Gold Award IPA
1 GOLD, 1 Honorable Mention and 4 Official Selections, IPA 2024
Hello, welcome back to my blog, lovely news this September 2024, just my late fathers birthday, and the news arrived! Quite a few selections this year with one FIRST price, an Honorable Mention and several official selections. The International Photography Awards™ is one of the most ambitious and comprehensive photo competitions in the photography world today. Feeling good!
The Sun in His Jealous Sky 1-5 (honorable mention)
Donna Bella & Lucid Dreaming (both official selections)
20th International Photography Awards
Official Selection & Honorable Mention IPA 2023 for Adri Berger
The International Photography Awards™ conducts an annual competition for professional, amateur, and student photographers on a global scale, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive photo competitions in the photography world today.
IPA is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation, 501(c) 3 non-profit, charitable foundation whose mission is to honor master photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide. The annual programming of the Lucie Foundation is funded largely though the International Photography Awards
For more information about this award please contact; hello@adriberger.net
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BEAUTIFUL & BRILLIANT NEWS; INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS
16TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER ADRI BERGER
Photographer Adri Berger was presented with the 16th Annual International Color Awards Nominee title in 3 catagories: Portrait, Nude and Fashion, at a prestigious Winners & Nominee Photoshow that streamed Saturday, April 29, 2023.
The live online gala was attended by industry leaders and the photography community from around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the world’s premier event for color photography. 16th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; The Art Channel, London; Groninger Museum, Netherlands; Koller Auctions, Zurich; Preus Museum, Norway; Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York, Publicis Groupe, Warsaw; Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco; Kolle Rebbe, Hamburg; Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr Auctions, Brussels; Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia; William Shearburn Gallery, Saint Louis; Museo d’arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo), Bologna; and Clamp, New York.
“It was a real pleasure to participate on the jury of the 16th International Color Awards. These occasions are precious for getting to know new artists and understanding where the contemporary taste is leading, with themes that interest, fascinate and capture the collective gaze.” Said Juror Lorenzo Balbi, Director of Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo).
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.
Workshops
ONE and TWO day LOCAL LUANG PRABANG PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
WITH ADRI BERGER
(for 1 to 4 people maximum) Reference:BTWS0102
These workshops are designed to quickly achieve better results and are entirely hands on with the photographer. The short workshops are flexible to suit your own experience. We will work with a local guide and we will show you how to get the most from the time spent and your camera. We’ll show you some tricks of the trade and introduce some fundamental compositional rules where appropriate, and show some ways of working which will lead to better images. It doesn’t matter what level you have we will help you to improve your ways of seeing and improve the results of your work. The workshops are held in the surroundings of Luang Prabang and include visits to a temple and a local village with a guide who can help with detailed information and with communication. We can discuss the interests and come up with a plan for the day or days to suit your ideas and the places you’d like to visit and photograph. Please check a few sample programs that can be followed or adapted according to personal preference.
One DAY workshop:
We recommend getting together the evening before the workshops to quickly assess the level of the participants and to have an introductory talk.
Early Morning
5.30am:
Meet at Big Tree Café (or other agreed location) and we walk to where the alms giving to the monks takes place around the corner.
7- 7.30am:
Early morning market in the centre of Luang Prabang
9am Breakfast Big Tree Café
During breakfast we can discuss options for the rest of the morning and the afternoon:
Some ideas:
Buildings and a choice of many Temples in Luang Prabang show outstanding examples of the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures with those built by the European colonial authorities. It’s unique, remarkably well-preserved townscape illustrates a key stage in the blending of these two distinct cultural traditions.
Local Markets with a chance to portray daily life, Mekong river journey.
We break for lunch around 1pm
We then follow agreed schedule for the afternoon. For example this could be a visit to one of the villages down by the Mekong River where we would spend time putting together a small portrait story or village essay. On the way back we may get the sunset over the Mekong River.
