RESULTS 2008

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GRAND PRIX 2008
Raul Villalba / Argentina
Winner of the Grand Prix Trophy VICTORIA and EURO 5.000,-- cash

HAUPTPREISTRÄGER / MAIN AWARD WINNER 2008
Best Overall Club: The Hong Kong Art of Photography Association
Best Printclub: Hong Kong Exhibitors Association
Best Slide/Digital Files Club: Zhejiang Club / China
Best Austrian Club: ErSieEs Fotoklub / Austria

PSA-GOLD MEDALS / BEST OF SHOW
PSA-Goldmedal / MP: Steven Le Prevost / Guernsey
PSA-Goldmedal / CP: Miguel Parreno / Spain
PSA-Goldmedal / CS: Madalina Iordache-Levay / USA
PSA-Goldmedal / EX: Raul Villalba / Argentina
PSA-Goldmedal / Phototravel: Maurizio Landriscina / Italy
PSA-Goldmedal / Landscape: Valery Scherbina / Russia
PSA-Goldmedal / Nature: Jill Sneesby / South Africa

FIAP-GOLD MEDALS

Salon 1:
Yu Ping Yau Gilbert / Hong Kong „18 Naughty”
Raul Villalba / Argentina „The fairy and her world“
Stefan Habermann / Germany „In dreams I walk..“

Salon 2:
Lalitha Abayasundra / Sri Lanka „Pensive mood - 3“
Eugene Quigley / Ireland „Dunamale bluebells“
Jose Ramon Moreno Fernandez / Spain „Zebra“

Salon 3:
Sergey Gnedoy / Russia „Curvature“
Uli Staiger / Germany „Motiv C 1008 0108“
Elmar Krenkel / Austria „Pissoir“

Salon 4:
Sergio Ramella Pollone / Italy „Ombre sul cammino”
Vasil Cherenkov / Ukraine „Civilians“
Alfred Weissenegger / Austria „Skydancer”

VÖAV MEDALS

Salon 1:
VÖAV GOLD: Peter Rees / England „The bullring, Ronda”
VÖAV SILBER: Elena Burkovskaya / Ukraine „Endless attempts“
VÖAV BRONZE: Andriy Dykun / Ukraine „Cooking brain“

Salon 2:
VÖAV GOLD: Yau Wai Keung Andy / Hong Kong „Cross desert”
VÖAV SILBER: Walter Corn / Austria „Kombi-Abfahrt 07”
VÖAV BRONZE: Arup Ghosh / India „Study time”

Salon 3:
VÖAV GOLD: Inna Shynkarenko / Ukraine „Love“
VÖAV SILBER: Raul Villalba / Argentina „Angels in love“
VÖAV BRONZE: Ann Miles / England „Kings bridge“

Salon 4:
VÖAV GOLD: Stephen Wiessner / Australia „On edge“
VÖAV SILBER: Mariano Villalba / Argentina „The end of punisher“
VÖAV BRONZE: Daniel Bols / Belgium „Blaaskaak“

OVERALL TOP TEN CLUBS - TROPHY
Bayt Lothan Photography Club / Kuwait
Qatar Photographic Society / Qatar
Voluntary Work Center / Kuwait
Fotostar / Sri Lanka
Fotofreunde Wiggensbach / Germany
Photoclub Province / Russia
Edinburgh Photographic Society / Scotland
YCCP / Taiwan

BEST PRINT CLUBS - GOLD MEDALS
Dumfries Camera Club / Scotland
JMP Group / Singapore
Printworks / Australia
Slovak National Center of FIAP / Slovak Republic
Fotografische Gesellschaft Leverkusen / Germany
Nhatrang Vapa Photo Club / Vietnam
Modern Photography Art Group Tianjin / China
Union Photo Remoise / France

BEST SLIDE CLUBS / DIGITAL FILE CLUBS - GOLD MEDALS
Medium Diaclub / Belgium
Bahraini Association of Photography / Bahrain
St. Louis Camera Club / USA
Downstairs Photography Club / Denmark
Gagnefs FK / Sweden
Strovolos Photography Club / Cyprus
Agrupacio Foto-Film Calella / Spain

