I travelled quite a bit recently so I added new photos in my "Window Seat" collection.
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Three Honorable Awards in the Fine Art Photography Contest
Happy to announce that I received three Honorable Awards in the “Fine Art Photography Awards” 2017. This year the contest received 6335 submissions from 89 countries around the world. Winners were selected by highly acclaimed panel of international judges, including: Tim Franco, Nadia Dias, Liza Van der Stock, Matilde Gattoni, Amélie Labourdette, Valery Klamm and Pierre Abensur. My awarded images were:
- the series “Window seat” in the “Abstract” category
- the series “Serenity in Lake Geneva” in the “Seascape” category
- and the series “Animal kingdom” also in the “Wildlife/Animals” category.
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.
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
Happy to announce that I received four Honorable Mentions in the ND Awards 2016 competition. The awarded images were in:
the “Fine Art - Other” category with the image “Bird on rocks”,
two awards in the “Night Photography” category with the series “Nightscapes”, and the image “Star trails” and in
the “Landscape” category with the series “Tranquility at the lagoon”.
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”:
- in the “Fine Art” category with “Bird on Rocks”,
- in the “Fine Art” category with “Pier",
- in the “People” category with “Buddhist Monk in the Rock Church” and
- in the “Still Life” category with “White Rose”.
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.
Two Honourable Mentions in the International Photography Awards 2016
Happy to announce that I received two Honorable Mentions in this year's International Photography Awards 2016 Competition, which received 17,039 of submissions from over 162 countries.
The awarded images were:
- in the “Fine Art - Landscape” category for”Bird on rocks” and
- in the “”Night Photography” category for the series on “Nightscapes”.
Exhibition "Travelling" at Blank Wall Gallery
Many news outlets reported on the "Travelling" exhibition at Blank Wall Gallery.
Check out the links for some of them below:
http://www.nexusmedia.gr/travelling-in-blank-wall-gallery/
http://www.lifo.gr/guide/arts/3949
http://www.mikrocosmos.gr/travelling/
http://www.protothema.gr/city-stories/article/608569/fotografiko-taxidi/
http://www.elculture.gr/blog/travelling/
http://360views.gr/travelling-blank-wall-gallery/
http://www.athensvoice.gr/guide/events/travelling
http://www.toperiodiko.gr/εκθεση-φωτογραφίας-travelling-το-ταξίδι-μέσ/#.V9lwXVci8qZ
http://www.artandlife.gr/Athina-thematiki_ekthesi_fotografias_travelling
http://www.vsmusicnet.com/2016/09/travelling-ekthesi-fwtografias-sth-blank-wall-gallery.html
Group Exhibition At Blank Wall Gallery: "Travelling"
The Blank Wall Gallery at Athens, Greece, is hosting a photography exhibition on "Travelling" with photos from photographers all over the world and includes one of my images from the lake of Bled.
The exhibition is from 10 until 23 September 2016.
Check out the exhibition on the site of the gallery: http://www.blankwallgallery.com/exhibitions-travelling/
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.
Milky way over the summer house
Milky way over my summer house at the island of Kea, Greece. Panorama made by stitching 8 photos.
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.
New publication: my Roses collection published at the Photographos magazine
Happy to announce that four photos of my "Roses" collection were published by the Photographos magazine in the July-August 2016 issue.
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.
New publication: Two photos published in the Photographos magazine
I’m really happy to announce that two of my newest photographs from the Nightscape series, have been published by the Photographos magazine in the May-June 2016 issue.
Dreamlike Landscapes at Blank Wall Gallery
It's always nice to see your photos printed and framed.
It's even better to see them hanging in the wall of a gallery.
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.