Still Life - Professional

Twist 3 Matt Vacca
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Twist 3"
Rubber bands



Lily Pads and Reeds, Morning David Gray
Canada

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Lily Pads and Reeds, Morning"



Dandelion #1 Stone Peng
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Dandelion #1"
Dandelion



green beans with whipped goat cheese and fennel flowers Markus Hofstatter
Austria

Honorable Mention

"green beans with whipped goat cheese and fennel flowers"
A series of local and seasonal food, captured with the 170 year old wet collodion process



Shoes Clarence Lin
USA

Honorable Mention

"Shoes"
Kaohsiung, Taiwan.



Kitchen Tools Alan Lemire
USA

Honorable Mention

"Kitchen Tools"
One image from an exploration of black on black product images shot for my portfolio.



Alma's Silver Ellen Denuto
USA

Honorable Mention

"Alma's Silver"
Silver forks and their velvet pouch



Swannanoa Mickey Strider
USA

Honorable Mention

"Swannanoa"
Swannanoa Palace on Afton Mountain, Virginia.



Figs Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Figs"
Figs on a tin plate



Entropy Study #11 Allen Birnbach
USA

Honorable Mention

"Entropy Study #11"



Hidden Ernesto Rodriguez
USA

Honorable Mention

"Hidden"
A swamp flower shines between all leaves.



Lilly Ugne Pouwell
UK

Honorable Mention

"Lilly"
Elegance and simplicity of beautiful Lilly before bloom.



Geometry in the pond #2 Stone Peng
USA

Honorable Mention

"Geometry in the pond #2"
Weeds in the pond



Sinking Shadows & Sunbeams Bruce Warren
USA

Honorable Mention

"Sinking Shadows & Sunbeams"



Hyacinths Chieko Tanemura
USA

Honorable Mention

"Hyacinths"



Lotus series #3 Stuart Chape
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Lotus series #3"



Fishheads Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Fishheads"
Fishheads with a fly



Final destination Doc Uwe Winkler
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Final destination"
Berlin series



Big Shears Jeremy Green
USA

Honorable Mention

"Big Shears"
Experimental



Morel Mushroom 1 Matt Vacca
USA

Honorable Mention

"Morel Mushroom 1"
Dried morel mushroom



The Odd Vase Leeanne Mason
Australia

Honorable Mention

"The Odd Vase"
Mismatched Vases with textured flowers



Italian Black Oyster Mushroom Lynn Karlin
USA

Honorable Mention

"Italian Black Oyster Mushroom"
A selection from The Pedestal Series



Tulips In White Tulip Vase Duschan Tomic
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Tulips In White Tulip Vase"



Transforming Alan Kent
UK

Nominee

"Transforming"
The Reluctant Sculpture



Dancing Lilies Allan Gill
Canada

Nominee

"Dancing Lilies"



Entropy Study #20 Allen Birnbach
USA

Nominee

"Entropy Study #20"



Less is more Ana Filipa Scarpa
Portugal

Nominee

"Less is more"
Made it at my home studio, during the 4th lockdown in Portugal



Ceramic Tools Ann Elliott Cutting
USA

Nominee

"Ceramic Tools"
Tools for making marks in clay.



morning Cameron Carothers
USA

Nominee

"morning"
morning light at Neutra's Serulnic house



Every fair from fair sometime declines Camilla Broadbent
UK

Nominee

"Every fair from fair sometime declines"
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And every fair from fair sometime declines" Shakespeare Sonnet 18



Kubrick meets Weston Craig Mohr
USA

Nominee

"Kubrick meets Weston"



Fringed Tulip 1 Dale M Reid
Canada

Nominee

"Fringed Tulip 1"
Utilizing the depth & warmth of silver gelatin prints, Dale brings to life elegant & sensual floral study.



Fringed Tulip 3 Dale M Reid
Canada

Nominee

"Fringed Tulip 3"
Utilizing the depth & warmth of silver gelatin prints, Dale brings to life elegant & sensual floral study.



