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Winners Gallery Dec 2015

"Shadows" Theme Winners

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Wolf in Shadow by Patrik Vachalík

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Patrik Vachalík from Bratislava, Slovakia


Patrik was born in 1988 in Bratislava, Slovakia and he brought his first camera 20 years later.  That interest brought him to  study Photography on Faculty Of Mass Media in Paneuropean University where he is in his senior year of a Master Degree program right now.

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Friends by Sandi Bertoncelj

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Our Second Place W inner was submitted by 
Sandi Bertoncelj  from Kranj, 
Slovenia

Sandi a freelance photographer based in Slovenia. He likes to shoot all kind of motives but his primary focus is on outdoor activity's, landscape and nature.

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Symétrie de guerre VI by Manss Aval

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Manss Aval from San Diego, California . 


Manss presently concentrates on painting, photography, and sculptures and has a broad set of skills with backgrounds in media, communications and the sciences (including a Ph.D.).

Please visit more of his wonderful work online at:
www.manssaval.com

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Skater by Andre Boto​

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Andre Boto  from Silves, Portugal


Andre is  a freelance Photographer from Portugal working in following areas: Conceptual/Creative, Commercial, Architecture, Interiors, Industrial, Decoration Projects, Portrait and Post-Production in Photoshop.

At this moment, his goal it´s to produce a differentiated and high quality work, different from other authors.

Andre has an amazing list of Awards:
-FEP - European Photographer of the Year 2010 
- MQEP - Master Qualified European Photograher
- Nomination for Best Photographic Work in "Prémio Autores 2010" SPA/RTP 
- Master by Portuguese Association (APPImagem)
- QEP - Qualified European Photographer - Portrait and Illustrative 
- Winner of Nature category of National Geographic Photo Contest (National Prize)

Please visit more of his wonderful work online at:
www.andreboto.com

Theme Shortlist

Below are the amazing  images that shortlisted into the top tier of this themes competition.  A  big congratulations to all the talented photographers that participated! 
Craig Colvin - Shadow And Line
Cliff Fawcett - Flow To The Future
Cliff Fawcett - The Golden Ganges
Ron Cooper -Child's Play
Kobbie Pessach - Desert Sunset
HAKKI CEYLAN - Rainy
Samanta Krivec -Painter
Jeremy Walter -Ups and Downs
John Puffer - Canal Shadows-Venice
Alicja Brodowicz - Untitled2
Ronnie Dayo -Stunning Shadow
Josip Miskovic - Street Musician
Kailey Hagberg - Into the Light
Karim Shokair - Devine Light
Karim Shokair - Silhouette Revolution
Laura Caligiuri - Reikan
Lisa Saltzman - Crowd Control
Manss Aval - Out of Nowhere
Mikel Berradre - Only Me
Siyuan Ma - Family Outing
Gary Horsfall -Tree Souls
Pop Oana - Evening Stroll
Ron Cooper - Watching the Sunset
HAKKI CEYLAN - Fishing
Jeremy Walter Guilt
Tanja Nijhoff - Giant Forest Ant
Georg Worecki At St Pauls Church
John Puffer - Doorway Shadows-Florence
Rafal Krol - Last Light
Debmalya Ray Choudhuri - Bodyscapes
Ryan Dinning - The Big Wait
Craig Colvin - ThePose
Sabine Gunst - Walk at Night
Wil Scott - New England Geometry
Alicja Brodowicz -Untitled
Aparesh Sarkar - Shadow to Light
Anne Yong - Shadows
Armineh Hovanesian - Communicating by the Sea
Jeremy Walter Stephen Fry
Ed Waldrop - Sunset On Seashells
Roberto Tavazzani - Eight
Anne Walker - Tango
Armineh Hovanesian - Channeling Nosferatu

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