Art Around the World

Portraiture & People should include an image of a person, group of people, the human body or parts of the body.  The photograph can be either a colour or black and white image; however, it must represent the beauty or distress of a specific emotion of an individual or group of people.  

The techniques evaluated by the judges mainly focus on the expertise of the photographer in capturing the emotion of the subject and the feeling evoked in the audience. Image manipulation is permitted to a certain point but is limited to retouching of blemishes, cropping and light adjustment of colour, contrast and tone.

Ruby

Little girl plays with her doll, enclosed in her world.  West London.

Country: United Kingdom

Visit Henrietta Payne's website for more details.

Praying

This woman come from Asia, or Africa, or Europe, or North America?

It is not important.  People  always wish a better life and many women such as the 87 years old- woman  like  praying. The 87 years old- woman named Thi, who was praying at Huong Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Country: Vietnam

Random Celebration

Photo was taken during random celebration in Mons, Belgium. We heard the commotion outside and I immediately started flashing as many pictures as I possibly could  with my fiance's Panasonic digital camera. Although many of the photos had focus and lighting problems this one stood out from the rest.

Country: Belgium

Selfportrait

The picture is a selfportrait of myself, taken from within a jet at about 4000m above sea level. The surroundings is reflected in my visor and shows what I see as I take the picture.  To me the picture represents freedom in a way that can not be felt while being on the ground. Being up there alone is always an adventure.
 
Country: Sweden

Visit Robin Ohlsoon's website for more details

Elijah

To raise money for my daughter's school, I photograph children who's parents will be attending the annual fundraiser. Eli was the last one I photographed....& my favorite.

Country: United States of America

Visit Kim Curran's websitefor more details

Beauty comes in many guises

I often photograph my octogenarian mother. The difficulty in using such a closely related subject is how objectively I can portray her, do I want to be dispassionate?

This image is  not only a celebration of my mother's long life, but an exploration of the pathos that is associated with getting old. Her  beauty is still obvious but it has faded due to time, youth is worshipped in today's society, but age can show grace, determination, and dignity.

Country: United Kingdom

Visit Judith Bach's website for more details