These are the results of the judging of the July 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.

JULY’s RESULTS:

Best Image of the Month:
Marguerite Garth, USA, for her image “The Forsaken #2”

Works selected in the Professional Section – Series:

ABSTRACT:
1^st  - Inga Pae, USA, “Shadow Aspect”

ARCHITECTURE:
1^st - Lee Saloutos, USA, “Death Row Cell & other images”

CITYSCAPES:
1^st - Jun Pyo Kim, USA, “42^nd St Bryan Park, NY & other images”

2^nd - Brandon Schulman, USA, “American Main Street, Indiana 2010 & other images”

CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE:
1^st - Viet Van Tran, Viet Nam, “Zen”


2^nd - Ann-Christine Woehrl, Germany, “Benin, the cradle of Voodoo”

EDITORIAL AND CURRENT AFFAIRS:
1^st - Maija Tammi, Finland, “Sofiya”

FINE ART:
1^st - Marguerite Garth, USA, “The Forsaken and other images”


2^nd - Maija Tammi, Finland “In Limbo”


3^rd - Floria Gonzalez, Mexico, “”Before / After”


HM - Tsu-Chiang Hsu, Taiwan, “The black Butterfly”


HM - George Ramms, Germany, “Early Bird and other images”

LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES:
1^st - Marguerite Garth, USA, The Pond”

PEOPLE:
1^st - Abel Ruiz de León Trespando, Spain, “Maheda Beden and other images”


PERFORMING ARTS:
1^st - Keiko Hiromi, USA, “Christopher’s legs and other images”

PORTRAIT:
1^st - Brandon Schulman, USA, “Nathan Seiberg and other images”


2^nd - Ann-Christine Woehrl, Germany, “The Sacred Prostitutes of the Goddess”

Works selected in the Non Professional Section – Series:

ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES:
1^st - Hugh Jones, USA, “Nomad and other images”

CITYSCAPES:
1^st - Hugh Jones, USA, “Central Park, NY and other images”


2^nd  - Jim Reynolds, USA, “Apple Store Stairs and other images”

CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE:
1^st - Kay Erickson, USA, “Calcutta Rescue School”


2^nd  - Kay Erickson, USA, “Calcutta Rescue Clinic”


3^rd - Dorothée Rapp, Germany, “The Game”

DIGITAL MANIPULATION:
1^st - Julie Ramage, France “Portraits”

EDITORIAL AND CURRENT AFFAIRS:
1^st - Hirotaka Tanaka, Japan, “Independence Ceremony Preparation and other images”

FASHION:
1^st - Michele Taras, Canada, “Straw Hat”

FINE ART:
1^st - Sandro Tedde, Italy, “Windows”


2^nd  - Anne Berry, USA, “Knocking from the inside and other images”

LANDSCAPES AND CITYSCAPES:
1^st - Rene Roalf, Denmark, “Real VII Seascape”


2^nd  - Rene Roalf, Denmark, “Real ”


3^rd  - Tim Bailey, USA, “Night Shift and other images”


HM - Mark Boyle, Australia, “Harsh”

NATURE:
1^st - Orlic Karmen, Croatia, “Forest”

PEOPLE:
1^st - Francisco Arteaga Marichal, Spain, “Homeless and other images”

SELF PORTRAIT:
1^st - Stephen Spiller, USA, “I Am Afraid”

STILL LIFE:
1^st - Nenad Saljic, Croatia, “The End”


2^nd - Anna Zavileiskaia, Hungary, “All is Geometry and other images”

Works selected in the Professional Section – Single Image:

 ABSTRACT:
1^st - Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Straight or Fossil?”


2^nd - Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Live Wood”


3^rd - Alicia Moneva, Spain, “Human Geography”

ADVERTISING:
1^st - Adam Balcerek, Poland, “Crazy Kitchen 2”

ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE:
1^st - Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Flight Training”


2^nd - Martin Stubbs, United Kingdom, Wolfhound at Rest”


3^rd - Yeang Chng, USA, “Salt Water Crocodile”

ARCHITECTURE:
1^st - Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Titanium”


2^nd - Raph de Pagter, Netherlands, “Colors of Spain”


3^rd - Alicia Moneva, Spain, “The 39 Steps”

CITYSCAPES:
1^st - Joyce P. Lopez, USA, “Annecy Pharmacie with School Boy”


