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Professional Photographers of America Announces Grand Imaging Award Winner and World Photographic Cup Finalists

originally published: 01/23/2021


(ATLANTA, GA) -- Professional Photographers of America (PPA) held the Grand Imaging Awards ceremony in January at Imaging USA 2021, the largest annual conference and trade show for professional photographers. The overall Grand Imaging Award went to Shannon Squires-Toews, M.Photog, for her image “Perfectly Perched” in the Animal Portrait category. Her photograph was selected from over 5,000 entries by a jury of 36 professional photographers.

The Grand Imaging Awards encourage photographers to improve their craft and creative process by entering and receiving feedback through competition. This year, Squire-Toew’s image was deemed by jurors to be the very best of the images to be included in PPA’s prestigious Loan Collection. This selection of photographs is published yearly in a hardcover book by Marathon Press.

Squires-Toews was selected as the winner from a pool of 12 category winners. The category winners, who each received a crystal award, were:

 

PPA also awarded medalists from the International Photographic Competition. At this year’s ceremony, PPA awarded 170 bronze, 128 silver, 60 gold, 37 platinum, and 40 diamond medals.




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The night concluded with a presentation on the images selected for Team USA at the World Photographic Cup, the “Olympics of photography.” The competition includes 36 countries that will compete in Rome, Italy, in April 2021. Hendro Soetrisno was given the honor of “Best of Nation” for the United States.

PPA provides multiple opportunities throughout the year for photographers to receive feedback and recognition for their work. District Photographic Competitions are held May 9-14, 2021. It is followed by the International Photographic Competition on September 12-17, 2021. All PPA photographic competitions are open to the public.

The Grand Imaging Awards was part of Imaging USA - Right at Home, a virtual conference for photographers. The full awards ceremony, along with all of Imaging USA’s classes and events, are available on-demand through January 31. To register, visit http://ImagingUSA.org.



Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is the largest and longest-standing nonprofit photography trade association. Founded in 1868, PPA helps 30,000 professionals elevate their craft and grow their business with resources and education, all under PPA’s core guiding principle of bridging the gap between photographers and their consumers.  

IMAGE: Hendro Soetrisno's image in the Nature category was named "Best of Nations" for the United States.




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