The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announces the overall winners and awardees of the 2011 WPGA Annual Pollux Awards (www.thegalaawards.com)

Juried by Tim Anderson, Dina Bova, Julio Hardy, Amber Terranova, Larry Padgett and David H Wells. Award Director: Julio Hardy

20,320 images were received from 72 countries, in 6 monthly consecutive contests, whose results were merged to select the overall awardees.

WPGA congratulates the winning artists and all those contestants who have participated in this 3rd edition of The Pollux Awards. Awarded works will be invited to exhibit their works at The Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires, from January 19th to February 15th, 2012.  (See details of the exhibition in Palais de Glace Exhibition.) Those artists invited to exhibit will be receiving a personalized email on November 10th, being asked to donate one copy of their prints to Save the Children and Fleni. Exhibited prints will be auctioned at the end of the exhibition and the net proceeds of the sales (excluding printing and framing costs, which will be reimbursed to the respective artists) will be donated to the foundations Save the Children and Fleni.

Overall Results

The WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Professional Section (Photographer of the Year) has been awarded jointly to:

Adam Balcerek, from Warsaw (Poland)

Marguerite Garth, from Wrightwood, California (USA)

Alicia Moneva, from Madrid (Spain)

and therefore it has been decided that the Prize shall be divided, with one thrid each to the above mentioned artists.

The WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Non Professional Section (Photographer of the Year) has been awarded jointly to:

Patrizia Burra, from Grado (Italy)

Robb Johnson, from Carmel, California (USA)

Dale Johnson, from Carmel, California (USA)

Hugh Jones, from Arlington, Virgina (USA)

and therefore it has been decided that the Prize shall be divided, with one quarter each to the above mentioned artists.


Special Mentions of the Award Director:

Professional Section:

Kamil Vojnar, from St Remy de Provence  France)

Lung Liu, from Surrey (Canada)

Dean West, from Toronto (Canada)

Ann-Christine Woehrl, from Munich (Germany)

Non Professional Section:

Anne Berry, from Newnan, Georgia (USA)

Katerina Bodrunova, from Moscow (Russian Federation)

Joy Goldkind, from St. James, New York (USA)

Beatrix Jourdan, from Dakar (Senegal)

Gloriann Liu, from San Luis Obispo, California (USA)

Julie Ramage, from Paris (France)

Dorothée Rapp, from Herford (Germany)

Scroll down to see all the awarded images

Professional Section – Series

Category Abstract:

1^st Prize: De Witt, Glenn, USA, Untilted (September)


Honorable Mention:

Pae, Inga, USA, “Shadow Aspect” (July)


Category Architecture:

1^st Prize: Bader, Claudio, Switzerland, “Centrovale” (June)


Honorable Mention:

Saloutos, Lee, USA, “Death Row Cells” (July)

Category Children:

1^st Prize: Turner, Mary, UK, “Facing Eviction” (September)

Category Cityscapes:

1^st Prize (shared): Eckersley, William, UK, “Symmetrical Victorian housing block” (May)


1^st Prize (shrared): Hadley, Sarah, US, “Awnings” (August)


Honorable Mentions:

Kim, Jun Pyo, US, “42^nd Bryan Park, NY” (July)


Schulman, Brandon, US, “American Main Street, Indiana” (July)

Category Culture and Daly Life:

1^st Prize: Kashi, Ed, US, “Outside Friday Prayer’s at the Mosque” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Ruiz de Leon Trespando, Abel, Spain “The Birth of Fatime” (May)


de Middel, Cristina, Spain, “The Afronauts, Zambian Space Program” (September)


Woehrl, Ann-Christine, Germany, “Benin, the cradle of Voodoo” (July)

Category Digital Enhanced:

1^st Prize: Vojnar, Kamil, France, “No Vacancy” (September)

Category Editorial and Current Affairs:

1st Prize: Troilo, Giovanni, Italy, “Getting to Ostia is Beautiful” (June)

Category Environmental Issues:

1^st Prize: Blatty, JT, US, “Syringe Feeding” (April)

Category Fashion:

1^st Prize: Balcerek, Adam, Poland, “Living in a Hotel” (May)


Honorable Mention:

Pae, Inga, US, “ECOuture” (August)

