These are the results of the judging of the August contest of the Pollux Awards.

The following works have been selected to participate in the final selection of the Pollux Award to be judged in October by the six judges of the monthly contests.

AUGUST’s RESULTS:

Best Image of the Month:
Adam Balcerek, Poland, for his image “Desert”

Works selected in the Professional Section – Series:

ARCHITECTURE:
First Prize: Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Memories of the Steel”


CITYSCAPES:
First Prize: Sarah Hadley, USA, “Awnings & other images”

FASHION:
First Prize: Inga Pae, USA, ECOuture”


FIGURE AND NUDE:
First Prize: Neil Craver, USA, “Dismantling Connections & other images”

FINE ART:
First Prize: Alec VonBargen, USA, “The Gardener & other images”


Second Prize: Alec VonBargen, USA, “The Driver and other images”


Third Prize:  Lennette Newell, USA, “Python Transformation”

HUMANITARIAN DOCUMENTARY:
First Prize: Axel Fassio, Peru, “Slave Labor”

LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES:
First Prize: Anton Watts, USA, “Snow”


Second Prize: Mathieu Vincent, France, “Sunrise Sensations”

PEOPLE:
First Prize: David Adams, Netherlands, “Playground – Young Artists in Transvaal”

Works selected in the Non Professional Section – Series:

ABSTRACT:
First Prize: Eduardo Fujii, USA, “Abstraction in Nature”

ADVERTISING:
First Prize: Azzurra Piccardi, Italy, “Escort & other images”


ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE:
First Prize: Beatrix Jourdan, Senegal, “Sacrifice”


Second Prize: Carol Lyon, USA, “We are family & other images”


ARCHITECTURE:
First Prize: Anna Zavileiskaia, Hungary, “Variations on Euclid’s fifth postulate”


CITYSCAPES:
First Prize: Robb Johnson, USA, “Vacancy and other images”


Second Prize: Dorothée Rapp, Germany, “Ombre di Venezia”


Third Prize: Dennis Hodges, Hungary, “Curved Stairs, Rome, and other images"

CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE:
First Prize: Barbara Bertramello, Italy, “Convivenze”


Second Prize: Dorothée Rapp, Germany, “A Trip to Japan”

DIGITAL MANIPULATION:
First Prize: Andreas Hundt, South Africa, “Matric Shoes and other images”

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
First Prize: Larry Toh, Singapore, “Thilafushi”


FIGURE AND NUDE:
First Prize: Jan Niemeijer, Netherlands, “The Barmaid and other images”

FINE ART:
First Prize: Katerina Bodrunova, Russia, “Surrealism”


Second Prize: Vivien Goldman, USA, ”Broken Chair and other images”


Third Prize: Kat Moser, USA, “Kristy and other images”


PEOPLE:
First Prize: Jane Paradise, USA, “Along the Waterfront and other images”

Works selected in the Professional Section – Single Image:

ABSTRACT:
First Prize: Alicia Moneva, Spain, “You under my Skin”

ADVERTISING:
First Prize: Adam Balcerek, Poland, “Desert”


Second Prize: Adam Balcerek, Poland, “Parrots”


Third Prize: Lennette Newell, USA, “Scream it!”

ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE:
First Prize: Marguerite Garth, USA, “Angry Longhorn”


ARCHITECTURE:
First Prize: Charles McKean, Australia, “Quebec”


Second Prize: Charles McKean, Australia, “Sydney Oper House Loading Dock”

CITYSCAPES:
First Prize: Anton Watts, USA, “New York City Snow”

CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE:
First Prize: Len Speier, USA, “The Bus Series, Dad plus Three”


Second Prize: Vincent Mathieu, France, “Bernard-Marie, brother of the Jerusalem”


Third Prize: Chieko Tanemura, USA, “Hard Working Mexican Pickers, CA”

FIGURE AND NUDE:
First Prize: Alicia Moneva, Spain, “Conflicto de personalidad”


Second Prize: Alicia Moneva, Spain, “The loneliness of Julieta”


Third Prize: Bobbe Leland, USA, “Cheeky Lane”


FINE ART:
First Prize: Nicholas Dantona, USA, “Bleeker Street”


Second Prize: Anna Tomczak, USA, “Ana’s Hands”


Third Prize (shared): Axel Fassio, Peru, “Industrial Metamorphosis”


Third Prize (shared): Nicholas Dantona, USA, “Stonington Harbor”

