8420 images were received from 70 countries
628 images passed the first screening and were entered into the second screening.
274images of 212  artists were selected in the second screening to be featured in the Book Portraits and People 2011.

Participating Countries:
 Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany,
 Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Juwait, Laos. Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, and Vietnam

WPGA congratulates all contestants and awardees.

FIRST PRIZE

Antonio Faccilongo, Italy
for his images
Where are my Boys?; Once Upon a Time My Father; I am there with You;
The fight Flag; I need you; I wait you

SECOND PRIZE

Fran Forman, USA
for his images
To Rosalind; Sisters; Once Young; Boy in a Boat;
Waiting; Letting Go; Butterfly Boy

RUNNERS UP

Dorothée Rapp, Germany
for her image Beach Dreams


Gavor Dvornik, Hungary
for his image Under Pressure; Family Portrait; La Petite Fille Française

Jacqueline Roberts, Germany
for her images Bianca; Meninas

Jann Huizenga, USA
for her image Tears

M.Istvan Kerekes, Hungary
for his images Belief; Behind the Door;
Fragment from the liturgy; Galina

Magdalena Wasiczek, Poland
for her images Carolina; Girl Reading a Book; Boy with a Mandolin;
Sleeping Michael; Girl Combing her Hair; Girl with a Mandolin


Novik 74, Russia
for his image Path


Probal Rashid, Bangladesh
for his images Faces in Black Oxide 1; Faces in Black Oxide 6
Faces in Black Oxide 3; Faces in Black Oxide 7

Reuben Njaa, USA
for his images Untitled Portrait 2; Untitled Portrait 1;
Red Hair Untitled 2


Robb Johnson, USA
for his images Marilyn; Conversation; Time to Come

Virginia Saunders, USA
for her images Proscenium; Elisabeth Lost; Reverie;
Window, WuZhen, China; Jessica


Susan Krupp, Canada
for her images The Buoy; Pink; Lean; Daisies

Vahid Ghasemi Zarnoosheh, Iran
for his images Mourning; Ghaze; Photo and Photographer;
Child in Fire; Futurity; Mourner 2

Honorable Mentions

Adele Carne - UK
"Milk"

Adriana Glackin - Australia
"Self Portrait"

Aimee Hurst - UK
"Emmeline"

Al-Traifi Zuhair – Saudi Arabia
"Eyes"

Alan Gignoux - UK
"Karabash, Russia"

Alexis McCloskey - USA
"Mr. Lewis"

Alfredo Cappariello - Ireland
"Floating"

Alicia Moneva - Spain
"Portrait of Seduction"

Alicja Gubala - Poland
"Anna"

Aliyar Rasti - Iran
"Self Portrait, Insomnia"

Amish Patel - India
"Gadget"

Andrea Fernandes - UK
"Shadow Flowers"

Andrea Misurova - Slovakia
"Two"

Andrew Mahone - USA
"Librarian"

Andrew Stanford - USA
"Catscan"

Angela Isac - UK
"Kate"

Anikó Udvarhelyi - Hungary
"My Soul my Body"

Ann Seiser - USA
"Young Protester"

Annika  Persson - Sweden
"We have had enough"

Anthony Lux - USA
"Dignity After War, Gulu, Uganda"

Antoni Georgiev - UK
"Maasai Girl"

Arifur Rahman - Bangladesh
"Mother & Child"

Arpi Grigorian - USA
"The Ritual"

Ashleigh Jacobs - UK
"Happiness"

Bacon-Kidwell Angela - USA
"Untitled A"

Barbara D Richards - USA
"Victoria"

Barreto-Carrillo Gregorio - USA
"Expect"

Belaustegui Sebastian - Mexico
"Arica, Chile"

Ben Mcnamara - Australia
"Orphan 2"

Biskup Magda - Australia
"Bored"

Bo Bolther - Denmark
"Danny"

Bob Tetro - USA
"Lepp Institute Mode"

Bootle Steve - UK
"Kids"

Brad Browne - USA
"Pony Ride"

Brandon Jenness - USA
"Emerge to Slow Motion"

Brett Morian - USA
"Bell of Hew Own Ball"

Bruno Wojnicz - Canada
"Farewell to Childhood"

Burçin Esin - Turkey
"Sad"

Burra Patrizia - Italy
"Scarlett"

C.F. Wemhoener - USA
"Fogia, Italy II, 1945"

Cameron Gardner - USA
"Wall Street Bound"

Can Sariçoban - France
"Sasha"

Cannizzaro Nino - Italy
"Via Crucis"

Carlos Bortoni - USA
"Trust"

Carol Isaak - USA
"Red Coat"

