Hugh Jones, from Arlington, Virgina (USA)
WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Non Professional Section (Photographer of the Year)
Overall Results:
Category Alternative Processes (series):
Honorable Mention: “Nomad” (July)
(Nomad, Adam and Eve, Fusion, Encounter, Encounter 2)
Category Cityscapes (series):
1st Prize: “Central Park, NY” (July)
(Central Park NY series, Trace0617200522202, Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC (aka The Great Divide 3), Colosseum Rome, Eschers Delight)
Category Macro and Micro (series):
1st Prize: "Dorothy in Oz” (April)
(Mundane Surreal Dream 502, Janus, Fox and Hounds, Across the Universe, Dorothy in Oz)
Category Abstract:
1st Prize: “Bridge at Halong Bay” (April)
Category Alternative Processes:
Honorable Mention: “Fusion” (July)
Category Animals and Wildlife:
Honorable Mention: “Primate Hanoi Waterpark” (May)
Category Architecture:
Honorable Mention: “Arch” (April)
Category Cityscapes:
Honorable Mention: “Coliseum, Rome” (July)
Category Culture and Daly Life:
Honorable Mention: “LA Art Scene” (June)
Category Digital Enhanced:
Honorable Mention: “Hand Jive” (April)
Category Figure and Nude:
Honorable Mention: “Eve” (June)
Category Micro and Macro:
1st Prize: "Manarola Cinque Terre, Italy” (June)
Category Sports:
1st Prize: Jones, Hugh, US, “Karmic Interlude” (June)
Category Still Life:
Honorable Mention: “Encounters 2” (July)
Category Wedding:
Honorable Mention: “Wedding Party” (June)
My grateful thanks to jurors Tim Anderson, Dina Bova, Julio Hardy, Amber Terranova, Larry Padgett and David H Wells! Thank you to Award Director Julio Hardy and the folks at WPGA for making all this possible!
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announces the overall winners and awardees of the 2011 WPGA Annual Pollux Awards (www.thegalaawards.com)
Juried by Tim Anderson, Dina Bova, Julio Hardy, Amber Terranova, Larry Padgett and David H Wells. Award Director: Julio Hardy
20,320 images were received from 72 countries, in 6 monthly consecutive contests, whose results were merged to select the overall awardees.
WPGA congratulates the winning artists and all those contestants who have participated in this 3rd edition of The Pollux Awards. Awarded works will be invited to exhibit their works at The Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires, from January 19th to February 15th, 2012. (See details of the exhibition in Palais de Glace Exhibition.) Those artists invited to exhibit will be receiving a personalized email on November 10th, being asked to donate one copy of their prints to Save the Children and Fleni. Exhibited prints will be auctioned at the end of the exhibition and the net proceeds of the sales (excluding printing and framing costs, which will be reimbursed to the respective artists) will be donated to the foundations Save the Children and Fleni.
Overall Results
The WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Professional Section (Photographer of the Year) has been awarded jointly to:
Adam Balcerek, from Warsaw (Poland)
Marguerite Garth, from Wrightwood, California (USA)
Alicia Moneva, from Madrid (Spain)
Maija Tammi, from Tampere (Finland)
and therefore it has been decided that the Prize shall be divided, with one quarter each to the above mentioned artists.
The WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Non Professional Section (Photographer of the Year) has been awarded jointly to:
Patrizia Burra, from Grado (Italy)
Robb Johnson, from Carmel, California (USA)
Dale Johnson, from Carmel, California (USA)
Hugh Jones, from Arlington, Virgina (USA)
and therefore it has been decided that the Prize shall be divided, with one quarter each to the above mentioned artists.
