1st ANNUAL WINNERS & NOMINEES

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Abstract

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Jackie Weisberg, USA | Dies
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Jackie Weisberg, USA | 1020
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Peter Ware, UK | Palm Springs
Nominee - Anthony Gordon, USA | Flowers (1)
Nominee - Anthony Gordon, USA | Dog (2)
Nominee - Anthony Gordon, USA | Dog (1)
Nominee - Bapi Chakraborty, Canada | Grooming Parrots
Nominee - Blair Witzel, Canada | Running
Nominee - Brian D. Fox, USA | Brunello
Nominee - Carla Maio, Portugal | Spinach (2)
Nominee - Carla Maio, Portugal | Spinach (3)
Nominee - Eddie Bonesire, Belgium | Homage
Nominee - Francis Aliefeh, UK | Concentric Circles (1)
Nominee - Glen Gaffney, Canada | Graduation Reflections
Nominee - Hugo De Wolf, Netherlands | Cast Iron
Nominee - Jackie Weisberg, USA | India in Mind I
Nominee - Jackie Weisberg, USA | India in Mind III
Nominee - Jackie Weisberg, USA | India in Mind II
Nominee - Judith Orr, USA | Its Water Under the Bridge
Nominee - Judith Orr, USA | Dark Light
Nominee - Judith Orr, USA | Sunset Stripped
Nominee - Judith Orr, USA | School of Fish
Nominee - Julie Shrive, UK | Tears
Nominee - Mauro Manuini, Italy | Maybe Tomorrow
Nominee - Peter Rees, UK | Sailing Home
Nominee - Ross Brown, Canada | Trails Over Versailles
Nominee - Sheila Smart, Australia | Pegs
Nominee - Viveca Venegas, Puerto Rico | Angels Ballroom / Lenticular Cloud

Architecture

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Mikhail Semerov, Russia | Chess
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Ross Brown, Canada | Waves of Copper
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Susan Beever, USA | Sunday Morning in L.A.
Nominee - Alonzo Spann, USA | No. 63-63
Nominee - Anthony Gordon, USA | Swimming Pool
Nominee - Blair Witzel, Canada | Tear Me
Nominee - carrie marino, USA | Ceiling
Nominee - Denis Laptev, Russia | Russian Church
Nominee - Dragomir Misina, UK | Knjaz
Nominee - Hugo De Wolf, Netherlands | Constricted in Cables
Nominee - Hugo De Wolf, Netherlands | Colors in Contrast II
Nominee - Jeremy Freeman, USA | The Judge
Nominee - Judith Orr, USA | Through the glass ceiling
Nominee - Luan Cox, New Zealand | Borano Buildings
Nominee - Peter Voerman, Netherlands | Budhnat
Nominee - Peter Ware, UK | Buj Al Arab
Nominee - Ricardo Araujo, Portugal | Columns
Nominee - Robert Vizzini, USA | Downtown Halo
Nominee - Robert Vizzini, USA | United Nations (3)
Nominee - Robert Vizzini, USA | Suspended Puddles
Nominee - Robert Vizzini, USA | Guggenheim Sky
Nominee - Robert Vizzini, USA | Empire State (1)
Nominee - Ross Brown, Canada | Grecian Colors
Nominee - Sheila Smart, Australia | Avalon Surf Club
Nominee - Trevor Kerry, UK | Stairwell
Nominee - Vittorio Colamussi, Italy | Ferrara Walls (1)

