2022 SHOWCASE
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Nov 1 – Dec 16 2022

“Please with me, close your eyes and imagine the world as it should be.” – Maria Ressa

1st place $6,000 USD

Marco Lorenzetto
California, USA
‍Big Bang
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2nd place $3,000 USD

Sara Ussher
Finland
‍Against All Odds
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3rd place $1,000 USD

Clarissa Rubin, Elena Liu, Evelyn Wang
New York, USA
‍Trust Me


Finalists

Amanda Zheng
New York, USA
‍Idol
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Cara Flores Mays
Guam
‍Where the Gågu Trees Grow
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Catherine Rogers
England
‍As It Could Be
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Erica Birch
Tennessee, USA
‍Imagine the Water Cycle

Izzy Russo
Pennsylvania, USA
‍Tethered
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Katie Parsons
New York, USA
‍Wig
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Ricky Greenspan
New York, USA
‍Love Implies
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Rima Fe
Virginia, USA
‍LOVE | TRUST | PEACE
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Ziaul Huque
Bangladesh
‍Happiness Without Identity

Sep 1 – Oct 16 2022

“I don’t want to be fabulous anymore. I’m vulnerable.” – Luca Artioli / photographer

1st place $6,000 USD

Tianqi Chen
New Jersey, USA
‍In
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2nd place $3,000 USD

Nicole Paulette Parsons
Colorado, USA
‍Blue Blazes
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3rd place $1,000 USD

John Olawale
Nigeria
‍Class of four
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3rd place $1,000 USD

Luca Angioi, Sara Conte
Italy
‍The Courage To Be
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3rd place $1,000 USD

Zach Rapoport
Israel
‍Break Dance


Finalists

Clarissa Rubin
New York, USA
‍Eden
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Cindy Latin
New York, USA
‍You Lack
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Jingyi Joyce GE
Hong Kong
‍Do(n’t) Say Future
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Jutta Hassinen
Finland
‍What is real

Marco Lorenzetto
California, USA
‍Harmony
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Shuainan Yang
New York, USA
‍Circle of life: Missing sock
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Sophie Griffiths
Pennsylvania, USA
‍More Than Me

Jul 1 – Aug 16 2022

“The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.” – Julia Cameron / The Artist's Way

1st place $6,000 USD

Nina Porter & Kar Part
California, USA
Analog Art

‍‍Nina: Instagram | Website
Kar: Instagram | Website
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2nd place $3,000 USD

Haiyun Gao
California, USA
‍Instructions of Happiness
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3rd place $1,000 USD

Katie Parsons
New York, USA
Sweet Tooth

‍Instagram


Finalists

Asma Mohamed
Spain
‍Joy
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Connie Roberts
Tennessee, USA
‍Two’s Company
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Jae Kim
Texas, USA
‍Breeze
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Liyu Lin‍
Texas, USA
‍Eager for Rain

Rachel Chung
Virginia, USA
‍To Savor This Moment
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Sara Ussher
Finland
‍Do you see it?
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Tianhui Wang
New York, USA
‍4:61PM
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Theodore Brun
United Kingdom
‍Father & Daughter
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Ziaul Huque
Bangladesh
‍Happiness Without Identity

May 1 – Jun 16 2022

“I love editing. Editing is quite a peculiar role-job-skill because if you do it well, nobody knows you exist.” – Margaret Busby

1st place $6,000 USD

Clarissa Rubin
New York, USA
Judgements

‍Instagram
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2nd place $3,000 USD

Laurie Lea
New York, USA
Bright Light Inside

‍Website
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3rd place $1,000 USD

Sara Ussher
Finland
‍In the Hands


Finalists

Albano Ribeiro
Portugal
‍Little Mirrors
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Cindy Latin
New York, USA
‍It’s Your Turn Now
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Dyedra Morrissey
United Kingdom
‍Poem about you
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Elizabeth & Rachel Chung
Virginia, USA
‍Our Inheritance

John Olawale
Nigeria
‍Placenta
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Mar 1 – Apr 16 2022

“They stayed true to their values of personal responsibility, duty, honor, and faith.” – Tom Brokaw / The Greatest Generation​

1st place $6,000 USD

Tiffany Thompson, Spencer Aubrey
North Carolina, USA
Soul of the Nation

‍Instagram
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2nd place $3,000 USD

Sara Ussher
Finland
‍Human(ity)
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3rd place $1,000 USD

Rachel Chung
Virginia, USA
Feast of Belonging

‍Instagram | Website


Finalists

Cindy Latin
New York, USA
‍I Wish I Was Stevie Wonder
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Inta Antunes
Latvia
‍The Baltic Way
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Jenn Bostic
Tennessee, USA
‍Before Us
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John Olawale
Nigeria
‍Fueling the Future
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Jutta Hassinen
Finland
‍Hope
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Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Bangladesh
‍Wounds Inside
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Samuele Marzi
Italy
‍From Father to Son
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Shanley McConnell
United Kingdom
‍My Great Grandfather
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Xixi Yu
California, USA
‍Glory Lies Upon Them

Jan 1 – Feb 16 2022

“Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.” – Georgia O'Keeffe

1st place $6,000 USD

Tabitha Pow
United Kingdom
Dwayne

‍Instagram | Website
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2nd place $3,000 USD

Suzy Lavy
Israel
Truth, Justice and Best Friends

‍Instagram
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3rd place $1,000 USD

Xixi Yu
California, USA
Becoming

‍Instagram


Finalists

Akinyemi Jeremiah
Nigeria
‍Psittabelle
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Albano Ribeiro
Portugal
‍Elixir of Trauma
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Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
‍Proverbial Journals
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Gracie Moses
Tennessee, USA
‍tough love

Melayna Stuckey
Michigan, USA
‍The Lonely Bunny
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Sofia Miller
Mexico
‍The reach out
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Tiffany Thompson
North Carolina, USA
‍Gratitude for Friendship
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Virginia Christman
North Carolina, USA
‍Seeing Stems
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Yaron Meyer
Israel
‍The Dance of Time

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