Special Mentions of the Award Director:
Professional Section:
Kamil Vojnar, from St Remy de Provence France)
Lung Liu, from Surrey (Canada)
Dean West, from Toronto (Canada)
Ann-Christine Woehrl, from Munich (Germany)
Non Professional Section:
Anne Berry, from Newnan, Georgia (USA)
Katerina Bodrunova, from Moscow (Russian Federation)
Joy Goldkind, from St. James, New York (USA)
Beatrix Jourdan, from Dakar (Senegal)
Gloriann Liu, from San Luis Obispo, California (USA)
Julie Ramage, from Paris (France)
Dorothée Rapp, from Herford (Germany)
WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Non Professional Section (Photographer of the Year)
Overall Results:
Category Alternative Processes (series):
Honorable Mention: “Nomad” (July)
(Nomad, Adam and Eve, Fusion, Encounter, Encounter 2)
Category Cityscapes (series):
1st Prize: “Central Park, NY” (July)
(Central Park NY series, Trace0617200522202, Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC (aka The Great Divide 3), Colosseum Rome, Eschers Delight)
Category Macro and Micro (series):
1st Prize: "Dorothy in Oz” (April)
(Mundane Surreal Dream 502, Janus, Fox and Hounds, Across the Universe, Dorothy in Oz)
Category Abstract:
1st Prize: “Bridge at Halong Bay” (April)
Category Alternative Processes:
Honorable Mention: “Fusion” (July)
Category Animals and Wildlife:
Honorable Mention: “Primate Hanoi Waterpark” (May)
Category Architecture:
Honorable Mention: “Arch” (April)
Category Cityscapes:
Honorable Mention: “Coliseum, Rome” (July)
Category Culture and Daly Life:
Honorable Mention: “LA Art Scene” (June)
Category Digital Enhanced:
Honorable Mention: “Hand Jive” (April)
Category Figure and Nude:
Honorable Mention: “Eve” (June)
Category Micro and Macro:
1st Prize: "Manarola Cinque Terre, Italy” (June)
Category Sports:
1st Prize: Jones, Hugh, US, “Karmic Interlude” (June)
Category Still Life:
Honorable Mention: “Encounters 2” (July)
Category Wedding:
Honorable Mention: “Wedding Party” (June)
My grateful thanks to jurors Tim Anderson, Dina Bova, Julio Hardy, Amber Terranova, Larry Padgett and David H Wells! Thank you to Award Director Julio Hardy and the folks at WPGA for making all this possible!
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announces the overall winners and awardees of the 2011 WPGA Annual Pollux Awards (www.thegalaawards.com)
Juried by Tim Anderson, Dina Bova, Julio Hardy, Amber Terranova, Larry Padgett and David H Wells. Award Director: Julio Hardy
20,320 images were received from 72 countries, in 6 monthly consecutive contests, whose results were merged to select the overall awardees.
WPGA congratulates the winning artists and all those contestants who have participated in this 3rd edition of The Pollux Awards. Awarded works will be invited to exhibit their works at The Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires, from January 19th to February 15th, 2012. (See details of the exhibition in Palais de Glace Exhibition.) Those artists invited to exhibit will be receiving a personalized email on November 10th, being asked to donate one copy of their prints to Save the Children and Fleni. Exhibited prints will be auctioned at the end of the exhibition and the net proceeds of the sales (excluding printing and framing costs, which will be reimbursed to the respective artists) will be donated to the foundations Save the Children and Fleni.
Overall Results
The WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Professional Section (Photographer of the Year) has been awarded jointly to:
Adam Balcerek, from Warsaw (Poland)
Marguerite Garth, from Wrightwood, California (USA)
Alicia Moneva, from Madrid (Spain)
Maija Tammi, from Tampere (Finland)
and therefore it has been decided that the Prize shall be divided, with one quarter each to the above mentioned artists.
The WPGA Pollux Award 2011 in the Non Professional Section (Photographer of the Year) has been awarded jointly to:
Patrizia Burra, from Grado (Italy)
Robb Johnson, from Carmel, California (USA)
Dale Johnson, from Carmel, California (USA)
Hugh Jones, from Arlington, Virgina (USA)
and therefore it has been decided that the Prize shall be divided, with one quarter each to the above mentioned artists.
Special Mentions of the Award Director:
Professional Section:
Kamil Vojnar, from St Remy de Provence France)
Lung Liu, from Surrey (Canada)
Dean West, from Toronto (Canada)
Ann-Christine Woehrl, from Munich (Germany)
Non Professional Section:
Anne Berry, from Newnan, Georgia (USA)
Katerina Bodrunova, from Moscow (Russian Federation)
Joy Goldkind, from St. James, New York (USA)
Beatrix Jourdan, from Dakar (Senegal)
Gloriann Liu, from San Luis Obispo, California (USA)
Julie Ramage, from Paris (France)
Dorothée Rapp, from Herford (Germany)
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