NEW YORK, NY (December 14, 2010) THE ARTISTS FORUM , a NY State 501(c)3 not-for-profit multi-arts service organization, proudly announces the winners of its first ever juried photography competition, THE ARTISTS FORUM INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION .
This year’s task was to challenge artists to show interpretations for the word “captivate” using whichever photographic expression they preferred. The competition is open to artists worldwide and seeks to:
- •Engage artists by challenging them to present their best work for juried selection.
- •Provide much needed exposure for under-served artists by showcasing their work to the public.
- •Enhance artist communications and business contacts.
The competition offers artists a chance to have their work critiqued by some of the art world’s most influential professionals, and win valuable prizes and opportunities!
2010 COMPETITION WINNERS:
- FIRST PLACE WINNER:
- STEFAN MILEV (GERMANY):”BEWITCHED CIRCOVSKA”
- SECOND PLACE WINNER
- KOBY at KOBY INC. (CANADA):”THE BIRDS”
- THIRD PLACE WINNER
- MICHEL LORENTE (FRANCE):”CAUGHT BY THE LIGHT”
- PC HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- NICHOLAS DUERS
ENTRY: “FOUNDATION”
- IPC HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- CARLY PENNINGTON
ENTRY:”THEE OH SEES”
- IPC HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- CLARA COPLEY
- ENTRY:”ENCHANTED”
- PC HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- VINCENT ZEGNA
ENTRY: “ALIEN SEAWEED AT KIMMDERIDGE BAY”
- PC HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- DEANA SMART
ENTRY: “EAST RIVER STEELSCAPE”
Winning entries will be promoted to industry personnel and the public-at-large via an array of media avenues. Winning artists will also be eligible to receive private mentoring sessions from industry leaders and included in a special AF published annual.
THE ARTISTS FORUM would like to thank our volunteers, judges, technical partners, and everyone who participated including: Photographers ADAM BOUSKA, KARL GIANT, MICHAEL GRECCO, LOU MANNA, JED ROOT, JEFFREY G. SALES, MICHAEL ZIDE, and sponsors Manfrotto/Kata Bags and the International Center of Photography. See photographic samples of winning entries in the AF ONLINE GALLERY or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHF1rbdeM74 for a video sampling of the winners work.
Congratulations once again to all our winners!
Warm regards,
THE ARTISTS FORUM
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
AF COMPETITIONS, AF PARTICIPANTS, www.youtube.com/aftvnyc, 2010 PHOTO WINNERS
Judges
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
JUROR BIOS
ADAM BOUSKA
American fashion photographer Adam Bouska is best known for his intriguing pictures of male models, and is considered a rising ‘superstar’ photographer in the gay community. His work has been published in DNA Magazine, reFRESH Magazine, and several major industry websites, such as amazon.com and tenpercent.com. Most recently, Adam has received critical acclaim for his work with Tyra Bank’s reality show “America’s Next Top Model”, featuring shoots with Bre Scullark, Amanda Babin, and Michelle Babin. Adam can be reached at his West Hollywood, CA. studio via his website.
WEB: www.adambouska.com, www.bouska.net, www.myspace.com/bouska
KARL GIANT:
Karl’s exceptional imagination and unique visual style reach audiences in a range of mediums. Whether he is photographing album and magazine covers or directing music videos. In June 2007, Karl took on television – He appeared on TLC’s eight-part documentary series “A Model Life”. Karl’s work has appeared in the world’s top publications including: W Magazine, WWD, InStyle, Vanity Fair, Allure, Elle, Interview Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Paper and Italian Vogue, Town & Country and Cosmopolitan. He was the lead artist for Mercedes-Benz Los Angeles Fashion week for an unprecedented three seasons. He has worked with many top brands including Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana and Christian Dior as numerous others. Karl is the director of Ultra Natès number one smash hit Automatic. He is currently producing a documentary on plastic surgery and compiling a book of his photography. He lives in New York City.
WEB: www.karlgiant.com, www.myspace.com/karlgiant, www.youtube.com/karlgiant
MICHAEL GRECCO
Michael Grecco is one of the top photographers in the world who has created iconic portraits of the most recognized entertainment stars, recently Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz and Teri Hatcher. His award-winning work is seen in trendsetting magazines such as Esquire, Time, Entertainment Weekly and Maxim. He has also photographed authors and scientists, skateboarders and musicians, and the locals he meets in his travels around the country. He is author of the best-selling photographer’s guide Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography. As one of Canon’s “Explorers of Light,” his lectures on photography are wildly popular and he has been profiled in virtually all key photographic trade journals. He lives and works in Santa Monica, California.
LOU MANNA
Lou Manna is an award winning Olympus Visionary photographer whose work has appeared in national ad campaigns, major magazines, and more than thirty cookbooks. After shooting for the New York Times from 1975 to 1990, he went on to establish his own Fifth Avenue studio, where he works with corporate, advertising and restaurant clients to create photos that can only be described as exquisite. Lou recently authored his first book, DIGITAL FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, the only book on the art of food photography devoted exclusively to digital technology. The book discusses in detail how to select the best cameras and accessories for your needs, shooting for different clients, principles of composition and lighting; working with factors such as selective focus; texture; and color temperature; digital storage media; and much more. The blog will contain interesting tips and tricks when shooting various foods, behind the scene photos to see how to take that irresistible mouth-watering shot.
WEB: www.loumanna.com
JED ROOT
Jed Root is the founder and sole owner of Jed Root, Inc. The company was founded in 1989 and is one of the leading artist management agencies in the world with its family of fashion photographers, makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion stylists, and illustrators. Jed Root, Inc. has helped bring great success and international esteem to hundreds of artists over the past two decades, offering true global representation to its artists with offices in New York, Paris, London and an affiliation with Kohno Management in Japan. For the past four years, Jed has also been a member of the President’s Council at the International Center for Photography and began acting as co-chair of the council in later 2009. Additionally he has co-chaired ICP’s annual Infinity Awards for the past 3 years. Jed attributes his success to constant dedication to building his company and an eye for recognizing and nurturing talent in others.
WEB: www.jedroot.com
JEFFREY GALVEZO SALES
Originally from Washington DC, Jeffrey Galvezo Sales studied photography at the San Francisco Art Institute and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After graduation, Jeffrey moved to Paris, France, where he found work as a photographic assistant before eventually branching out on his own. His fashion and beauty work has appeared in numerous international magazines such as Spoon, Tetu, German Vogue, Issue One, and Herald Tribune. His celebrity portrait works include: Vanessa Paradis, Veruschka, Lenny Kravitz and Liza Minelli. Jeffrey is based in Paris.
MICHAEL ZIDE
Michael joined Hallmark Institute in 2004 after a successful career in commercial and wedding photography. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Michael moved to New England. On Martha’s Vineyard Island, Michael taught the art of black and white landscape photography while creating a body of work that has been featured in galleries from New York City to Los Angeles. His landscape work from the Vineyard and Western U.S. is in private, corporate, and museum collections. Commercial clients include Polaroid, Sinar Bron, Schneider Lens, Millers Professional Imaging, Graphistudios and Newsweek, to name a few. Recently he was selected to the “Legion of Honor” by the Moab fine art printing paper company. Michael’s landscape work has been widely published in such magazines as Black and White, Silvershotz, Today’s Photographer, and Photo/Design. Now living in Amherst, MA, he continues to freelance commercially and shoots weddings for select clients while sharing his experience with aspiring Hallmark students.
WEB: www.michaelzide.com, hallmark.edu/facultystaff/michaelzide, vineyardlandscapes.com/gallery
