Exhibits & Events – January 2021









by Bruce Schaefer

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WASHINGTON POST

Here is a link to the online Washington Post’s lists of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia photography-related exhibits and museums. I have found that the various photography-related exhibits appear in different parts of the online paper, making a simple search or link unreliable. You can search within:


Photography section: Photography
Going Out Guide: Going Out Guide
Art Section: Art


ONLINE PHOTO SITES

Following are some websites that offer terrific images for the armchair adventurer: ideas and inspirations for when we finally get out of jail. 

Creative Photo Awards 2021

Gallery | Creative Photo Contest (sienawards.com)

Big Cloud ~ After sunset I took this photo of a beautiful cloud on a furrowed field. I used the furrows of the field as the leading lines to this cloud.
Breathe ~ An emotive image symbolic of my father’s journey with Emphysema. He stands and fights as the tree, grasping to hold on to this world, struggling to breathe, in the parched arid landscape. The ceiling of his life closing in, as tendrils of the disease slowly wind their way through.

2020 iPhone Photography Awards

IPPAWARDS | iPhone Photography Awards | 2020 Winners – POTY

Today, we proudly announce the winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS). This year marks the 13th Annual Awards with submissions from thousands of photographers from all over the globe. Dozens of winning photographs reflect powerful worldviews, from vast landscapes to a single tree, from city streets to remote desolation, from toil and hardship to a private moment in the sun.

UntitledLocation: Chengdu, Sichuan – Shot on iPhone XS Max.
Sheikh of youth ~ Location: Baghdad, Iraq – Shot on iPhone X.

Fine Art Photography Awards – Abstracts

FAPA – Fine Art Photography Awards – First Fine Art Photography Contest – GrandPrize WinnersGallery (fineartphotoawards.com)

Youniverse ~ Christmas 2019, my studio in London: I have positioned my Mamiya RZ67 on my Cambo stand. My light needs to be very close to my subject and set to full power to get the fastest flash duration. ( only with Elinchrom light!). So I had too much light and ended up using a few ND filter sheets and knock a good 2 stops out. For the next 24 hours the camera, the focal length, the light, the tank, will not move. Using the petri-dish I set up, I go on experimenting with the art of random-mixing any sort of liquid; oil, vinegar or pigment among others, get shaped into an array of New Worlds. transforming everyday household liquids into abstract alien worlds of colours through single or multiple exposures.
MICRO IMAGES OF TEEPEE CANYON AGATE (SERIES) ~ These images are an exploration of the varied and incredible patterns In Tepee Canyon Agate from South Dakota USA using a 10-power microscope objective and focus stacking to gain depth of field. I have always been amazed by the patterns in agate that are not visible to the human eye, when I discovered Micro Photography it opened up an entirely new range of possibilities and discoveries with my photography

2020 Creative Photo Awards – abstract winners

Gallery | Creative Photo Contest (sienawards.com)

City of Depraved Souls ~ A vision based on Italo Calvino’s book, “Invisible Cities.” The proposed series of images follows a thin line of understanding and interpreting the cities described in Calvino’s book. “The book explores imagination and the imaginable through the descriptions of cities by an explorer, Marco Polo…”
Compost ~ I usually collect organic waste (fruit and vegetables) in a bag and then make fertilizer with it. The bag left in the sun on my balcony formed condensation creating this impressionist landscape.

2020 Black & White Competition Winners, Independent Photographer

Winners | The Independent Photographer | Photo Competition (independent-photo.com)

“The winner is this image that I kept coming back to time and again in the selection round. The dynamics of the image, the repetition, and the mystery, are all present. Why is that horse walking there? Are they high up in the mountains? A very beautiful image that would not look out of place in a beautiful frame on a white wall. “ Bastiaan Woudt, judge.
A poetic exploration of femininity: self-discovery, self-acceptance and the opportunity for growth during this crucial period of transformation faced by women when the bloom of youth and the fresh blossom of sexuality is over. © Anastasia Ermolenko.

2020 International Photography Awards

Grand visions from the 2020 International Photography Awards (newatlas.com)

And comprehensive this competition is, with 13 umbrella categories from which dozens of smaller sub-categories arise. The umbrella categories encompass all facets of modern professional photography. Fine Art, Editorial/Press, Advertising and Event photography are all covered, but it’s in the sub-categories that the granular specificity of this immense contest appears.

2020 Bird Photographer of the Year

View the Bird Photographer of the Year 2020 Winners — Bird Photographer of the Year (birdpoty.com)

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