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/

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.