BEST MIXED CLUBS - GOLD MEDALS
Sociedad Fotografica de Gipuzkoa / Spain
Helsinki Camera Club / Finland
Mt. Gravatt Photographic Society / Australia
SK Vöest Fotosektion / Austria
West Cumbria Photographic Society / England
Il Cupolone / Italy
Fotoklub Novartis / Switzerland
Stourbridge P.S. / England
Wynnum Bayside Camera Club / Australia
Candid Munsterbilzen / Belgium
Fotoclub Buenos Aires / Argentina
Kamera Klub Linz / Austria
Agfa Gevaert Mortsel / Belgium
Bekkalokket Photo Club / Norway
Gia Dinh / Vietnam
Melbourne Camera Club / Australia
Fotoclub Beringen / Belgium
Smethwick Photographic Society / England

Salon 1:
MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Katerina Lomonosov / Israel „Philosophy of unfreed.“
Silber: Beatriz Moreno Sanchez de Pedro / Spain „Exterior-1“
Bronze: Steven Le Prevost / Guernsey „Les fumeaux”

COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Raul Villalba / Argentina „Dancing with the freedom“
Silber: Josef Palfrader / Austria „Lass mich los!“
Bronze: Christine Widdall / England „Crushed tulip“

COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL
Gold: Andriy Dykun / Ukraine „Core“
Silber: Zhou Guo Qiang / China „Yang Yang underwater...“
Bronze: Elmar Krenkel / Austria „Pissoir“

COLOUR SLIDES NATURE
Gold: Giovanni Frescura / Italy „Arctic tern“
Silber: Dan Dinu / Romania „Enrosadira“
Bronze: Kate Myers / Australia „Paper wasps“

PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Tak-Ching Pang Liza / Hong Kong „Geese caring“
Silber: Sergey Kharlamov / Ukraine „Kill!“
Bronze: Uli Staiger / Germany „Bmail 0907“

SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Marcus Rietzsch / Germany „Butterflies“
Silber: Madalina Iordache-Levay / USA „A quest for beauty“
Bronze: Janie News / Australia „Evolution“

COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL
Gold: Shoeb Faruquee / Bangladesh „Cooking“
Silber: Hoang Quoc Tuan / Vietnam „Passing on sandhill“
Bronze: Suraphol Sukhumtus / Thailand „Going home”

Salon 2:
MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Bui Xuan Hoai / Vietnam „Brothers”
Silber: Jose Ramon Moreno Fernandez / Spain „Aligned“
Bronze: Wong Kin Ming / Hong Kong „Sure win“

COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Miguel Parreno / Spain „Cugar de reposo”
Silber: Romana Haider / Austria „Wasserski - 149“
Bronze: Paul Anup / India „Damsel”

COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL
Gold: Hani Ibrahim Al-Mawash / Kuwait „BC”
Silber: Nils-Erik Jerlemar / Sweden „Flower on table“
Bronze: Erwin F. Traunmüller / Austria „Simone-Kerzenlicht”

COLOUR SLIDES NATURE
Gold: Alessandro Salvini / Italy „Duel”
Silber: Herman Cater / Slovenia „After the storm“
Bronze: Wendy Conway / England „Crossing the Talek”

PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Uli Staiger / Germany „Bmail 0907”
Silber: Viesturs Links / Latvia „Circus had left, clowns ..“
Bronze: Mariano Villalba / Argentina „The blind wizard”

SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Chris Bennett / Germany „Ark”
Silber: Muriel Vekemans / Belgium „Time is money”
Bronze: Leo Palmer / England „A winter scene”

COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL
Gold: Michael James Brown / Australia „Venice taxirank”
Silber: Wilhelm Stöckle / Germany „Hallstatt“
Bronze: Sharmistha Sen / India „End of the day“

Salon 3:
MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Hoang Quoc Tuan / Vietnam „Reflecting eyes“
Silber: Roger de Groof / Belgium „Painful“
Bronze: Marcel van Balken / Belgium „Fly over“

COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Josef Palfrader / Austria „Lass mich los!“
Silber: Volker Frenzel / Germany „Angekommen“
Bronze: Jacky Wong / USA „Exciting moment“

COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL
Gold: Patrick R. Jones / USA „Freighter in winter“
Silber: Jozef de Fraine / France „Muscher“
Bronze: Denis Cemazar / Slovenia „Jamnik at full moon“

