margo kessler cook
Fine Art Photography

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EXHIBITIONS

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2023

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Tokyo International Foto Awards, (TIFA), Tokyo, Japan, Japan, 〒150-0033 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Sarugakucho, 24−7 代官山プラザ

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Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA), Budapest, Hungary

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Black & White Spider 18th Annual International Photo Awards, 

Beverly Hills, CA

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Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Flashpoint 2023, Lori McBride

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, Pollux Awards, 20th Anniversary, Julio Hirsch-Hardy, Gallery Director-Senior Curator, Juror, Frank Meo

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International Photo Awards (IPA), Los Angeles, CA 

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Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, The Found Object, Exhibition, Jonathan Pavlica

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Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, Shape/Form/Structure Exhibition, Elizabeth Rooklidge

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Julio Hirsch-Hardy, Gallery Director, Senior Curator, Elizabeth Avedon, Ann Jastrab and Elizabeth Krist,

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A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Water Exhibition, Elizabeth Avedon

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Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., New York, New York, Rockwell Gallery, 2023 Annual Photography Exhibition, Karene Infranco, Kate Faust, Anthony Almeida, Janet Cook, Lou Lalli, Stephanie Mouw, Patrick Okrasinski, Joan Marie Palmer, Lisa Palumbo, Georgette Sinclair, Shawn Sullivan., 

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2022

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The Motif Collective International Photo, Fernandina Beach, FL, 2022, Reflections, Philippe Saint-Laudy, Dawna Moore, James Duckworth, Jason Swain, Wayne Moran, Michael Spicer, Stephan R. Leimberg, Eric Rousset

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The Motif Collective International Photo, Fernandina Beach, FL, 2022, Sunrise/Sunset, Philippe Saint-Laudy, Dawna Moore, James Duckworth, Jason Swain, Wayne Moran, Michael Spicer, Stephan R. Leimberg, Eric Rousset

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International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA, IPA -2022

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Museum of Arts and Science, Daytona Beach, FL selected

"Between A Rock and A Hard Place" for part of the museum's permanent collection, Ruth Grim, Curator

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2021

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New York City for Photographic Art, New York City, USA, "Portals",  Juror, Traer Scott

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The Motif Collective International Photo, Fernandina Beach, FL 2021, Theme, The Storm, Philippe Saint-Laudy, Dawna Moore, James Duckworth, Jason Swain, Wayne Moran, Michael Spicer, Stephan R. Leimberg, Eric Rousset

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Julio Hirsch-Hardy, Gallery Director, Senior Curator

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International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA, "IPA-2021"

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The Motif Collective International Photo, Fernandina Beach, FL 2021, Theme, Theme, Symmetry, Philippe Saint-Laudy, Dawna Moore, James Duckworth, Jason Swain, Wayne Moran, Michael Spicer, Stephan R. Leimberg, Eric Rousset

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New York City for Photographic Art, New York City, USA, "From A Seed...A  World of Botanicals", Aline Smith

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MOAS (Museum of Arts and Science), Daytona Beach, FL - Solo Exhibition - "Seeing Differently"

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Julio Hirsch-Hardy, Gallery Director, Senior Curator

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TIFA, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo, Japan, TIFA 2020

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PhotoPlace Gallery. Middlebury, VT, "The Poetry of the Ordinary", Doug Beasley

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6th Biennial Exhibition Fine Art and Documentary Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, Julio Hirsch-Hardy

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2020

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Budapest International Foto Awards, Budapest, Hungary, "BIFA 2020"

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The Motif Collective International Photo, Fernandina Beach, FL, 2020 Theme "Silhouettes", Philippe Saint-Laudy, Dawna Moore, James Duckworth, Jason Swain, Wayne Moran, Michael Spicer, Stephan R. Leimberg, Eric Rousset

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Salmagundi Club, New York, New York, "42nd Annual Open Exhibition in Photography"

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Black and Spider Awards, Beverly Hills, CA, "15th Annual B&W Photo Awards"

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International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA, "IPA - 2020"

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona Spain, "15th Pollux Awards", Julio Hirsch-Hardy, Gallery Director, Senior Curator

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Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition (BWAC) "Black and White Show",

Brooklyn, NY, Jenee-Daria Strand

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NYC4PA (New York City for Photography), New York City, NY, “From a Seed…A World of Botanicals”  Aline Smithson

