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1st classified

Just in Time
by Jo Howell


An ant colony can consist of several million individuals. Yet they all play their role to ensure the success of the continuation of their community as a whole. This image is my attempt to show the intricate relationship that the littlest of creatures share, and how everyone plays...

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Runner up

Heaven Is Yellow and Cloud Is Black
by Hardijanto Budiman


This picture is a surreal metaphor, an illustration about human mind just like a playground! A place where we can have so much fun playing with our imagination, our ideas, our inspirations and our creativity!

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Highly commended

Diaphonized Sea Horse
by Arun Mohanraj


Diaphonized sea horse stained with alizarin red and alcacin blue after using trypsin as the digestive enzyme. The process took 5 months to finish and the final image was created by stacking 164 images using a macro lens and stacker software for post processing.

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Highly commended

Ceremonies
by Nelly Schneider


Ceremonies, from the homage and the hero collection, is the result of tens of images shot in Rome inside the Saint Peter's Basilica and later overlapped in post production. The first, the homage, is the piece of architecture left to us from those who came before, the second, the...

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Highly commended

Different World
by Jie Zhang


War has brought endless pain to mankind, especially for children, resulting in eternal heartache. Some may need a lifetime to heal. On one side of the the photos, the child is holding a balloon and facing the blue sky and white clouds which represents peace, while on the other ha...

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Commended

Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
by Jill Enfield


This image is a part of a series taken digitally, then made into a wet plate collodion on glass, then scanned in and printed. The history and beauty of the Hudson River play a roll in the meaning of the series.

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Commended

Extinction Extremis
by Ddiarte Ddiarte


This is a warning for the extinction of several animal species, reversing the roles in which animals extinguish men and presenting some dramatic and shocking scenes. This was inspired by the fresco "The Damned", the Orvieto Cathederal work by Luca Signorelli.

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Commended

Final Salute
by Junwu Yang


A fashionable woman stands under a lonely tree, and in the background of the image is the dilapidated home that is about to disappear. The photo is reminiscent of the past time and expresses a deep longing.

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Commended

Separated
by Robert Strahinjic


The photo was taken in a home studio combined with two expositions that talk about the personal separation between fiction and reality.

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Fayium.
by Valeria Isaeva


"A self portrait of someone who died a long ago." Letting go of the past through my art was always a relieving proccess for me. My self-portraits are helping me a lot because I can actually see the change of myself in them. This photograph feels like a metaphorical goodbye to an...

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Selfie
by Alexander Sviridov


Surrealistic self-portrait made out of models.

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Instant
by Oleg Kem


The guy wants some pictures from the unknown planet.. I discovered an old, broken Polaroid in the basement ... and I absolutely had to use it.

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In Bloom
by Bella Von Einsiedel


An image that emphasizes femininity, beauty, fragility, but above all pride and strength. The thorns as a symbol for self-protection.

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A Rumour of Monsters
by Jack Savage


A dual portrait image that hints at many dark possibilities. Contemporary Gothicism is entwinned within strange dualistic narratives and rusty painterly vibes.

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The Egg of Creation
by Peter Hammer


A surreal, symbolic look at evolution and creation. From the ancient pyramids to modern architecture our buildings have evolved driven by the creation of new life. New life itself begins with an egg inside a female fertilised by a sperm. We are drawn into temptations often by low...

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