COLOUR SLIDES NATURE
Gold: Francois Roux / South Africa „Visarend vangs 3“
Silber: Nikiforakis Polichronis / Greece „The shark“
Bronze: Gianni Maitan / Italy „Gnu crossing“

PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Uli Staiger / Germany „Erntedank“
Silber: Irina Mikhaylova / Russia „Cat house“
Bronze: Katerina Lomonosov / Israel „October is here“

SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Chris Bennett / Germany „Ark“
Silber: Christoph Neunhöffer / Germany „Waterway“
Bronze: Evaldas Ivanauskas / Lithuania „The last train“

COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL
Gold: Peter A. Watson / England „Rajasthani kitchen“
Silber: Helga Krötzsch / Germany „Antarktika“
Bronze: Marija Milovanovic Maksimovic/ Serbia „Shoe polish“

Salon 4:
MONOCHROME PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Roald Synnevåg / Norway „Kannesteinen”
Silber: Brian Hopper / Ireland „Move over“
Bronze: Mikhail Palinchak / Ukraine „Lady in black”

COLOUR PRINTS GENERAL
Gold: Antonina / Belarus „Shame - unshame”
Silber: Wang Chen / China „Flamingoes“
Bronze: Paolo Bonciano / Italy „La bomba”

COLOUR SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES GENERAL
Gold: Kazimieras Linkevicius / Lithuania „Self portraits”
Silber: Madalina Iordache-Levay / USA „Chained”
Bronze: Evaldas Ivanauskas / Lithuania „Sparrows funeral”

COLOUR SLIDES NATURE
Gold: Kate Myers / Australia „Paper wasps“
Silber: Gene Wong / USA „Flamingo along shore“
Bronze: Jose Ramon Moreno Fernandez / Spain „Zebra“

PRINTS EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Irina Mikhaylova / Russia „Many days waiting for you“
Silber: Claudio Ricchetti / Argentina „Falling in love“
Bronze: Sergey Kharlamov / Ukraine „Kill!”

SLIDES + DIGITAL IMAGES EXPERIMENTAL
Gold: Madalina Iordache-Levay / USA „A quest for beauty“
Silber: Stefan Habermann / Germany „I show your memories“
Bronze: Chris Bennett / Germany „Ark“

COLOUR SLIDES PHOTOTRAVEL
Gold: Gho Peng Tjin / Singapore „Countryside buffalo ride”
Silber: Shoeb Faruquee / Bangladesh „Cooking“
Bronze: Dr. Koshy Johnson / England „Drying clothes”

Massimo Merlini / Italy „Goldfish”
Gabriele Staebler / Germany „Gepardenfreundschaft”
Stefan Gesell / Germany „Close“
Csaba Balasi / Romania „Behind that window“
Jörg Bakschas / Germany „The beach”
Marianne Sleire / Norway „Team America”
Ken Collins / USA „In the tube”
Chris Anthony / USA „Emily”
Marcello Libra / Italy „Emperor penguins family”
Ramon Vaquero / Spain „The look”
Yu Ping-yau Gilbert / Hong Kong „Docker”
Per Valentin / Denmark „Gone with the wind”
Le Bu / Vietnam „To come back”
Andrés Canepa Blumenberg / Chile „Maniqui”
Aleksey Markov / Russia „Viktoria”
Susan Cowles / USA „Fur and pearls”
Feng Fang Yu / China „May rain-01“
Kathrin Stempfer / Austria „Blind-movie“
Norman P. Krauß / Germany „Endstation Sehnsucht”
Matthew Jordan Smith / USA „Mixed”
Martin Siebenbrunner / Austria „Injured”
Faisal Khaled Hamadah / Kuwait „Old man”
Marjan Artnak / Slovenia „Run for life”
Roberto Bartoloni / Italy „Crocodile and small fish”
Pham Manh Tien / USA „Welcome”
Irene Froy / England „Pink slippers“
Therese Nahlborn / Sweden „Standing”
Antonina / Belarus „To spill seeds in vain”
Christian Hiebl / Austria „Fighter”

