Posts tagged Americana
MOST POPULAR PICTURE OF THE WEEK 2022

Without a doubt, the website’s most popular, most forwarded PICTURE OF THE WEEK for 2022, was this image of a majestic Northern Cardinal with his eye-catching red plumage, wide-open beak, and seeming attitude, perched on a snowy branch. He’s a  come-to-life doppelgänger for Big Red Terence of the video game ANGRY BIRDS fame. To see him in all his glory, click MORE below.

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NEW INTERNATIONAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD! NO.6 OF 6 'GOOD TIMES FOR SALE'

Overjoyed when I heard the news that GOOD TIMES FOR SALE received an Honorable Mention winner award among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. This sixth NEWS item featuring awards received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in fine art color photography, celebrates the rural American scene.

GOOD TIMES ARE GONE! Everything in this somewhat nostalgic, but dispirited scene of the abandoned Good Times Restaurant & Bar on the side of a VA highway points to a no longer remembered place where . . .

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NEW INTERNATIONAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD! NO.3 OF 6 '3 DOZEN FEMALES $30.00'

Overjoyed when I heard the news that my art had won six awards in five categories among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. 3 DOZEN FEMALES $30.00 is the third NEWS item featuring a Nominee Award (Americana) received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in color photography, My deepest thanks to the 15th Annual International Color Awards jury for this valued recognition.

Parked on a grass strip on the side of a rural VA road, a white pickup truck with an eye-catching sign advertises 3 dozen females (crabs) for sale for $30.00. The clarity of the air, the deep blue sky, the perfectly formed and situated clouds, the very green grass, even the sunlight made this rural scene of a truck parked on the grass shoulder of a rural road seem like a sculptured art form.

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