PUBLISHED in Black and White Magazine!

I am proud to announce that two of my photographs have won Merit Awards from Black and White Magazine and have been published in  B&W SPECIAL ISSUE: 2010 SINGLE IMAGE CONTEST AWARDS (February, 2010).  The photographs are Pythagorus (page 105) and Elements (page 146).  Pythagorus can be seen at http://bandwmag.com/spotlight2/sl2.html.  This issue is available now at the newstands. 

The photographs were selected from a pool of 4397 entries, from which 207 images were selected (http://bandwmag.com/index.html). 

I was impressed with the collective style of the body of work chosen for merit, a style that I would interpret as elemental, emotive, and elegant.  It makes me love black and white all the more.  I am deeply honored to be considered among the ranks of this caliber of artist.

World Photography Gala Award Winner!

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards bestows Honorable Mention to my photograph, Elements, in the 2009 Annual Contest.  To see the image among the other winners, click http://www.wonderpick.com/#/gallery/7/10.

3180 images from 47 countries were submitted, from which 187 winners were selected.  Their works are profoundly breathtaking, and it is a true honor and pleasure to be considered among them.  I invite you to peruse the gallery on the link above.

The images will be published in the BOOK, “WPGA 2009 Annual”, in March 2010.  I will be participating in the EXHIBITION in Madrid, Spain, in March or April of 2010 (to be announced).

About the WPGA (http://www.thegalaawards.com/about.html): “…WPGA hosts the above mentioned Awards to honor talented photographers and as a means of establishing and maintaining a continuing effort to help them further their careers. WPGA recognizes artists’ talent through competitions juried by industry leaders, exposing their work in the media, publishing their work, hosting  collective exhibitions in Europe, Asia and US, and by exhibiting their work to an extensive international audience through WonderPick Gallery, an art portal where selected artworks can be viewed online and purchased (to be launched in early December).”

AND IMPORTANTLY: “WPGA believes in the social responsibility of all business endeavors. Accordingly, WPGA programs also benefits worthy humanitarian causes. The WPGA 2009 Annual Contest supports the international organization, Save the Children. Save the Children will receive 10 percent of the revenue from the Worldwide Photography Gala and 40 percent of the revenue from the sale of prints in the respective exhibitions.”

“Blind to Windward”

“Blind to Windward” is a new photographic project that merges my love for sailing with the opportunity to promote the achievements of persons who are blind. 

SailBlind is an innovative program that provides blind and visually impaired persons with an opportunity to learn the art and science of sailing.  Blind adults and children can learn to sail through the adaptive methods developed by the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Massachusetts (http://www.carroll.org/recreation/sailblind) and through the abilities of sighted sailors who volunteer as sailing guides.  Sailing sessions are conducted weekly for both recreation and racing sailors out of the facilities of the Courageous Sailing Center, Charlestown, sailing in Boston Harbor.  The Carroll Center Team took the Bonze Medal at the Blind Sailing World Championships last year in New Zealand. 

A manuscript is in preparation for submission to numerous periodicals.   I will be seeking gallery representation for the work.  Check back here for details.  For the complete series of images see my website, www.danielpowersphoto.com, portfolio “People and Faces”.

I am grateful to Arthur O’Neill, Vice-President and Director and founder of BlindSail, for his endorsement and active support of the project.

 

BLIND Sailors

I will be on the water in Boston Harbor photographing blind sailors from the Carroll Center for the Blind (http://www.carroll.org/recreation/sailblind).  Experienced sailors compete in a racing program in J/22 sailboats out of the facilities of the Courageous Sailing Center in Charlestown.  Photos to follow!

Special KIDS, Special PETS

 

So this is my latest endeavor, emergence onto the “Socially Aware Photography” scene.  I have started a project called, “Special KIDS, Special PETS”, that explores the…ummm…well, special relationship between children and animals with special needs.   For starters, I have developed a collaboration with WINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION, INC (http://www.windrushfarm.org/)  ”… a non-profit, working horse farm that has been successfully helping children and adults with physical, emotional, and learning disabilities since 1964.”  You can see some intial photos on my website at http://www.danielpowersphoto.com.

GIVING UP MEDICINE for photography?

I am a PHYSICIAN, an internist.  This is who I am.  What I do.  But for the first time I find myself wondering what would [will] I do when medicine becomes too socialized here for me to stay in it any longer. 

So here is this DENTIST who is living his dream.  TALK ABOUT “SOCIALLY AWARE PHOTOGRAPHY”?   He lives in the Pacific Northwest and has travelled the world taking breath-taking images of people…of life.  Check out his website, see WOMEN EMPOWERED.  http://www.philborges.com/collections.html

?New Gallery Representation

Dorian Color Gallery (http://dorianlab.com/gallery.html).   We will be meeting at their kind request to explore exhibiting my photography in their gallery at 24 Mill Street, in Arlington Center, MA.  Dorian Color is a premier, professional lab and printing service.  Dorian Color is the preferred provider of photographic fulfillment services for The Boston Globe Store producing fine photographic prints from the Boston Globe staff photo archives.  Dorian Color has partnered with The Sports Museum in providing fine photographic prints from the Museum’s extensive archive of rare and historic sports images of Boston sports icons.

Morning Stroll

This serene morning scene was shot in Maryland. Great American Art sold a 20×30 edition. More images can be seen at http://danielpowersphoto.com/.

Hospice House Purchases Fine Art Photograph

Merrimack Valley Hospice purchases 15×30 edition of “6:35″ for their Hospice House in Haverhill, Massachusetts. http://www.merrimackvalleyhospice.org/mvhh/index.htm

Great American Art

Great American Art represents my photography and recently sold these two images, Serpentine(2009) and Pythagoras (2008) in 20×30.

These are works from the series, Skies in Motion. The images are captured in camera and are not digital art. Serpentine was photographed at the Biosphere in Oracle, Arizona. Pythagoras is the Stata Center at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. You can see more of the series at http://danielpowersphoto.com/.