"TREES"
GOLDMEDAL:
Phillipa Frederiksen / Australia „Tortured trees”
Vilem Vondruska-Selig / Germany „NP Bayrischer Wald“
Tom Gardner / Scotland „Purple tree“
Pertti Hakari / Finland „Snowforest“
Annette Arriëns / Switzerland “The old man and the tree”

"PORTRAIT"
GOLDMEDAL:
Hamad Rashid Al Naemi / Qatar „The exile”
Miguel Parreno / Spain „Dhulia”
Larry Louie / Canada „Tenger horseman“
Faisal Almalki / Saudi Arabia „A thousand stories“
Matthew Jordan Smith / USA „Yin Yang”

"PANORAMA"
GOLDMEDAL:
Gerhard Svoboda / Austria „Urlaubs(alb)traum”
Nicolás Berlingieri / Argentina „Atlantic coast“
Jure Kravanja / Slovenia „Lighthouse“
Sus Bogaerts / Belgium „Antwerpen Centraal“
Michael James Brown / Australia „Shorncliffe Pier“

"RED"
GOLDMEDAL:
J. S. Peter Kocaré / Netherlands „I like red”
Chan Kwok Hung / Hong Kong „Fearless”
Paul Biddle / England „Jack Apple“
Paolo Bonciani / Italy „Ritratto 1: A. Marquez“
David Drebin / USA „Exit“

"GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT"
GOLDMEDAL:
Martina Brandstetter/ Germany „Manchmal”
Viesturs Links / Latvia „No title“
Ingo Schulz / Germany „Kleiner Junge im Mahnmal“
Ta Van Manh / Vietnam „Working“
Branko P. Petauer / Slovenia „Regrat 06“

"SEASONS"
GOLDMEDAL:
Zygmunt Dobrosielski / Poland „Pea-souper”
Arif Tanju Korkmaz / Turkey „Seasons 2”
Markku Välitalo / Finland „Winter fishing“
Tran Cao Bao Long / Vietnam „Rain“
Maciej Duczynski / Poland „Two worlds“

"ARCHITECTURE AND SIGHTS"
GOLDMEDAL:
Nicolás Berlingieri / Argentina „Santorini house“
André Wagner / Germany „Olympiastadion“
Joseba Ibarra Amor / Spain „Chicago II“
Daniel Angst / Switzerland „Eurohaus“
Miran Orozim / Slovenia „Last”

"COMMUNICATION"
GOLDMEDAL:
Zhuo Guo Qiang / China „Yang Yang underwater kiss 1”
Stanko Lavric / Slovenia „Communication“
Chan Kwok Hung / Hong Kong „Harvest day“
Beatriz Moreno Sanchez de Pedro / Spain „Interior“
Paula Davies / England „Jazz? No problem!”

"EMOTIONS – HUMAN RELATIONS"
1. Prize: € 2.000
Tam Kin Hong Healthy / Hong Kong „Love affair“
2. Prize: € 1.500
Christian Devers / Belgium „Donnes la main“
3. Prize: € 1.000
Roman Vondrous / Czech Rep. „Soccer player emotion“

GOLDMEDAL:
Belinda Fettke / Australia „Adoration“
Wang Jian Ping / China „Hard to leave“
Serban Mestecaneanu / Romania „Bus scene #4”
Raul Villalba / Argentina „Love“
Gabriele Steiner / Austria „Fun”

"WATER"
1. Prize: € 1.000
Jill Sneesby / South Africa „Elephants splashing“
2. Prize: € 500                                    
Julian Negredo S. / Spain „Sentimientos de ausencia”
3. Prize: € 300
Uli Staiger / Germany „Apokalypse“

GOLDMEDAL:
Christian Vorhofer / Austria „Strand Neuseeland”
Gianni Maitan / Italy „Zebras“
David Drebin / USA „Foam“
Achim Köpf / Germany „Iceland-Art 344“
Anastasia Skorodumova / Russia „Lake-6”

"SPORTS, DYNAMICS & MOVEMENT"
1. Prize: € 1.000
Rudolf Pustelnik / Germany „White turf”

GOLDMEDAL:
Young Siu Chuen / Hong Kong „Head for touch down“
Alois Bumberger/ Austria „Weltcup-Sieger“
Thomas Pfleiderer / Germany „Blue“
Jure Kravanja / Slovenia „Invitation“
Rob van Thienen / Belgium „Strike”