END of 1-DAY workshop
Two-DAY workshop:
We recommend getting together the evening before the workshops to quickly assess the level of the participants and to have an introductory talk.
Day 1: Same as one day workshop.
Day 2
8am : Start at the Big Tree café with a quick discussion of the previous days work over breakfast.
How to build a story discussion/review of some techniques.
10am: We concentrate mainly on one or two locations that will allow for the participants to work on an individual story in or around town and go out gathering material for a mini story/portfolio.
1pm: Lunch Big Tree café or somewhere on location depending on choice of story.
2pm: We continue the work from the morning and concentrate mainly on the chosen subject. Towards the end of the day we will go down to the Mekong to shoot some more sunsets if participants choose to do so.
Dinner and evaluation of the work in Big Tree Café.
Finish 7.30pm
END OF WORKSHOP
LANGUAGE:
Workshop is given in English and include a local guide for help with translations.
Cost for workshops, please send us a message for prices.
nominee Color awards 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
15TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER ADRI BERGER
LOS ANGELES March 31st, 2022
Photographer Adri Berger was presented with the 15th Annual International Color Awards Nominee title in the categories of PORTRAIT and FINE ART at a prestigious Winners & Nominee Photoshow streamed Saturday, March 26, 2022.
The live online gala was attended by industry leaders and the photography community from around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the world’s premier event for color photography. 15th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from The Armory Show, New York; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; The Art Channel, London; V&A Museum, London; Koller Auctions, Zurich; Preus Museum, Norway; Publicis Groupe, Warsaw; Fila, New York; Chung | Namont Gallery, San Francisco; Kolle Rebbe, Hamburg; Tilton Gallery, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Cornette de Saint Cyr Auctions, Brussels; Podbielski Contemporary, Milan and RedKite NFT, London who honored Color Masters with 658 coveted title awards and 975 nominees in 37 categories.
“It was an honor to participate alongside judges from all over the world in the selection of the beautiful works presented. The program continues to support the work of professional photographers and of those who are simply passionate about the art of capturing a/the moment.” Said Juror Alexandra Prata of Publicis Groupe, Warsaw.
“It is an incredible achievement to be selected as the best from the 6,786 entries we received this year,” said Basil O’Brien, the awards Creative Director. Both entries ‘I Read the News Today, Oh Boy…’ in Fine Art and ‘Charlotte’ in Portrait catagories are exceptional and represent contemporary color photography at its finest, and we’re pleased to present him with the title of Nominee.”
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography. www.colorawards.com
INSPIRED
I received a great compliment for a portrait I made, by a very talented artist, Selma. And she went on to then create a new piece of art inspired by this portrait. She connected with me via Instagram and here is the shared result. I feel energised!
Please find Selma’s work here on Instagram: www.instagram.com/selmaderinery
Black & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
16TH ANNUAL BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS HONOURS PHOTOGRAPHER ADRI BERGER
LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER 2021
Photographer ADRI BERGER was presented with the 16th Annual Black and White Spider Awards at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photo Show streamed Saturday, November 6, 2021.
3rd Place – Honour of Distinction in Sport | Lake Swimmer
Honourable Mention in Silhouette | Cape Cornwall
Honourable Mention in Wildlife | Sleepy Leopard
Nominee in Portrait | Ma Cheri
GALA PRESENTATION
The live online gala was attended by industry leaders and the photography community from around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the world’s premier event for black and white photography. 16th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Galerie Springer, Berlin; HackelBury Fine Art, London; DROGA5, New York; Artfactory Club, Vienna; Portuguese Center of Photography, Porto; Spurs Gallery, Beijing; Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels; The Guardian, London; Istanbul Museum of Modern Art; Alessia Paladini Gallery, Milan; ADK Creative One Inc., Tokyo; Hiroshima MOCA, Japan; Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney; Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Switzerland; Goldsmiths, University of London; Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin; NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale; Cassina Projects Gallery, Milan; David Clarke, London; Paola Anselmi Contemporary Art, Perth; Chiara Badinella, Art Advisory & Appraisals, Milan; MWWM, New York; and Galerie Bugada Cargnel in Paris who hounored Spider Fellows 33 categories.