Cecilia Ling - USA
"The Fatherhood"

Cemal Ekin - USA
"Mina 1"

Chad Tooker - USA
"Boys"

Chakravarty Kingshuk - India
"A Crying Mother"

Charles Sessoms - USA
"Am I The Only One Here"

Chieko Tanemura - USA
"Stranger"

Chiu Anson - Singapore
"The Children of Sapa"

Christopher Schonwalder - USA
"Havana Cigar Man"

Clay Bodvin – New Zealand
"A Cowboy in the Phillips Collection Memory 1"; Reading Time in the Beaux Arts Memory 1";
"Maple Valley portrait in Remade Space #3"; "Watching target practice in Remade Space #4"

Clerio Back - Brazil
"Mr. Machado"

Csoka Daniel - Hungary
"Bride"

Cynthia LaBarre - USA
"A Young Man At Work"

Cynthia Martone - USA
"Eyes Only"

Dale Johnson - USA
"Behind the Counter"

Dan Jarvis - USA
"Action Hero"

Danny Kassel - USA
"Kiss 59"

David Moore - USA
"Man in Field"

David Winkler - USA
"Image 22"; "Image 14"

Davide Camesasca - Spain
"Sunny Day"

Dawne Fahey - Australia
"Backyard Boys in Dordrecht"

Deba Roy - India
"Resting at Midday"

Diane McDonald - USA
"Unlikely Princess"

Edward Drake - USA
"Toxic Stare"

Andrea Orioli - Switzerland
"The unguarded moments"

Iris Posner - USA
"Lenore"

Edward L. Rubin - USA
"Elliot and Florence"

Edwin Close - USA
"Ken 3"

Elham Nabavi - Iran
"Metamorphosis"

Elisabeth Thompson - UK
"Bonding"

Emma Brown - UK
"I look through the pages of your story, to find my place within"

Eric Lamotte - France
"Model: Zo"

Eric Scibor-Rylski - Mexico
"Tania, ling"

Faisal Almalki – Saudi Arabia
"Between the Lines III"; "Roman Rumores III"

Fakrul Islam - Bangladesh
"Painted Face"; "Lonely Worker"

Fallon Cheryl - USA
"Abandon All Hope"

Francisco Arteaga - Spain
"After the Pool"

Gabor Boros - Canada
"Nou/Neudorf, Romania, 2007

Gerard ( Garger ) Garson - Thailand
"The Last Shot"

Giorgio Faustini - Austria
"Please leave your comment here"

Gisella Gutierrez - USA
"Aymann"

Gjone Arne Støvset - Norway
"El Carnicero"

Glenn Andrenorman - Indonesia
"Never Let You Go!"

Gloria Golden - USA
"Chinese Farmer"

Godelieve Mols - Australia
"Chit & Yuwadi"; Katherine"

Graham Susan - USA
"Thomas"

Hans Mogensen - Denmark
"Winther Bath 2"

Heather Seeklander - USA
"Untitled"

Heather Simonds - Canada
"The Gaze"

Hélène Mogensen de Monléon - Denmark
"TransFormer"

Herman Nicholson - UK
"White Slip"

Ho Lee – Hong Kong
"The Three Children"

Hugh Jones - USA
"Through the Looking Glass"; "Being and Nothingness"

Ian Flanders - Australia
"Mothers Love"

Ignas Pavliukevicius - Lithuania
"When darkness comes"


Ilana Peled - Israel
“Macho Man"

Ilona Berzups - USA
“Baby Faces #100”

Irenee Girard - France
“Feeling Blue”

Jacek Kutyba - Poland
“Gosia”

Jacobs Steven – South Africa
“Who Cares”

Jennifer Moore - USA
“Lost Soul I”

Jenny Altschuler – South Africa
“Cycles of Encompass: Selfportrait”

Jenny Browne - UK
“Second Skin”

Jessica Ginzel - Canada
“Stained”

Joe Ng - Singapore
“Fire Fairy”

Sharon Johnson-Tennant - USA
“Lucy”

Joydip Mitra - India
“Festive Color”

Judit  German-Heins - Germany
“The Street Musician”

Julia Malinowska - Poland
“Lonelyness”

Justin Compton - UK
“Untitled”

Justin Schwartz - USA
“Augury”

Justin Tiew - Malaysia
“Of all shapes and sizes”

K M Asad - Bangladesh
“Work to Survive”

Kelly Sinclair - USA
“Marlon”

Kripa Islam - Bangladesh
“Starring towards GO”

Krisi Roberts - UK
“Dreadswing”

Krista Svalbonas - USA
“Femme Fatale 1”

Krisztian Krajcz - UK
“Sheppards Life”

Kurt Franken - Belgium
“Where would I be without your love?”

