DAVID ELLINGSEN PHOTOGRAPHY

I’m proud to report that the photographs I did last summer for the Vancouver Whitecaps Women’s League contributed to the United Soccer League announcement that the ‘Caps have been honored with the 2011 Women’s League Marketing Award. Alright!

Please join me for HIBERNUS…a winter study.

EXHIBITION
January 5 – February 4th, 2012
akasha art projects
511 Church Street, Suite 200
Toronto

OPENING RECEPTION
January 7th
5 – 8pm
Artist in attendance.

PRESS FOR HIBERNUS
* Critic’s Pick – NOW Magazine, Upcoming Exhibitions, Toronto.
* Merit Award Winner – Black and White Magazine
* Current cover feature, Issue 19 – UYW Magazine, Australia.
* Honourable Mention – International Photography Awards (IPA)
* Honourable Mention – Prix de la Photographie (PX3)

GALLERY PRESS RELEASE
akasha art projects (sic) welcomes this New Year with an exclusive photographic exhibition by award winning Vancouver based photographer David Ellingsen. In this body of work, entitled ‘Hibernus’, Ellingsen utilizes botanical subject matter to explore personal notions of natural order, the cycle of life, as well as kinship with, and disassociation from, one’s environment.  Use of the now discontinued Polaroid 55PN film has allowed Ellingsen to capture pure, organic images that demonstrate broad tonal range.  Hand processed and archivally printed, these photographs emanate a richness that makes each one strikingly beautiful and uniquely authentic.

HIBERNUS ONLINE
See complete Hibernus series here.

Yesterday saw the announcement that I have been selected as one of the 6 photographers in the running for the Critical Mass 2011 Book Award for the Sea/Life series. I will pass you on to the official notification here…but needless to say I am very honored to be in the running.

I mentioned earlier that I was selected as a finalist for PDN’s Great Outdoors photography competition for “Bull Kelp, Pacific Northwest”. The photograph has been moved forward to the Winners category and you can see it published in the September issue or at the web gallery here.

The results are in…and I’m happy to announce I have received 4 “Honorable Mentions”.
The main Honorable Mention page is here (scroll around for some amazing work) and individual galleries for each work are linked below.

PROGRESS RESTS
Advertising Automotive

SEA/LIFE (then entered with a working title of Wild)
Fine Art Still Life
Fine Art Other

ELITE ATHLETES
People Portraits

The International Photography Awards is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation, where the top three winners are announced at the annual Lucie Awards ceremony. The awards event will be held at the Lincoln Center in New York on October 24, 2011, before returning to Los Angeles in 2012 in celebration of the 10-year anniversary. Over 8,000 submissions from 90 countries were received for the 2011 International Photography Awards with over 70 jurors, the largest to date. The Foundation’s mission is to honor master photographers, discover new and emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography. IPA is dedicated to recognizing contemporary photographers’ accomplishments in this specialized and highly visible competition. Visit www.photoawards.com for more details.

I’m very pleased to announce that the SEA/LIFE series has been moved forward into the final round of judging for this year’s Critical Mass award, part of the always wonderful Photolucida world.

“Critical Mass is a program about exposure and community. The idea is simple—photographers (from anywhere) submit a 10 image portfolio. This work is then pre-screened by a committee of approximately 20 great jurors. From those votes, the 200 top Finalists are determined. These 200 Finalists and their work go on to a jury of approximately 200 of the world’s best curators, editors, and other professionals who have agreed to view and vote on the Finalists’ work. Using these votes, at least one photographer is chosen to receive a book award and once the monograph is published, everyone who enters and juries will receive a copy of the book(s).”
- excerpt from the Photolucida website.

Just received notice that SEA/LIFE is in the running in the fine art category for the People’s Choice Award at the Blurb Photography Book Now Competition. See all the amazing nominees at the link above…and vote!

Happy to announce that I am a finalist in Photo District News Magazine’s 2011 Great Outdoors competition. The image is part of the Salish Sea series…this one of bull kelp at dawn down at Point Roberts is in the running for the Plants, Animals, Insects, and Gardens category…I’ll update again if things progress…

I was asked to judge this year’s Rodeo 3 competition of student photography from across Canada…lots of great work to sort through. The top 50 images, both photography and illustration, are now on display on the CAPIC website.  An article and images from the gala are also displayed on grafika website. Winners and judges biographies were featured in the April edition of the CAPIC Newsletter, with more to come next month.

I’m very proud to announce some of my work has recently been acquired by Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusetts for their world-class art collection. The Institute is a treatment facility associated closely with Harvard University and their collection contains works from a wide spectrum of artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg.
“We believe that art helps and encourages the healing process for patients and their families” says DFCI chairperson Jane Mayer, confirming the strong commitment to art therapy from the one of the United States’ premier Comprehensive Cancer Centers.

I feel greatly honored and am thrilled to be a part of this collection.