Caroline Hunter, Picture Editor for The Guardian Weekend Magazine, London added, “It was a real pleasure viewing such inventive and diverse imagery – after the year that we’ve all experienced, globally and collectively.”
“It’s an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 6,211 entries from 75 countries we received this year” said Basil O’Brien, the awards Creative Director. Adri Berger’s photo Lake Swimmer, an exceptional image entered in the Sport category, represents black and white photography at its finest.
BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS is the leading international award honouring excellence in black and white photography.
www.thespiderawards.com
Contact: Adri Berger
Email: hello@adriberger.net
Prix de la Photographie 2021
Honourable Mentions in the PX3 International Photography Awards.
2021 PX3 International Photography Awards announced Adri Berger was awarded Honourable Mentions in two catagories; His portrait named ‘Saigon Cinderella’ received an Honourable Mention in the press and fashion catagory;
https://px3.fr/winners/hm/2021/1-100869-21/
Adri Berger was also awarded an Honorable Mention for his portfolio of photos showing ‘Rural Life in Laos’, in the Portraiture and Culture Catagory;
https://px3.fr/winners/hm/2021/1-100865-21/
Rural Life in Laos
Laos is one of the lower developed countries and life especially in the rural areas can be tough and often is a struggle. But the gentle pace shows a beauty in the spirit of the people. This set of photographs shows village and family life in a rural northern setting of the country.
The photographs are part of a campaign conducted for Save the Children under the name of Our Promise. Please contact me for more information about this work; hello@adriberger.net
Saigon Cinderella
This beautiful portrait was made while working on an assignment with Symphonie from the UK. We were creating a set of photographs that showed different aspects of life in Vietnam and in this case the photo was made in Saigon.
With photographs I can and try to tell a story.
Often I set up a scene that I interpret from a fleeting moment I have seen before. I like candid shots and even though a photo may have been posed and set up, I like to add an edge of reality, either it has actually happened before, or it is about to happen.
These moments can then lead and inspire to work on actual documentaries, the reality, as also shown on this page in the portfolio from Life in Rural Laos.
The woman in this photo is about to embark on a night out in Saigon, dressed up, looking very sharp, and here portrayed in a very calm manner, the calm before the storm moment.
Please contact me for more information about this work; hello@adriberger.net
Finally instagram
After Years of Hesitation I made my Instagram Page
Reasons to be Cheerful—in 6 parts
01
INSPIRE
With Instagram as a gallery that demonstrates and tells a story of all we do as a creative media company. Whether big or small, serve as inspiration in pursuit of perfection— and be inspired by you, too.
02
TO CELEBRATE
Please follow us as we use Instagram to celebrate the work of all the wonderful moments and people we’ve collaborated with over the last decades.
03
TO CONNECT
Connect with us on a more personal level. Look out for those special moments.
04
TO SHARE
We’ll be using IG to share the latest company projects AND up-to-date information.
05
TO UNDERSTAND
Instagram is yet another helpful tool that allows us to share and better understand the creatve talents that makes our world tick. Additionally, it helps us keep our finger on the pulse of the creative energy all around us.
06
TO TAKE PART
And be active in sharing work and ideas, encouraging creativity to take centre stage in an ever changing world.
OUR PROMISE
Our Promise Campaign in the LAO PDR
The story follows a young Khmu couple and their village surroundings throughout their 1000 days; Pregnancy, 0 to 6 months, 6 to 12 months, 12 to 24 months. We created 4 films and other promotional materials for this Social Behaviour Change (SBCC) campaign. The campaign was created to help reduce mal-nutrition and stunting still a big problem in Laos. The campaign was in collaboration with Save the Children.
Below a link to our media company Running Reel with more details and access to more materials.