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, “15th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award”,  Elizabeth Avedon

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Camera USA 2020:  National Exhibition & Awards, Naples, FL, David Albers, Leigh Gleason, and Susan Spiritus

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FotoFest 2020 Houston, Art League, Baytown, Texas, “Shadow and Light”,  Catherine Couturier

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International Color Awards, Beverly Hills, CA  “13th Annual Photo Show”, Silhouettes”

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Black&White Spider Awards, Beverly Hills, CA, “14th Annual B&W Photo Awards”

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2019

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International Color Awards, (IPA), Beverly Hills, CA “12th Annual Photo Show” 

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Camera USA 2019:  National Exhibition & Awards, Naples, FL, Karen Irvine, Tracie Davis, and Carol McCusker

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London 5th Base Gallery,  London Photo Show, London, England, “36exp Photography “,  Andrew Mason

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, “14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award”, Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Robertson, and Analy Werbin

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, “14th Pollux Award”, Ken Light, Simon Bainbridge, Yoav Friedlander, and Dana Stirling

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2019, Los Angeles, CA

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2018

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, “13th Annual Pollux Awards”,

Julio Hirsch-Hardy

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Camera USA 2018: National Exhibition & Awards, Naples, FL, Paula Tognarelli, Christopher Jones and Mark Sloan

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2018, Los Angeles, CA

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Black&White Spider Awards, Beverly Hills, CA, “13th Annual B&W Photo Awards”

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2017

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A.Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, “trees”,  Michael Kenna

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Camera USA 2017: National Exhibitor & Awards, Naples, FL, David Houston, Gary Monroe, and Robin O’Dell

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Fine Art Photography Awards, 3rd Edition

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Black&White Spider Awards, Beverly Hills, CA, “12 Annual B&W Photo Awards”

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2017, Los Angeles, CA, 

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Monochrome Photography Awards 2017, “International Black&White Photography”

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2016

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F3C, Lakewood Ranch, FL, “1st Triennial Digital Competition 2016”

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Camera USA 2016: National Exhibition & Awards, Naples, FL,

Britt Salvesen, Eric Strachan, and  Zora Carrie

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Naples Art Association, Naples, FL, “Pictures in Process”

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Photographer’s Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, “36th Annual Spring Contest”

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2016, Los Angeles, CA, 

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Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, “Snap to Grid”

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F3C, Lakewood Ranch, FL  “2016 3rd Triennial Digital Competition”

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2015

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Camera USA 2015: National Exhibition & Awards, Naples, FL,

Harry Benson, Patty Carrol, and  Ariel Shanberg

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Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL  “Fresh”

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Art and Frame, Sarasota, FL, “Things You Love”

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Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL “At the Heart of It”

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Selby Gardens, Sarasota, FL “Florida Flavor 35th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition”

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Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL, “Black& White All Medium Juried Exhibition”

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Art Competition, Cocoa, FL, “Flowers of Spring”

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Pictures in Process, Naples, FL  “Exhibition 2015”

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Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL,  “3rd Annual Florida Flavor All Media Juried Exhibition”

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F3C, Lakewood Ranch, FL “2015 2nd Annual Triennial Digital Competition”

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Soos Jewelry Design Gallery, Venice, FL, “Mix-it-Up”

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Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, “Daily News”

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LACDP, Los Angeles, CA, “Snap to Grid”

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South Florida Museum, Bradenton, FL, “Photographic Exhibition 2015”

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F3C, Lakewood Ranch, FL, “3rd Triennial Digital Competition”

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LWRDPC, Lakewood  Ranch, FL, “Print of the Month”

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2014

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Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, “Breaking Tradition”

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Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, “Perspectives”

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National Geographic, Washington, DC, “Daily Dozen”

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Visual Art Center Charlotte County Art Guild, Punta Gorda, FL, “Fabulous Photo Show”

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Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, “Florida Flavor”

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Art and Frame, Sarasota, FL, “All Things Florida”

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Art Uptown Gallery, Sarasota, FL, “Art in Sarasota”

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Sarasota Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, “Sticks and Clicks”

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Selby Gardens, Sarasota, FL, “33rd Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition”

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HONORS AND AWARDS

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2023

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Tokyo International Foto Awards, Honorable Mention, Nature/Macro, "Warmth of the Womb"