Category Figure and Nude:
1^st Prize: Craver, Neil, US, “Dismantling Connections” (August)

Category Fine Art:

1^st Prize: Garth, Marguerite, US, “The forsaken” (April/July)




Honorable Mentions:

West, Dean, Canada, “Trampoline” (April)


Aviv, Orly, Israel, “Un Space 10” (June)


Gonzalez, Floria, Mexico, “EstoyCo Jugando a Suicidarse” (April)


Lauto, Belenna, US, “Marionette #3” (May)


Newell, Lennette, US, “Python Transformation” (August)



Hsu, Tsu-Chiang, Taiwan, “The Black Butterfly” (July)

Category Humanitarian Documentary:

1^st Prize: Podavini, Fausto, Italy, “Mirella” (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Mittica, Pierpaolo, Italy, “Street Child Flying on the Garbage” (April)


Kashi, Ed, US, “Nguyen Thi Ly at home with her mother” (June)


Fassio, Axel, Peru, “Slave Labor” (August)

Category Landscapes and Seascapes:

1^st Prize: Marguerite Garth, “The Pond” (May/July)), and “Through Pasture” (April)






Honorable Mentions:

Ross, Harold, US, “Untitled” (September)


Mathieu, Vincent, France, “Sunrise Sensations” (August)

Category People:

1^st Prize: Bhatia, Dilip, India, “Akhaada Wrestlers” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Spencer, Ewen, UK, “Ivan, San Ferdinando, Calabria, Italy” (June)


Adams, David, Netherlands, “Playgroung, Young Artist in Transvaal” (August)


Ruiz de León Trespando, Abel, Spain, “Maheda Beden” (July)

Category Performing Arts:

1^st Prize: Hiromi, Keiko, US, “Christopher’s leg”” (July)

Category Portrait:

1^st Prize: Woehrl, Ann-Christine, Germany, “The Sacred Prostitutes of the Goddess” (July)


Honorable Mention:

Schulman, Brandon, US, “Nathan Seiberg” (July)

Category Sports:

1^st Prize: Wiltse, Lisa, US, “A Winter’s Tale” (September)

Category Still Life:

1^st Prize: Nichols, Jason, US, “Forks” (September)
 

Non Professional Section - Series

Category Abstract:

1^st Prize: Goldkind, Joy, US, “# 1077 and other images” (April/May)

Honorable Mentions:

Zavileiskaia, Anna, Hungary, “Intent” (May)


Cortinhas, Alexandre, UK, “Spectrum” (May)

Category Advertising:

1^st Prize: Piccardi, Azzurra, Italy, “Escort” (August)


Honorable Mention:

Hand, Peter, France, “Swimming” (May)

Category Alternative Processes:

1^st Prize: Goldkind, Joy, US, “# 5887” (May)


Honorable Mention:

Jones, Hugh, US “Nomad” (July)

Category Animals and Wildlife:

1^st Prize: Lyon, Carol, US, “We are family” (August)


Honorable Mention:

Berry, Anne, US, “Orangutan” (June)

Category Architecture:

1^st Prize: Tedde, Sando, Italy, “The Lido” (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Carney, Vincent, US, “Room nº 335” (June)


Zavileiskaia, Anne, Hungary, “Variations on Euclid’s fifth postulate” (August)

Category Children:

1^st Prize: Roberts, Jacqueline, Germany, “Bakugan” (May)


Honorable Mentions:

Barnett, Susan, US, “I Will Save the World” (June)


Lubitz, Allen, USA, “Children of Peru” (June)

Category Cityscapes:

1^st Prize: Jones, Hugh, US, “Central Park, NY” (July)


Honorable Mentions:

Johnson, Robb, US, “Vacancy” (August)


Rapp, Dorothée, Germany, “Ombre di Venezia” (August)

Category Culture and Daly Life:

1^st Prize: Rapp, Dorothée, Germany, “The Game” (July)


Honorable Mentions:

Richards, Glenn, US, “Shipboard Living” (April)


Bright, Jeffrey, Ireland, “Sulphur Mines” (June)


Bertramello, Barbara, Italy, “Convivenze” (August)


Erickson, Kay, US, “Calcutta Rescue Clinic” (July)

