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Mohammad Rakibul Hasan Bangladesh 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Uncertainty " Caption: Children from Gabura a climate prone island playing cricket in a barren field. Frequency and extent hazards like cyclones, storm surges, droughts sea level rises put 63 million children in so |
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Lucia Griggi UK 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Underwater Surfer" They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and there certainly is a story behind this one. To get to this position I took a 40-minute boat ride from the main island of Nadi to an outer reef in the middle of nowhere. One thing I DON"T like doing is leaping from a perfectly safe boat to swim across a deep, black channel, to get to the reef. With every stroke, all I hear is the Theme From Jaws, which inspires images of tiger sharks swimming up at me at Mach One. But I made it from the imagined danger of the channel to the real danger of the reef - swimming under open ocean swells thundering on a shallow reef. Dangerous but beautiful, and I did a lot of swimming, and dodged a lot of bombs and took a lot of photos and used a great deal of card space to come up with this one image. The next day I was riding on the back of a Personal Watercraft taking photos, when the driver zoomed into the danger zone to rescue a surfer who had wiped out bad. We got caught up in the turmoil and I fell and drowned several thousand dollars worth of 21st Century digital photographic equipment. So, a lot of trouble and strife goes into taking photos like this, and I want to thank you for your appreciation and respect. |
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Cassio Vasconcellos Brazil 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "swimming pool" aerial picture from a swimming pool in Sao Paulo city, 2006 |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Honorable Mention "Desert race" Racing in Laguna de Sayula - a dried-up salt lake. Zacoalco de Torres, Mexico, 2010 |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Honorable Mention "Airtime!" Huge air at Cloudbreak, tavarua, Fiji on the day in big wave surfing dubbed "filty friday" |
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Terri Gold USA Honorable Mention "Racing with the Wind" Racing with the Wind at the Yushu Festival high in the Himalayas in Kham |
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Mathias Kniepeiss Austria Honorable Mention "The Jump" Snowboard shooting in slovenia. |
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Felicity Flashman UK Honorable Mention "Ballet" Showing the beauty of ballet in slow motion |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Honorable Mention "Mexico's Car Frenzy #2" Drifting on the spiral ramp in the parking lot of the Santa Fe shopping mall. Mexico City, Mexico, 2010 |
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Steve Hoskins UK Honorable Mention "Buggati" |
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Adrian Davis USA Nominee "Kayaks" |
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Adrian Barrett New Zealand Nominee "The Skipper" His life is all about fishing & the protection of the rescource for future generations. |
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Akin Abayomi USA Nominee "The bull versus the Banderillero" A banderillero spiking a bull on the shoulder during a bullfight at Plaza Las Ventas in Madrid Spain |
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Anastasia Kopittseva Russia Nominee "football" |
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Andreas Heumann Germany Nominee "Submersed" |
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Andrew Kemp Brazil Nominee "Skateboard" |
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Brett Howard Nelson USA Nominee "Waikiki Road" Waikiki. September 2012. Leica photography. |
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Carlos Cazalis Mexico Nominee "Manoletina II" Spanish matador Jose Tomas. Burgos, Spain, 2007 |
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Carlos Cazalis Mexico Nominee "Toro II" A fighting bull in Spain moments before entering the plaza. Valencia, Spain, 2011. |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee "Iditarod race, minus 40, Alaska" A lone dog team on the frozen Yukon River during the Iditarod dog sled race, Alaska. It was minus 40 when this was taken! |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee "Huge barrel, Cloudbreak, Fiji" Massive waves at Cloudbreak, Tavarua, Fiji on the day in big wave surfing dubbed "filthy friday" |
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David Burnett USA Nominee "Womens 800 Meter Start" The start of the women's 800 M final, London Olympic games |
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David Clifford USA Nominee "Treasure Mountain Spires" Climber Michael Schneiter soloing the treasure mountain spires in the elk range of Colorado. |
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David Stubbs USA Nominee "First Ascent" A team of ski mountaineers reaches the sun during the first ascent of Shakedown Street in the Chugach Range near Cordova, Alaska. |
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David Clifford USA Nominee "Alpinists in Chamonix" A pair of Alpinists enjoy the clearing storm in Chamonix, France. |
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Dennis Welsh USA Nominee "One Try" an image of a kayaker on his first descent of Grand Falls. after scouting it for two hours, he finally picked the "line" but when he went over, the river took him elsewhere. |
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Diana De Rosa USA Nominee "Powerful Elegance" Taken at the World Equestrian Games Opening Ceremony |
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Eloisa Callender USA Nominee "Sailboarder" A sailboarder returning to shore. |
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Erick Boileau Germany Nominee "Targets and awards" Targets and awards |
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Francesco Zanet Italy Nominee "Kitesurf" National Kitesurf competition in a cloudy, rainy day. North of Italy |
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Gia To Taiwan Nominee "The Loneliness of Juliet" The moment Juliet learns that Romeo killed her cousin, making their love story impossible. She's feeling alone and far from the one she loves. Scene from Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. Dancer: Anja Behrend. Choregrapher: Jean-Christophe Maillot. |