2^nd - Joyce P. Lopez, USA, “Blank Window”


3^rd - Brandon Schulman, USA, American Main Street, Indiana”


HM - Brandon Schulman, USA, “Store Front Bettendorf, Iowa”

CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE:
1^st - Marguerite Garth, USA, “Kitchen Corner”


2^nd - Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Tradition”


3^rd - Kerry Sharkey-Miller, USA, “Going Home”


HM - Kerry Sharkey-Miller, USA, “Portrait of a Maasai Warrior”

DIGITAL MANIPULATION:
1st - Ann Brandeis, USA, “Leda’s Swan”


2nd - Alicia Moneva, Spain, “Codice de Realidades”

FASHION:
1^st - Adam Balcerek, Poland, “Kidnapped”

FIGURE AND NUDE:
1^st - Huo-Jen Lin, Taiwan, “Girl in the Hotel”


2^nd - Huo-Jen Lin, Taiwan, “Girl in the Hotel 2”


3^rd - Huo-Jen Lin, Taiwan, “Girl in the Hotel 3”


HM - Anette Asbjornrod, Norway, “Still Growing”


HM - Wong Bonnie, Hong Kong, “Purity”


HM - Wong Bonnie, Hong Kong, “Siuding”

FINE ART:

1^st - Alicia Moneva, Spain, “Irrational Fair”


2^nd - Svein Rosseland, Norway, “Rough Ocean or Female Temper”


3^rd - Sigita Lapina, Latvia, “Call of Wind 1”


HM - Kerry Sharkey-Miller, USA, “Spirited”


HM - Bruce Morton, USA, “Easy Rider”

HUMANITARIAN DOCUMENTARY:
1st - Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Iquitos”

LANDSCAPES AND CITYSCAPES:
1^st - Marguerite Garth, USA, “Into Weather”


2^nd - Marguerite Garth, USA “The Night Train”


3^rd - Javier Sanchez Martinez, Spain, “Mysterious Mountains”


HM - Ralph de Pagter, Netherlands, “Close to the Beach”


HM - Joyce P. Lopez, USA, Chateau Scene, France”

NATURE:
1^st - Chieko Tanemura, USA, “Seagual in the Foggy Morning”


2^nd - Joyce P. Lopez, USA, “Windows Ice – The Journey Begins”


3^rd - Kerry Sharkey-Miller, USA, Arizona Windflower 2”

PEOPLE:
1^st - Ralph de Pagter, Netherlands, “Open End”


2^nd - Ralph de Pagter, Netherlands, “The Torrent Kid”


3^rd - John Ferguson, United Kingdom, “Southern Sudan 1”


HM - Roland Serani, United Kingdom, “Visual Pleasure 4”

PERFORMING ARTS:
1^st - Yeang Chng, USA, “Guitarist”


2^nd - Yeang Chng, USA, “Dancers and Choreographers”

PORTRAIT:
1^st - Maija Tammi, Finland, Sofiya and Risa”


2^nd - Brandon Schulman, USA, “Nathan Seiberg, Princenton”


3^rd - Brandon Schulman, USA, “Bernard Juli E.N.S., Paris”


HM - Martin Stubbs, United Kingdom, “Gwyneth Paltrow”


HM - Anette Asbjornrod, Norway, “Two Sisters”


HM - Yeang Chng, USA, “After Hours”

STILL LIFE:
1^st- Kerry Sharkey-Miller, USA, “65-47 Fishing Boat”

Works selected in the Non Professional Section – Single Image:

ABSTRACT:
1^st - Ana Sarrion, Spain, “Guggenheim”


2^nd - M.Istvan Kerekes, Hungary, “Poirot”


3^rd - Leandro Pozzi, Argentina, “Silver”


HM - Hugh Jones, USA, “Coliseum, Rome”


HM - Emil Stojek, Poland, “Round Midnight”

ADVERTISING:
1^st - Susan Graham, USA, “Instruments 3”

ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES:
1^st - Hugh Jones, USA, “Fusion”


2^nd - Julie Ramage, France, “Skin 1”


2^nd - Julie Ramage, France, “Skin 2”


ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE:
1^st - Leandro Pozzi, Argentina, “Sofia”


2^nd - Maryam Monazam, Italy, “The Look”


3^rd - Anna Zavileiskaia, Hungary, “Lazy Morning”