Fine Art

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Martin Zurmuhle, Switzerland | Looking for Shelter
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Crescenzo Giacomo Notarile, USA | Trees
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Brian Belefant, USA | Boat
Nominee - Brian Belefant, USA | Monsters
Nominee - Brian Belefant, USA | Deck
Nominee - Brian Belefant, USA | Piggies
Nominee - Crescenzo Giacomo Notarile, USA | Torso
Nominee - Douglas Lander, UK | Looking Back
Nominee - Francis Aliefeh, UK | St. Paul's Cathedral II
Nominee - Ilona Wellmann, Germany | The Stranger
Nominee - Ine de Louw, Netherlands | Quiet Shiver
Nominee - Ine de Louw, Netherlands | Nosy
Nominee - Judith Orr, USA | Roundabout Midnight
Nominee - Julie Shrive, UK | Breakthrough
Nominee - Julie Shrive, UK | Prospect
Nominee - Marie Sauvaitre, USA | New York (2)
Nominee - Marie Sauvaitre, USA | Beauduc (2)
Nominee - Merel Zwart, Netherlands | Wearable Art (2)
Nominee - Oscar Saraiva, Portugal | Enamorados
Nominee - Paul Laidler, UK | Here
Nominee - Peter Ware, UK | Thai Hats
Nominee - Sheila Smart, Australia | Girl with Black Umbrella

Nature

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Brian Belefant, USA | Bird
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Hennie Kempen, Netherlands | Mirror and Movement
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Erik Bilstra, Netherlands | Winter
Nominee - Aaron Fink, USA | Clown Fish C47
Nominee - Bapi Chakraborty, Canada | Spread
Nominee - Bapi Chakraborty, Canada | Grooming Parrots
Nominee - Bapi Chakraborty, Canada | Beluga Blue
Nominee - Blair Witzel, Canada | Painting of the Sun
Nominee - Carla Maio, Portugal | Consett
Nominee - Claudia Fernandes, Portugal | Cacela Beach
Nominee - David Shulman, USA | Catching Ketchum
Nominee - Denis Laptev, Russia | Small Space
Nominee - Denis Laptev, Russia | Still Life
Nominee - Denis Laptev, Russia | Russian
Nominee - Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston, USA | Peyto Lake
Nominee - Francis Aliefeh, UK | Squirrel
Nominee - Frank Colder, Netherlands | On the Road to Baarn
Nominee - Gerard Kingma, Netherlands | Jumping Lamb
Nominee - Glen Gaffney, Canada | Can You Feel the Love
Nominee - Hugo De Wolf, Netherlands | Icelandic Myth
Nominee - Ilona Wellmann, Germany | Winter Solitude
Nominee - Ine de Louw, Netherlands | Flower Balls
Nominee - Ine de Louw, Netherlands | Quiet Shiver
Nominee - Jean-Charles Folliet, France | Impesanteur
Nominee - Jean-Charles Folliet, France | Le Sommeil De Ulysse
Nominee - Jeremy Freeman, USA | Lava Morning
Nominee - Jill Graves, USA | The Fall Gather
Nominee - John Morris, USA | Motion
Nominee - John W. Chapman, USA | Page Arizona Slot Canyon
Nominee - Joseph Hutchings, UK | Leaf Microcosm
Nominee - Judith Orr, USA | Its Water Under the Bridge
Nominee - Martin Zurmuhle, Switzerland | Morning Light
Nominee - Massimiliano Boschini, Italy | Flowers
Nominee - Pat Goltz, USA | Let there be Light
Nominee - Paul Pietjouw, Netherlands | White Mountain Goat
Nominee - Paul Pietjouw, Netherlands | Breakfast
Nominee - Ricardo Araujo, Portugal | The Fisherman
Nominee - Ross Brown, Canada | Almost Gone
Nominee - Sheila Smart, Australia | Duck at Lake Matheson
Nominee - Sheila Smart, Australia | Dueling Pelicans
Nominee - Susan Beever, USA | Radiant Sunflower
Nominee - Viveca Venegas, Puerto Rico | Where Angels Dance

