Thomas Barbèy

Hélène Havard is a French fine-art and travel photographer who grew up in France, lived in England and Canada, and now resides in French Polynesia, where she also runs a separate wedding photography business. Havard’s signature style uses soft, muted pastel color grading to give her images a vintage, dreamlike, almost nostalgic quality — as if capturing a place both in the present and in memory at once.

Emily Wick is a visual artist and photographer based in Oakland, California, known for turning fleeting light phenomena and playful urban moments into poetic images. Her work often focuses on bubbles, reflection, sparkle, night scenes, and transient effects of light, especially when flash and darkness collide. The imagery feels intimate and experimental, as if she is documenting tiny visual events before they disappear.

1st Place: “Amethyst Deceivers” by Tony North A walk through the woods quickly reveals that fungi are far more than a subtle presence—they’re essential to the life happening beneath our feet. This year’s International Garden Photographer of the Year competition highlights that beautifully through its World of Fungi category.