So thrilled to announce receiving a 2nd Honorable Mention Winner Award in international fine art color photography competition, the prestigious 16th Annual International Color Awards, for OTGR. By composing elements of a dynamic, bold abstract pattern of red and yellow lines with the realism of a paint-splattered, dirty city sidewalk below where parallel wavy wet lines on the pavement seem to point to the eye-catching large red OTGR text, I sought to capture some of the duality of urban life and how disparate elements, when framed strategically in the viewfinder, can create an independent harmonious image... To see image large, as well as the reasons graffiti exists, click MORE.

I am excited to share that this image of a fumarole venting volcanic gases while eerily distant figures appear shrouded in vapor received an Honorable Mention Winner Award in the prestigious International Color Awards 16th Annual international competition. among 6,573 entries from 72 countries.

THIS WEEK’S PICTURE OF THE WEEK, a solitary figure appears to be savouring solitude while walking along a windswept beach at low tide in early April.  Taken from a very high perspective (not a drone) overlooking the wide expanse of beach on which the lone man is strolling, the line of wet sand where the tide has come in and receded until the next wave, the patterned foamy surf beyond, the waves breaking in the distance - each visual element seems to occur in sequential horizontal bands.  That’s the visual side of what prompted me to capture the moment you see.