |
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Mehmet Turgut Turkey Nominee Portrait Professional "Mothers and their Children 4" 2015 - Pelewa Town / Kenya |
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Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Portrait Professional "For Hire" |
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Peter Searle UK Nominee Portrait Professional "John Humphreys, Sculptor" John Humphreys, British sculptor known for his distorted portraits and his involvement in the Alien Autopsy film |
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Peter Searle UK Nominee Portrait Professional "James Butler, Sculptor" James Butler MBE, one of Britain's leading figurative sculptors |
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Philip Gatward UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Portrait of Stem Cell Scientist in Oxford, UK" This image is from a series of portraits of pioneering scientists. |
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Piers Golden UK Nominee Portrait Professional "The Bear Man" kukeri Man, dressed as a Bear during the Lent Festival in The Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria |
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Piers Golden UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Sailor Boy" Russian Sailor on shore leave in Kefalonia, Greece |
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Riccardo Ghilardi Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "Elizabeth Banks" Portrait of actrees Elizabeth Banks , taken in Venice during last edition of Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica 09.2015, wher she was a member of the jury. |
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Richard BRADBURY UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Del's Garage" DELS GARAGE |
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Roos Hobe Netherlands Nominee Portrait Professional "Strong Women in Traditional Costume 1" |
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Rory Doyle USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Vera" I saw her fire red hair from a 100 yards away when traveling in Perm Russia. I knew I'd go sleepless if I didn't ask for her portrait. |
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Saverio Truglia USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Firemen " |
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Sergio Pessolano Italy Nominee Portrait Professional "Tribeswoman" Orissa, India - Gadhaba woman |
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Shane Van Boxtel USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Single Thread" A retired nun who makes quilts for the homeless |
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Shannon Cotterill Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Mother Earth" My Mother Earth, inspired by indigenous Australia |
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simon eeles USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Two Peas" couple of young kids found on the beach. Summer 2015 Rockaways. NYC |
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Steve Scalone Australia Nominee Portrait Professional "Water Man" A man selling on the street with his trolley of water |
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Tadao Matsuda Japan Nominee Portrait Professional "Concrete Finisher Age35" Pants he is wearing it called Nikkapokka in japanese.This is the clothes of people working in construction site. |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Mentawai Man In Front Of House, Indonesia" |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Women In Omo Valley Series, Ethiopia" |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "The Mentawai Of The Siberut Jungle, Indonesia" |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Shokhan With His Eagle, Mongolia" |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Padong Long Neck Woman, Thailand" |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Lady Boy At Num 22, Cambodia" |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Hamer Woman With Red Hair, Ethiopia" |
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Tariq Zaidi UK Nominee Portrait Professional "Arbore Eyes, Ethiopia" |
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Thomas Steuer Germany Nominee Portrait Professional "Sea Rescuer" SEA RESCUER |
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Tom Atwood USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Bruce Vilanch" From 'Kings & Queens in Their Castles', photos of LGBT Americans at home, more at http://tomatwood.com/kingsandqueens.php |
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Tom Atwood USA Nominee Portrait Professional "Momma Meacham, Transgender" From 'Kings & Queens in Their Castles', photos of LGBT Americans at home, more at http://tomatwood.com/kingsandqueens.php |
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Yuri Dojc Canada Nominee Portrait Professional "Tough Man" Tough man turn pussycat after the snap |