{"id":277,"date":"2026-08-29T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nordiclight.backlightgroup.org\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2026-08-30T17:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:24:57","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nordiclight.backlightgroup.org\/?page_id=277","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nordic Light 2026<\/div>

AWARDS<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n
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GRAND PRIX Nominations<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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OPEN MONOCHROME<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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MOMENTS OF LIFE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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TRAVEL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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OPEN COLOUR<\/span><\/h3>

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 J\u00e1nos Eifert (Hungary) – Appassionato
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Inga Ivanova (Latvia) – Prosciutto Smokehouse II
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Jozef Danyi (Czech Republic) – BETWEEN SPACE IN MOVEMENT
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Jan Hammerstad (Denmark) – Lilith in Red and White
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Paulo Cesar Berton Custodio (Brazil) – SAMPA ZOOM
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Willem Halbach (Netherlands) – Waiting
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Miguel Martinez Frias (Spain) – the wired idol
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Luc Wabbes (Belgium) – costarican jay
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Petros Zervos (Greece) – PENNY IN THE MIRROR
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Dejan Kocev (North Macedonia) – The Rider
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Allan Wallberg (Sweden) – Window in the barn
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Suresh Meenakshisundaram (Oman) – Cleaning the Dune
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Vinay Bv (India) – Hampi sunset – 9394
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Jernej Biderman (Slovenia) – Where
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Ute Jackisch (Germany) – Elbbruecken
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Stanislav Potanin (Ukraine) – We need to overtake
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 El\u017cbieta Wenda (Poland) – Bird on a Wire
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Oleg Malovitskyi (Ukraine) – Quick turn
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Roberto Soares Gomes (Brazil) – WORKER WITH SHADOW
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Gordon Norris (United Kingdom) – Carla Bokeh
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Teodor Radu Pantea (Romania) – Scavenger
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Christiane Heggemann (Germany) – goes up
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Hasintha Kularathna (Sri Lanka) – Geometric Guard..
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Stefan Panaitescu (Romania) – Fragments
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Raffaele De Pascalis (Netherlands) – Milonga de amor
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Peter Hammer (Australia) – Vase with leaf
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nitesh K R (India) – Flower Vase-Still Life Art 01
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Norman Johnson (USA) – Cubs Following Mom
DIPA – Digital DIploma:\u00a0 Jovana Golic (Serbia) – Smile
Backlight Group Digital Ribbon:\u00a0 Khanh Tran (VietNam) – Blue Veil<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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OPEN MONOCHROME<\/span><\/h3>

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Normunds Kaprano (Latvia) – Jump
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Oleg Malovitskyi (Ukraine) – Captain and her team
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Jozef Danyi (Czech Republic) – BIKERS
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Biljana Nikolic (Serbia) – Dream
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Chidi Chen (USA) – Busy Grandma
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Petros Zervos (Greece) – BODYSCAPE 34
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Marta Eufemia Gulyas (Hungary) – Carrier Man
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Nevenka Papic (Slovenia) – A look from the cab
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Atle Helland (Norway) – Reinsdyrbukk.
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Fisun Arabaci (Turkiye) – Clothier
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Ernoe Dr. Barsi (Hungary) – Coal is burning
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Vinay Bv (India) – Shades of a grey heron
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 El\u017cbieta Wenda (Poland) – lost feelings
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Gottfried Catania (Malta) – Cua Dai Fishing Nets 26
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Iannis Skotiniotis (Greece) – After love
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Rumen Somov (Bulgaria) – MIXED MARRIAGES – WE WILL LIVE HAPPILY
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Raffaele De Pascalis (Netherlands) – look at me
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Tomasz Milcewicz (Poland) – Stared man
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Serhii Uspalenko (Ukraine) – Nostalgia in Black and White
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Niels Majgaard (Denmark) – Starting the Mast
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 John King (England) – Approaching Mist
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Miguel Martinez Frias (Spain) – flesh chorus
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Roberto Soares Gomes (Brazil) – CHRIST REDEMEER
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Wolfgang Kaeding (Germany) – Fight in the last curve
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nikolai Babaiants (Russia) – Children of the old quarter
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Mohammed Muhtasib (Saudi Arabia) – Angry Horse
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nitesh K R (India) – After bath rituals
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Patrick Baeyens (Belgium) – neon light
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Francisc Nemeth (Romania) – Yin Yang
Backlight Group Digital Ribbon:\u00a0 Carole Wetherley (United Kingdom) – Glasgow Architecture
Backlight Group Digital Ribbon:\u00a0 Ludo Van Der Perre (Belgium) – Maasplassen

