3rd ANNUAL WINNERS & NOMINEES

Amateur


Abstract

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Adrian Per, Romania | Floating Ices
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Jill Snyder, USA | Sift
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Charles Corda, USA | Palm #7 Miami
Nominee - Allie Truman, UK | Flower In The Window
Nominee - Alonzo Spann, USA | Focus
Nominee - Aras Karimi, USA | untitled (4)
Nominee - Aras Karimi, USA | untitled (3)
Nominee - Barbara Matarrese, USA | Untitled (5)
Nominee - Benoit Beal, France | Seen through the book
Nominee - Buffy Redsecker, USA | Moais Landing
Nominee - Chris Morton, New Zealand | All Downhill
Nominee - Chris Morton, New Zealand | Number 30
Nominee - Danny Valk, Netherlands | Fireworks
Nominee - David Gardner, USA | Low Tide, Vancouver Island
Nominee - Despina Kyriacou, UK | Seaweed
Nominee - Evelyn Pritt, Indonesia | Carlton #3
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Hush Hour
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Amnesia
Nominee - Hudson Malta, Brazil | Atlantis
Nominee - Joe Youssef, USA | Ballons and Bird on Lightpost
Nominee - Kambiz Kashani, UK | Intimate Contact
Nominee - Karen Lawton, New Zealand | Amber Musings
Nominee - LJ Corliss, USA | Color in motion
Nominee - Markku Saijets, Finland | Shadow B
Nominee - Mayda Rumberg, USA | Light Fixtures at Benvenuto
Nominee - Michaela Siegl, Austria | Green
Nominee - Rachel Blaser, USA | Lotus
Nominee - Robert Sena, ASMP, USA | Water Line
Nominee - Robert Sena, ASMP, USA | Folded Coast #1
Nominee - Robert Sena, ASMP, USA | Denver Airport #2
Nominee - Roberta Anslow, USA | NYC by Cab
Nominee - Shaun Hollinger, USA | Motor Home
Nominee - Tiffany Mielcarek, USA | 3vegas(vegas)x2
Nominee - Vassilis Tagoudis, Greece | Shadow's games (4)
Nominee - Wilda Gerideau-Squires, USA | Southwest Abstract I
Nominee - Wolfgang Kaufmann, Germany | All Natural

Architecture

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Rhythm Nation II
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Laszlo Oveges, Hungary | Marakesh
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Alla Emelianova, Canada | Piazza San Marco
Nominee - Alla Emelianova, Canada | Black Entrance
Nominee - Bart Stroes, Netherlands | Exhibit
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Miami 79
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Allied Bank Dallas
Nominee - Dana Shafie, USA | Atrium
Nominee - Douglas Ljungkvist, USA | CDG
Nominee - Estelle Dougier, France | Roissy lights
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Enter Sections
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Golden Tent
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Lined & Dined
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Detour
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Grand Architecture
Nominee - Larry Blackwood, USA | Un
Nominee - Luc Zeltner, France | chandigarh assemblee
Nominee - Luis Gaivao, Belgium | The End
Nominee - Marguerite Hossler, USA | Suspension
Nominee - Massimo Cristaldi, Italy | Sicilian CounrtyHouse
Nominee - Shaun Hollinger, USA | Guardian Angels
Nominee - Silvia Ganora, Italy | Church detail
Nominee - Stephanus Meyer, Spain | Cathedral Of Jaen

Fashion

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - ChunLin Chen, China (PRC) | Blooming (3)
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Nataliya Peregudova, Ukraine | Dot Power
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Sarah Cheng, Singapore | Queen Mab
Nominee - Alexandre d'Audiffret, USA | I Should Have Looked Away
Nominee - Carlyle Routh, Canada | Attic
Nominee - ChunLin Chen, China (PRC) | Blooming (2)
Nominee - ChunLin Chen, China (PRC) | Blooming (1)
Nominee - Dilan Bozyel, Turkey | color cafe
Nominee - Ella Manor, USA | Untitled 3(Graffiti)
Nominee - Ella Manor, USA | Untitled 1 (Artist Studio, Dalas)
Nominee - John Carnessali, USA | s
Nominee - nabil Rahme, USA | Color Magenta
Nominee - Neil Shelby Long, UK | My Bag
Nominee - Renard Garr, USA | Wednesday
Nominee - Renard Garr, USA | Bill Ward Tribute with Aria Giovanni
Nominee - Renard Garr, USA | e-Aria Giovanni
Nominee - Ricardo Villagran, Mexico | Diana in Wonderland
Nominee - Sean O'Riordan, USA | White Wig
Nominee - Sebastian Szwajczak, Poland | Forest Girl
Nominee - Sebastien Pons, UK | London Fashion Week
Nominee - Sergey Yampolskiy, Russia | Flours of love
Nominee - Silvia Lisotti, Italy | Violet
Nominee - Xiaohui Feng, China (PRC) | Beautiful

