People - Professional

Black smiles Edoardo Agresti
Italy

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Black smiles"
Smiles in the light



Spinning Life Peikang Wu
Taiwan

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Spinning Life"
Photographed in Amitofo Care Centre (ACC), the only orphanage founded and sponsored by Taiwanese Buddhists. Amitofo, as one of those well-known mantras of great significance in Chinese Buddhism, is stemmed from the essentiality of Buddhist philosophy. Briefly, Amitofo mantra indicates the very concept of “infinite light and eternity ”.



In the Underbelly of Kathmandu - Family Larry Louie
Canada

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"In the Underbelly of Kathmandu - Family"
The Underbelly of Kathmandu is a series of the photographs of the urban poor in the valley. The people of Nepal are what bring visitors back to Nepal over and over again. The gentleness and resilience of these people is quite amazing despite the simmering crisis that exists. The Underbelly of Kathmandu is little Nepal on its own, consisting of people from all areas of Nepal, all looking for a better future for their family, all looking towards the new government to lead them there.



Obscure Daro Sulakauri
Georgia

Honorable Mention

"Obscure"
GEORGIA. 2009. School. Nikozi, near the Russian occupant's and South Ossetian separatist's check-point. A first grader, he was one of the few people who stayed home in the village, during the Russian-Georgian war in 2008. After the war ended many people did not return to Nikozi, the School has only 3 first graders.



All Hail the Bubble Man Dave Bowman
UK

Honorable Mention

"All Hail the Bubble Man"



life Svetlana Batura
Lithuania

Honorable Mention

"life"



Disenchantment Isa Leshko
USA

Honorable Mention

"Disenchantment"
Disenchantment from Thrills & Chills series



Transporter Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
Bangladesh

Honorable Mention

"Transporter"
Van pullers are very hard working people. They often carry a huge load of goods on their van to transport small things place to places. Photo taken in Old Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2009.



man Adolfo Enriquez Calo
Spain

Nominee

"man"



Qwe girl Alan Gignoux
UK

Nominee

"Qwe girl"
A Qwe girl in Kimberly, The Northern Cape, South Africa. The Qwe people are from Angola and worked with the South African Defense Force during Apartheid South Africa's invasion of that country. When the South African defense Forces withdrew from Angola, they airlifted the Qwe to a South African defense Force base outside Kimberly where they have remianed ever since.



Wedding, Cape Town Alan Gignoux
UK

Nominee

"Wedding, Cape Town"
waiting for the big day!



my family in winter on sunday morning Alessandro Albert
Italy

Nominee

"my family in winter on sunday morning"
turin, sunday morning, winter



Henry Alexander Whittle
UK

Nominee

"Henry"
Over taken by the need to sing after having just fallen in the stream and loosing his trousers



Brothers Ameen Howrani
USA

Nominee

"Brothers"
Three boys who were playing ball in my parking lot at high noon in mid-July, '93. I had the one in the middle take his shirt off.



Retired Dancer Ameen Howrani
USA

Nominee

"Retired Dancer"
Once a dancer in NY; I saw her hanging at the bar, and saw the light... I filled her face with a table cloth and had her lean in to the camera.



Handcraft Andrew Kemp
Brazil

Nominee

"Handcraft"
Earthenware pot



Tremenda Solitudine angelo cirrincione
Italy

Nominee

"Tremenda Solitudine"



Stepping Out Anne Sager
USA

Nominee

"Stepping Out"



Desire to escape Antonio gibotta
Italy

Nominee

"Desire to escape"
LA SPERANZA, IL SOGNO DI EVADERE DI UNA BAMBINA AFRICANA , CHE SI CONFONDE NEL NERO E NEL GRIGIO DELL'OCEANO...



Girl with her mother C Mantinieri
Italy

Nominee

"Girl with her mother"



journey of life Carmen Spitznagel
Germany

Nominee

"journey of life"



PNG Highlands Chris McLennan
New Zealand

Nominee

"PNG Highlands"
The chief of Paiya villages' 3rd wife in the Nebilyer Valley, Mt Hagen region of the Papua New Guinea highlands. Wealth and status is guaged by 3 things - land, pigs and wives - in that order of importance.



