Yesterday I received an email informing me that I was a finalist in the World Photography Gala Awards’ annual Juliet Margaret Cameron Award. I was so excited I nearly had a heart attack as I read the list of finalists searching for my name among the 245 other selected images in the professional division. Two of my images were selected as finalists in the nude category. I submitted these three images from my centenarian study project. (The first two images are the ones selected as finalists) To be listed among these amazing women photographers is quite a humbling experience, I tell you.
Read about the life of Juliet Margaret Cameron here.
From the WPGA web site: “Worldwide Photography Gala Award’s mission is to recognize exceptional photographers through exhibitions, publications and by extensively promoting their work. Believing that everyone and every organization has a responsibility to contribute to the benefit of world humanity; WPGA donates a substantial portion of its revenues to established international organizations which advance the welfare of underprivileged societies. Save the Children is the humanitarian organization to benefit from these events.” There were over 4,500 entries to the competition which is open to female photographers from around the world. The winning images (announced the last week of June) will be invited to exhibit in Berlin, Germany during the month of September, 2010.
In other exciting news, I also learned last week that my image, What Time Creates, has been selected to be a part of the new group exhibition in the RoHo Gallery located in Cincinatti, OH. Winning images from this exhibition will be announced at the end of May.
