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.

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!

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.

The new issue of Event Magazine is now out with a photograph from my 2000-2005 Pacific series on the cover – Nehalem River Study 8. Thank you to the always wonderful Elizabeth Bachinsky…and congratulations in your new position as Editor.

Published by Douglas College and now in its 40th year of publication, EVENT is a celebrated literary journal where new and established talent — in fiction, poetry, non-fiction and critical reviews — will be encountered. Winner of 2010 Western Magazine Award for Fiction, 2010 National Magazine Award for Personal Journalism and Double Finalist for the 2010 National Magazine Award for Fiction.

“A magazine of pinnacle quality with a wide and enviable reputation.”
— Timothy Taylor

I am excited to have received five Honorable Mentions at this year’s International Photography Awards out of the approximately 15,000 submissions.

Some of the new Polaroid work I have been shooting was awarded in the following categories:
Portrait Professional
Fine Art Portrait-Professional
Self Promotion-Professional
People Other-Professional

And the image of Vancouver harbour during the 2010 Winter Olympics was awarded in the following category:
Cityscapes-Professional

Yah…