"NUDE"
1. Prize: € 1.000
Karel Vojkovsky / Czech Republic „Nude 1”

GOLDMEDAL:
Stefan Habermann / Germany „Ophelia 4”
Angela Mutti / Germany „Untitled“
Saschawolf/ Germany „Dünner“
Franz Sauer / Austria „The body“
Zoran Rosomanov / Macedonia „Enigma October“

"LANDSCAPE"
GOLDMEDAL:
Valery Scherbina / Russia „Meeting new day”
Christian Vorhofer / Austria „Morgenrot”
Maciej Duczynski / Poland „Netherlands“
Cheung Kwan Leung / Hong Kong „Great Wall in gold“
Peter Paterson / Scotland „Rannoch Moor“

"NO WORRIES – LUCK, HAPPINESS & FUN"
GOLDMEDAL:
Charles Pace / Malta „On the lookout“
Johann Hölblinger / Austria „Urlaub auf Balkonien“
Kumara Dahanayake / Sri Lanka „Rewathi“
Fatma Faraj Al Shikaly / Kuwait „Conflict”
Christo Serfontein / South Africa „Massive breaker”

"THE FASCINATION OF COLOURS"
GOLDMEDAL:
Roland Steffen / Switzerland „Schmuck”
Mauricio Landriscina / Italy „Round Udaipur“
Sergey Viktorovich Zyryanov / Russia „In winter park“
Ali Safat / India „Festival of colour“
Cristian Bortolossi / Italy „Gallo“

"CHILDREN OF THE WORLD"
GOLDMEDAL:
Arif Tanju Korkmaz / Turkey „Precious”
Udara Ariyasinghe / Sri Lanka „The early bird”
Jan-Thomas Stake / Sweden „Too loud!!!“
Safat Ali / India „Girl with goat #2“
Brigitta Moser / Austria „Relaxed“

"EASTERN EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY"
GOLDMEDAL:
Maria Perkunova / Russia „Hospital-10“
Milada Cistinova / Czech Republic „Repair, Prague“
Zoltan Balogh / Hungary „On the way home“
Pavel Astrakhov / Russia „History of one life 2“
Marek Patt / Poland „Power dreams“

"SECURITY & PROTECTION"
GOLDMEDAL:
Nadya Chizova / Russia „A girl and a dream- 5“
Jan Standal / Norway „Mona Lisa“
Claude Halet / Belgium „The hands“
Florian Stöllinger / Austria „Strand“
Wu Yong Jun / China „Rain coming suddenly“

"CHINA"
Grand Prize;
Trip to Austria for Jurymeeting 2009
Zhu Xiao Mei / China „Wish”

1. Prize: € 1.000
Chen Yi Gang / China „Shipbuilding workers”
2. Prize: € 750
Zhang Zheng / China „Fashion 1”
3. Prize: € 500
Wong Lai Chu / Macao „Chinese Kung Fu”

GOLDMEDAL:
Kang Xiang / China „Olympia”
Ling Mei / China „Panorama“
Yu Ping Yau Gilbert / Hong Kong „Listening“
Yuan Pei De / China „Journey in rain“
Per Hagen / Norway „Exhausted coal-driver”

GOLDMEDALS OF EXCELLENCE:
Sergey Baluev / Ukraine „The wave”  
Stanislav Odyagailo / Ukraine „To keep illusion”  
Jimi Laaksonen / Finland „Critter”
Maurizio Landriscina / Italy„A Nursi woman”  
Sham Hinchey & Marzia Messina / Italy „Danae”
Jozef de Fraine / France „Opde witte kenel” 
HoryMa / Russia „Brood hens”
Elena Burkovskaya / Ukraine „The 32nd of May”
Peter Hildebrand / Germany „Virtual reality”
Benita Heldmann / Germany „Im Bann der Vogelfrau”
Jonny Wiktorsson / Sweden „Young dreamer”
Anna Zayidova / Russia „Flying umbrella”
Calvin Hollywood / Germany „Despair”
Silvia Wiemers / Germany „Schwarzarbeit”
Mariano Villalba / Argentina „Ridicolous gansters I”