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The beauty of the Grand Place

I have been many times in the past (and most probably be many times in the future) at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, and always wanted to capture the beauty of this magnificent place in images. My favourite time is dusk, when the square is illuminated both by the setting sun and the artificial lights of the buildings. I tried to capture the essence of the place with multiple image panoramas, which will allow me to to print really large prints, as well as single shot images of specific details.

See more at my Grand Place gallery.  

The Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium

Three Honorable Mentions in International Black and White Photography Contest

Thrilled to announce that I received three Honorable Mentions in the “Monochrome Awards” the International Black and White Photography Contest.

The 2016 Monochrome Awards received 8122 submissions from 81 countries around the world. 

The awarded images were:

  • the image “Shipwreck” in the “Fine Art” category
  • the image “Nocturnal” in the “Landscape” category
  • and the image “Bird on Rocks” also in the “Landscape” category. 

Four Honourable mentions in the ND Awards 2016 competition

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Happy to announce that I received four Honorable Mentions in the ND Awards 2016 competition. The awarded images were in:

Four Honourable Mentions in the 11th Annual Black & White Spider Awards

Excited to announce that I received four nominations at the international contest “11th Annual Black & White Spider Awards

Black & White Spider Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence in black and white photography. This year there were 7,556 entries from 71 countries. The Jury represented the industry's biggest names and tastemakers who reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 627 awards and 951 nominees in 31 categories.

Exhibition "Travelling" at Blank Wall Gallery

Shipwreck "Dimitrios"

This is “Dimitrios”, a shipwreck stranded since 1981 on a beach near Gythio n southern Peloponnese, Greece.

Its rather bizarre to see it perched on the beach.

With my black and white interpretation I tried to strengthen the surreal feeling it generates.

Selfie under the milky way

Self-portrait in the car under the milky way.

(could not find any interesting foreground element for the milky way, so I thought "why not myself in the car?" - certainly not the most interesting foreground, but that's what I had available at the time :-)

Perseid meteor shower

Perseids from yesterday’s meteor shower: one (very) big and three smaller meteors brighten the night sky as they burn up during their entry in the atmosphere.

Awarded entry in the International Fine Art Photography Awards

My series "Nightscapes" was awarded nomination in the Night Photography Category in the 2nd edition of the international Fine Art Photography Awards competition. 

In 2016 Fine Art Photography Awards received more than 3994 submissions from 83 countries around the world. The winners were selected by highly acclaimed panel of international judges, including: Qingjun Huang, Carolyn Guild, Klaus Kampert, Pini Hamou, Rupert Vandervell, Pongsatorn Sukhum, Kilian Schönberger, Peter Kool, Lara Zankoul and GMB Akash.

See the awarded entry at: http://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2015-2016/amateur/night-photography/hm/1936

Three Nominations in the Moscow International Fotography Awards

Three honourable mentions in the Moscow International Fotography Awards (MIFA)
MIFA’s jury panel is comprised of an international pool of photography industry professional from photo editors, art directors, gallery owners and curators.

All three of my awards were in the “Fine Art - Landscape” category of the contest. These three projects were awarded: 
- Nightscapes
- Tranquility at the lagoon
- Bird on rocks. 

 

Group exhibition at Blank Wall gallery

The Blank Wall Gallery at Athens, Greece, is hosting a photography exhibition with "Dreamlike Landscape" photos from photographers all over the world and includes one of my images. Have a look at the catalogue of the exhibition or read a press announcement

Here is the press release: 

Dreamlike Landscapes. Photographs that create a dreemlike feeling. Time is there and gives a very vivid effect on the final result, These images present a distorted reality. They speak to each viewer separately and by inviting them to empty their minds from every thought, they create a variety of emotions and reactions, a different reality for each and everyone. Seemingly ordinary and everyday scenes are transformed into something different.

Participating artists:

Alex Moustris # Greece                 Gregoris Mentzas # Greece
Jamie Rowland # UK                      Jeff Alves de Lima # USA
Joanna Epstein # USA                   Kostas Barbadimos # Greece
Mariko Evans # Japan                    Mark Chen # USA
Markus Green # Germany             Michael Wicks # USA
Miguel Cabezas # Spain                Panagiotis Feloukas # Greece
Patrick Whitaker # USA                  Pete McCuchen # USA
Rohina Gandhi Hoffman # USA     Ron Colbroth # USA
Ronny Behnert # Germany            Ryan Alexandra Shanley # USA
Tom Harper # USA                         Thomas Lemke # USA

 

Nomination in Monochrome Awards

Honorable Mention in Fine Art for the winning entry "Pier #3" at the prestigious Monochrome Awards honouring Black & White Photography.

Monochrome Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for Professional and Amateur photographers. Their mission is to celebrate monochrome visions and discover most amazing photographers from around the world.

The 2015 Monochrome Awards received nearly 7000 submissions from 86 countries around the world.

The winning images were selected by panel of international judges, including: Ted Preuss, David Fokos, Roman Loranc, David Johndrow, Stefano Brunesci, Tomasz Lazar, Dominique Bollinger, Andre Brito, Giacomo Brunelli and Martin Stavars.

Bronze star award and 6 honourable mentions in ND Awards

A 3rd place bronze star award and six (6) honourable mentions in the prestigious 2015 International ND Photography Awards.

This year's awards were selected by an international panel of highly acclaimed judges including two of my favourite photographers, Hengki Koentjoro from Indonesia and Michael Levin from Canada. 

The awarded photos are the following: