A NEW photo you haven’t seen before is on display on the A.Smith Gallery website and will be visible in person starting September 10th.
Actually the photo is from 2018, but YOU all haven’t seen it, so it’s NEW to you : P
You can see the rest of the show online here.
“Dancer’s Dream” is part of the in-house exhibition for the Photoplace Gallery in Middlebury, VT. You can see the exhibition and online gallery here. This is the third time I’ve been accepted to a show for this gallery, and I believe the first time in the physical exhibition.
Last week I received word that I had won an award in the first Muse Photography Awards. Imagine my surprise to find out I had not won one but SIXTEEN awards.
Stay with me, there’s a lot to unpack here.
I also won 3 golds and a silver with my underwater series of 8 images I submitted.
The awards, nearest I can tell, are best in category, platinum, gold, silver, honorable mention.
Now it’s true that it’s lovely to win but it’s a little suspect that EVERY image won SOMEthing. Granted, all these images I submitted have won some notice before in some capacity (I’m sure some of you are tired of seeing “Into Dreamtime”).
I suspect the plethora of notice is due to several factors, including:
1 – First time contest
2 – You can BUY real statues and paper certificates for your winning images
3 – My brilliant work : P
But seriously I take this win with a grain of salt. The blue ribbons that River of Dreams won at smaller local contests in Texas mean more because it’s clear they didn’t award every photo with something.
Still, it’s always nice to be noticed and maybe get some notoriety and fame.
So, here’s the spoils:
A week ago the editor-in-chief of “Don’t Take Pictures” contacted me asking if my image “Dancer’s Dream” could be displayed on their Photo of the Day page. I readily agreed and today it’s up in all it’s glory.
You can see the image here as well as many other most excellent photos of the days past.
Saturday evening I received a phone call letting me know that Into Dreamtime had taken 3rd place in the creative category…
…and River of Dreams took 1st place, I think also in the creative category.
The photo “The Lover’s Dance” was selected from 489 entries to be part of the Art Fluent online exhibition “Connection.” It’s a different piece in that I have two people, so it’s not part of the “Into Dreamtime” body of work, but it’s still a lovely image and I’m pleased it has a chance to be on display again.
You can see the full show here.
I received two honorable mentions from the 2021 Vienna Photo Awards.
You can see all the awards here.
I received THREE honorable mentions from the Monovisions 2021 Awards.
One was for some of the underwater images (IG Cropped)
The other two were for a single image from my water (above ground) series and for eight images from my work with professional models. If you wish to see them (censored nudity involved) see my blog at https://myq-art.com
My photo “On the Edge” is on virtual display with the Marin Society of Artists this month. The image features my young friend and aspiring photographer Lexi who had found the unused tower and conceived the basic idea.
You can see the whole show on YouTube (I’m at 5:13) or on the MSA gallery page (try using Chrome, not Safari, and probably not on a phone per their advice)
Below I have the image as well as front and back of the promo card for the show.
Shoottheframe.com has a monthly competition for landscapes, portraits, and animals. I entered one of my Alaska “portrait” landscapes and was a finalist. This is my third finalist landscape with them. I’m pleased since my landscapes are usually quick shots and not composites; it’s very hard to compete with bona fide landscape photographers.
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