ARCHITECTURE:
1^st - Christian Beauchle, Germany, “Over the Black Road”


2^nd - Hugh Jones, USA, “Eschers Delight”


3^rd - Nenad Saljic, Croatia, “Into the Rain”


HM - Emil Stojek, Poland, “View On The Bridge”


HM - David Jakelic, Croatia, “A Couple”


HM - Regina Cserna, Austria, “The Bulb”

CHILDREN:
1^st - Martina Brandstetter, Germany, “Goggle”


2^nd - Martina Brandstetter, Germany, “Sailor”


3^rd - Dorothée Rapp, Germany, “Beach Dreams”


HM - Maximo Panés Garcia, Spain, “Friends”

CITYSCAPES:
1^st - Emil Stojek, Poland “Evening in Lisbon”


2nd - Maximo Panés Garcia, Spain, “Smoke Stacks”


3^rd  - Hugh Jones, USA, “Coliseum, Rome”

CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE:
1^st - Maryam Monazam, Italy, “Accompany”


2^nd - Judit German-Heins, Germany, “The Street Acrobat”


3^rd   - Hugh Jones, USA, “Netherlands Proverbs”


DIGITAL MANIPULATION:
1^st - Hugh Jones, USA, “Tree of Life”


2^nd - Hugh Jones, USA, “Bird of Paradise 2”


3^rd - Cemal Samli, Turkey, “Dawn”

EDITORIAL AND CURRENT AFFAIRS:
1^st - Eva Vlada, Ireland, “The Thistles of Baragan 1”


2^nd - Eva Vlada, Ireland, “The Thistles of Baragan 3”

FIGURE AND NUDE:
1^st - Michael Goulding, USA, “Amy XLVI”


2^nd - Leandro Pozzi, Argentina, “Nude”


3^rd - Dennis Hodges, Hungary, “Morning Torso 1”

FINE ART:
1^st - Kimber Wallwork-Heineman, USA, “Cowgirl Life”


2^nd - Kimber Wallwork-Heineman, USA, “Milagro Niebla”


3^rd - Patrizia Burra, Italy “Body Art”


HM - Christian Beauchle, Germany “Haze”


HM - Nenad Saljic, Croatia, “Walk the Line 1”


HM - Nenad Saljic, Croatia, “Twilight Clouds”


HM  - Dorothée Rapp, Germany, “Paris pas vu”


HM - Cemal Samli, Turkey, “Alice in Neverland”


HM - Gizetic Denis, Croatia, “Lost Around St. Michael”

LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES:
1^st - Christian Beauchle, Germany, “Minuet of Tides”


2^nd - Nenad Saljic, Croatia, “Into the Mist”


3^rd - Maximo Panés Garcia, Spain, “Lonely Tree”


HM - Gizetic Denis, Croatia, “Quiet Flight”


HM - Gizetic Denis, Croatia, “Water Towers”

MACRO AND MICRO:
1^st - Hugh Jones, USA, “Ponte Vecchio, Florence”


2^nd - Abdulkader Abouasleba, Qatar, “Water Beauty”

NATURE:
1^st - M.Istvan Kerekes, Hungary, “Angels”


2^nd - Trish Woodford, Australia, “The Geisha”

PEOPLE:
1^st - Patrizia Burra, Italy, “Ink World”


2^nd - Susan Graham, USA, “New Life”


PERFORMING ARTS:
1^st - Adele Carne, United Kingdom, “A Gentle Death”

PORTRAIT:
1^st - Sandro Tedde, Italy, “Windows 03”


2^nd - Patrizia Burra, Italy, “Tattoo You”


3^rd - Ana Sarrion, Spain, “Young Africa”


HM - M.Istvan Kerekes, Hungary, “Bodashka”


HM - Cemal Samli, Turkey, “Alice in Neverland”

SELF PORTRAIT:
1^st - Stephen Spiller, USA, “I Am Afraid 1”

SPORTS:
1^st - Tomonari Kaji, Japan, “Dive to the vivid perception”

STILL LIFE:
1^st - Hugh Jones, USA, “Encounters 2”


2^nd - David Jakelic, Croatia, “Vase”


3^rd - Alexander Korolev, USA, “Open”

WEDDING:
1^st - Michele Taras, Canada, “Winter Wonderland”