Category Digital Enhanced:

1^st Prize: Ramage, Julie, France, “Portraits” (July)


Honorable Mentions:

Bailey, Tim, US, “Scrap” (May)


Hundt, Andreas, South Africa, “Matric Shoes” (August)

Category Editorial and Current Affairs:

1^st Prize: Paradise, Jane, US “resting after a long day” (May)


Category Environmental Issues:

1^st Prize: Zipfel, Isabell, Germany, “In Jharia, in the Federal State of Jhark” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Barker, Mandy, UK, “SOPU: Plastic Oceanic Debris” (June)


Toh, Larry, Singapore, “Thilafushi” (August)

Category Fashion:

1^st Prize: Taras, Michele, Canada, “Straw Hat” (July)

Category Figure and Nude:

1^st Prize: Niemeijer, Jan, Netherlands, “The Barmaid” (August)


Honorable Mention:

Friederich, Blair, US, “Rim” (April)

Category Fine Art:

1^st Prize: Bodrunova, Katerina Bodrunova, Russia, “Surrealism” (August)


Honorable Mentions:

Gremm, Martin, US, “Untitled” (September), “Running the Maze” (April)


George, Anne, US, “Arch Arrival” (April)


Johnson, Robb, US, “Bench and Path” (May)


Reynolds, Jim, US, “Autumn Lotus” (April)


Berry, Anne, US, “Knocking from the Inside” (July)


Moser, Kat, US, “Kristy” (August)


Ramage, Julie, France, “The Underworld” (April)

Category Humanitarian Documentary:

1^st Prize: Candela, Miguel, Spain, “Brothels, Living in the Darkness” (May)


 Honorable Mentions:

Liu, Gloriann, US, “Forgotten Afghanistan” (June)


Liu, Gloriann, US “Hidden War in Afghanistan” (June)


Category Landscapes and Seascapes:

1^st Prize: Roalf, Rene, Denmark, “Real VII Seascape” (July)


Honorable Mentions:

Fleury, Cynthia, US, “Harbor Sunrise” (June)


Canizzaro, Nino, Italy, “Le Detroit Perdue” (May)


Boyle, Mark, Australia, “Harsh” (July)

Category Macro and Micro:
1^st  Prize: Jones, Hugh, US, “Dorothy in Oz” (April)

Category Nature:
1^st Prize: Karmen, Orlic, Croatia, “Forest” (July)


Honorable Mention:

Tzermnia, Kalliopi, Greece, “Sacred Woods” (June)

Category People:

1^st Prize: Paradise, Jane, US, “Along the Waterfront” (August)


Honorable Mention:

Arteaga Marichal, Francisco, Spain, “Homeless” (July)

Category Portrait:

1^st Prize: Cohen, Michael, Israel, “Untitled” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Brandeis, Ann, US, “The Fan” (April)


Maher, Michael, US, “Untitled” (April)

Category Self Portrait:

1^st Prize: Spiller, Stephen, US, “I Am Afraid” (July)


Honorable Mention:

Lender, Heidi, US, “The Photographer” (September)

Category Sports:

1^st Prize: Patruno, Paolo, Italy, “Unusual Gym” (September)


Honorable Mention:

Saljic, Nenad, Croatia, “Cave Mamet” (June)

Category Still Life:

1^st Prize: Zavileiskaia, Hungary, “All is Geometry” (July)


Honorable Mention:

Saljic, Nenad, Croatia, “The End” (July)

Professional Section – Single Image

Category Abstract:

1^st Prize: Moneva, Alicia, Spain, “You under my Skin” (August)


Honorable Mention:

Sanchez Martinez, Javier, Spain, “Straight or Fossil?” (July)

Category Advertising:

1^st Prize: Balcerek, Adam, Poland, “Desert” (August); “Angler” (April); “Elefants” (April); “Parrots” (August)






Honorable Mention:

Newell, Lennette, US, “Olimpic Start” (September)

Category Alternative Processes:

1^st Prize: Linaa, Rasmus, Denmark, “Mists by the Sea” (September)


 Category Animals and Wildlife:

1^st Prize: Garth, Marguerite, US, “Angry Longhorn” (August)


Honorable Mentions:

Stubbs, Martin, UK, “Basset waiting to be judged” (May)


Newell, Lennette, US, “Geezz” (September)


Balcerek, Adam, Poland “Elephant Called Hope” (April)

Category Architecture:

1^st Prize: McKean, Charles, Australia, “Sydney Oper House Loading Dock”; “Quebec” (August)


Honorable Mentions:

Baeuchle, Maximilian, Germany, “Path Over Water” (April)


Sanchez Martinez, Javier, Spain, “Titanium” (July)


de Pagter, Ralph, Netherlands, “Everlasting Heritage” (June)

Category Children:

1^st Prize: Batura, Svletana, Lithuania, “Christmas Time” (April)


Honorable Mentions:

Forte, Gianni, UK, “Luca F (April)


Tran, Viet Van, Vietnam, “Sand Story” (April)


Wiltse, Lisa, US, “Children of Ulingan” (September)


Loh-Taylor, Liz, Australia, “Daniel” (June)

Category Cityscapes:

1^st Prize: Bliach, Alina, US, “Skyline Bubble” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Watts, Anton, US, “New York City Snow” (August)


Schulman, Brandon, US, “Store Front Bettendorf, Iowa” (July)

Category Culture and Daly Life:

1^st Prize: Sklute, Ken, US, "Heading Home" (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Batura, Svletana, Lithuania, “Mental Equilibrium” (June)


Speier, Len, US, “The Bus Series, Dad Plus Three” (August)


Sharkey-Miller, Kerry, US, “Going Home” (July)


Garth, Marguerite, US, “Kitchen Corner” (July)

Category Digital Enhanced:

1^st Prize: Moneva, Spain, “Incubated” (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Ukay, Cheung, Singapore, “Super Butterfly” (April)


Schoeneberg, Marko, Germany, “Dancing Mice (April)

Category Editorial and Current Affairs:

1^st Prize: Liu, Lung, Canada, “Young Girl Suffering from Agent Orange” (April)


Honorable Mention:

Naesfeldt, Linda, Norway, “Cairo Player” (September)


Category Environmental Issues:

1^st Prize: Pompa, Priscilla Pompa, Mexico, “On Fire” (April)


Honorable Mention:

de Pagter, Ralph, Netherlands, “Battle against the Sea” (June)

Category Fashion:

1^st Prize: Balcerek, Adam, Poland, “House Wifes” (April); “To get off the Drugs” (May)




Honorable Mention:

Dzamba, Jack, US, “Melissa” (September)

Category Figure and Nude:

1^st Prize: Lin, Kuo-Jen, Taiwan, “Girl in Hotel 1, 2 and 3” (July)






Honorable Mentions:

Olive, Edward, Spain, “Reflections” (May); “Dreams Glamour Abstract” (April)




Dazeley, Peter, UK, “Angel” (September)


Moneva, Alicia, Spain, “The loneliness of Julieta” (August)


Csanadi, Martin, Hungary, “Nude with Glasses” (April)


Bonnie, Wong, Hong Kong, “Purity” (July)

Category Fine Art:

1^st Prize (shared): West, Dean, Canada, “The Cockpit” (April)


1^st Prize (shared): Rosseland, Svein, Norway, “Fear” (April)


Honorable Mentions:

OConnell,Ellen, Switzerland, "Hand" (September)

 
Maleszyk, Rafal, US, “Bodi” (May)


Dantona, Nicholas, US, “Bleeker Street” (August)


Ramage, Julie, France, “Jill I” (April)


Ukay, Cheung, Singapore, “ReBirth” (April)


Lapina, Sigita, Latvia, “Call of Wind 1” (July)


Morton, Bruce, US, “Easy Rider” (July)


West, Dean, Canada, “Trampoline” (April)


Rosseland, Svein, Norway, “Scream” (May)


Tomczak, Anna, US “Ana’s Hands” (August)


Category Humanitarian Documentary:

1^st Prize: Loh Taylor, Liz, Australia, “Just Me and My Mother” (June); “The told me the hinguguay ate her” (September)




Honorable Mentions:

Kashi, Ed, US, “9 years old victim of Agent Orange, 2011” (June)


Liu, Lung, Canada, “Displaced Family of the Haiti Earthquake” (April)



