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1st classified

Swallow
by Tania Barrenetxea


The number of people struggling with mental health conditions have been rising steadily in the last decade. This image was created in a period of my life when I was struggling with anxiety and an all-consuming feeling of emotional overwhelm.

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Runner up

Breath
by Jie Zhang


The rapid industrial development has brought highly developed material civilization for mankind. However, environmental issues have evolved from a local to a regional or even a global level. In this photo, the girl is breathing fresh air via a tube directly from the plant, which...

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Highly commended

Who Saves Us?
by Peter Cech


Many politicians in the last two years have been only interested in COVID and they forget the protection of nature. So based on this situation polar bears must pull up a face-mask and go protest and fight for protecting their home...

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Highly commended

Stormy Thought
by Mostafa Nodeh


What is evident in my work is a delicate balance. The play between strength and elegance, austerity and softness, heaviness and weightlessness, where shadow and light are equally compelling. These strong contrasts create a powerful, almost hypnotic, presence that is both threaten...

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Highly commended

Meta Love
by Andreas Varro


Ache in the chest, and life's so dull; I want to be someone else, perhaps in another world? Withering love, rusty conversations, no strength to fix this; oligarchies, help out! Eyes wide open; feed me waste, please turn my partner exquisite. This world is grey; can't be here anym...

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Commended

Drei Milliarden, Typology Red 03
by Lars Klingenberg


Plastic has invaded our entire living environment: In the human body, in our food, in animals, the landscape, air, lakes, rivers and the oceans. Along with the climate crisis, the plastic crisis is one of the biggest problems of our time. Probably no other object is as symbolic o...

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Commended

Isolation
by Iordanis Keramidas


A surrealistic approach to human behavior due to social and cultural rearrangements, as well as of the COVID pandemic situation.

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Commended

Choke
by Kristine Nydahl


With this self portrait I aim to express how dark thoughts can manifest themselves in a very real way. How something that stems from the imagination alone can seep into reality and cause emotions that are very real, and sometimes very dark and heavy.

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Commended

Pollution
by Andre Boto


Pollution has been a huge problem for a long time that affects the entire planet earth and our lives. It is a difficult problem to solve. The air is becoming less and less healthy and even unbreathable in some parts of the world. Will we one day have to find alternative solutions...

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Commended

Faceless
by Radin Badrnia


How do you identify yourself? And what is the most important part of your identity? Is it your sex, your race or ethnicity, your sexual orientation, your class status, your nationality, your religious affiliation, your age, your political beliefs? Is there one part of your identi...

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Commended

Dictator. Propaganda. Victims
by Svetlana Melik-nubarova


“Hitler's dictatorship had one essential difference from all previous dictatorships. It was the first dictatorship established in the era of advanced technology, and the dictator made full use of technical means to gain power over his own country. With the help of radio and louds...

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Commended

It's a Long Way to the Top
by Diny Jones


With an eye on the prize, the snail slowly struggles to reach its goal. The journey upwards is arduous and fraught with peril, but the rewards are great. This image symbolises our struggles in life; the determination to succeed despite the odds.

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Commended

远行
by 进阳 丁


For me photography is a process of creating dreams: through the lens I discover some beautiful things and use them to express my thoughts and emotions. While walking I saw in the distance a car covered by a green sheet. The grass, the sky and the car were in perfect harmony. I wa...

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Commended

You Are not Alone
by Hadi Malijani


Loneliness is a good feeling when it is created by ourselves but it is the worst feeling when it is gifted by others. She called out the wind’s childhood. She linked the string of words to the latch of water. And one night she pronounced the green message of love so clearly that...

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