The judging was done by a panel of prestigious photographers, photo editors and painters.
The theme of the Epoch Times International Photography Competition is to reflect real life stories, people, culture, and natural scenes, and in a manner that expresses the spirit of justice, positive messages, kindness and beauty. The entries will be evaluated based on traditional aesthetics so as to restore traditional aesthetic values and expressions.
The judges felt that more entries for this year’s competition embodied the theme compared to last year. The judges felt that all this year’s entrants worked hard to display righteousness, brightness, benevolence and to restore the guiding principles of traditional aesthetics, illustrating pure beauty and kindness.
The competition’s Organizing Committee will contact the chosen photographers to request for materials for the upcoming stages of the competition: the original (or high definition) file of the entry, and a printed copy mailed (unfolded) in for the final judgment and future exhibition. All selected participants will be contacted by July 25, 2009.
Following is the list of the selected entries, the photographers and their counties:
| A: News and on-the-spot reports | ||
| Selected Photos | Photographer | Country |
| Alto en l Cielo | Mario Fiorucci | Argentina |
| Chiapas Mexico | Alejo Schatzky | Argentina |
| Gaucho Correntino | Alejo Schatzky | Argentina |
| Marchando La Calle | Diego Casas | Argentina |
| Europacup 2009 | Josef Hinterleitner | Austria |
| Flying Brazilian Harley Marques Fivb Mtl | Ming Han | Canada |
| Torch & Goddess | Jan Jekielek | Canada |
| Let Me Thru! | Rodrigo | Chile |
| Life (生计) | Zhong Ren Xing | CN |
| Paz | Andres Felipe Castaño | Colombia |
| The Fire Finishes The Peace 4/4 | Aymer Alvarez | Colombia |
| Sky Forward | Mager | Germany |
| Burnning | Suditi Guha Roy | India |
| Carrying Water | Rabin Chakrabarti | India |
| Escape To Freedom | Sudipto Das | India |
| Holy Namaz | Rajesh Dhar | India |
| Risky Drive | Dilip Lokre | India |
| The Escape | Pinaki Ranjan Majumdar | India |
| Timelessness | Anindya Majumdar | India |
| Water World | Joydeep Mukherjee | India |
| Gotong Royong | Arie | Indonesia |
| Rob | Arie | Indonesia |
| Flying Bike | Vadim Sigalov | Israel |
| On a Quest | Netta | Israel |
| Passing Thought | Shiran Granot | Israel |
| Ice Ridge | Hu Hyun | Korea |
| Jump | Hu Hyun | Korea |
| Paralympic Skiing | Jeong Baekho | Korea |
| Taean | Hu Hyun | Korea |
| Just Beyond The Nagis Cyclone | Min Zarni Zaw | Myanmar |
| Devotees | Danilo O. Victoriano | Philippines |
| Invincibility | Sechel | Romania |
| His Dream to Be the Best | Lam Khin Thet | Singapore |
| Peaceful Call (寧靜的呼喚) | Shih-Chieh, Lin | Taiwan |
| Grand March to Support 2000 Chinese Quitting Chinese Communist Party | 姜昱有 | Taiwan |
| Biking (自由車賽) | 陳泉旭 | Taiwan |
| Amona Evacuation | Natan Dvir | USA |
| Happiness Is … | Tommy Ng | USA |
| Peak of September 11 | Dr. Sergey Melnikoff | USA |
| State Safeguard | Edward Dai | USA |
| The Deposition | Natan Dvir | USA |
| The Royal Wedding | Tommy Ng | USA |
| Winner (勝利者) | Edward Dai | USA |
| Group Practice of Falun Gong (法轮功学员集体炼功) | Debora Cheng | USA |
| Celebrate the 4th of July (欢度美国独立日) | Debora Cheng | USA |
| Awarding (褒奬) | Edward Dai | USA |
| B: Life in society | ||
| Selected photos | Photographer | Country |
| Jiya’s World (¦N¶®ªº¥@¬É) | Xiao Yan Xing | CN |
| A Sheep pen next to the Great Wall (长城边的羊圈) | Huan Chen | CN |
| Brotherly Love | Manuel Saldarriaga Quintero | Colombia |
| High Water of he Cheleby River | Helga Schubert | Germany |
| A Shepherd | Nitin | India |
| Care of Mothers | Chatterjee | India |
| Creation of God nd Mother | Asit Kumar Ghatak | India |
| Desert Song | Sonatan De | India |
| Enlightenment | Rajesh Dhar | India |
| Girl | Vivekananda Bhattacharjee | India |
| Golden Light | Kailash Mittal | India |
| Indian Rail | Prasanta Biswas | India |
| Jallikattu. (Traditional Bull Fight ) | J Suresh | India |
| Joint Venture | Indranil Sengupta | India |
| Open School | Supriya Dey | India |
| Pushkar | Subhrajit Basu | India |
| Returning Home | Kailash Mittal | India |