Category Landscapes and Seascapes:

1^st Prize: Garth, Marguerite, “Abandoned Orchad” (May)


Honorable Mentions:

Maleszyk, Rafal, US, “Flags of Sea Breeze” (May)


Vazquez, Rosa Isabel, Spain, “Olas y Naufragios” (June)


Lik, Peter, US, “Eternal Beauty” (August)


Sanchez Martinez, Javier, Spain, “To line Up” (August)


Morton, Bruce, US, “Drifting #4, # 5, and #6” (April)






Category Nature:
1^st Prize: Mingorance, Francisco, Spain, “The Ladies of the Sea” (September)


Honorable Mention:

Sharkey-Miller, Kerry, US, “Lone Donkey Sacred Valley, Peru” (April)

Category People:

1^st Prize: de Pagter, Ralph, Netherlands, “Centre of Attention” (May)


Honorable Mentions:

Boros, Gabor, Canada, “Fire and men, Montreal, Canada, 1986” (May)


Ferguson, John, UK, “Southern Sudan 1” (July)


Serani, Roland, UK, “Visual Pleasure 4” (July)

Category Performing Arts:

1^st Prize: Moneva, Alicia, Spain, “Magia” (May)


Honorable Mentions:

Boczko, Tamas, Hungary, “Ismael Ludman.Maria Mondino” (September)


Chng, Yeang, US, “Dancers and Choreographers” (July)

Category Portrait:

1^st Prize:   Marsina, Alessandro, Italy, “Odri” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Moneva, Alicia, Spain, “Dream Lolita” (August)


Whelan, Louise, Australia, “Meelah” (August)


Sharkey-Miller, Kerry, US, “Couple displaced by 2010 Peruvian Floods” (April)


Shulman, Brandon, US, “Bernard Juli E.N.S., Paris” (July)


Chng, Yeang, US, “After Hours” (July)

Category Self Portrait:

1^st Prize: Pompa, Priscilla, Mexico, “Drowning in Alcohol” (August)

Category Sports:

1^st Prize: Wiltse, Lisa, US, “A Winter’s Tale I” (September)

Category Still Life:

1^st Prize: Nosbisch, Dick, US, “Vanishing Life” (June)


Honorable Mention:

Nichols, Jason, US, “Drinking Glasses” (September)


Category Wedding:

1^st Prize: Sklute, Ken, US, Sensuous Curves” (September)

Non Professional Section – Single Image

Category Abstract:

1^st Prize: Jones, Hugh, US, “Bridge at Halong Bay” (April)


Honorable Mentions:

Korolev, Alexsandr, US, “Sunset” (August)


Barker, Mandy, UK, “10-20 Years, Plastic Anemone” (June)


Kwok, Kevin, US, “Distopia” (August)


Kerekes, M Istvan, Hungary “Poirot” (July)


Stojek, Emil, Poland, “Round Midnight” (July)

Category Advertising:

1^st Prize: Graham, Susan, US “Instruments 3” (July)


Honorable Mention:
Korolev, Alexsandr, US, “Forte” (August)

Category Alternative Processes:

1^st Prize (shared): Ramage, Julie, France, “Skin 1”; “Skin 2” (July)




1st Prize (shared): Burra, Patrizia, Italy, “Dream II” (June)


Honorable Mention:
Jones, Hugh, US, “Fusion” (July)


Martinez, Heather, US, “Freaky Toes” (May)

 

 Category Animals and Wildlife:

1^st Prize: Woodford, Trish, Australia, “Three Little Ducks” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Pozzi, Leandro, Argentina, “Monadas” (May)


Cohen, Michael, Israel, “Untitled” (June)


Panes Garcia, Máximo, Spain, “The Lovers” (August)


Zavileiskaia, Anna, Hungary, “Lazy Morning” (July)


Jones, Hugh, US, “Primate Hanoi Waterpark” (May)

Category Architecture:

1^st Prize: Baeuchle, Christian, Germany, “Over the Black Road” (July)


Honorable Mentions:

Attard, Alex, Malta, “Service Station” (September)


Thomas, Michael, Australia “Everything that rises must converge” (May)


Fleury, Cynthia, US, “St Patrick Cathedral, NYC” (May)