Flora David Moore
USA

Nominee

"Flora"
Flora Exposed/Dissected



One A Day Dianne Yudelson
USA

Nominee

"One A Day"



Water droplets & leaf Dick Nosbisch
USA

Nominee

"Water droplets & leaf"
Water droplets and Leaf represents a beginning and an end. The water droplets are the representative form of new life and the leaf of dying.



Freedom Enabler Dietmar Sorgatz
Germany

Nominee

"Freedom Enabler"
2022



Parrot Tulips Duschan Tomic
Italy

Nominee

"Parrot Tulips"
A short-lived elegance, unfortunately...



Home on the Hill Frank Bevans
USA

Nominee

"Home on the Hill"



Rusty Old Horn Garry Gay
USA

Nominee

"Rusty Old Horn"
Rusty Old Horn Hanging On Old Worn Wooden Wall With Sheet Music Still Life



Enlightened Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"Enlightened"



Happy 'Straw' Snowman #1 Harvey Duze
USA

Nominee

"Happy 'Straw' Snowman #1"
"Snowman" made of bales of hay near Tuscarora, Maryland.



SouthAfrican Banksia Hemali Acharya
USA

Nominee

"SouthAfrican Banksia"



Memories #3 Ilkka Ranta
Sweden

Nominee

"Memories #3"
Dried amaryllis flowers from Christmas 2021



Light in Shadow Isabella Bejarano
USA

Nominee

"Light in Shadow"
Captured at home during the COVID lockdown in NYC.



Waiting for the sea Jean-Charles Folliet
France

Nominee

"Waiting for the sea"



Boletus 4 Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Nominee

"Boletus 4"
from the series Boletus



Tulip John Sassen
Netherlands

Nominee

"Tulip"
Tulip



Light Painting Jose Ornia
Spain

Nominee

"Light Painting"



Stem and Veins Joseph De Sciose
USA

Nominee

"Stem and Veins"
Stem and Veins



Winter Dreaming 1 Judy Haberl
USA

Nominee

"Winter Dreaming 1"
In a dystopian winter there is solace in creating vividly imagined worlds.



Lost Wishes Judy Stokes
New Zealand

Nominee

"Lost Wishes"



Withered Plant #1 Kikoh Matsuura
Japan

Nominee

"Withered Plant #1"



Lotus Awakening Kristen Warning
USA

Nominee

"Lotus Awakening"
A fully bloomed lotus flower captures the morning sun.



Lotus Departure Kristen Warning
USA

Nominee

"Lotus Departure"
The short-lived lotus blooms begins its fade.



Bonnets Lee Meltzer
USA

Nominee

"Bonnets"



The Land Of Make Believe Leon van der Flier
Netherlands

Nominee

"The Land Of Make Believe"



amaryllis Lonnie Duka
USA

Nominee

"amaryllis"
amaryllis



Artist's Studio Luigi Barbano
USA

Nominee

"Artist's Studio"
Piergiuseppe Imberti Studio.



White Beech Oyster Mushroom Lynn Karlin
USA

Nominee

"White Beech Oyster Mushroom"
A selection from The Pedestal Series



Patch Mahdiyeh Afshar bakeshloo
Iran

Nominee

"Patch"
The two became one for none.



Tulips Margrieta Jeltema
Italy

Nominee

"Tulips"



Wilted Roses Marjorie Lord
Australia

Nominee

"Wilted Roses"
Wilted Roses have a sense of timeless and breath taking beauty. Not to be discarded or disregarded.