LANDSCAPES AND CITYSCAPES:
First Prize: Peter Lik, USA, “Eternal Beauty”


Second Prize: Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “To line Up”


Third Prize: Joyce P. Lopez, USA, “Ladder at 15000 Feet”


PEOPLE:
First Prize: Alicia Moneva, Spain, “De paso”


PORTRAIT:
First Prize: Alicia Moneva, Spain, “Dream Lolita”


Second Prize: Edward Olive, Spain, “American Lady”


Third Prize: Louise Whelan, Australia, “Meelah”


SELF PORTRAIT:
First Prize: Priscilla Pompa, Mexico, “Drowning in Alcohol”

STILL LIFE:
First Prize: Marguerite Garth, USA, ”Pick and Grinder”

WEDDING:
First Prize: Edward Olive, Spain, “Couple on dancing floor”


Second Prize: Alicia Moneva, Spain, “Damita de honor”

Works selected in the Non Professional Section – Single Image:

ABSTRACT:
First Prize: Kevin Kwok, USA, ”Dystopia”


Second Prize: Aleksandr Korolev, USA, “Sunset”


Third Prize: Susan Brandt Graham, USA, “Beyond”


ADVERTISING:
First Prize: Alexandr Korolev, USA, “Forte”

ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES:
First Prize: Dick Nobisch, USA, “Photo Genesis #13”


ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE:
First Prize: Marlene Miyamoto, USA, “Tut and To”


Second Prize: Trish Woodford, Australia, “Searching…”


Third Prize: Máximo Panes García, Spain, “The lovers”

ARCHITECTURE:
First Prize: Dorothée Rapp, Germany, “Of waves and edges”


Second Prize: Kevin Kwok, USA, “Temple II”


Third Prize: Daniel Hartline, USA, “Denver Composite”

CHILDREN:
First Prize: Martina Brandstetter, Germany, “Schneckschnakschnuck”


Second Prize: Istvan M Kerekes, Hungary, “The poisoned city”


Third Prize: Barbara Bertramello, Italy, “The Kite”


CITYSCAPES:
First Prize: Susan Brandt Graham, USA, “City Meets Nature”


Second Prize: David Jakelik, Croatia, “Vienna 2011”


Third Prize: Daniel Hartline, USA, “Generation and Transmission”

CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE:
First Prize: Ethel Kambourian, USA, “Daily Life”


Second Prize: Stephen Hall, USA, “Natural numbers, Village School, Ethiopia”


Third Prize: Lucy Woods, USA, “What is Mine is Yours”


DIGITAL MANIPULATION:
First Prize: Maximilian Baeuchle, Germany, “Journey”


Second Prize: Maximilian Baeuchle, Germany, “Phantasy”


Third Prize: Cemal Samli, Turkey, “Empathy”


FIGURE AND NUDE:
First Prize: Pirmin Zimmermann, Switzerland, “Balance”

FINE ART:
First Prize: Trish Woodford, Australia, Life’s Journey”


Second Prize: Patrizia Burra, Italy, “The Killer Inside Me”


Third Prize (shared): Daniel Hartline, USA, “Nashville Guitar Composite”


Third Prize (shared): Beatrix Jourdan, Senegal, “Martha”


LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES:
First Prize: Alexei Krasnikov, Russia, “Swallow Falls”


Second Prize: Jayne Dennis, United Kingdom, “Fisherman’s Huts”


Third Prize: Francisco Arteaga Marichal, Spain, “Silence Coast”

NATURE:
First Prize: Susan Brandt Graham, USA, “Monsoon Skies Turmoil”


PEOPLE:
First Prize: Stephen K Hall, USA, “Young Herdsman with Blood Bowl, Ethiopia”


Second Prize: Fabrizio Intonti, Italy, ”Elsewhere”


PORTRAIT:
First Prize: John McGill, Lebanon, “Hardcore Fitness Trainer”


Second Prize: M.Istvan Kerekes, Hungary, “Fate”


SELF PORTRAIT:
First Prize: Jessika Grenner, USA, “Mannequin Manifesto”


SPORTS:
First Prize: John Eaton, USA, “Tonan”


STILL LIFE:
First Prize: Nenad Saljic, Croatia, “The End #4”


Second Prize: Beatrix Jourdan, Senegal, “Picnic”


WEDDING:
First Prize: Michael Maher, USA, “Untitled”