Attractive Photos from the Urban Photographer of the Year 2015 Competition

The CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year competition – now in its ninth year – encourages professional and amateur photographers to capture cities at work.

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Blizzard Days. For the first time, the 2015 competition included a mobile category. The winner, Cocu Liu from China, captured the Chicago Board of Trading Building. (Photo by Cocu Liu)

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Poultry Prepared for Market. The Asia Pacific prize went to Peter Graney for this photograph taken in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Peter Graney)

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Winter Work. Christopher Martin was the winner of the Americas prize for this image of a plane being de-iced at Calgary International Airport, Canada. (Photo by Christopher J. Martin)

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Xyclops. Oscar Rialubin from the Philippines was named overall winner of the CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year with his image of a watch repairman at work in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Oscar Rialubin)

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Managing Influence – 00:00. The competition allows photographers to enter up to 24 images, one representing each hour of the day. (Photo by Pedro Guimarães Lins Machado)

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General Compartment – 02:00. (Photo by Sujan Sarkar)

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Crossroads – 04:00. (Photo by Joshua Charow)

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Construction On Call – 10:00. (Photo by Geoff Williams)

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Workers – 13:00. (Photo by SHM Mushfiqul Alam)

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Human Museum – 14:00. (Photo by Jorge Maluf Ferreira)

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Dog Walker – 15:00. (Photo by Johanna Siegmann)

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In Between Work – 16:00. (Photo by Ankit Narang)

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Digital Age Vol 2 – 22:00. (Photo by Martin Faltejsek)

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Oriental Fast Food – 23:00. (Photo by Marcos Sobral)

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