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WINNERS GALLERY may 2017

"The Portrait" Theme Winners

 Faces and silhouettes of passers by, or beautifully  executed, controlled studio shots, The Portrait has always been at  the core of the Art of Photography.  Since its creation,  we have found that the camera in our hands favors the faces and spirit of all people of all ages.

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Make up BY Sanghamitra Sarkar

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Sanghamitra Sarkar  from KALYANI, India


Dr. Sanghamitra Sarkar who is by profession a Neurosurgeon took up photography as a passion from 2011. Her main field of interest to capture the emotion and struggle of daily life. She also likes to attain and photograph different held in different parts of India that illustrate the diversity of our Nation. Her photos has achieved prizes and critical acclaims in different national and international competitions.

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Observer by Goran Jovic

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Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Goran Jovic from Imotski, Croatia
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Goran started to regard photography as a potential professional pursuit back in 2009, initially through wedding and special events photography, as well as portraiture for artistic portfolios. Even so, he still found himself gravitating toward documentary photography, which he finds to be his main aspiration and ambition. 

During those few years, Goran practiced and technically improved his photography skills during trips to New York and Barcelona, where he spent weeks documenting the lives of Harlem's homeless and beggars and street life in the bohemian barrios of the Catalan capital. 

At the beginning of 2011 he joined a volunteer humanitarian mission with an aid association 'Kolajna Ljubavi', for relief work in the tribes of National Park Ngorongoro in Tanzania.

For the duration of the mission and volunteer contribution to the orphanages, schools and various tribal visits, he very effectively captured the compelling features and mannerisms of the Maasai. He returned from that journey with valuable material, which he formatted and presented at a fundraising exhibit, the proceeds of which he directed towards the people that received him again on his following visit at the end of the year. As a return visitor, the natives were much more open to him, offering warm hospitality and an exclusive opportunity that allowed him to participate in some remarkable events closed to outsiders. Thus, he was able to document these momentous circumstances as an honorable guest.

View more of his amazing work at:
https://www.instagram.com/goran_jovic_/

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Rain Boy  BY GORAN JOVIC

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Our Third Place Winner was also submitted by 
Goran Jovic from Imotski, Croatia

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Follow My Tribe BY ​Biljana Jurukovski

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Biljana Jurukovski​ from Casula, Australia


My name is Biljana Jurukovski and I consider my self as explorer and adventurer with a great passion for tribal photography. Although my full time job is Executive Manager in the Aged Care industry my true passion is travelling in not so much "touristy" areas and capturing through the lens the life of tribal and nomadic people from different cultures.

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! 

Matthieu Rivart - Eyes of Kashmir
Goran Jovic - Home Alone
Sanghamitra Sarkar - The krishna and colours
Josip Miskovic - Elegance of Age
Lisa Shalom - Eliav Turns One
Sanghamitra Sarkar - The Devotee
Ilona D. Veresk - The mist
Elemer Lelik - Portrait 6
Arianne Clement - 100 years beauty age
Ilona D. Veresk - Blooming drops
Arianne Clement - 103 years, beauty age
Luca Anzalone - Rue de la Roquette
Matthieu Rivart - Broken dreams
SOMRAJ SAHU - AMOUR BONDING
Daniel Haeker - Indelible
Madeline Curtis- Turn to Stone
Elemer Lelik - Portrait 1
Prashanta Hridoy - Hijab
Matthieu Rivart - Kaputt
Manss Aval - Nippon Carnival
Josip Miskovic - Little Bosnian Girl
Lisa Ruschioni - Cheer squad
Chiara Gerevasi - The Inner Fight
Anna Dukovich - Steampunk
Eric Lee - Trinidad Cuba
Aneesh Kotwal - Full body painted statue art in Edinburg festival
Sanghamitra Sarkar - Indian tribal fashion
Lisa Ruschioni - First cake
Matthieu Rivart - The Enchanted
Steven Digman - Stray Strawberries
Steven Digman - Appalachian Nobility
Shan He -The Story tellers
Daniel Haeker - Intense
Jim Carrington - Yesterday
Aneesh Kotwal - Guards
Josie Gritten - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Josip Miskovic - Moonlight for One
Laima Kavaliauskaite - Rashes
Matthieu Rivart - Heart of Sand
Matthieu Rivart - The little Being and Nothingness
Paul Malinowski - Riot Gear
Yingxi Shi - In the mood for dance
Prashanta Hridoy - Woman Face
Teresa Álvarez Munárriz - Under the Same Beauty
Sanghamitra Sarkar - Reaching out
Sanghamitra Sarkar - Mother's lap
Yefry Mejia - A hard life lived
Gregory William - Trapped
Wil Scott - Old Age On the Tram
Gregory William - Three Italian Gentlemen
Federico Odello - Blonde Happiness
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