Fine Art

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Andriy Dykun, Ukraine | Core
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Antonella Fabiani, UK | Painting with Light 1
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Mia DelCasino, USA | Kerry Blue
Nominee - Allie Truman, UK | Windswept
Nominee - Bernadette Feely, UK | Sebastian
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Urban Legend
Nominee - Giovanna Gino, Italy | Still There
Nominee - Jean Rouzaud, France | dancing parasol
Nominee - Jean Louis Giudicelli, France | Apres L'Orage
Nominee - Jeanne Evans, USA | Dreams
Nominee - Johnny Stevens, USA | Pier to Nowhere
Nominee - Lancel Charline, Belgium | Manaolienne
Nominee - LJ Corliss, USA | 3
Nominee - Marcel van Balken, Netherlands | Redscape
Nominee - Marja van der Klaauw, Netherlands | The Hedge
Nominee - Marja van der Klaauw, Netherlands | Bathhouse
Nominee - Mia DelCasino, USA | Passage Eight
Nominee - Murat Sayginer, Turkey | A Fairy In My Kitchen
Nominee - Nataliya Peregudova, Ukraine | Cappuccino
Nominee - Natasha Alipour-Faridani, UK | Alpha
Nominee - Pasha Vrzhesch, Ukraine | Chernobyl1 (Multiple Entry)
Nominee - Paula Goldfader, USA | A Summer Breeze
Nominee - Ricardo Villagran, Mexico | Metafora #4
Nominee - Ricardo Villagran, Mexico | Metafora #1
Nominee - Roman Tkachenko, Russia | Complete Rest
Nominee - Sergio Fasola, Argentina | Madonna-dell-acqua
Nominee - Sergio Muscat, Malta | Beach Shop
Nominee - Simon Spitznagel, Germany | Seascape 04
Nominee - Stavros Markopoulos, Greece | Narcissism
Nominee - Tamas Ambrits, Hungary | Wind
Nominee - Timofey Tararin, Russia | Beach Palette
Nominee - Ulrike Lugert, Germany | Silence (1)
Nominee - Wendy Broekx, Australia | Old Pickup

Nature

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - C E Morse, USA | Sumac and Snow
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Gabriel Suarez, Mexico | Duna bella en Namibia
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Susanne Eftevand, Norway | Phyteuma Orbiculata
Nominee - Axel Birgin, Germany | Quietness
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Atlantis Beach Paradise Island
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Fairchild Palm 7
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Iceberg Lake Montana
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Two Palms Paradise Island
Nominee - David Mantel, USA | Desert Reach
Nominee - Ernst Egener, Germany | At the Beach
Nominee - Georges Morales Garcia, France | Untitled
Nominee - Glenn Williams, USA | Resilience
Nominee - Heiner Pflug, Brazil | Landscape in Mongolia
Nominee - Hennie Kempen, Netherlands | Namibian Dune 1
Nominee - James McClean, USA | Well Lit Outhouse
Nominee - Jean Rouzaud, France | Are you Ready 1
Nominee - Jose Antonio Rosas, Peru | Ice Columns
Nominee - Kefyn Moss, Australia | Petrified Whale
Nominee - Laurent Baig, USA | Echoes of Silence
Nominee - Robert Sena, ASMP, USA | Nine Trees
Nominee - Robert Sena, ASMP, USA | Agave #7
Nominee - Robert Sena, ASMP, USA | Sunset Reeds #2
Nominee - Roberta Anslow, USA | Bursting
Nominee - Silvia Lisotti, Italy | In Spite of Everything
Nominee - Sonia Guerreiro, Portugal | Inner Orchid
Nominee - Stephanus Meyer, Spain | Morning Mist
Nominee - Tatiana Bitir, Canada | Silence in the Woods
Nominee - TL Khong, Malaysia | Drop
Nominee - Wendy Stiles, Australia | Four of a Kind