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Gregg Newton USA Nominee "Framed" Dany Torres of Spain does a backflip during the Red Bull X-Fighters World Series International Freestyle Motocross event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the background is Corcovado mountain with its fam |
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Ian Hawkridge UK Nominee "Thai Boxing (1)" The punch |
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Ian Hawkridge UK Nominee "Thai Boxing (2)" On the ropes |
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j. michael tucker USA Nominee "strength" becoming a winner |
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John Retter UK Nominee "Crossing the line" I wanted to capture the shadow in front of the car as it crossed the line ahead of the car. |
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Jonathan Andrew Netherlands Nominee "Ernst Bromeis" Swiss extreme long distance swimmer. |
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joSon USA Nominee "Yoga" |
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Justin Fabian Canada Nominee "Southern Swell" |
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Ken Loyst USA Nominee "One Feather" A Bronc rider is about to mount his ride in the chute at the Code Stampede Rodeo, WY |
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Larry Louie Canada Nominee "Playing Ball Among the Dead" Navotas Cemetery, Manila, Oct 2012. The young men living in the Navotas Cemetery playing a game of basketball among the tombs stacked up in the cemetery. |
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Matt Lit USA Nominee "Last Chair" Skiers ride the last chair of the day as the late afternoon sun makes wind-whipped snow crystals sparkle. |
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Max Levay Brazil Nominee "Winner" UFC Fighter vibrates with his victory in the event, in Recife, Brazil. |
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Mikael Pilstrand Sweden Nominee "Bali Action" Padang afternoon surf |
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Mikael Pilstrand Sweden Nominee "Markus Boman" Walking to the surf protected by the pier. |
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Mikael Pilstrand Sweden Nominee "Emanuell Hedvall" Nice line. |
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Paul Wager Australia Nominee "High Kick" Kicking high in a Hmong mountain village game of Kataw. |
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Paul Calver UK Nominee "Dan Keatings" Dan Keatings, Team GB Gymnast, Huntingdon Gym 2012 |
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Paul Kennedy USA Nominee "Sand Blast" Wet sand at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course |
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Pete Saloutos USA Nominee "Slam Dunk" |
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Philip Armitage New Zealand Nominee "Surfer" The Surfer relaxes on completing the ride |
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Pierre Perrault Canada Nominee "Skateboarder " Skateboarder on concrete |
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Piotr Krysiak Poland Nominee "Boxers from Havana, Training" Boxers from Havana, Training |
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Reece Donihi USA Nominee "Santa Fe Rodeo" Getting Ready |
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Richard BRADBURY UK Nominee "Natalie Bent, Bog Snorkeler" Every year in a village in Wales the Bog Snorkeling World Championships are held. Natalie is World Champion. |
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Sandra Mu New Zealand Nominee "Boom!" The Chiefs run out to a pyrotechnic display for the start of the round 11 Super Rugby match between the Chiefs and the Lions at Waikato Stadium on May 5, 2012 in Pukekohe, New Zealand. |
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Sarah van Ouwerkerk USA Nominee "Jump (1)" Calvin and Ben Jumping in Pa. |
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Serana Hunt Hughes Australia Nominee "Sun horse" |
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sohel ahmed India Nominee "winning spirit" traditional naga tribal game |
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Steve Evans Australia Nominee "Steer Wrestler" |
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Steve Evans Australia Nominee "Saddlebronc" |
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Steve Evans Australia Nominee "Bareback Rider" |
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Steve Evans Australia Nominee "Bull Rider Two" |
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Steve Evans Australia Nominee "Bull Rider Three" |
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Steve Hoskins UK Nominee "Pirate 01" |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Nominee "Nada kusti wrestlers" Wrestlers practicing "nada kusti", a traditional Indian form of the sport. Mysore 2012 |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Nominee "Mexican skaters in Santa Clara" Omar and Miguel performing an “ollie”. Mexico City 2012 |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Nominee "Mexico's Car Frenzy #3" Racing in Laguna de Sayula - a dried-up salt lake. Zacoalco de Torres, Mexico, 2010 |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Nominee "Nada kusti wrestling" In a traditional Indian-style wrestling gym called garadi. Mysore, India, 2012 |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Nominee "Skateboarding #5" Skating on the rooftop of Melia hotel. Mexico City 2012 |
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Tomasz Lewandowski Poland Nominee "Skateboarding #7" Skaters having fun at destroying a car. Reckless behavior has become trademark of skateboarding. Mexico City 2012 |
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Tony Potts Australia Nominee "Boxer" Accident at school. |
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Travis McCoy USA Nominee "Triumphant " Darren Smith walks away in defeat as Magno Almeida and coach Rafael Cordeiro celebrate their victory. |
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Travis McCoy USA Nominee "Flying Kick " Muay Thai fighter Guilherme Marques Almeida (AKA Guima) showing off his perfect form. |
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