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![© Awadh alshamlani, Saudi Arabia, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Awadh%20alshamlani%2C%20Saudi%20Arabia%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Awadh alshamlani, Saudi Arabia, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.”
― Pascal Mercier
On the blog this week, our editorial team take a look back at some of the best entries to the ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'. The competition closes February 7th, 11:59pm GMT. Good luck to all those who entered, the winners will be announced on March 14th.
![© Anna Filipova, UK, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Anna%20Filipova%2C%20UK%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Anna Filipova, UK, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Albert Dros, Netherlands, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Albert%20Dros%2C%20Netherlands%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Albert Dros, Netherlands, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Eduardo Seastres, Filipino, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Eduardo%20Seastres%2C%20Filipino%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Eduardo Seastres, Filipino, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Fabio Teixeira, Brazil, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Fabio%20Teixeira%2C%20Brazil%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27%20.jpg)
© Fabio Teixeira, Brazil, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Fernando Naiberg, Brazil, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Fernando%20Naiberg%2C%20Brazil%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Fernando Naiberg, Brazil, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Gabriel Nivera, USA, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Gabriel%20Nivera%2C%20USA%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Gabriel Nivera, USA, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Gaetano Fisicaro, Italy, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Gaetano%20Fisicaro%2C%20Italy%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Gaetano Fisicaro, Italy, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Michael Rasmussen, Denmark, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Michael%20Rasmussen%2C%20Denmark%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Michael Rasmussen, Denmark, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Robin Williams, Australia, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Robin%20Williams%2C%20Australia%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Robin Williams, Australia, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Sickle Pesterev, Russia, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Sickle%20Pesterev%2C%20Russia%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Sickle Pesterev, Russia, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Tom Jacobi, Germany, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Tom%20Jacobi%2C%20Germany%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Tom Jacobi, Germany, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
![© Xavier Alfonso Bou, Spanish, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'](https://www.worldphoto.org/sites/default/files/%C2%A9%20Xavier%20Alfonso%20Bou%2C%20Spanish%2C%20Entry%2C%202017%20ZEISS%20Photography%20Award%20%27Seeing%20Beyond%27.jpg)
© Xavier Alfonso Bou, Spanish, Entry, 2017 ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'
ZEISS Photography Award 'Seeing Beyond'