GRAND PRIX 2009 Howard Schatz / USA Winner of the Grand Prix Trophy VICTORIA and EURO 5.000,-- cash HAUPTPREISTRÄGER / MAIN AWARD WINNER 2009 Best Overall Club: Fotofreunde Wiggensbach / Germany Best Printclub: The Hong Kong Art of Photography Association Ltd. Best Slide/Digital Files Club: YCCP / Taiwan Best Austrian Club: Kameraklub Linz / Austria PSA-GOLD MEDALS / BEST OF SHOW PSA-Goldmedal / MP: Viesturs Links / Latvia PSA-Goldmedal / CP : Bogdan Zwir / Russia PSA-Goldmedal / CS : Howard Schatz / USA PSA-Goldmedal / EX: Marcin Sacha / Poland Onder Turaci PSA-Goldmedal / Phototravel: / Turkey PSA-Goldmedal / Landscape: Karl-Heinz Schleder / Germany PSA-Goldmedal / Nature: Dr. Johan J. Botha / South Africa FIAP-GOLD MEDALS Salon 1: Hoang Quoc Tuan / Vietnam „Missing mother” Salon 3: Alexey Potyanok / Russia „Girl and evidences - 3“ Viesturs Links / Latvia „Little decadent portrait“ Bogdan Zwir / Russia „The cardinal“ Jürgen Wegner / Germany „Haltet den Dieb“ Adel M. Bujbara / Kuwait „Pigeons 4“ Salon 2: Joseph C. K. Yeung / Hong Kong „Nomad“ Salon 4: Lalitha Abayasundara / Sri Lanka „Patterns of life” Young Siu Chuen / Hong Kong „Smoker and children“ Josef Palfrader / Austria „Rotes Haus“ Tineke Jongewaard / Netherlands „Esmee with veile“ Dr. Johan J. Botha / South Africa „Jackal and dove” VÖAV MEDALS Salon 1 Salon 3 VÖAV GOLD: Dina Bova / Israel „The burst of soul” VÖAV GOLD: Raul Villalba / Argentina „Cry, man, cry“ VÖAV SILBER: Jacky Wong / USA „Beauty of the sea“ VÖAV SILBER: Raul Villalba / Argentina „Dance“ VÖAV BRONZE: Detlef Hoffmann / Germany „Ganesha“ VÖAV BRONZE: Marc van Deun / Belgium „Heras“ Salon 2 Salon 4 VÖAV GOLD: Raul Villalba / Argentina „Winter” VÖAV GOLD: J. Negredo Sanchez / Spain „Looking to the sea“ VÖAV SILBER: Gabriel O’Shaughnessy / Ireland „Matt in the hat” VÖAV SILBER: Manolis Papadakis / Greece „Tulips in white“ VÖAV BRONZE: Andryi Dykun / Ukraine „Place of my head” VÖAV BRONZE: Majed Sultan Ali / Kuwait „Cool moment“ OVERALL TOP CLUBS - TROPHY Bekkalokket Photo Club / Norway The Photographic Salon Exhibitors Association / Hong Kong Taizhou Foto Club / China Modern Photography Art Group Tianjin / China Voluntary Works Center / Kuwait Zhejiang Club / China Fotostar / Sri Lanka Agrupacio Foto-Film Calella / Spain DF Svit / Slovenia Southern Suburbs Photographic Society / Australia BEST PRINT CLUBS - GOLD MEDALS Slovak National Center of FIAP / Slovak Republic Fotografische Gesellschaft Leverkusen / Germany Photoclub Province / Russia Gia Dinh Photo Club / Vietnam Printworks / Australia Artistic Photography Association / USA Union Photo Remoise / France ACS Peugeot Citroen Mulhouse / France BEST SLIDE / DIGITAL FILE CLUBS - GOLD MEDALS Medium Diaclub / Belgium Arabic Lenses / Saudi Arabia Bahraini Association of Photography / Bahrain Strovolos Photography Club / Cyprus Al-Hassa Photographic Group / Saudi Arabia A. F. i C. de Sant Feliu de Guíxols / Spain Bayt Lothan Photography Club / Kuwait Downstairs Photography Club / Denmark Soproni Photoclub / Hungary Groupement Zoom 33 / France BEST MIXED CLUBS - GOLD MEDALS Sociedad Fotografica de Gipuzkoa / Spain Fotoclub "Ass. Culturale A. Bonciani"/ Italy Helsinki Camera