Fine Art Series Catharsis Award and Tutorial – PX3 Paris 2015 White Awards
Fine Art Series Catharsis Award and Tutorial
Great news for my photography!
I have just found out that my black and white fine art trees series “Catharsis”, a multi-awarded series of winterscapes and one of my favorite landscape series, has won another award.
This time in the prestigious Paris Awards PX3 2015 WHITE Competition, where my series won Honorable Mention in Professional Category Nature.
You can see the entire series “Catharsis” or purchase prints on my website, and if you want to read more about the artistic concept and the creation of these photographs, I talk about these images in my posts at the links below and I have published a tutorial and “How To” for this series presenting the black and white processing principles and the creation of the photographs, from different points of view: vision, composition principles and structure, tips and explanation of the black and white fine art approach.
– Catharsis I – In Your Shadow
– Catharsis II – Forgotten Dreams
– Catharsis III – The Path
– Catharsis IV – Spellbound – Making Of
– Catharsis V – New Beginnings
– Catharsis VI – Future Memories
Also you can see the rest of the awards the series won in the past in the AWARDS section of my website.
Congratulations to all the PX3 White winners, the awarded images I’ve seen are fantastic.
A small reminder for those who haven’t seen it. I just posted recently the webinar I presented for DxO. You can watch and read about it here: How to create Black and White Fine Art Architectural Photography – DxO Webinar There is also an eBook discount for those who watched the webinar. Details in the post above.
The PX3 Awards press release gives a few more details about the competition, so
I’m adding the text of the release below:
HONORABLE MENTION WINNER OF PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris
JULIA ANNA GOSPODAROU OF GREECE WAS AWARDED IN THE WHITE COMPETITION.
PARIS, FRANCE
PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (PX3) ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF WHITE COMPETITION.
Julia Anna Gospodarou of Greece was Awarded in category for the entry entitled, ” Catharsis .” The jury selected winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries.
Px3 is juried by top international decision-makers in the photography industry: Carol Johnson, Curator of Photography of Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; Gilles Raynaldy, Director of Purpose, Paris; Viviene Esders, Expert près la Cour d’Appel de Paris; Mark Heflin, Director of American Illustration + American Photography, New York; Sara Rumens, Lifestyle Photo Editor of Grazia Magazine, London; Françoise Paviot, Director of Galerie Françoise Paviot, Paris; Chrisitine Ollier, Art Director of Filles du Calvaire, Paris; Natalie Johnson, Features Editor of Digital Photographer Magazine, London; Natalie Belayche, Director of Visual Delight, Paris; Kenan Aktulun, VP/Creative Director of Digitas, New York; Chiara Mariani, Photo Editor of Corriere della Sera Magazine, Italy; Arnaud Adida, Director of Acte 2 Gallery/Agency, Paris; Jeannette Mariani, Director of 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris; Bernard Utudjian, Director of Galerie Polaris, Paris; Agnès Voltz, Director of Chambre Avec Vues, Paris; and Alice Gabriner, World Picture Editor of Time Magazine, New York.
ABOUT Px3:
The “Prix de la Photographie Paris” (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are exhibited in a high-profile gallery in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book.
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