Photography Unfiltered with Catherine Hall

 Press Release:

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS CATHERINE HALL FROM THE UNITED STATES at the 2ND ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP CONTESTAn audience of 11,050 photography fans logged on from 89 countries to join the proceedings and view stunning work from the world’s finest photographers.

The nominated images were selected by a who’s who Jury of the most celebrated professionals in art and photography from National Geographic, Musee de E’Lysee, Financial Times to The Art Newspaper and Fine Art Society in London. Jury members reviewed submitted works online over an eight week voting period before making their final selection.

Awards were presented in 21 categories to photographers of twenty-five nationalities."The Masters Cup celebrates photographers who operate at the highest levels of their craft," said the awards Creative Director, Basil O’Brien. "Catherine Hall’s Two Girls, Three Skates certainly represents color photography at its finest and we’re pleased to present her with a nomination.

"ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP The Photography Masters Cup promotes the finest contemporary photographers to the world’s leading art directors, agencies, editors, galleries, curators, publishers, and dealers of photographic art. A celebrated online event around the globe, the annual Winners & Nominee Presentation is webcast live in a dynamic show that honors the finest work with the highest achievements in color photography.

“12 going on 13″ Northfork, West Virginia1st Place in Portraiture CategoryDespite thousands of photography entries from 85 countries, all three images I entered into this world renowned, prestigious French competition placed.  See below press release for details and other winning imagery.

The above image was awarded 1st Place in the Px3 Imaging Contest, held in Paris France.  Catherine Hall of United States was Awarded: First Prize in category PORTRAITURE for the entry titled, “12 going on 13″ Northfork, West Virginia,” The jury selected 2007’s winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries.

Px3 is juried by top international decision-makers in the photography industry: Jérôme Ormieres, Art Director of BDDP & Fils, Paris; Simon James, Publishing Director of EC1 Publishing Ltd, London; Carol Johnson, Curator of Photography of Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; Gilles Raynaldy, Director of Purpose, Paris; Kenan Aktulun, VP/Creative Director of Digitas, New York; Naomi Cass, Director of Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia, Steve Fine, Director of Photography of Sports Illustrated magazine; Chiara Mariani, Photo Editor of Corriere della Sera Magazine, Italy; Arnaud Adida, Director of Acte 2 Gallery/Agency, Paris, Susan A. Zadeh, Artistic Director of Eyemazing International Contemporary Photography magazine; Jeannette Mariani, Art Director of 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris; Bernard Utudjian, Director of Galerie Polaris, Paris; Tom Meerman, President of the GKF/Dutch Photographer’s Association; Adrian Leeds, Director of Adrian Leeds Group, Paris; Scott Mc Kiernan, Director of ZUMA Press, Inc. and Publisher of DOUBLEtruck Magazine, Los Angeles; Agnès Voltz, Director of Chambre Avec Vues, Paris; and Alice Gabriner, World Picture Editor of Time Magazine, New York.

Winning entries from each major category (Advertising, Photojournalism, Book, Fine Art, Nature, and Portraiture) are exhibited in Paris at the prestigious 13Sévigné Gallery in June/July 2007 and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book, which is distributed to galleries, agencies, publishers and bookstores worldwide.

Capitale, New York City2nd Place, Portraiture – Wedding Subcategory

Flower Girl, The Hamptons 2nd Place, Portraiture – Wedding Subcategory