Lexi’s (“Sunrise Drops” color) and Laszlo’s (Quanah Parker Lake at Dawn” b&w 4×5 film) submitted images to the “Golden Hours: Dawn and Dusk” exhibition at PhotPlace Gallery (3 Park Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 ) were selected for display in the Online Annex.

PhotoPlace Gallery Director James Barker wrote: “Thank you for submitting your work for PhotoPlace Gallery’s juried The Golden Hours: Dawn and Dusk exhibition. Juror Eddie Soloway chose 40 photographs for the gallery exhibition, and an additional 35 photographs for display in the Online Gallery Annex on the PhotoPlace Gallery website.
We are very pleased to tell you that your work was selected for display in the Online Annex.
The chosen works are: (more info)
We also direct your attention to the juror’s statement on that web page, which many photographers find very instructive.

All selected works will be reproduced in a full-color exhibition catalog available for purchase. The image you submitted for the jury process is of sufficient size for reproduction in the catalog. A draft of the catalog will be available for preview and editing prior to the final catalog being available for sale. Finally, please accept our congratulations on your achievement. We are thrilled by the collection Eddie Soloway has assembled, and thank you for being part of it. Best regards, James Barker, Director

“Photography: The Full Spectrum” NVAL 2015 International Juried Photography Show
Exhibit April 28 – May 30, 2015
Carter House Gallery, Redding, CA 96003

Dear Laszlo: I am very happy to tell you that your work “Cades Cove Magic” was selected by our juror, Thom Sempere, for a Merit Award in the NVAL 2015 International Juried Photography Show. Honestly, I have to tell you that your print is the most beautiful print in the exhibit — really stunning. Congratulations! We had a great turnout for the reception and your piece was admired by many. It is an honor to have such fine work in the NVAL Carter House Gallery! Thank you so much for submitting!! (more info)
Again sincerest Congratulations! Charlotte Bryson (C0-Chair, NVAL Carter House Gallery)

We are very pleased to announce the winners for this year’s show! Our juror, Thom Sempere, has done an exemplary job of selecting the exhibit and then the winners — both truly difficult tasks given the high quality of work submitted. And the winners are…..

First Place:       ‘Untitled 1″, Merethe Wessel-Berg, Oslo, Norway
Second Place:  “Colleen and Katie Take a Ride”, Bruce Barshop, San Antonio, Texas
“Lilley”, Sarah-Marie Land, Saint Louis, Missouri
Third Place:      “Blue Book”, Thomas Spencer Ladd, North Easton, Massachusetts
“Taking It In”, Kathryn Osgood, Portland, Oregon
“Beneath the Earth”, Hendrik Paul, Greenbrae, California
Merit Awards:  “Blue Daisies”, Helene Barrette, Gatineau, Canada
“Despair”, Lester Blum, New York, New York
“Beached Berg #2”, Steve Burkett, Centennial, Colorado
“Ralls Cemetery”, Ed Drake, Lubbock, Texas
“Communicate”, Matthew Emmett, Reading, United Kingdom
“Girl With Parakeet, Itaparica, Brazil”, Linda Hollinger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Seeing Me”, Gillian Hyland, London, United Kingdom
“Wet”, Stephanie Luke, Cottonwood, California
“Cades Cove Magic”, Laszlo Perlaky, Houston, Texas 
“Inside the Cat House”, Alan Wood, Allentown, Pennsylvania

QUESTIONS: Contact co-chairs, Bernie & Charlotte Bryson  Email: nvalphotoshow@sbcglobal.net

Comments from e-mails and FaceBook:

• Wow! Great compliment, Laszlo. I agree with the jurors. Your printing is magnificent. Kathy (Kathy Adams Clark, KAC Productions) 
• Wow that’s great news dad – you put a lot of love and care into your experience, then the capturing of that experience, and then the selection and printing of that experience… and that shows to the viewers. love d (Daniel Perlaky Multimedia Design and Creative Director)
• Nice stuff! Let me tell you you cannot buy this type of endorsement. If you don’t have a section on your website for what people are saying about your work, start one. Make a little sign of what was said and when you are at art shows, put the signs near the photos and display the ones that have gotten the most recent comments. it may help sell them. People like to know what experts in the field are saying. enjoy the kudos. Marie (Curtis Photography)
• Yeh!!!!!!! (Nathalie Brourd)
• Congrats Laszlo!! John (Dr. John Freeman, Professor emeritus, Rice University)
• Wonderful Laszlo…thanks for sharing! Eleanor (Eleanor Brown Photography)
• Wow! Your work is so amazing! It certainly deserves the recognition! Trudy (Trudy LeDoux)
• Congratulations!!! You deserve it! Mary Anne (Mary Anne Weber, Houston Audubon)
• Wow! You will have to send me a jpg with the photo…. (Dr. Susan Blaney, Professor)
• Congrats – sounds like you should do this professionally !! (Alan Sweeney, Ener Mech Regional Vice President)
• Congratulations Laszlo, I would like to see a copy of the print. Kindest regards, (Dr. Leonard Goldberg, Professor DermSurgery Associates)
• I know how she feels. I have to say your print is the most beautiful one in my house… including my own work. I love it. (Louis and Emilce Vest)
• Terrific. !! Kind words indeed. Congrats !! (Steve Sherman Photography)
• Congratulations Laci – I am proud of you. Bill (Dr. William C. Dewey Professor Emeritus UCSF)
• Congratulations Laszlo! Horrayyyyeee! Jean (Jean Caslin, Art Consultant)

Amanda Smith, gallery director of A.Smith Gallery at Johnson City, TX informed me: two of my photographs, “Cataract Falls”, taken at Cataract Falls, Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN, and “Sunset Ripple Dance” taken at Irwin Lake, CO, selected for the A Smith Gallery’s “water” exhibition juried by S Gayle Stevens. Out of the 1,232 submitted images, 60 were selected for the exhibit. Both of my photographs will be exhibited from May 22 to June 28, 2015 (Reception: May 30 and June 27, 2015, from 4 to 7 pm) and will be published in the A.Smith Gallery’s exhibition catalog “water”.

Notes and Comments from e-mails and FaceBook:

• Way to go, Laszlo! (Len Kowitz)
• Good job. Congratulations, well deserved. (Steve Zilliox)
• Beautiful pictures – congratulations ! Bill (Dr W.C. Dewey Professor Emeritus)
• Once Again, Congratulations!!! (Frank Sherwood White)
• Love it when you send these invites! (Amanda Smith, Gallery Director, A.Smith Gallery)
• Love it! Congrats!  (Susana O’Docharty)
• Wonderful Laszlo. Again many congrats! Eleanor (Eleanor Brown Photography)
• Congratulations, Laszlo! Trudy (Trudy LeDoux)
• That’s wonderful news. (David Mann)
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