People

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Stan Friedman, USA | Waiting for the Bread
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Paul Smits, Netherlands | The Wonder of You
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Galina Lebedeva, Russia | You Are Capable to Make So?
Nominee - Brian Belefant, USA | Agony
Nominee - Brian Vikander, USA | Life's Passion
Nominee - Charles Meacham, USA | Ethiopia (2)
Nominee - Charles Meacham, USA | Boys
Nominee - Charles Meacham, USA | Ethiopian Woman
Nominee - Charles Meacham, USA | Ethiopia (3)
Nominee - Deboarah Jutz, USA | Swedish Beauty
Nominee - Denis Laptev, Russia | Table Etude
Nominee - Denis Laptev, Russia | Not a Season
Nominee - Edward Ritger, USA | Man With Cigar, Near Mandalay Burma
Nominee - Edward Ritger, USA | Five Kids, Near Kalaw Burma
Nominee - Galina Lebedeva, Russia | Washermen of Windows
Nominee - Hennie Kempen, Netherlands | Looking Out Over Lhasa
Nominee - Jean-Charles Folliet, France | La Cohorte
Nominee - Jean-Charles Folliet, France | La Bille Egaree
Nominee - Jennifer Grant, USA | Doll Face
Nominee - Jeremy Freeman, USA | Clowin' Around
Nominee - Lina Prokofieff, France | Circles
Nominee - Luree Salisbury, USA | Threshold
Nominee - Madeline Ring, USA | Peruvian Fruit Vendor
Nominee - Martin Amis, UK | Lily
Nominee - Massimiliano Boschini, Italy | Sikh Trio
Nominee - Mayda Rumberg, USA | Curves
Nominee - Peijin Chen, USA | Tibetan Confetti
Nominee - Peijin Chen, USA | Little Girl Skipping
Nominee - Peijin Chen, USA | Hitch Hiker
Nominee - Peter Voerman, Netherlands | Family Life
Nominee - Peter Voerman, Netherlands | Little Angel
Nominee - Peter Voerman, Netherlands | Nepal Girls
Nominee - Piyanari Scott, USA | T Boys
Nominee - Ron Adair, USA | Bold
Nominee - Sheila Smart, Australia | Smoker
Nominee - Simon Bode, Germany | Orange
Nominee - Tina Lorien, Denmark | White in White

Photojournalism

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Ilona Wellmann, Germany | Photokina 2004
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Ryan Heffernan, USA | Photo 50 Cents (Trinidad, Cuba)
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Gautam Narang, UK | Rainbow Turban
Nominee - Anthony Gordon, USA | Slaughter (3)
Nominee - Blair Witzel, Canada | Woman On a Bicycle
Nominee - Brian Vikander, USA | Imam Flight
Nominee - Charles Meacham, USA | Ethiopia (4)
Nominee - Gautam Narang, UK | Muslim
Nominee - Gautam Narang, UK | The Law of Love
Nominee - Gautam Narang, UK | America in Your Hands
Nominee - Gautam Narang, UK | Ironic
Nominee - Ryan Heffernan, USA | Soccer Kids (Tilcara, Argentina)
Nominee - Ryan Heffernan, USA | Baseball Boy (Trinidad, Cuba)
Nominee - Ryan Heffernan, USA | Somali Girl (Lewiston, Maine)
Nominee - Ryan Heffernan, USA | Somali Basketball (Lewiston, Maine)
Nominee - Sidney Cheung, Hong Kong | Dirty Galaxy
Nominee - Sidney Cheung, Hong Kong | Old Lady
Nominee - Susan Beever, USA | Stampede

Still Life

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Judith Orr, USA | No Ghost Bar
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Edward Ritger, USA | Red Sandals, Melacca Malaysia
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Ross Brown, Canada | Poppy
Nominee - Alonzo Spann, USA | No. 10-10
Nominee - Bob Tetro, USA | Window Flower in Blue Vase
Nominee - Brent Robinson, Canada | Trick or Treat
Nominee - Carla Maio, Portugal | Pumpkin
Nominee - Catherine Roberts Leach, USA | No. 76417
Nominee - Danielle Colella, Canada | Oddball
Nominee - Francis Aliefeh, UK | Gladioli Paloma Blanca
Nominee - Francis Aliefeh, UK | Tulips
Nominee - Hugo De Wolf, Netherlands | 36 Speed Duck
Nominee - Ilona Wellmann, Germany | Old Things
Nominee - Joydeep Mukherjee, India | Apatini
Nominee - Luree Salisbury, USA | Bill's Kitchen
Nominee - Paul Smits, Netherlands | Floating Girl
Nominee - Peter Ware, UK | Spoons