Nude

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Manuel Abella, USA | Splash
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Henriette van Gasteren, Netherlands | Banquet(self-portrait)
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Christoph Gamper, Switzerland | Lightcatcher
Nominee - A. Owen Layne, USA | Peek-a-Booth
Nominee - Alice Ng, New Zealand | Solarised
Nominee - Anne Li, France | Quentin
Nominee - Barry Toranto, USA | From the Series Bodyscapes
Nominee - Claire Morgan, Austria | Silent Hill
Nominee - Dagobert Hartmann, Germany | Bridge
Nominee - Dagobert Hartmann, Germany | Angel
Nominee - Dagobert Hartmann, Germany | Kiss of the Devil
Nominee - Daniel Nguyen, France | Blue Nude
Nominee - Danielle Herzog, USA | 11
Nominee - Dmitry Puzyrev, Russia | Chimney
Nominee - Jennifer Wilson, Canada | Wrestler
Nominee - John Hamburger, USA | What?
Nominee - Joy Goldkind, USA | Adagio#21
Nominee - Maela Le Nen Davey, UK | Light Absorption
Nominee - Michael Dean, USA | Ann
Nominee - Nelly Recchia, France | Synchro and Nicity
Nominee - Petr Mengler, UK | The West Pier Inhabitants
Nominee - Petr Mengler, UK | She Came from the Sea
Nominee - Rich Ware, USA | Floating in Black
Nominee - Samantha Wolov, USA | The Elk, 1
Nominee - Zelko Nedic, Australia | Isolation
Nominee - Zelko Nedic, Australia | Gutz

People

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Viet Van Tran, Vietnam | Praying
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Happy Together
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Ashok Sinha, USA | Woman Behind Bars
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Galina Lebedeva, Russia | Washermen of Windows
Nominee - Alex Kaeslin, Switzerland | Walking and Praying
Nominee - Aliah Jan, New Zealand | Opera Performer
Nominee - Annette Chapman, USA | Mirror Mirror
Nominee - Arianna La Penne, USA | Italian American in New York
Nominee - Aurelio Ayala III, USA | Waiting for the Olympic Torch in Kashgar China
Nominee - Caroline Mawer, UK | Iranian Nomads 1
Nominee - Chandan Dey, India | Swirl
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Look Out Point 2
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Fruit Smoothies
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Pool Golf
Nominee - Claudio Allia, Italy | The Phone Call
Nominee - Claudio Allia, Italy | Daydreamer
Nominee - Enrico Cortesano, USA | Gente in Daytona 13
Nominee - Estelle Dougier, France | Circus exit
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | A Thousand Stories
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Me against the Music
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Mo Stache
Nominee - John Delaney, USA | Golden Eagle Hunter 5
Nominee - John Delaney, USA | Golden Eagle Hunter 3
Nominee - Karen Thomas, USA | Isolation
Nominee - Karsten Balsley, USA | Polka Dot Cowboy
Nominee - Kenneth Tanaka, USA | Winter Game with Dad
Nominee - Lee Turner, USA | L'enfant Karo
Nominee - , Sweden | Happy Happy Joy Joy
Nominee - Luis Gaivao, Belgium | Hello?
Nominee - Mark Hewko, USA | Girl In Pool, Pine Ridge
Nominee - Massimo Cristaldi, Italy | Nobody Believes you!
Nominee - Mohammad Tajsar, USA | Invisible Pauper Selling Sunglasses
Nominee - Murat Sayginer, Turkey | Absolution
Nominee - Nicola Esposito, Italy | Carnival ..faces (4)
Nominee - Nilanjan Ray, India | Chat at Varanasi
Nominee - Nina Doran, USA | Lost in Media
Nominee - Nina Doran, USA | Side by Side
Nominee - Nina Doran, USA | Heels and Whimsey
Nominee - Peter Manning, USA | My Turn
Nominee - Peter Manning, USA | Confirmation on Tottenham
Nominee - Peter Meyer, Australia | Brickwork, Varanasi
Nominee - Radu Fizesan, Romania | Colour therapy
Nominee - Renard Garr, USA | A Slice of Lynch
Nominee - Richard Zimmerman, USA | Life Imitates Art
Nominee - Richard Zimmerman, USA | Stand and Stare
Nominee - Richard Zimmerman, USA | Branching Out or Taking Root?
Nominee - Ruslan Kantorovych, Israel | Jerusalem
Nominee - Sandra Chen Weinstein, USA | Longing
Nominee - Sandra Chen Weinstein, USA | Pilgrims at the Holy Ganges
Nominee - Scott MacGregor, USA | Irish Lace
Nominee - Sean O'Riordan, USA | Break
Nominee - Vinayak Das, India | Grandpas Lap - Street life in Bangalore