Blades Mark Duffus
Australia

Nominee

"Blades"
Green energy wind turbine blades stacked , ready for distribution



The Last Sweep Marko Dutka
UK

Nominee

"The Last Sweep"
Almost abandoned church interior.



sardinian ravioli with wild herbs Markus Hofstatter
Austria

Nominee

"sardinian ravioli with wild herbs"
A series of local and seasonal food, captured with the 170 year old wet collodion process



mousse au chocolat Markus Hofstatter
Austria

Nominee

"mousse au chocolat"
A series of local and seasonal food, captured with the 170 year old wet collodion process



sourdough bread Markus Hofstatter
Austria

Nominee

"sourdough bread"
A series of local and seasonal food, captured with the 170 year old wet collodion process



frustrating Masumi Shiohara
Japan

Nominee

"frustrating"
I am a fruit farmer. I create photographic works using fruits. This tangerine looked as if the seeds



Twist 1 Matt Vacca
USA

Nominee

"Twist 1"
Rubber bands



flowers Michael Stoklos
USA

Nominee

"flowers"
flowers



Occultus Creature 'PapilioPearled' Murielle Etc
France

Nominee

"Occultus Creature 'PapilioPearled'"
Vegetable transformed into imaginary and mysterious creature : a Photographically Modified Organism (PMO)



Wine Vine 74 Narinder Sall
USA

Nominee

"Wine Vine 74"
Wine Vine 74, Vel Verde Vineyards, Del Rio, Texas



Frosted Nathalie Lauzon
Canada

Nominee

"Frosted"
Frosty mornings along the River Wreake, Rotherby, England.



Race Neil L. Johnson
USA

Nominee

"Race"
Everyone's a winner!



Waiting for the artist Nina Reistad
Norway

Nominee

"Waiting for the artist"
Blank Canvas waiting to be painted on



Light Painting Patricia Jarvis
USA

Nominee

"Light Painting"
A dark barn and a flashlight wonderous things can happen



Illis Fish Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Illis Fish"
Kolkata Fish Market, Kolkata, India



1938 Boattail Auburn Roy Kaltschmidt
USA

Nominee

"1938 Boattail Auburn"
rare collector's car - Ames, Iowa 2015



A Hard Day's Night Ruben Buhagiar
Malta

Nominee

"A Hard Day's Night"
Trekking Boots at the end of an Eventful day



Drill Press, Colorado RW Hawkins
USA

Nominee

"Drill Press, Colorado"
4x5 film image of an antique drillpress in Colorado mill



Four Sandra Petrowitz
Germany

Nominee

"Four"
Four Stones at a New Zealand beach



Sweet Memories Sandy Adams
USA

Nominee

"Sweet Memories"
I went out to photograph the lotus during the rain in hopes of being alone.



I missed you Shogo Shimiya
Japan

Nominee

"I missed you"
Reunion of mother and child



Still life with camellia Simone Madeo
Italy

Nominee

"Still life with camellia"



The Empty Nest A Tale Stephen Lang
USA

Nominee

"The Empty Nest A Tale"



Leaves Steve Sorensen
USA

Nominee

"Leaves"
Remembrance of fall and what was. Colorado



Pop Top Steve Cain
Canada

Nominee

"Pop Top"
Macro photo of a pop can pull-tab.



Heart in the Hole Steve Gosling
UK

Nominee

"Heart in the Hole"



Lotus series #1 Stuart Chape
Australia

Nominee

"Lotus series #1"



Lotus series #2 Stuart Chape
Australia

Nominee

"Lotus series #2"



The Tannery T. J. Hankins
USA

Nominee

"The Tannery"



Breathless Theresa Tarara
USA

Nominee

"Breathless"
Natures poetry.



Grow In Heaven Thomas Margrave
USA

Nominee

"Grow In Heaven"
Beautiful Tropical Sunset Rose by Thomas R. Margrave



Sunny Day Timothy A. Campbell
Canada

Nominee

"Sunny Day"
Factory Hallway



Roots Tina Sejbjerg
Netherlands

Nominee

"Roots"
On suitable surfaces Hedera ot Ivy can climb to at least 30 m above the ground.



Vercelli Wilma Roesch
Germany

Nominee

"Vercelli"



Lost High Heels Zaboo
Switzerland

Nominee

"Lost High Heels"
Lost High Heels in a Wall of a Castle



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