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Jurgen Lorenzen Named
"Silver" Photographer of the Year
by Professional Photographers of America
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Jurgen
Lorenzen, a Master of Photography and owner of Nicholas Photography in
Summersville, has earned the Silver Level Photographer of the Year Award
from Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Photographer
of the Year presentations were made at PPA's annual convention,
Imaging USA, in January in Tampa, Florida.
PPA's Photographer of the Year Awards
began in 2004. They were developed as a way to encourage
photographers to improve their artistic and technical skills and
demonstrate their talent through competition, as well as a way for the
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"These awards are
among the most prestigious in the industry," confirms PPA Print
Exhibition Committee Chairman Helen Yancy. "the recipients of
these awards have proven the quality of their work on a consistent
basis in one of the highest quality image competitions in the world,
PPA's International Print Competition."
A PPA member earns a
Photographer of the Year Award by earning a merit for each of the four
images included in their print case, an incredible accomplishment.
All merited images enter PPA's renowned General Collection. |
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The level of award is
determined by how many of those four images receive the highest
possible honor: acceptance into the PPA Loan Collection.
The Loan Collection travels the world for one year and is
displayed at print exhibitions, conventions and other photography
events. Jurgen received
the Silver Level Photographer of the Year Award, meaning that one
of his four merited prints entered the PPA Loan Collection.
In 2007, he was one of only 85 Silver Level Photographers of the
Year.
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PPA, a worldwide
association, exists to assist its more than 20,000 members in
achieving their professional, artistic and fraternal goals,
promote public awareness of the profession and to advance the
making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science
and a visual recorder of history.
Congratulations, Jurgen!
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