Photojournalism

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Estevao Lafuente, Portugal | Help for Africa
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Radek Burda, Czech Republic | HIV - Road to Perdition
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Manas Bhattacharya, India | Ceasefire
Nominee - Ai Li Lim, Singapore | Where Are The Woods?
Nominee - Ai Li Lim, Singapore | Lifestyle
Nominee - Aldona Kmiec, Australia | Im Lovin It
Nominee - Alex Kaeslin, Switzerland | Illegally Kept Moon Bear for Bile Milking
Nominee - Alvarez Penalver Julio, Spain | Cremation
Nominee - Arup Haldar, India | Left Alone
Nominee - Asis Sanyal, India | Victor & Vanquished
Nominee - Ayse Ebru Yardimci, Turkey | Dangerous Game
Nominee - Bob Tetro, USA | Rice Harvest
Nominee - Carol Watson, USA | Leaving Saskatchewan #5
Nominee - Desiree Elfstrom, Sweden | Demre, Turkey 2008
Nominee - Jordi Cohen, Spain | Fire Games
Nominee - Joydeep Mukherjee, India | Save Our World
Nominee - Joydeep Mukherjee, India | Not a Drop to Drink
Nominee - Kenneth Tanaka, USA | Iron Workers
Nominee - Kushal Gangopadhyay, India | Gents toilet
Nominee - Lee Turner, USA | Vietnam Floods
Nominee - Murray Stanford, South Africa | Ignorance is Bliss:Myanmar
Nominee - Nina Doran, USA | Boys With Machete
Nominee - Pasha Vrzhesch, Ukraine | Imigration
Nominee - Pasha Vrzhesch, Ukraine | Candy Shop
Nominee - Rajesh Dhungana, Nepal | Husband beat own wife, street family
Nominee - Richard Zimmerman, USA | Soulful Circle
Nominee - Samantha Connolly, UK | We Must Not Stand Apart- WTC Steel Girder
Nominee - Viet Van Tran, Vietnam | Emotionless

Portrait

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Roger Jourdain, France | Thar and the Woman
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Lina Prokofieff, France | The Girl with a Mask
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Olivia Barrionuevo, USA | Madeline
Nominee - Anne Li, France | Boy
Nominee - Carl Abrams, USA | Kashmir Elegance
Nominee - Claudio Rasano, Switzerland | Tbilisi (1)
Nominee - Claudio Rasano, Switzerland | tbilisi (2)
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | The Juice Master
Nominee - Herman Cater, Slovenia | HIS ONLY FRIEND
Nominee - Herman Cater, Slovenia | BY THE STOVE
Nominee - John Delaney, USA | Kazakh Eagle Man
Nominee - Julie Garran, Australia | masai
Nominee - Karen Thomas, USA | Piano Lessons
Nominee - Kenneth Koh, UK | Indian Villager
Nominee - Manasi Kashyap, India | Potter's son.
Nominee - Michaelle Chapoteau, USA | Boy-in-coustume2
Nominee - Murat Sayginer, Turkey | Never Bought Her Flowers
Nominee - Nicolas Aguilar, Mexico | cholos
Nominee - Nour El Ghoumari, Morocco | Moroccan Kid
Nominee - Olivia Barrionuevo, USA | Rocky
Nominee - Pasha Vrzhesch, Ukraine | Andrey Peterburg Dramatist
Nominee - Peter Di Grazia, USA | Buckeroo
Nominee - Peter Voerman, Netherlands | Twinsisters #1
Nominee - Rajesh Dhungana, Nepal | Child Suffering from Blood Cancer
Nominee - Ricardo Villagran, Mexico | geisha
Nominee - Sandra Chen Weinstein, USA | Red Shoes No Food
Nominee - Sean Scott, USA | Poolside 1
Nominee - Tamas Ambrits, Hungary | Transylvanian portrait IV.
Nominee - Tatiana Bitir, Canada | The_dark_lady