Eskimo view Chris McLennan
New Zealand

Nominee

"Eskimo view"
Eskimo woman looking out over the frozen Bering Sea. Nome, Alaska



Cemetery Guardian Chrystie Sherman
USA

Nominee

"Cemetery Guardian"
Maintains the old Jewish Cemetery. Sloboda Krasnaya, Azerbaijan. 2005



Easter on Sunset Dani Brubaker
USA

Nominee

"Easter on Sunset"



DREADS Daniel Gonzalez
USA

Nominee

"DREADS"



Fence sitting David Sutherland
UK

Nominee

"Fence sitting"



Last Light Darling Harbour David Flanagan
Australia

Nominee

"Last Light Darling Harbour"



Liverpool UK Davy Jones
UK

Nominee

"Liverpool UK"
young boxers



Gay Pride Davy Jones
UK

Nominee

"Gay Pride"
Brockwell Park UK



Shallow Crossing Dean Dampney
Australia

Nominee

"Shallow Crossing"
Shallow Crossing by Dean Dampney 2009



Jam Rock Denise Ebanks
UK

Nominee

"Jam Rock"



Omaha Rescue Derek Cook
New Zealand

Nominee

"Omaha Rescue"
Omaha Beach New Zealand



Smelling the Roses Desiree A. Neville
Canada

Nominee

"Smelling the Roses"



Reflecting Desiree A. Neville
Canada

Nominee

"Reflecting"



Twins Dilip Bhatia
India

Nominee

"Twins"
Society for the Education of Crippled



African food Edoardo Agresti
Italy

Nominee

"African food"
In an african mill



Snow Storm Edoardo Agresti
Italy

Nominee

"Snow Storm"
Snow Storm in Altai mountains, Mongolia winter



Childhood Stories Emese Benko
Austria

Nominee

"Childhood Stories"
Anca and her dog, Romania, 2007



GONDOLA Garry Wapshott
Australia

Nominee

"GONDOLA"



Girls on Slide Gary Matoso
USA

Nominee

"Girls on Slide"
Street scene, Saint Petersburg, Russia



Snow Story Gary Matoso
USA

Nominee

"Snow Story"
Street scenes, Saint Petersburg, Russia



Everyone Can Dance Gerald Ratto
USA

Nominee

"Everyone Can Dance "
Halprin Lathrop Dancers



Muslim from Burma GMB Akash
Bangladesh

Nominee

"Muslim from Burma"



Old Dhaka GMB Akash
Bangladesh

Nominee

"Old Dhaka"
life in old Dhaka



Three Men on a Ferry Harvey Duze
USA

Nominee

"Three Men on a Ferry"
Passengers on bow of Staten Island Ferry (New York City)



Traffic light Jack Hill
UK

Nominee

"Traffic light"
A woman walks past a traffic light.



Garden Jamie Johnson
USA

Nominee

"Garden"



Women Jane Fulton Alt
USA

Nominee

"Women"



Ground Zero ~ September 2010 Jeanne Newman
USA

Nominee

"Ground Zero ~ September 2010"



Spirit of the Buffalo Jenny Risher Risher
USA

Nominee

"Spirit of the Buffalo"
Ted Nugent and White Buffalo



Mad Man Joel Lassiter
USA

Nominee

"Mad Man"



ENVY john blais
USA

Nominee

"ENVY"
Whats That?



Stairs Karen Steenwinkel
Netherlands

Nominee

"Stairs"
Rome



Napping in Sanluche Karen Shell
USA

Nominee

"Napping in Sanluche"
Shanghai, China



Artist in Park Karen Shell
USA

Nominee

"Artist in Park"
Zhengzhou, China



Defying Gravity Larry Louie
Canada

Nominee

"Defying Gravity"
Young monks in a rural monastery in Tibet.



streetchild running stairs Lina Reinsbakken
Norway

Nominee

"streetchild running stairs"



Tribal woman Lina Reinsbakken
Norway

Nominee

"Tribal woman"



Family Bliss Lina Shuster
USA

Nominee

"Family Bliss"



Dung Gatherer Louis Montrose
USA

Nominee

"Dung Gatherer"
Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, 2007



Girl at the Yamuna River Louis Montrose
USA

Nominee

"Girl at the Yamuna River"
Agra, India, 2007



Tribe marcia ramalho
Brazil

Nominee

"Tribe"



5 Generations Maree Turner
New Zealand

Nominee

"5 Generations"
5 Generations



Hair Sweeper Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee

"Hair Sweeper"
She seemed to really enjoy her job sweeping in the Havana Barbershop.



