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I won! The Marcus Award for Photographic Excellence for my contribution to the 2018 Sculpture Milwaukee CoPA photography juried competition.
That's basically the top prize. The judges cited both the composition and technical aspects, but the symbolism of the halo as regards the sacrifice of the Burghers.
There were nearly 150 entries. The CoPA board whittled them down to 50. Then judges from the sponsoring organizations of the Sculpture show chose two winners. Voters on the website chose a third. One of the judges that was responsible for my win cited the composition and technical aspects, while the other talked about the symbolism of the halo with regard to the sacrifice of the Burghers of whom the original Rodin sculpture commemorated. I appreciated hearing all of that. It's a bit more of a stretch to work in an explanation regarding Liz Glyn's work. Glyn took castings of Rodin's sculpture, then broke apart and recombined the pieces. I guess I could say that I'm combining her work with other elements, similar to how she changed Rodin's work.
My prize is deluxe accommodations for a night at The Pfister or Hilton hotels, and dinner for two at a seafood place. The prize for the Curator's Award was an original commissioned painting by Mike Olive of the sculpture that is the subject of the winning photograph and a one-year membership to CoPA. The prize for the Viewers' Choice award was a package of printing and framing.
We went to the awards ceremony this morning. I had been planning on going, even though I didn't expect to win. They said that the winners would be notified by e-mail on Wednesday. I didn't get an e-mail, but the next day our president send me a message saying "it would be a very good idea for you to attend." That sounded like I won something, so I thought maybe it was the Viewers' Choice award. It turned out they hadn't notified the winners ahead of time. We were standing around talking with some of the other artists before the room was open. Cindy asked who did the photo of some or other statue, so I got out my phone to find it on the CoPA website, and the site already listed the winners. So there I was! That's OK, I don't like surprises. :-)
So anyway... that was a fun morning. I needed that.
That's basically the top prize. The judges cited both the composition and technical aspects, but the symbolism of the halo as regards the sacrifice of the Burghers.
There were nearly 150 entries. The CoPA board whittled them down to 50. Then judges from the sponsoring organizations of the Sculpture show chose two winners. Voters on the website chose a third. One of the judges that was responsible for my win cited the composition and technical aspects, while the other talked about the symbolism of the halo with regard to the sacrifice of the Burghers of whom the original Rodin sculpture commemorated. I appreciated hearing all of that. It's a bit more of a stretch to work in an explanation regarding Liz Glyn's work. Glyn took castings of Rodin's sculpture, then broke apart and recombined the pieces. I guess I could say that I'm combining her work with other elements, similar to how she changed Rodin's work.
My prize is deluxe accommodations for a night at The Pfister or Hilton hotels, and dinner for two at a seafood place. The prize for the Curator's Award was an original commissioned painting by Mike Olive of the sculpture that is the subject of the winning photograph and a one-year membership to CoPA. The prize for the Viewers' Choice award was a package of printing and framing.
We went to the awards ceremony this morning. I had been planning on going, even though I didn't expect to win. They said that the winners would be notified by e-mail on Wednesday. I didn't get an e-mail, but the next day our president send me a message saying "it would be a very good idea for you to attend." That sounded like I won something, so I thought maybe it was the Viewers' Choice award. It turned out they hadn't notified the winners ahead of time. We were standing around talking with some of the other artists before the room was open. Cindy asked who did the photo of some or other statue, so I got out my phone to find it on the CoPA website, and the site already listed the winners. So there I was! That's OK, I don't like surprises. :-)
So anyway... that was a fun morning. I needed that.