Saljic, Nenad, Croatia, “Noon” (May)


Kopf, Johannes, Austria, “Time Machine” (May)


Holtkoetter, Thomas, Germany, “Kueppersmuehle” (June)


Tedde, Sandro, Italy, “Abstract Architecture 2” (June)


Kwok, Kevin, US, “Temple II” (August)


Hartline, Daniel, US, “Denver Composite” (August)


Rapp, Dorothée, Germany, “Of Waves and Edges” (August)


Jones, Hugh, US, “Arch” (April)


Lawrence, Philip, Australia, “The Twilight Zone” (April)


Alger, William, US, “RR Gantry and UN” (April)

Category Children:

1^st Prize: Bertramello, Barbara, Italy, “The Kite” (August)


Honorable Mentions:

Brandstetter, Martina, Germany, “Little Spy” (May); “Google” (July)




Langelier, Jacqueline, US, “Untitled 6” (June)


Bielecki, Philip, US, “Rapsberries” (April)


Rapp, Dorothée, Germany, “Beach Dreams” (July)


Panés García, Máximo, Spain, “Friends” (July); “Le Petit Enfant” (September)




Al Traifi, Zuhair, Saudi Arabia, “Curiosity Eyes” (April)

Category Cityscapes:

1^st Prize:  Schulz, Cathrin, US, “Authenti©ity of America” (May)


Honorable Mentions:


Hand, Peter, UK, “London” (May)


de Monléon, Hélène, Denmark, “The Way to Nowhere” (May)


Johnson, Robb, US, “After Hours” (April)


Ng, Kwangkee, Singapore, “CNY” (April)


Panes García, Máximo, Spain, “Smoke Stacks” (July)


Jones, Hugh, US, “Coliseum, Rome” (July)

Category Culture and Daly Life:

1^st Prize (shared): Kambourian, Ethel, US, “Daily Life” (August)


1st Prize (shared): Hall, Stephen, US, “Natural numbers, Village School, Ethopia” (August)

Honorable Mentions:

Chao, Chung-Hao, Taiwan, “The City Fashion Show” (May)


Jones, Hugh, US, “LA Art Scene” (June)


Ackerman, Patricia, Argentina, “Eyes in the Hand” (May)


Lubitz, Allen, US, “Mushing” (June)


Zalvileiskaia, Anna, Hungary, “Metro Arbatskaya" (September)


Rapp, Dorothée, Germany, “The Game” (May)

Category Digital Enhanced:

1^st Prize: Baeuchle, Maximilian, Germany, “Dreams” (May); “Phantasy” (August)




Honorable Mentions:

Jones, Hugh, US, “Hand Jive” (April)


Graham, Susan, US, “Child of my Dream” (May)


Samli, Cemal, Turkey, “Dawn” (July)


Divine, Karen, US, “Graduation” (September)

Category Editorial and Current Affairs:

1^st Prize: Vlada, Eva, Ireland, “The Thistles of Baragan 1” (July)


Category Environmental Issues:

1^st Prize: Zamora, Jose, US, “Spring” (September)


Honorable Mention:

Barker, Mandy, UK, “Soup: Turtles – Plastic Ocean Debris” (June)

Category Fashion:

1^st Prize: Rateau, Jean-Luc, US, “Read my Lips” (September)


Category Figure and Nude:

1^st Prize: Paradowski, Leszek, Poland “Hear the Silence” (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Franken, Kurt, Belgium, “In Focus!” (May)


Goulding, Michael, US, “Karolina VII” (May)


Pozzi, Leandro, Argentina, “Nude” (July)


Zimmermann, Pirmin, Switzerland, “Balance” (August)


Moser, Kat, US, “Precious Objects 1” (April)


Jones, Hugh. US, “Eve” (June)

Category Fine Art:

1^st Prize (shared): Walwork-Heineman, Kimber, US, “Cowgirl Life” (July)


1st Prize (shared): Burra, Patrizia, Italy, “Unhappy Bees” (April)


Honorable Mentions:

Bell, Tom, US, “Antigua Window” (September)


Berry, Ann, US, “Stop” (May)


Woodford, Tish, Australia, “Life’s Journey” (August)


Jourdan, Beatrix, Senegal, “Martha” (August)