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NATURE<\/span><\/h3>

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Iris Duchene (Germany) – Im Licht
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Durgesh Nandini Bais (India) – PRECISE LEAP_M2A7847
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Iannis Skotiniotis (Greece) – Peaceful navigation
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Atle Helland (Norway) – Botnavatnet
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Allan Wallberg (Sweden) – Moment
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Fritz Eichmann (Germany) – Platzhirsch.
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Christiane Heggemann (Germany) – deer
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Simon Kovacic (Slovenia) – Upupa family 37
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Paulo Cesar Berton Custodio (Brazil) – ILHA DOS FRADES – BAHIA
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nikolay Gerginov (Bulgaria) – Night hunter
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Ernoe Dr. Barsi (Hungary) – The Judgement
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Jaros\u0142aw Duma\u0144ski (Poland) – stork
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Bogdan \u010cok (Slovenia) – Four in a row
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Ryszard Lomnicki (Ireland) – Stokksnes, Iceland
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Valtteri Mulkahainen (Finland) – Can I borrow a little honey from you
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Vinay Bv (India) – Ibis Snake 1305
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Achintya Murthy (India) – Egg hatched JPRF
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Jan Sranko (Slovakia) – Grey Heron and Snake
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Graeme Guy (Malaysia) – Cheetah and Gazelle
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Jernej Biderman (Slovenia) – Birch 2
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Stefan Stuppnig (Austria) – Diptera 5424
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Pieter De Jager (South Africa) – Spitzkoppe deur die Arch
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Serge Ninanne (Belgium) – Dans la brume
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Yuliyan Ivanov (Bulgaria) – Three Cousins
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Evaggelos Gkikas (Greece) – Cormoran
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Sherman Cheang (Macau) – Gathering
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Gyula Kaszas (Hungary) – I’M COMING DARLING
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Toya Heatley (New Zealand) – Silvereye with wings spread
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Norman Johnson (USA) – The\u00a0 Lunge
Backlight Group Digital Ribbon:\u00a0 Isabella Robbeson (Netherlands) – Jumping Whale
Backlight Group Digital Ribbon:\u00a0 Carole Wetherley (United Kingdom) – Red Squirrel with Nut<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 J\u00e1nos Eifert (Hungary) – Mourners
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Viacheslav Dinerchtein (Switzerland) – DSC_9401
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Rumen Somov (Bulgaria) – give 5
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Mohammed Muhtasib (Saudi Arabia) – Cow Race Festival
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Minja Jovetic (Serbia) – Triumf
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nikolai Babaiants (Russia) – The young widow
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Emil Fodor (Hungary) – Happiness
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Fisun Arabaci (Turkiye) – End Of The Study
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Carlos Cabral (Portugal) – Pulling the nets
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Veronika Ma\u0161kov\u00e1 (Czech Republic) – Moments of vulnerability
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Oleg Malovitskyi (Ukraine) – Latest
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Monika Egerer (Germany) – Hackerbruecke
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Elena Vtorushina (Russia) – Joy
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Biljana Nikolic (Serbia) – Life with peppers
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Osman Furkan Ozkan (Turkiye) – Turkish Alpine
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Tim Sanders (England) – I Want To Be Alone
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Pavlos Pavlou (Cyprus) – WIFE MODE ON
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Vinay Bv (India) – Kumbh Sadhu bath 5200
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Niklaus Fringeli (Switzerland) – Weightless
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Kornelia Dakovic Svajcer (Serbia) – Charger
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Petros Zervos (Greece) – CANDLEMAS
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Ryszard Lomnicki (Ireland) – 4
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Reinhard Engfer (Germany) – Small Talk
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Incze Domokos (Romania) – 1 Making Hay
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Lisa Rendall (England) – Late Night Dinner Date
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Atle Helland (Norway) – Morskjerlighet
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Justin Dean Shea (Canada) – Flag Takedown

