A winner of the 8th Annual International Color Awards

A little while ago I got a wonderful email, and it said:

"Dear Tom,

CONGRATULATIONS on being a Winner at the 8th Annual International Color Awards with:

Honorable Mention in Advertising | MTB-Spain

Nominee in Advertising | MHI Vestas Offshore
Nominee in Advertising | RainClouds
Nominee in Nature | Isle of Skye Mist

7,358 entries were received from 79 countries and your work received a high percentage of votes overall. Certainly an achievement, well done!

The Jury represented the industry's biggest names and tastemakers including Christie's, Frieze, Whitechapel Gallery, Eyestorm, Edinburgh Film Festival, DB Agency, Gup Magazine and Art Beatus Gallery who reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 541 title awards and 750 nominees in 33 categories. The awards could not have wished for a better group of professionals to work with.

Congratulations once again, we wish you a most successful photography year. "

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in color 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 color photography. www.colorawards.com

Of course I am extremely grateful for this honor!

Here follows the winning photos:

Honorable Mention in Advertising | MTB-Spain

Nominee in Advertising | MHI Vestas Offshore

Nominee in Advertising | RainClouds

Nominee in Nature | Isle of Skye Mist

I Shot It, Black-And-White photo competition 2015 - April 2015

Earlier this year I participated in the competition I Shot It - Black and White Photo Competition 2015, and was honoured to be given the award: Mark Of Excellence for portrait.

I participated with two photos of which both of them archieved the award . One was the a portrait of Danish actor Esben Dalgaard, which I shot in Copenhagen with the Leica S and Summicron-S 100 that Leica so kindly had lent to me for a week so I could test it. About this portrait the judges said: "Beautiful portrait, technically perfect and captures the mood of an interesting person".

The second photo was one from the Olora, farming community in rural Nigeria (which you can read more about here). The photo is from the village school, taken with the Nikon d800e. Of this photo the judges said: "Lovely atmosphere and clean, sharp composition".



Great news!

I am very proud to announce that one of my Iceland photographs has been chosen for the Spring exhibition for the renowned Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Central Copenhagen. I am deeply humbled that a photograph, that I hold very dear, will be featured in the Spring exhibition, that has a history that dates back to 1857.

This means a lot to me, and I am so excited about the wonderful things that are happening right now.
Have a great Thursday everyone!

Tom