Still Life

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Jean Rouzaud, France | birdwood
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - Kieron Monahan, USA | Duck
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Estelle Dougier, France | L'envol
Nominee - Allie Truman, UK | Stems
Nominee - Ayse Ebru Yardimci, Turkey | Working Soon
Nominee - Bart Stroes, Netherlands | Smart
Nominee - Charles Corda, USA | Vineman
Nominee - Chris Eggleton, UK | Fuchsia
Nominee - Claudia Fainguersch, Argentina | Curvas
Nominee - Daniel Munteanu, Romania | Minutes - Point Out the Stars
Nominee - Doru Vlaj, Canada | GRILLED FORK
Nominee - Estelle Dougier, France | Le repos
Nominee - Faisal Almalki, Saudi Arabia | Bed of Tulips
Nominee - Gerard Kingma, Netherlands | Persimmon
Nominee - Heiner Pflug, Brazil | Miss Chicken
Nominee - Jill Snyder, USA | Mannequins
Nominee - Julie Garran, Australia | hanoi hairdresser
Nominee - Kay Moneymaker, USA | SMMOKKIN'
Nominee - Kieron Monahan, USA | Corner Hinge
Nominee - Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos, Greece | Still...human(?)
Nominee - Laurent Bergez, France | rainbow
Nominee - Louisa Paez Michelin, Colombia | Like One
Nominee - Marcel Fleischmann, Germany | waiting
Nominee - Mayda Rumberg, USA | Bananas in Green Dish
Nominee - Monika Hansson Tutter, Czech Republic | Ready
Nominee - Natasha Alipour-Faridani, UK | Pear & Paint
Nominee - Natasha Alipour-Faridani, UK | Apple & Paint
Nominee - Nicola Fearnley, UK | Toilet, Japan
Nominee - Patrick Martin, France | Nostalgie de la terre
Nominee - Sami Taipale, Finland | Figs (2)
Nominee - Sidney Cheung, Hong Kong | A Plastic Bag
Nominee - Silvia Ganora, Italy | Pomegranates n.1
Nominee - Simon Crowther, UK | Surfboards
Nominee - Veronique Beguin, France | Overload

Wildlife

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Jose A Gallego, Spain | El grito
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence - John Zimmerman, Canada | Mallard Landing
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction - Angelika Ciesniarska, UK | The Friendship
Nominee - Allen Lubitz, USA | Ballet Dancer
Nominee - Barry Steven Greff, USA | Blue Dragon
Nominee - Barry Steven Greff, USA | Alligator Eye
Nominee - Barry Steven Greff, USA | Downward Spiral
Nominee - Brian Morrow, USA | Leap of Faith
Nominee - Christian Pjegg, Austria | snail
Nominee - Dave Southwood, UK | FLY TO EYE
Nominee - Eleanore Avery, USA | Gorilla Portrait in Rwanda
Nominee - Eleanore Avery, USA | Hungry Gentoo Chick
Nominee - Eleanore Avery, USA | Mountain Gorilla of Rwanda
Nominee - Howard Knauer, USA | I Don't Share
Nominee - Howard Knauer, USA | Uh-oh
Nominee - Ian Appleby, Australia | Smile
Nominee - Isabelle Souriment Souriment, France | Venus d'Ailleurs (2)
Nominee - Isabelle Souriment Souriment, France | Venus d'Ailleurs (1)
Nominee - Jill Snyder, USA | Dejected.jpg
Nominee - John Harrison, UK | Out Of The Dark
Nominee - Jose Antonio Rosas, Peru | Penguins on the Beach
Nominee - Jose Antonio Rosas, Peru | King Penguin Crowd
Nominee - Jose Antonio Rosas, Peru | Adelies on Ice
Nominee - Kosmas Lazaridis, Germany | Monsters
Nominee - Leo Soontjens, Belgium | groentjes
Nominee - Peter Meyer, Australia | laughing pelicans
Nominee - Rajesh Dhungana, Nepal | Insect, Nature
Nominee - Rita Kay Adams, USA | VOODOO
Nominee - Roger Jourdain, France | In the Namib Desert No2
Nominee - Sally Phillips, New Zealand | Frog on Tropical Lily
Nominee - Shannon Plummer, Australia | Bredli
Nominee - Shannon Plummer, Australia | Pogona henrylawsonii
Nominee - Shannon Plummer, Australia | Blue-Tongue Lizard
Nominee - Stavros Markopoulos, Greece | Amazing feet
Nominee - Stefano Ravera, Italy | Golden Spider
Nominee - Terry Wall, UK | Wildebeest - Mara River
Nominee - Thomas Seiler, Switzerland | Caterpillar
Nominee - tim sapar, USA | time to eat...
Nominee - TL Khong, Malaysia | DragonflyII
Nominee - Vassilis Tagoudis, Greece | Enjoy the view