Johnson, Dale, US, “The Night Watchman” (April)


Rapp, Dorothée, Germany, “Paris pas vu” (July)


Gizetic, Denis, Croatia, “Lost Around St Michael” (July)


Saljic, Nenad, Croatia, “Into the Mist” (July)


Barria Davidson, Andres, Mexico, “The Lonely Sisters and the Cat” (May)


Category Humanitarian Documentary:

1^st Prize: Genet, Benjamin, France, “Sharp look among the crowd” (September)


Category Landscapes and Seascapes:

1^st Prize: Gizetic, Denis, Croatia, “Water Towers” (July)


Honorable Mentions:

Stojek, Emil, Poland, “Lines of Defense” (September)


Krasnikov, Alexei, Russia, “Swallow Falls” (August)


Johnson, Dale, US, “Guardian of the Path” (April)


García Panes, Máximo, Spain, “Lonely Tree” (July)


Category Nature:

1^st Prize (shared): Kerekes, M Istvan, Hungary, “Forest Dwellers” (April); “Starlings” (May); “Angels” (July)






1^st Prize (shared): Saljic, Nenad, Croatia, “Mercedes” (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Graham, Susan, US, “Monsoon Skies Turmoil” (August)


Miyamoto, Marlene, US, “Water Ballet” (April)


Woodford, Trish, Australia, “The Geisha” (July)

Category Micro and Macro:

1^st Prize: Jones, Hugh, US, Manarola Cinque Terre, Italy” (June)


Honorable Mention:

Abdulkader, Abouasleba, Qatar, “Water Beauty” (July)
 

Category People:

1^st Prize: Hall, Stephen K, US, “Young Herdsman with Blood Bowl, Ethiopia” (August)


Honorable Mentions:

Kerekes, M Istvan, Hungary, “Women from Maramures” (June)


Ruiz, Chris, Germany, “Lola Angst” (May)


Burra, Patrizia, Italy, “Ink World” (July)


Graham, Susan, US, “New Life” (July)

Category Performing Arts:

1^st Prize: Panes Garcia, Spain, “The Show Must Go On” (September)


Honorable Mentions:


Woodford, Trish, Australia, “Life is a Cabaret” (June)


Ackerman, Patricia, Argentina, “Passion Tango” (May)


Carne, Adele, UK, “A Gentle Death” (July)

Category Portrait:

1^st Prize: Jourdan, Beatrix, Senegal, “Puma” (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Frid, Tomas, Sweden, “Untitled” (June)


McGill, John, Lebanon, “Hardcore Fitness Trainer” (August)


Weinmann, Michiko, Australia, “Res Cogitans” (May)


Kerekes, Istvan M, Hungary, “Visage” (April)


Samli, Cemal, Turkey, “Alice in Wonderland” (July)


Balaoro, Edward, US, “Secrets are Better Left Unknown” (May)


Sarrion, Ana, Spain, “Young Africa” (July)

Category Self Portrait:

1^st Prize: Paradowski, Leszek, Poland, “The Time Has Stopped” (September)


Honorable Mentions:

Lender, Heidi, US, “Untitled, from the series One Upon” (May)


Solomons, Erin, UK, “Domestic Vagancy” (June)


Spiller, Stephen, US, “I Am Afraid 1” (July)





Category Sports:

1^st Prize: Jones, Hugh, US, “Karmic Interlude” (June)


Honorable Mentions:

Eaton, John, US, “Tonan” (August)


Burlingham, Alex, UK, “David Ferrer” (June)

Category Still Life:

1^st Prize: Merva, Monika, US, “Doki’s Hand” (June)

Honorable Mentions:

Jourdan, Beatrix, Senegal, “Picnic” (August)


Jeltema, Margrieta, Italy, “Enchanted Flowers” (September)


Jones, Hugh, US, “Encounters 2” (July)


Jakelic, David, Croatia, “Vase” (July)

Category Wedding:

1^st Prize: Taras, Michele, Canada, “Winter Wonderland” (July)


Honorable Mentions:

Ling, Cecilia, US, “Waiting” (September)


Jones, Hugh, US, “Wedding Party” (June)


Maher, Michael, US, “Untitled” (August)