| Rhythem | Kaushik Majumder | India |
| Rural Life | Kailash Mittal | India |
| Teaching | Kaushik Majumder | India |
| The Bathing | Pinaki Ranjan Majumdar | India |
| The Cloud Hunter | Subhrajit Basu | India |
| Waiting for Breakfast | Saikat Dutta | India |
| Chatting on Facebook | Alim Boeana | Indonesia |
| Migrate | Fatemeh | Iran |
| Candle Light | Nadav Dov Boretzki | Israel |
| Cormorant Fisherman | Gil Azouri | Israel |
| Family in Bleak Desert | Kim Sung Soo | Korea |
| A Hand in Need | Chen Soon Ling | Malaysia |
| Big Catch | Kang Koon Hong | Malaysia |
| Cool Shower | Chen Soon Ling | Malaysia |
| Fishermen | Tun Tun Win | Myanmar |
| Happy Water Festivel | Aung Pyae Soe | Myanmar |
| I am Waiting | Kyaw Kyaw Winn | Myanmar |
| Our Dream Home | Aung Pyae Soe | Myanmar |
| Return From the Job | Nan Mway Nwan Foung | Myanmar |
| Summer Day | Kyaw Kyaw Winn | Myanmar |
| Concentrated (凝神) | Zhenfeng Jia | New Zealand |
| Belen | Ana M. Castañeda | Peru |
| Crowd | Teodoro | Philippines |
| Life in Society | André Boto | Portugal |
| Bull Racing | Tan Choon Wee | Singapore |
| In a Foreign Land | Liang Huan Chuan | Singapore |
| Morning Work | Tan Choon Wee | Singapore |
| Off to Work | Henry Krisdani | Singapore |
| Communal work | Santiago Urquijo | Spain |
| Homeland (家園) | Lin, Hao-Jan | Taiwan |
| Joys (喜悅) | 趙以祥 | Taiwan |
| Water Game (戲水童樂) | 趙以祥 | Taiwan |
| Child Under Straw Hat (戴草帽的孩子) | 徐美菊 | Taiwan |
| The Last Weaving Maid (最後的織女) | 李姿瑩 | Taiwan |
| Canoeing (泛舟) | 陳正祥 | Taiwan |
| Couple (老伴侶) | 江村雄 | Taiwan |
| Fishing by Anhinga | Gene Wong | USA |
| Mourning (悼念) | You Zhi Ma | USA |
| C: Landscapes | ||
| Selected photos | Photographer | Country |
| Camino al Quemadero | Aldo | Argentina |
| Cataratas | Juan Alberto Ibarra | Argentina |
| Deadline | Martin Bordagaray | Argentina |
| The Mountain and the Waterfall | Martin Bordagaray | Argentina |
| Bergdorf | Josef Hinterleitner | Austria |
| Farming (耕作) | Xun Hua Zhang | CN |
| Glory (辉煌) | Yu Kun Liu | CN |
| Big Nature—Small Human | Werner Schwehm | Germany |
| Coal Mine Canyon | Rainer Grosskopf | Germany |
| Lone Traveller | Nguyen Manh Ngoc | Germany |
| Back Home | Ramesh Soni | India |
| Desert Beauty | Sonatan De | India |
| Drinking Water | Kushal Gangopadhyay | India |
| Land of Red Soil | Partha Pal | India |
| Rasikbil Lake | Partha Pratim Saha | India |
| Sunset at Puri | Amitabha Sil | India |
| Our Children | Arie | Indonesia |
| Life with Clouds | Saeed Hasanabbasi | Iran |
| Persian Gulf Nights | Ali Zahabi | Iran |
| Blending in Completness | Nadav Dov Boretzki | Israel |
| Dreamland | Gil Azouri | Israel |
| Family of Sunbird | Ran | Israel |
| Morning | Ilan Porat | Israel |
| Morning for the Cranes | Roei Greenberg | Israel |
| Mount Hood | Ilia Shalamaev | Israel |
| One | Gil Azouri | Israel |
| Mountain (2) | Yoon Woonjoung | Korea |
| Snow, Snow on the Secret Lake | Kim Sung Soo | Korea |
| Changbaishan | Ong Kay Swee | Malaysia |
| Dusty Evening | Aung Pyae Soe | Myanmar |
| Yellow Farm | Kyaw Kyaw Winn | Myanmar |
| Awesome | Rosemarie B. Razon | Philippines |
| Birds at Nightfall | Ramon I. Castillo | Philippines |
| Awakening from Darkness | Chua Seng Yee | Singapore |
| Beginning of Life | Chua Seng Yee | Singapore |
| Return Journey | Tan Choon Wee | Singapore |
| Carefree | Chan-Cheng Hsu | Taiwan |
| Disputing 1 | Hosukuei | Taiwan |
| Migration in the Morning | Chan-Cheng Hsu | Taiwan |
| Morning Patrol (肯亞日出) | 顧敏勝 | Taiwan |
| Paradise | Chan-Cheng Hsu | Taiwan |
| Running | Hosukuei | Taiwan |
| Sun Raising (二寮日出) | 蔡志雄 | Taiwan |
| Penguin Family企鵝家族 | 韓建勳 | Taiwan |
| Nurture (哺育) | 齊國泰 | Taiwan |
| Solitude (孤寂) | 萬勝雄 | Taiwan |
| Fishing (捕魚英姿) | 齊國泰 | Taiwan |
| Housing on the Water (水上人家) | 江村雄 | Taiwan |
| Back from Grassing the cattle (牧歸) | 林呈鴻 | Taiwan |
| Mountain Climber on the edge (稜線上的登山客) | 徐榮吉 | Taiwan |
| Standing Alone (遺世傲立) | 黃植生 | Taiwan |
| Morning in Heilong Pond (黑龍潭晨光) | 劉綵潔 | Taiwan |
| Last Ray | Vladislav Milkov | Ukraine |
| Misty Autumn Rowing | Gene Wong | USA |
| Over Victoria Waterfalls | Dr. Sergey Melnikoff | USA |
| Sunset | Hoang Anh | Viet Nam |
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