DAVID ELLINGSEN PHOTOGRAPHY

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 attended a most energizing workshop over in Victoria at Luz Gallery this past weekend. Moving on from the dry plate tintype process of a couple of months ago, myself and 8 other participants learned about the wet plate collodion process with the accomplished photographer Joni Sternbach of NYC. I’ve been looking for a medium to replace 11 years of working with Polaroid 55PN film (my last collection with that film is almost done!) and looks like this is the one. The way film is going it’s a good thing that I’ll be making my own from now on…ha ha.

The ubiquitous Skull photograph here…and below that a self portrait.

A heartwarming and humbling experience capturing photographs of some of the men and women riding in this year’s Ride to Conquer Cancer which supports cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency. Working for the Ride’s sponsor Enbridge with the agency WAX Partnership Inc from Calgary, we shot on location here in Vancouver during what turned out to be the only two days of sun we’ve had this spring (phew).

Thanks to Brad and Sheldon from WAX; David from Enbridge; makeup artist Brenda Bakker; crew Eric Thompson, Cameron Hunter and Eric Dreger; UHaul for that crazy little trailer (perfect) and the amazing production from Gina Hole and Jaime at THEY Rep.

Special thanks to the City of Richmond for your location assistance.

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Out with an indie splash, Magpie Darling is a new British based fashion magazine who have just released their premier issue. My recent shoot with stylist Leila Bani and makeup/hair artist Brenda Bekker appears in a spread inside, as well as on the cover and the website. You can follow through here to get a copy of the magazine in print or digital format, including an iPad version.

Mara Gottler shows another beautiful collection…

Some exciting new stuff media from Polaroid was just announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I won’t re-post the whole article here, but if you’re still in love with instant film like me, this could be an inspiring read.