Club / Finland Wynnum Bayside Camera Club / Australia Mt. Gravatt Photographic Society / Australia Qatar Photographic Society / Qatar ErSieEs Fotoklub / Austria Fotoclub Exdeco / Romania Photoclub Vision / Finland Edinburgh Photographic Society / Scotland BUFSAD / Turkey ESV St. Pölten / Austria Fotoklub Novartis / Switzerland Melbourne Camera Club / Australia Fotoclub Beringen / Belgium Club Photo Region Tyumen / Russia MEDAILLENGEWINNER / MEDAL AWARDS Salon 1 Salon 2 MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL Gold: Viesturs Links / Latvia „The most lovest “Do”“ Gold: Chandrasena Perera / Sri Lanka „My fair lady” Silber: Raul Villalba / Argentina „Cry, man, cry“ Silber: Christine Steinleitner / Austria „Full speed“ Bronze: Sarah Brooks / England „First born” Bronze: Jorgen Kristensen / Denmark „Mother and daughter” COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL Gold: Bogdan Zwir / Russia „Excenteration of Physalis“ Gold: Per Valentin / Denmark „Gone” Silber: Jürgen Wegner / Germany „Underwater lyrics“ Silber: Siegfried Haerting / Austria „Rennhoarner“ Bronze: Yu Ping-yau Gilbert / Hong Kong „Punch“ Bronze: Christian Koradi / Switzerland „Nouvelle cuisine” COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL Gold: Wolfgang Mittasch / Austria „Touch mil67531“ Gold: Dr. Michael Neuwald / Austria „Die Umwelt hochhalten” Silber: Mikhail Kiryanov / Russia „Skuld rule the fate“ Silber: Jacek Szczerbaniewicz / Poland „Old chessmaster“ Bronze: Thomas Dressler / Spain „Desert beauty“ Bronze: Barry Mead / England „Race for the line” COLOUR SLIDES NATURE COLOUR SLIDES NATURE Gold: Marcello Libra / Italy „King penguins“ Gold: Josef Palfrader / Austria „Begegnung” Silber: Zhengze Xu / China „Oryx“ Silber: Alessandro Salvini / Italy „Reflected“ Bronze: Roberto Isotti / Italy „Great blackhawk anhinga 2“ Bronze: Jill Baxter / Wales „Tern aggression” PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL Gold: Raul Villalba / Argentina „Winds of freedom“ Gold: Stanislav Odyagailo / Ukraine „5 o’clock” Silber: Marcin Sacha / Poland „Experimental 2“ Silber: Marcin Sacha / Poland „Experimental 1“ Bronze: Viesturs Links / Latvia „Sight“ Bronze: Marina Lukach / Ukraine „China gold” SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL Gold: Stefan Gesell / Germany „Chronic“ Gold: Florian Stöllinger / Austria „Satellitenstadt” Silber: Chris Bennett / Germany „Flight of fancy“ Silber: Brigitte Kuckenberg-Wagner / Germany „Erste Liebe” Bronze: E. Ivanauskas / Lithuania „The field of restless dr.“ Bronze: Andryi Dykun / Ukraine „Place of my head” COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL Gold: Önder Turaci / Turkey „Fisher family“ Gold: Bu En Sa / China „Grandmother and child” Silber: Viktor Nozicka / Austria „Speicher“ Silber: Bu En Sa / China „Pray“ Bronze: Hoang Quoc Tuan / Vietnam „Gold evening” Bronze: Giulio Montini / Italy „In the city“ MEDAILLENGEWINNER / MEDAL AWARDS Salon 3 Salon 4 MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL Gold: Katerina Lomonosov / Israel „Introvert“ Gold: Ingrid Vit / Austria „Geisbühel” Silber: Viesturs Links / Latvia „The most lovest “do” “ Silber: Irene Löffler / Germany „Schattenspiel“ Bronze: Salavat Safiullin / Russia „My son Timka“ Bronze: Reinhold Leitner / Austria „Scallaby” COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL Gold: Jürgen Wegner / Germany „Underwater lyrics“ Gold: Law Tok-Yan Craig / Hong Kong „Line girl #4” Silber: Katerina Lomonosov / Israel „An unpredictable result“ Silber: Yu Ping-yau Gilbert / Hong Kong „Punch“ Bronze: Pavel Anushchenko / Russia „Hard morning“ Bronze: Louis Rumis / England „Grizzly skining salmon” COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL Gold: Branko Korelc / Slovenia „Local storm“ Gold: Josef Palfrader / Austria “Im Kornfeld” Silber: Howard Schatz / USA „NBN 1133“ Silber: Pavel Kaplun / Germany “Augenarzt” Bronze: Alex Bernasconi / Italy „Himba 9“ Bronze: Sus Bogaerts / Belgium “Bench” COLOUR SLIDES NATURE COLOUR SLIDES NATURE Gold: Henry F.McGowan / England „Snow monkeys grooming“ Gold: Luciano Maccheroni / Italy „Gruccione in volo 2“ Silber: Alois Anton Wallner / Austria „Wohnbeton 8“ Silber: Min-Sheng Ku / Taiwan „Jumping“ Bronze: Rosemary Simpson / England „Tubastrea coral feed.“ Bronze: Andrea Kahnert / Germany „Kartoffelboviste“ PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL Gold: Howard Schatz / USA „Bodyknot 205“ Gold: Marcin Sacha / Poland „Experimental 2“ Silber: Mariya Andriichuk / Ukraine „Angel with a flower“ Silber: Peter Waldmeier / Switzerland „Opels Ende“ Bronze: Stanislav Odyagailo / Ukraine „Conversation with …“ Bronze: Helmut Ming / Austria „Riven comic - 749” SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL Gold: Bogdan Zwir / Russlia „The crow“ Gold: Amleto F. Bocci / Argentina „Sunset in Venice“ Silber: Katerina Lomonosov / Israel „The white raven“ Silber: Nancy Parker / USA „Ripple effect“ Bronze: Oxana Odinets / Ukraine „Uncertaincy“ Bronze: Feuzi Ajlan Dürüs / Turkey „Last hunt“ COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL Gold: Stefi Praprotnik / Slovenia „Masaic look“ Gold: Thomas Dressler / Spain „Havana 1” Silber: Gary Dwyer / USA „Ragusa - Sicily“ Silber: Mari Hanni / South Africa „Chobe game reserve“ Bronze: Huang Xi / Singapore „The caretaker of the grassl.“ Bronze: Peter A. Watson / England „On goori” GOLD MEDALS OF EXCELLENCE Gildas Le Gurun / France „Eva” Sergio Fasola / Argentina „Madonna dell acqua” Jürgen Wegner / Germany „Underwater lyrics” Jacek Szczerbaniewicz / Poland „Old chessmaster“ Gregorio Mallo Corbillón / Spain „Hong Kong’s night“ Hannes Kutzler / Austria „Jaws“ Oksana Odinets / Ukraine „Myself eyes, the summer“ Alexandfelix / Switzerland „Queen glitter” Viesturs Links / Latvia „The most lovest Do” Leo Palmer / England „Looking out” Simone Attisani / Austria „Lovers” Wolfgang Steiner / Austria „IHome tailored” Roland Heinzl / Germany „Falsche Post” Michael Stegerwald / Germany „Anglerglück” A.S.M. Rifki / Sri Lanka „Between lovers” Stephen Wiessner / Australia „Anger” Jonny Wiktorsson / Sweden „Summer I 2008” Douglas Vernimmen / England „The pianist” Minghui Chen / USA „Spectacular surf” Antonis Engrafou / Cyprus „Princess” Bruno Madeddu / Italy „Interno Marocchino” Howard Schatz / USA „Corps de ballet“ James Labruyere / France „Voile de plage” Ercan Akbulut / Turkey „Hope”