Laurie McCormick - USA
“Sign of Times”

Liza Carlson - USA
“I Am What I Am, a Blind Organic Farmer”

Liza Van der Stock - Belgium
“Russian Beauty”

Lu Zhang - Canada
“Festival”

Marco Dabbicco - Italy
“Takaki”; “Brandon”; Marion”; “Shauni”

Mark Sharfman - USA
“Why Pollock wanted to work for Playboy”

Marlene Miyamoto - USA
“I see You”

Marti Belcher - USA
“The Naga Bead Lady”

Mary Claire Roman - USA
“Mia in Paris”

Massimo Barberio - Italy
“#1”

Matthew Goddard-Jones - Australia
“Worshipper. Holy Sepulchre. Old city, Jerusalem”

Mazdak Shadkam - USA
“Totally Locked”

Md Didarul  Alam Chy - USA
“Rain Drops”

Michael Maher - USA
“Untitled #1”

Michele Taras - Canada
“Color Palette”

Mike Nalley - USA
“Fred & Daisy Mae at Freds Seafood”

Mike Shulhan - Canada
“Beatrix”

Miron Abramovici - USA
“Why?”

Miroslawa Kowalczuk - Poland
“Waiting”

Mishu Vass - Romania
“Kings Occur”

Mohammed Mahfuzul Hasan Bhuiyan - Bangladesh
“First Light”

Mokhtar Hossein Zadeh - Iran
“Somewhere for playing”

Monica Malez - Ireland
“Girl on Grafton Street”

Nan Brown - USA
“Playing Dress Up”

Nathan Pazsint - USA
“The Tribulation of Saint Benedict”

Nenad Saljic - Croatia
“Asleep”

Nicolas Bruno - USA
“Semence 5”

Nina Doran - USA
“Louise , Jamaica, WI”

Paco Santamaria - Spain
“Sin titulo”

Pedro Gonzales Lavayen - Peru
“A Boy”

Peter Scoville - France
“Tennis (Scene) - The Sporting Life"

Picanza Andrea - Australia
“Frido”

Pioggia Vincenzo - Italia
“Newsin the old world”

Priscilla Pompa - Mexico
“No Violencia”

Rachel Craig - USA
“Good Morning”

Victoria Robson - USA
“R & J (I.V.156)”

Roland Serani - UK
“"The Delicate Portrait of Love and Desire"”

Rosca Catalin - USA
“Lost Identity”; Eric”

Ryals Kat - USA
“Face #2”; “Face #1”

Saeed Rezvanian - Iran
“Days”

Sandro Tedde - Italy
“Untitled 8”

Sarah Brandeburg – New Zealand
“Bird Market, Kowloon, Hong Kong”

Sarah Hoey - USA
“And, Like That, He was Gone”

Sarah Lucy Brown - UK
“Satemwe”

Sasja van Vechgel - Tanzania “I chase darkness with my smile”

Sean Wakefield - UK
“Together/Apart”

Sergey Leonidchenko - Russia
“Sergey, the old wanderer”

Shaun Sullivan - USA
“Suspension”

Simon Morelli - Uruguay
“Kid on his House”

Sorin Calineata - Romania
“Insane”

Stefano Maceo Carloni - Italy
“Is God Arrived?”

Stelios Karatheodorou - Greece
“Introversion 1”

Stepan Kozlov - UK
“Portrait of_age 1”; “Portrait of age 2”; “Portrait_of age 3”;
“Portrait of age 4”

Stephanie Hammer - USA
“Like Father, Like Daughter”

Steven Bartlett - Australia
“Reflection”

Susan Morry - Canada
“A Ballerina 2”

Tamim Jamshed - Bangladesh
“Moods of Old Dhaka”

Terri Bahun - USA
“Passionate Beach”

Thomas Hart - USA
“Light Leak”

Thomas Paley - UK
“St Mary Mark”

Tiffanie Ragasa - USA
“Ghost”

Tory Smith - UK
“Coffee”

VIirunan Chiddatcha - France
“When people are waking up:Dancer”

Waheed Faizanwaheed - Pakistan
“Malang Baba”

Williams  Christina - UK
“Lunch Break”

Witt Alex - UK
“Helen”

Wojtek Lembryk - Poland
“The Lord and the Master”

Yee Siau Cheng - Norway
“My Breads”

Yolanda Marie Ruzilo - France
“Technological Contrast”

Zbynek Hrbata – Czech Republic
“Nr 5”

Zsuzsanna Dofka - Hungary
“Looks”