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Mohammed Muhtasib (Saudi Arabia) – Toji train station in Dhaka
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Manfred Kluger (Germany) – on sightseeing tour-9
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Hasintha Kularathna (Sri Lanka) – Rhythms of the Fishing Village..
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Emil Fodor (Hungary) – Snapshot from Havana
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Colin Price (Wales) – Welsh country gossip
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Marevi Denaxa (Greece) – Hawk of the Desert
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Incze Domokos (Romania) – 2 Carnival Lament
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Michal \u017didek (Czech Republic) – Halfway Up
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Arunkumar Madhan (India) – Race of Tradition
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Berislav Vrkljan (Croatia) – SINGLE PARKING
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Osman Furkan Ozkan (Turkiye) – climber
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Elena Vtorushina (Russia) – Tsagan-Suvarga
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 J\u00e1nos Eifert (Hungary) – Charles Bridge in Prague
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Suresh Meenakshisundaram (Oman) – Trust in Motion
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Normunds Kaprano (Latvia) – Masks
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Ute Jackisch (Germany) – Venice
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nevenka Papic (Slovenia) – Sisterhood
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Jeffrey Venning (Australia) – Two Onboard
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Filiz Koprulu (Turkiye) – sokaktakikoyunlar
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 \u0110ur\u0111ica Kocijan\u010di\u0107 (Croatia) – Man with a cigarette
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Tomasz Okoniewski (Poland) – Piroliza 11
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Ekkehard Retelsdorf (Germany) – In Vlotho 3
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Alfons Casale Turu (Spain) – A Samburu man with a spear
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nihal Araptarli (Turkiye) – At The Palace NAR5740
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Klaus Stock (Switzerland) – UNESCO World Heritage
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Vinay Bv (India) – Kumbh Elephant 2981
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Jan Jaskula (Poland) – Icelandic dunes
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Norman Johnson (USA) – Mt Rainer Sunrise


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PORTRAIT<\/span><\/h3>

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Dino Hadzidervisagic (Bosnia And Herzegovina) – Tribal Queen
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Miguel Martinez Frias (Spain) – still looking
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Ryszard Lomnicki (Ireland) – 3
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Mohammed Muhtasib (Saudi Arabia) – Ship Breaking Yar
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Minaketan Sabar (India) – Beautiful Kondho Lady
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Biljana Nikolic (Serbia) – Hard thoughts
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Serge Ninanne (Belgium) – Queen Lara
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Osman Furkan Ozkan (Turkiye) – children of the wind
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Karen Moffatt-mcleod (New Zealand) – The Call of Kekri
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Carlos Cabral (Portugal) – Green eyes
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Mohammad Oladivatan (Germany) – Look at me
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Iannis Skotiniotis (Greece) – Woman v50
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Suresh Meenakshisundaram (Oman) – Tradition Blossoms
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Elena Vtorushina (Russia) – Sight
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Minja Jovetic (Serbia) – Portrait VIII
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Allan Wallberg (Sweden) – Kevin BW
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Marevi Denaxa (Greece) – Konso children
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Jan Hammerstad (Denmark) – Anneli 7
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Jianwen Liang (China) – Bread Time
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Filiz Koprulu (Turkiye) – derinbakmak
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Manfred Kluger (Germany) – flower power-4
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Niels Majgaard (Denmark) – The Chef
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Peter Mraz (Austria) – TURBAN
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Zvonko Kezic (Croatia) – Friends
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Mario Di Benedetto (Italy) – Held in a Moment
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Thoi Van Tu (VietNam) – Beside my mom
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Ian Hardacre (England) – Anastasia
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Francisc Nemeth (Romania) – Homeless man

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WATER<\/span><\/h3>

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Katica Mustapi\u0107 (Croatia) – Sailing season
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Inga Ivanova (Latvia) – Two boats
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Jan Hammerstad (Denmark) – Water 3-1
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Lubica Kremenova (Slovakia) – On the glacier
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Emil Fodor (Hungary) – The Shell Collector
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Tamal Goswami (India) – surfer
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Petros Zervos (Greece) – WAVES
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Achintya Murthy (India) – Varanga 0315 D
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Nevenka Papic (Slovenia) – Safe refuge
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Bogdan \u010cok (Slovenia) – A flooded field
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Vinay Bv (India) – Common KF Dip 2870
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Elena Vtorushina (Russia) – Rainfall is coming
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Ryszard Lomnicki (Ireland) – Fanad Head Lighthouse, Ireland
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Minja Jovetic (Serbia) – Dance of Ice and Stone II
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Pavlos Pavlou (Cyprus) – OCTOPUS IN SHIPWRECK
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Suresh Meenakshisundaram (Oman) – Waterfall Reverie
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Joanna Zaluska (Sweden) – Stroked
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Alfio Urso (Italy) – Molo Pozzillo di notte
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Aleksandar Tomulic (Croatia) – Storm 4
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 \u00c9va Ken\u00e9z (Hungary) – Harmony
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Stoyan Velikov (Bulgaria) – The Stone Ships 2
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Mariola Siwi\u0144ska (Poland) – River
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Yuliyan Ivanov (Bulgaria) – Calmness
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Christiane Heggemann (Germany) – stay safe
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Hasintha Kularathna (Sri Lanka) – Liquid Architecture…
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Artur Jastrz\u0119bski (Poland) – Impressions Paprocany
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03c9\u03c1\u03b1\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 (Greece) – Little Stream


