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
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.
EDITING – PHOTO – VIDEO
What is photo editing?
Simply put it is the act of altering an image. But it is a subject which can be quite complex.
For example, some photo editing techniques are done manually, while others are conducted through automated software. Some photo editing is even done offline, on actual photographs, posters or other printed collateral.
Other terms for photo editing:
Image editing, post-processing, image/photo manipulation, ‘photoshopping’, image/photo enhancement etc.
Simple photo-editing techniques include:
- Noise reduction: smoothing the picture out, typically accomplished by reducing the pixel size
- White balance: the color of the light in the image
- Contrast: higher contrast makes an image more punchy, while lower contrast makes it flatter in color
- Exposure: the brightness of the photo
- Lens correction: addresses any issues with the camera lens
- Color adjustments: change the color of an item or element in the photo
- Resizing and cropping: adjust the dimensions of the image
- Background removal: delete the background from the image, isolating the subject (this is often used for white background product photography)
The more complex, advanced techniques include:
- Clipping paths: extract a subject or element from an image
- Portrait corrections: fix the complexion of people in images
- Drop and reflection shadow: create or adjust shadows
- Special effects: this can mean an array of things, from animation to adding weather conditions like fog or snow
- Adjusting text and visuals: add overlays or manipulate what’s already there
- Photo stitching: when you seamlessly put two images together to make it look as though they were shot that way
- Photo masking and Layers: the process of hiding and revealing specified portions of an image
A simple example of converting a colour photo in to a black & white photo. I used the colour separation to enhance the contrast by pushing red, plus a few more tricks to help the conversion look good. Often the editing needed also depends on the type of paper used for printing. A softer matte paper often needs more contrast but not to the extend that the blacks become too dark.
Baryta papers on the other hand can often handle subtler tones and can look sharper but it really depends on the image and I can give advice on each photograph once I know how and where the art work will be displayed.
For Video Editing please visit our production company:
RUNNING REEL
Recycled Artists
Buy into Art more easily
Through online galleries it becomes easier to buy into art after learning and reading more about an artist’s collection of works. Often pricing plays a role too and there is a demand for high quality limited edition prints at affordable prices and printed to top specs fit for a museum.
Prints of my work can be purchased via Recycled Artists, however, I ofcourse also continue to sell prints through my own website. Just drop me a line; hello@adriberger.net
The transformation of space: Move the slider to see the change.
A triptych of a limited editon of screen prints hand pulled by Wayne Johnson, London of photographs by artist Adri Berger. Signed on each print.
Four colours; silver, bronze, cream and black on Somerset Satin paper. This is a 100% cotton acid free and mould made paper.
The sheet size is 30 inch x 40 inch with an image size of 26.5 x 31 inch.
Contact us for more info; hello@recycledartists.net
Prevalent feature in Vietnam, the Non La hats, incredibly versatile.
From my Buddha Head collection; Existence
