Center Competition
Joyce P. Lopez’s work, from the series “The Trouble With Birds”, calls attention to environmental issues concerning birds-the harbingers of our times-and can be seen in “fraction magazine” now on line.
Editor’s Choice
Kathy Ryan, Picture Editor, The New York Times Magazine
Scott Thode, Editor-in-Chief, VII magazine (formerly of Fortune)
The jurors comments:
Third place went to Joyce P. Lopez for her powerful still life’s of dead birds. The decision she made to photograph these unfortunate birds against black in a graphically stark and theatrical way imbues them with a sense of loss and alarm. They cry out that something has gone awry in the environment.
http://www.fractionmagazine.com/center/editors-choice/
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Tagged: biology · climate change · environment · feathers · nature · Trouble with Birds · Yellow birds · Yellow Breasted Flycatcher
The Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2010 International Award for women photographers has named Joyce P Lopez a finalist for her “The Trouble with Birds” series. Julia Margaret Cameron (June 11, 1815 – January 26, 1879) was a British photographer and this award is named to honor her.
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The Photo Review named me a finalist in the recently announced 2009 competition under “Some Creatures” award.
The Photo Review is a critical journal of national scope and international readership. Publishing since 1976, the Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource for the Mid-Atlantic region. The Photo Review quarterly journal has earned a reputation as one of the best serious photography publications being produced today.
Editor Stephen Perloff, a respected writer, educator and photographer, has been interviewed for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal.
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Tagged: biology · Birds · cardinal · climate change · feathers · nature
I have just returned from FotoFoto, four days of portfolio reviews in Houston, where I had a chance to meet gallerists, museum curators, collectors and publishers from London, South Korea, Germany and new and old acquaintances from the US. Some people I met know my work but I had never met them before, and that is always interesting.
While there, I received word from the Center (formerly the Santa Fe Center for Photography) that I was a prize winner in the Editor’s Choice Award. This was awarded by Kathy Ryan, picture editor of The New York Times Magazine and Scott Thode-Editor in Chief, Vll. Images from “The Trouble with Birds” series were the award winning images.
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Tagged: accidents · Birds · climate change · color · feathers · migrations · nature
Thousands of images were received from 68 countries worldwide. The awards international Jury included captains of the industry from Magnum Photos, The Armory Show, Fratelli Alinari, Contrasto to Tate and Hamiltons in London who honored Spider Fellows with 84 coveted title awards in 28 categories. The judges reviewed the entries online for eight weeks before making their final nominations and Joyce P. Lopez’s “Begin To Question,” an exceptional image entered in the Abstract category, received a high percentage of votes overall.
You can view the 5th Annual Winners Gallery at www.thespiderawards.com
BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in black and white photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in black and white photography.
Begin To Question
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Tagged: awards · Black and White · editorial · graffiti · photography
Two of my Series were awarded prizes in the PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS competition with entries from 83 countries.
100,000 birds die annually on their bi-annual migratory flights. All the birds in this series are dead but beautiful biological specimens worthy of reverence, and visual contemplation.
Climate change is affecting migratory birds, others succumb to accidents, changes in available food, disease, etc. These birds are warning us about our impact on the environment, and to take responsibility.
In the illustrative, detailed style of Audubon’s paintings of birds, I chose to scan these birds for maximum detail of their bodies, some details difficult to discern with the naked eye. I am seeking to call attention to their plummeting populations and difficulties. All are archival pigment prints on Crane’s Museo Silver Rag paper.
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In November I left for Washington DC to accept an award for my bird series on migration. The awards were presented at the National Geographic Society and were part of a week long series of launch parties, exhibitions, and lectures throughout the city.
This is the series that was selected for exhibition at FOTOWEEK DC 09.
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My series, “The Forest Floor” will be featured in the October 2009 issue of Focus Magazine, a photography magazine. This issue also includes an interview with the acclaimed National Geographic photographer, Steve McCurry. My work was also seen in the Feb. 2008 collectors edition of Focus Magazine.
My series of photos taken from The Forest Floor Series are on pages 138-141.
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Two of my Series were awarded prizes in the PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS competition with entries from 83 countries.
Zoos. I have very mixed feelings about zoos. However, after reading a recent article that stated that 1/4 of all today’s living mammals will become extinct in the near future I now see zoos as conservators of their diverse collections of wildlife. For many of these specimens, it is their only chance of survival with selective breeding and genealogical record keeping preventing in-breeding. By exhibiting these exceptional creatures, the public is educated about the importance of saving these magnificent creatures that are harbingers of their fate as well as our own existence on earth.
Having the chance to observe and study these specimens, I am grateful that these animals and birds have given their lives to being in captivity. Most likely, I would not have had a chance to watch them due to their indigenous location and distance. Looking into the eyes of a gorilla or a Francois Langur monkey, reaching out with an open hand that I mirror on the other side of the glass partition, is a connection that touches deeply.
Without these repositories of living creatures, our world would be lacking the experience of remembering, recognizing and celebrating these individuals.
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Recent exhibitions include: “Minds Eye Exhibition”, 2009, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Newspace, 2009, Portland, OR; Photomedia Open Juried 2009, Edinboro, PA.
Walking through the forests of northern Wisconsin, I began to notice the forest floor in a more studied way. Pine needles cushioned and quieted my steps. Feathers dropped by birds who flew away or died, their bodies already consumed, reminders of their short lives. Pine cones dropped, ready to start new saplings for the coming years, replacing pines hit by lightening, dead from blight, old age, light deprivation, drought, etc. There was much to learn and notice.
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