2009 PRINT SALON WINNERS

Co-Chairs: Ann Bosted (USA) and Daniel Chailloux (France)

Prints were accepted for display from the following photographers, listed by country:
BELGIUM: David de Roest
FRANCE: Jean-Yves Bigot and Philippe Crochet
JAPAN: Satoshi Goto and VINZ
MEXICO: Gustavo Vela Turcott
NEW ZEALAND: Jansen Cardy
POLAND: Katarzyna Biernacka & Marcin Gala
ROMANIA: Ovidiu Guja
SPAIN: Victor Ferrer Rico
U.S.A.: Robert Coomer, Dante Fenolio, Mary Gratsch, Kevin Glover, Kenneth Ingham, Peter Jones, Karst Features, Joe Levinson, and John Waller.

There were 153 prints entered by 20 photographers from 9 countries – compared with 62 prints in 2008, 105 in 2007, 65 in 2006. and 159 prints in 2005. 


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HONORABLE MENTION
Entrance Category
Rush Hour
Dante Fenolio

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Entrance Category
Dark Entrance
Jean-Yves Bigot

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Medium Room Category
Drought
Ovidiu Guja

 

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HONORABLE MENTION
Medium Room Category
Walk in Wonderland
Robert Coomer


 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Large Room Category
Hidden Reflections
Kenneth Ingham and Kevin Glover

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Water Category
Big Bang
Philippe Crochet

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Vertical Action Category
She Almost Touched It
Katarzyna Biernacka and Marcin Gala

 


 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Close-up Category
Species of Concern
Jansen Cardy

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HONORABLE MENTION
Abstract Category
The Enlightenment of Buddha Bob
Robert Coomer

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Humor Category
Good Help is Hard to Find
Robert Coomer

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION
Black & White Category
The First Far East
Karst Features

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Humor Category
Give Me That Key!
Robert Coomer

 

MERIT AWARD
Large Room Category
Salt of the Earth
Victor Ferrer Rico

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Black & White Category
No Waves, Please
Victor Ferrer Rico

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Vertical Action Category
Ready to Go!
Jean-Yves Bigot

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Water Category
When the River Roars
Gustavo Vela Turcott

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Close-up Category
Snowflakes in a Water Drop
Peter Jones

 

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD
Medium Room Category
In the Womb of the Earth
Philippe Crochet

 

 

 

THIRD PLACE
Preening Bat
Mary Gratsch

 

 

 

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SECOND PLACE
Bubble Room
Philippe Crochet

 

 

 

 

FIRST PLACE
Ascent to Eden
Jansen Cardy

 

 

 

Print Salon Judges
The prints were judged in advance in Virginia by Barbara Am Ende, Peter Bosted, Chip Clark, David Decker, Margot Geisler, Rich Geisler, Peg Sorenson and Lee Stevens.  Working from their scores, the best 55 prints were judged by a panel of four International Judges,  Marie-Ange Chabert, (France)  Roberto Conti, (Italy),  Peter Glanvill, (U.K.) and Joyce Lundberg, (Canada), who chose the “Best of Show.”  Ribbons were awarded to those prints with the highest scores based on the average of the US and the International judges.

Assistants
Many thanks to the following for their invaluable help:
Barbara Am Ende,  Rob Bisset,  Peter Bosted.  Jacques Chabert,  Marie-Ange Chabert,  Rick Corbell,  Eileen Egan,  Becky Jones,  Jill Orr, and Linda Palit. Display Stands were built by:  Bob “Rune” Burnett,  Susan Souby,  Jim Burnett,  Ron Ralph,  Don Cooper,  Kel and Jackie Thomas. The title cards were translated into three languages by Yvonne Droms.  Photographer biographies were translated by Peter Haberland (German),  Jacques Chabert (French) and Javier Jose Mugica Jeronimo & Rodolfo Gonzalez Luna (Spanish).

 

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