1st Annual IV Awards
The 1st Annual IV (International Visionary) Awards was a new creative style competition. My photographs received 1 Outstanding Achievement, 2 Merit Awards & 1 Accepted in Show awards. My work received the 2nd Place Trophy in the Stories Category, the only category where the work is presented as a four image series.
The 1st annual International Vision Awards photography competition is judged by an international select panel of photographic artists from around the globe. Entries are entered into five creative Categories, Photographic Art, Painted Art, Composite Art and Software Generated Art, and Stories. Categories are subdivided further into Classes based on theme, such as Character Portraits, Impressionism, Landscape or Minimalism... there are many Classes depending on the Category. Awards are based on scores given by three different judges:
Accepted 82-86.99% — Merit 87-89.99% — Excellence 90-94.99% — Outstanding 95-100%
Images can be awarded Top in Class, such as top Photographic ~ Minimalism, or Category Winner such as for overall Composite Art. Trophies are given to the top three winners for each of the five Categories.