Sisters - Hilton Head Island Matt Lit
USA

Nominee

"Sisters - Hilton Head Island"
Friends as close as sisters share their connection at Hilton Head Island



Horseman Michael Hart
USA

Nominee

"Horseman"
Cowboy with Horse, Texas



West End Mike Curry
UK

Nominee

"West End"
A man symobolising the economic gloom pervading London's West End



Self Sacrifice Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
Bangladesh

Nominee

"Self Sacrifice "
Charak Puja is an ancient Hindu religious and folk festival of Southern Belt of Bangladesh and West Bengal (India) which is now intangible heritage in the world. The word “Charak” perhaps came from “Charki” (Circle). In this Puja the Charak is tied with a hook (Borshi) on devotee’s back and then he is moved around a bar with a long rope. People gather safely around the Charki to watch this festival. The whole process of this Puja takes a day long arrangement. Some devotees sacrifice by hooking themselves, some take pain by crossing the sharp blade and some put heavy weight on their chest. All these activities they do to satisfy Lord Shiva. They believe that the festival will carry prosperity by eliminating the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year. The believers of the Hindu religion celebrate this on the last day of Chaitra (Chaitra Songkranti) sometime in the month of April. Taken in Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2009



Suspended, Burma 2005 Monica Denevan
USA

Nominee

"Suspended, Burma 2005"



answering the call to prayer, stonetown, zanzibar Nick Aldridge
South Africa

Nominee

"answering the call to prayer, stonetown, zanzibar"



Siblings Page Teahan
USA

Nominee

"Siblings"
Rajastan, India 2010



Village Children Page Teahan
USA

Nominee

"Village Children"
Rajastan, India 2010



Shave Paul Swen
USA

Nominee

"Shave"



Welder2 Paul J Harvey
UK

Nominee

"Welder2"
Welder2



Bath village pesarelli stefano
Italy

Nominee

"Bath village"
Fear of the bath in a small Malawi village



Mitanga family pesarelli stefano
Italy

Nominee

"Mitanga family"
The Mitanga family survive with 2US$/day by selling hand bricks in Malawi



Beguinage Bruge Peter Caine
Australia

Nominee

"Beguinage Bruge"
Nun's walk



Eric Robert Adamo
USA

Nominee

"Eric"



child on ferry Robert Welsh
USA

Nominee

"child on ferry "
This child who seems deep in thought with the Statue of Liberty in the background is from an on-going series of the Staten Island Ferry. I tried to capture the light and the manner in which it reflects the varying moods of its passengers.



Italian lovers kissing Robert Leon
Canada

Nominee

"Italian lovers kissing"
Italian lovers kissing in a Fiat 500 (Cinquecento), Puglia, Italy



Massai Woman Roberto Falck
USA

Nominee

"Massai Woman "
Single Massai woman



Entusiasmo Roberto Soares-Gomes
Brazil

Nominee

"Entusiasmo"
First Prize Leica-Consigo-Fotografe Photo Contest



Girls and Birds Roderick Lyons
USA

Nominee

"Girls and Birds"
Little girls playing with pidgeons, Paris, France



Soho Passion Sean Kennedy Santos
USA

Nominee

"Soho Passion "
Street artist & girl



Life in Samba Sebastian Liste Vicario
Spain

Nominee

"Life in Samba"
2009, Salvador de Bahia (Brazil). Couple dancing Samba.



Palio, Siena Susan May Tell
USA

Nominee

"Palio, Siena"
Gelatin Silver Print



Rabbi and the Lions Tobi Asmoucha
Canada

Nominee

"Rabbi and the Lions"
Rabbi Asmoucha was the only remaining Rabbi in Zimbabwe leading a congregation of one hundred people in Bulawayo.



Abasto Todd Winters
USA

Nominee

"Abasto"



welcome song Walter Luttenberger
Austria

Nominee

"welcome song"
young women in the town of turbi, kenya sing a welcome song to the caritas-staff



mother Werner Branz
Austria

Nominee

"mother"



please spare a dime William Chua
Singapore

Nominee

"please spare a dime"



Smile xavier comas
Spain

Nominee

"Smile"
The Japanese tend to hold back their true opinions, as to avoid injuring the feelings of others



Self xavier comas
Spain

Nominee

"Self"
Generally, individuality in Japan is diluted by the group



Alive Yolanda Chiaramello
UK

Nominee

"Alive"
Alive



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