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Budapest International Foto Awards, Placement Award - Bronze

for NYC fro D.U.M.B.O., (Architecture/Cityscapes), Honorable Mention for "Inside Glory" (Architecture/Interior)

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Black & White Spider 18th Annual International Photography Awards, "Illusion", Honorable Mention (Architecture), Nominee (People) "Pedestrians Crossing"

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International Photography Awards (IPA), "Her Pink Passion" (series), Honorable Mention (Nature/flowers)

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, Pollux Awards,

Honorable Mentions, "I See You", "See Beach Sea", "Reflective Beauty", "NYC From DUMBO"Ga

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention, "Her Pink Passion" (series), Honorable Mention.  "Love at the Crosswalk", "Head Shot" and "Come and Get It",  Honorable Mentions (3)

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The Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., New York, New York, Rockwell Gallery, 2023 Annual Photography Exhibition, Second Place Award, "The Dark Hedges"

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2022

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The Motif Collective International Photography, Reflections, Short-listed Selections, " Stay Between the Blue Lines" and"Washed Up"

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The Motif Collective International Photography, Sunrise/Sunset, Short-listed Selection, "The Fogged-in Breakfast Club"

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International Photography Awards (IPA-2022) 

Official Selection, "Inside Glory" (Macro/Nature), Official Selection, "Looking Upward" (Architecture/Interior), Official Selection, "Bricks-a-Million" (Architecture/Historical)

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2021

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New York City for Photographic Art, New York City, USA, "Portals", Juror's Award, "Ascending Descending"

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PhotoPlace Gallery. Middlebury, VT, "The Poetry of the Ordinary" Online Gallery "Cherry Sparkler"

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FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 17thJulia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention, Black and White, "Mary's Lily' (Series 1-5)

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The Motif Collective International Photography, Theme Shortlist, "The Afterglow"

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International Photography Awards, (IPA-2021) Honorable Mention, Fine Art, "Mary's Lily" (series of 5), Honorable Mention, Architecture (Interior), "Ups and Downs", Honorable Mention, Architecture (Interior), "Clark, B-defined"

New York Center for Photographic Art, Honorable Mention, "For Meya"

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The Motif Collective International Photography, Theme Shortlist, "Between A Rock and A Hard Place" and "The Reflecting Pool"

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16th  Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable Mention, Architecture/Interiors, "A Gaudy Perspective", Color Between the Blue Lines", "Eagles Among the Buildings" -  Abstract, Honorable Mention, "Natures Waveform", "Cherry Sparkler", - Street Photography, Honorable Mention, "The Lone Woof", "Where's the Bike?"

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TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Honorable Mention, Nature/Flowers, "He Loves Me"

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2020

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Budapest International Photography Awards, BIFA, Silver Winner, Architecture-Interiors, "Rise and Fall"

 

Motif Collective International  Photography, Theme Shortlist, "Hanging In There"

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2020, Architecture/Abstract, Honorable Mentions, "Angles and Curves" and "Bahama Sunglow", Fine Art/Minimal, Honorable Mention, "A Bite in Miami", Fine Art/Other, Honorable Mention, "Gallstone", People/Street Photography, Honorable Mention, "He Needs More Freckles"

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15th Annual Black and White Spider Awards, Fine Art, Honorable Mention, "Between A Rock and a Hard Place", Nominees, Silhouette, "B. Al Zabug", Fine Art, "Cleansed by the Rain", Abstract, "Wynn Reflections"

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15th Pollux Awards, Abstract, Honorable Mention, "Rise and Fall"

(series 1-4), Street Photography, Honorable Mentions, "Exiting", "Orange Seats" and "Morning Croissants", Architecture Interior, Honorable Mentions, "X" Marks the Spot", "Framed" and "Sphere on the Hudson", Cityscapes, Honorable Mention, "NYC High-rises"

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NYC4PA (New York City for Photography) “From A Seed…A World of Botanicals”, Honorable Mention, “For Meya”

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15th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Architecture, 

Honorable Mention, “Bahama Sunglow” series (1-4),

Cellphone, Honorable Mention, “He Loves Me” series (1-6)

Fine Art, 3 Honorable Mentions,  “Alone”, “Solitude” and “Rock Lifting”

Street Photography, 3 Honorable Mentions, “Noodled”, “Your Spray Paint or Your Life” and “Saturday Haircuts”