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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Jan Hammerstad (Denmark) – Flowerfigure 3
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 John King (England) – The Post Box
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Dusan Ignac (Slovakia) – Welcome to Earth
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Zeljko Car (Croatia) – Green hedge
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Fritz Eichmann (Germany) – four fireplaces
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Gottfried Catania (Malta) – Scala Antinori 8
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Jernej Biderman (Slovenia) – Shapes
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Rawisyah Aditya (Indonesia) – Arch tunnel
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Artur Jastrz\u0119bski (Poland) – Slovenian architecture lesson
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Tevfik Ileri (Cyprus) – Lines and Shadows
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Jiri Romanek (Czech Republic) – Triangle
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Valeria Attab (Brazil) – encontro certo
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Christiane Heggemann (Germany) – Station
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 \u00c9va Ken\u00e9z (Hungary) – Geometric forms
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Osman Furkan Ozkan (Turkiye) – in the rice field
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Serge Ninanne (Belgium) – Lara
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Evaggelos Gkikas (Greece) – Power Lines
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Jaros\u0142aw Duma\u0144ski (Poland) – city \u200b\u200bgeometry 08
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 J\u00e1nos Eifert (Hungary) – Triptichon
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Petros Zervos (Greece) – RECTANGLES 02
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Viacheslav Dinerchtein (Switzerland) – 20260722-DSC_6052
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Iris Duchene (Germany) – Node
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Colin Price (Wales) – under cover
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Niklaus Fringeli (Switzerland) – Geometry of power
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Mariola Siwi\u0144ska (Poland) – Spiral
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Kata Ker\u00e9nyi (Hungary) – Cubes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Mohammed Muhtasib (Saudi Arabia) – Taboureidha
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Miguel Martinez Frias (Spain) – His Shadow Below
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Veronika Ma\u0161kov\u00e1 (Czech Republic) – Soulful journey
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 J\u00e1nos Eifert (Hungary) – Palace of Secrets
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Allan Wallberg (Sweden) – Fighting birds
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Osman Furkan Ozkan (Turkiye) – prayerful man
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 David Webr (Czech Republic) – LP\u00a0 I
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Mario Di Benedetto (Italy) – Trace of Me
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Michal \u017didek (Czech Republic) – Half in Shadow
SALON Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Cristian Dinivitzer (Chile) – The Immensity
SALON Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Dusan Ignac (Slovakia) – Blue
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Lubica Kremenova (Slovakia) – Shadows of dance
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Fisun Arabaci (Turkiye) – Dervish2
Master of Light E Ribbon:\u00a0 Elena Vtorushina (Russia) – Magic
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Aleksandar Tomulic (Croatia) – In the pavilion
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Valeria Attab (Brazil) – entre sombra e luz…
IAAP Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Monika Egerer (Germany) – Golden hour
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Pavlos Pavlou (Cyprus) – BODYSCAPES II
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Iris Duchene (Germany) – Boats on the river
DIPA Digital Diploma:\u00a0 Rumen Somov (Bulgaria) – 39
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Carlos Cabral (Portugal) – Chess gymnastics
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Ernoe Dr. Barsi (Hungary) – Fireworks
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Tomasz Okoniewski (Poland) – shadows from ages
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Alyson Bone (New Zealand) – Seeds of Light
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Mladen Milanov (Bulgaria) – Licht
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Shivashankar Hebbale (India) – The dawn
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Hersia De Jager (South Africa) – Moody clouds
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 \u0141ukasz Mozalewski (Poland) – THE LADY
Backlight Group Digital Ribbon:\u00a0 Lajos Lorincz (Romania) – Winter light in the mist

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Master of Light E- Gold medal:\u00a0 Minja Jovetic (Serbia) – Victory
Master of Light E- Silver medal:\u00a0 Roberto Soares Gomes (Brazil) – HAPPINESS
Master of Light E- Bronze medal:\u00a0 Miguel Martinez Frias (Spain) – unscripted kiss
IAAP Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Osman Furkan Ozkan (Turkiye) – Kyrgyz cultural dance
IAAP Silver E-Certificate:\u00a0 Gottfried Catania (Malta) – Floating Lanterns Imperial City Hue
IAAP Bronze E-Certificate:\u00a0 Petros Zervos (Greece) – CHEERING
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Mohammed Muhtasib (Saudi Arabia) – Celebrating Heritage
The Backlight Group digital medal:\u00a0 Achintya Murthy (India) – Kulasai Celebrations 3149
SALON Gold E-Certificate:\u00a0 Serge Ninanne (Belgium) – Dansons
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Mariola Siwi\u0144ska (Poland) – Folk dance
Backlight Group digital ribbon:\u00a0 Carlos Cabral (Portugal) – Wedding party
SALON Honorable Mention E-Certificate:\u00a0 Shivashankar Hebbale (India) – Sign of accomplishment<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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