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This one's kind of a big deal!

I am excited to let you know that I have been asked to participate in a large, international art show starting October 6th. This is a show that is held in a varying international venue every two years. This go-around is called the Berlin Foto Biennale. As you can undoubtedly tell, this current showing will be in Berlin.

This one’s kind of a big deal!

I was asked to participate because of my first place award in the 7th Annual International Pollux Awards. You may remember seeing that announcement back on July 14th of 2015. If you missed it, here is that announcement

The promoters of the showing provided an invitation for me to send to those who might be interested. Here is that invitation, which includes my three photos that will be featured in the Berlin show. 

If you happen to be in Berlin during October, consider this your invitation to attend so you can see this show featuring photographers from 41 countries. 

The photos that I will have in the show have been printed as 24"x36" prints, mounted on diBond. 

A just-returned-from two-week trip to the UK and Ireland prevent us from attending the opening vernissage and artists reception, but we will be there in spirit. [To save you the trouble of pulling out a dictionary, the term 'vernissage' refers to the night-before-opening showing of the photos for the artists' benefit]

As a regular reader of my articles, I thought you would like to know.

 

Ciao for now,

Steve

p.s. Well, at least one of the photos was taken in Italy! I'm sure you can guess which, by process of elimination.

The Results Are In: Part 1

The results of the 7th Annual International Pollux Awards are in and I’m happy to say that I received recognition in this prestigious competition! There were entries from 1,000 photographers from 62 countries in the competition, and I had 20 photos selected for recognition.

This is a different kind of photo competition than I’ve entered before.  Instead of recognizing winning photos, they recognize winning photographers – a bit confusing, but there is a distinction - they say. They take the body of work submitted and evaluate the photos. They then assemble the best photos in order of preeminence to determine the winning photographer. For instance, in the ‘Nature’ category you will see that I was the Winner, but three photos made up that winning recognition for me, the photographer. Get the difference? I’m a bit hazy on it myself, but it doesn’t really matter as far as I’m concerned.

Recognition Categories

There are several photo categories and three recognition categories for the photographers, as follows:

Nominated: These are the photos selected by the competition’s producers that are passed on the jurors for further evaluation to select the Winner and Runner-Up photographers

Runner-Up: A photographer selected for recognition by the jurors but not the Winner

Winner: The one winning photographer for a category

 

The Results

Here are my results for the 7th Annual International Pollux Awards, along with the photos involved.

Nature -- Winning Photographer!

Winner: 3 photos

Just a Chance of Clouds

Just a Chance of Clouds

Iceberg #1

Iceberg #1

Tuscan Flowers at Sunset

Tuscan Flowers at Sunset

Fine Art

Nominated: 2 photos 

Just Around the Corner

Just Around the Corner

San Giorgio Maggiore

San Giorgio Maggiore

Landscapes & Seascapes

Runner Up: 1 photo

Nominated: 2 photos

Afternoon Seastacks

Afternoon Seastacks

Tuscan Countryside

Tuscan Countryside

People, Culture and Daily Life

Nominated: 1 photo

Bourbon Street Pedicab Slurred

Bourbon Street Pedicab Slurred

Street Photography & Cityscapes

Nominated: 5 photos

Lightning Storm in Venice

Lightning Storm in Venice

Midnight Calle

Midnight Calle

A Thousand Years in the Making

A Thousand Years in the Making

Evening on the Grand Canal

Evening on the Grand Canal

Sunrise on the Grand Canal

Sunrise on the Grand Canal

Busy Day on the Grand Canal

Busy Day on the Grand Canal

Animals and Wildlife

Nominated: 1 photo

A Bit Shy

A Bit Shy

Still Life & Abstractions

Runner Up: 3 photos

A Very Stilllife

A Very Stilllife

Blue Stairs

Blue Stairs

Pink House Slurred

Pink House Slurred

Architecture & Bridges

Nominated: 1 photo 

Illumination of San Marco

Illumination of San Marco

Nudes

[Sorry, I was unable to enter that category this year…but I’m working on it!]

 

Ciao for now,

Steve