Open Theme, 3 Honorable Mentions, “Cleansed by the Rain”, “Eyeful of Architecture” and “Stepping up at the Vessel”

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13th Annual International Color Awards, 1st Place-Outstanding Achievement, Silhouettes, “A Bite in Miami”

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13th Annual International Color Awards, Honorable Mention, Fine Art, Honorable Mention, “Peeking Palm, Honorable Mention,  Architecture, “Angles and Reflections” and Nominations in Abstract, Nature, and People

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2019

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International Photography Awards  (IPA) 2019, Nature (Flowers), 3rd Place, and  Country USA, “Her Breath of Sensuality” (Series 1-5)

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International Photography Awards  (IPA) 2019, Abstract and Fine Art,  Honorable Mentions - “Study in Angles and Curves, Part 2, 1-5” (Series 1-5)

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14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Nature, Honorable Mention - “Her Breath of Sensuality” (Series 1-5), Black and White, Honorable Mention "Between A Rock and A Hard Place”, Fine Art, Honorable Mentions - “A Bite in Miami” and “Drying Out”, Street Photography, Honorable Mention  “On My Way”

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14th Annual Pollux Awards, Architecture & Interiors and Fine Art,  Honorable Mentions, “Between A Rock and A Hard Place”, Fine Art, Honorable Mentions - “Beach Laps” and “A Bite in Miami”

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14th Annual Black and White Spider Awards, Abstract,  Nominee - “Ascending” and “Curvaceous 2”, Architecture, Nominee, “Into the Sky”

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12th Annual International Color Awards, Architecture, Honorable Mention - “Ascending”

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2018

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International Photography Awards  (IPA) 2018, Fine Art, Abstract and Architecture, Honorable Mentions - “Between A Rock and A Hard Place”

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International Photography Awards  (IPA) 2018, Architecture-Buildings, Honorable Mention - “Curvaceous”

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13th Annual Pollux Awards- Gala Awards, Architecture, Honorable Mention - “Study in Angles and Curves, Part 2, 1-5” )Series (1-5)

 

13th Annual Black and White Spider Awards, Abstract, Honorable Mention - “Curvaceous”, Architecture, Honorable Mention - “Study in Angles and Curves, Part 1”

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2017

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2017, Architecture:  Interior, Honorable Mention - “Study in Angles and Curves, Part 1” (Series 1-5)

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2017, Architecture:  Interior, Honorable Mention - “In the Beginning”

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Monochrome Photography Awards 2017 International,  Black & White:  Abstract - Honorable Mentions- “Branching Out” and “Branching Out II”

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2016

International Photography Awards (IPA) 2016, Architecture:  Interiors, Honorable Mention - “The Reflecting Pool”

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International Photography Awards (IPA) 2016, Fine Art:  Abstract, Honorable Mention - “Liquid Metal”

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F3C, 1st Triennial Digital Competition 2016, 1st Place:  Black & White - “Liquid Metal” and 2nd Place: Color - “I’m Ready for My Close-up,             Mr. Demille”

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2015

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F3C, 2nd Triennial Digital Competition, 1st Place:  Black & White -“The Dark Hedges”, and 2nd Place Color - “Gallery to Gallery”

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F3C, 3rd Triennial Digital Competition, 1st Place:   Color - “The Colors of Passion”, Black & White: 1st Place - “Round and Round”

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Art Center Sarasota “At The Heart of It” Exhibition, 1st Place - “Lost and Found”

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Art Competition Flowers of Spring International, Honorable Mention, “For Meya”

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Naples Art Association, Pictures in Process 2015, Best of Show - “The Dark Hedges”

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Art Center Sarasota, “Daily News”, Special Merit Award:  “The Dark Hedges”

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LWR Digital Photography Club), Print of the Month - Color Red:  This Place, “Drinks on Me”

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2014

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National Geographic Society, Daily Dozen, published “Thirty-two Degrees”

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Visual Art Center Charlotte County Art Guild, “Fabulous Photo Show”  3rd Place - “For Meya”

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Art Center Sarasota, “Florida Flavor”, Special Recognition Award:  “Liquid Metal”

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Sarasota Museum of Art, “Sticks and Clicks”, Third Place:  “Eye See You”

Education

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​ViewBug, Staff Award 2015, "For Meya"