Welcome! In this area of my site, I post items of note and/or interest and sometimes just from just plain ecstatic exuberance - such as the announcement of winning a photographic Award or Honor. Hopefully over time there will be lots of entries here. I'm trying my little heart out!!!
LOS ANGELES May 3, 2014 - Amateur photographer Karen Hanley Colbert of the USA was presented with the 7th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee title in the categories of Abstract and Still life at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow webcast today, Saturday, May 3, 2014.
The live online gala was attended by photography fans around the globe who logged on to see the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography.
7th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Contrasto, Rome; Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam; Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal; Barbara Frigerio Contemporary Art, Milan; Clair Galerie, Munich; and Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Belgium who honored Color Masters with 274 coveted title awards in 18 categories.
"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 7,416 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Karen Hanley Colbert's 5 images represent contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present her with the title of Nominee."
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography. www.photomasterscup.com
Refer to my "Winners..." Portfolio to view these 5 Nominations
The kind person that sent me this message is an accomplished Architect in his own right. Check his website (link below) for some truly amazing architectural imagery.
December 5, 2013
Hello Karen,
I saw your Dark Architecture #4 photo in 'Black & White'...Congratulations on that honor.
I have also enjoyed touring through your website, especially being drawn to your thoughtfully composed and meaningful architectural images. Being an architect, and perceiving the world as one, I find your architectural images quite respectful of the design and spirit underlying the buildings, and can appreciate your own interpretations of their spaces, forms and textures.
I am an aspiring serious photographer (in my spare time) but hope to dedicate more time and effort to this fascinating fine art.
Glad I noticed your work.
Stephen Brown
www.keystonephotography.net
I have the December issue in my hands. Ta-Da!!! Two of my entries were selected for publication in this years "Single Image 2014 Competition" Please go to my Awards & Exhibitions Portfolio and see the two winning images - Tattered (3rd award for this image) and Dark Architecture #4.
Look what I received in my "in box" recently:
Congratulations! Your entry in the BLACK & WHITE Single Image Contest 2014 has been selected for a Single Image Award, which means that one (or more) of your images will be published in the Special Issue #101 of BLACK & WHITE magazine scheduled to arrive on newsstands mid-December. You can be confident your work stood out in a way that deserved this special attention. Once again, congratulations!
This is so exciting, I have never been 'published' (in print) before. Will post which photo(s) won as soon as I know.
Great news - my image "Tattered" has won a place in Delray Beach's Cornell Museum's Gallery from mid February through mid May, 2014. This image has won other awards and continues to be one of my more artistically critical pieces.