By Dan Frievalt
It has certainly been a crazy year for me with all the awards. This was the final competition, the “big daddy” International Professional Photographers of America (PPA). I received four for four merits and three of my prints when Loan, which means I won Platinum Photographer of the Year!!
So many people have touched my life the past few years and have helped me to be who I am today. Many of you have been waiting to see the final award winning images and until now I was not able to share them with you. Hopefully you are not disappointed. Here they are along with the awards each one of them earned.
Lost Without You-
WPPA Photographer of the Year-Portrait
Canon Par Excellence Award
Wisconsin Top Ten Imager
PPA Loan Print
Lost Without You
Red, Hot and Wild-
Canon Par Excellence Award
WPPA Best of Show-Illustrative
Kodak Gallery Award
PPA Merit Print
Red, Hot and Wild
The Aftermath-
WPPA Photographer of the Year-Portrait
Canon Par Excellence Award
Wisconsin Top Ten Imager
WPPA Court of Honor
Fuji Masterpiece Award
PPA Loan Print
The Aftermath
The Look-
WPPA Photographer of the Year-Portrait
Canon Par Excellence Award
Wisconsin Top Ten Imager
SWPPA Print of the Year
Kodak Gallery Award
WPPA Best of Show-Portrait
PPA Loan Print
The Look
Here is the official press release:
Photographs created by Dan Frievalt of Frievalt Photography in Green Bay, WI have recently won him 2011 Platinum Photographer of the Year and been accepted into the General and Loan Collection of Professional Photographers of America’s 2011 International Photographic Competition. Frievalt’s work will be on display at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, January 15-17, 2012, in New Orleans, LA. This exhibition is held in conjunction with Imaging USA, an annual convention of professional photographers and several photographic associations.
A panel of eminent jurors from across the United States selected the top photographs from more than 4,000 total submitted entries at Gwinnett Technical College in Georgia. Judged against a standard of excellence, over 1,500 images were selected for the General Collection and just over 600 (15 percent) were selected for the esteemed Loan Collection—the best of the best. Frievalt will have one image in the General Collection and three of his images will be on display in the prestigious Loan Collection. The Loan Collection images will all be published in the much-anticipated “Loan Collection” book, and over 200 selected General Collection images will be published in the “Showcase” book by Marathon Press.
Frievalt said, “While it is great to be recognized by my peers for my photography, I much rather prefer the praise from a high school senior or a wedding couple about how they love their photographs from that special time in their life. I love what I do for a living and feel very blessed to own a business where I am trusted to capture the important events of so many people’s lives.”
Frievalt’s photographic prints will be in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center alongside other photographic works from PPA’s photographic competition and traveling and special invitational displays. These images constitute one of the world’s largest annual exhibits of professional photography gathered simultaneously under one roof.
Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
was established in 1869, PPA is an international non-profit association for professional photographers. PPA exists to assist its 22,000 members with unparalleled protection, education and resources to ensure their continued success in the photographic industry.
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