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— VISIONS & DREAMS —

October 24, 2008 — "Car 54, where are you?" That's me, I suppose. It's been nearly a month since I've updated DaDane. Upon our arrival home on October 2, we found our satellite internet connection was kaput. No internet service = No new DaDane. It took more than a week to get somebody out to service the dish which, as it turns out, was flooded after an usually wet summer without us. That's just part of the story. Alas, I had every intention of redeeming myself by attending the GDCA National (for the 12th consecutive year) and posting photos therefrom. But something came up that "required" my presence in New York City and unfortunately I could not manage both trips. I chose NYC and here's why:

— PRESS RELEASE —
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Announces Winners of the 2008 Competition

Los Angeles, California, 10/17/2008 — International Photography Awards has announced the winners of this year’s IPA Photographer of the Year awards. Virginia Saunders of the United States was among the winners. Her entry, Visions & Dreams, was awarded 1st Place in “Fine Art Collage” and Honorable Mention in “Special-Digially Enhanced” non-professional categories.

Visions & Dreams, consisting of 5 images, will also be included in the prestigious 6th Annual International Photography Awards book, soon to be published. Ms. Saunders, accompanied by her husband, Dr. Willard Moore, will attend this year’s IPA | Lucie Awards gala black-tie ceremony and awards program at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, on October 20.

About IPA
The 2008 International Photography Awards competition juried over 22,000 submissions from 124 countries. IPA’s mission is to salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers, to discover new and emerging talent, and to promote the appreciation of photography. Since 2003 IPA has had the privilege and opportunity to acknowledge and recognize contemporary photographers’ accomplishments in this specialized art form.

For more information about the annual IPA/Lucie Awards,
please visit www.photoawards.com and www.lucieawards.com

— VISIONS & DREAMS —
(see individual images below for additional honors)

SOJOURNER
Image composed of 5 photographs taken in and around Milan, Italy, portions of which
were digitally enhanced, edited and overlapped via 35 separate layers, then merged

BEST IN SHOW – 2007
South Carolina State Fair, Columbia, SC
28th Annual Spring Photography Competition – 2008
Photographer’s Forum Magazine & Canon USA
“Dreams & Visions” Spring National Juried Show – 2008
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition – 2008
D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

PASSAGES
Image composed of 10 photographs taken in and around Milan, Italy, portions of which
were digitally enhanced, edited and overlapped via 30 separate layers, then merged

National Juried Printmaking & Photography Exhibition – 2008
Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
29th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition – 2008
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition – 2008
D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

STEPHANSDOM
Image composed of 10 photographs taken in and around Vienna, Austria, portions of which
were digitally enhanced, edited and overlapped via 38 separate layers, then merged

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARD – 2008
Society for Photographic Education Juried Exhibition
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
EDWARD G. CARSON AWARD – 2008
18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition
D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
National Juried Photography Show – 2008
Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, CO
18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition – 2008
D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition – 2008
artKudos, Smyrna, GA

Grotto

GROTTO
Image composed of 10 photographs taken in and around Florence, Italy, portions of which
were digitally enhanced, edited and overlapped via 32 separate layers, then merged

35th Annual Juried Competition – 2008
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
19th National & International Juried Exhibition – 2008
Viridian Artists, NY, NY
“Dreams & Visions” Spring National Juried Show – 2008
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition – 2008
D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

Sanctum

SANCTUM
Image composed of 7 photographs taken in and around Florence, Italy, portions of which
were digitally enhanced, edited and overlapped via 27 separate layers, then merged

BEST IN SHOW – 2008
National Juried Photography Show
Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, CO
18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition – 2008
D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

Artist's Statement
"The camera is a tool that enables me to explore, translate and articulate my personal aesthetic. Award-winning Visions & Dreams is part of a new body of work based on recent travels in Europe. Each image is composed of multiple photographs painstakingly edited and carefully layered. Objective reality (physical, photographic) is manipulated and distorted to explore and reveal my subjective response to modern man’s presence in historical spaces."

I hope you'll forgive my "crowing" but sometimes you just gotta do it. I am so pleased and honored to be included in the IPA winners line-up!

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