Selected Awards & Exhibitions
Distinctions
Royal Photographic Society: Associate (ARPS), September 2011
Royal Photographic Society: Licentiate (LRPS), July 2009
Solo Exhibitions
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, December 1-31, 2010, “English Cathedrals”
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA, Mar-Apr 2010, “English Cathedrals”
Publications
Merit Award, Portfolio Contest 2019, Black & White Magazine, August 2019: "The Artisans of Hakart"
Leica User Forum Book, 2018: "Along the Silk Road", "Lunchtime", "After the Storm"
Winner, Single Image Contest 2018, Black & White Magazine, January 2018: "Abstract Reflection"; "Hurrying Home"
RPS, Heritage Photography, Autumn 2017: "Traces Left Behind at Concrete Atlantis"
RPS, "Decisive Moment", June 2017: "Traces Left Behind"
RPS, "Decisive Moment", March 2017: "The Artisans of Hakart"
Winner, Single Image Contest 2016, Black & White Magazine, January 2016: "In the Basement", "Polished", "Abstract"
Winner, Single Image Contest 2014, Black & White Magazine, February 2014: "Abstract Architecture", "Haggling at the Goat Market"
Finalist, 2013 Photography & Illustration Awards, Applied Arts Magazine, May/June 2013: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Silvershotz Folio 2012: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Merit Award, Portfolio Contest 2012, Black & White Magazine, Issue 92.
Photographers Forum Magazine, Best of Photography 2011
Black+White Photography Magazine, GMC Publications Ltd., Issue 108, Feb 2010, Reader Assignment
Recent Juried Exhibitions & Awards
2020
15th B&W Spider Awards 2020: Architecture, 2nd Place, "The Cloisters, Gloucester Cathedral"; Honorable Mentions, Architecture, "Concrete Atlantis"; Sport, "Buskashi, A Rough Sport", and, "Girls Love IT"; Silhouette, "Dusk, Jayuguan Fort"; Photo Journalism, "Fallen Idol"
ND Awards, 2020: Honorable Mention; " Misty Morn"; Octagon, Ely Cathedral"; "Traces Left Behind"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2020; Sports, Extreme, 3rd Place, "Buzkashi"; People, Honorable Mention, "At a Tajik Wedding"l Architecture, Industrial, Honorable Mention, "Dereliction"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2019/20: Nominee: Architecture, "Under the Tower, Canterbury"; People, "At A Tajik Wedding"
14th Annual Pollux Awards:
Winner, Architecture & Interiors: "Under The Tower, Canterbury"; "The Cloisters, Gloucester"
Honorable Mention, Black & White; "Heavy Metal", "Dereliction"
Honorable Mention, Cityscape; "Golden Horn"
Honorable Mention, Culture &Daily Life: "Salmah Weaving"
Honorable Mention, People: "At A Tajik Wedding"
80th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2020: Honorable Mention; "Lonely"
2019:
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, 2019: After Dark Exhibition, "Watching and Waiting"
Monochrome Awards, 2019: Honorable Mentions: Architecture, "Dereliction", "Salisbury, Quire and Nave", "West Gate, Tiayuguan Fort"; Conceptual, "Hurrying Home"; Landscape, "Along The Silk Road"
ND Awards, 2019: Honorable Mentions, Photojournalism, " A Game of Buzkashi"; People, "At a Tajik Wedding"; Nature, "Atchafalaya Dawn"; Architecture, "Dereliction"; Fine Art, "Hurrying Home" and "Watching and Waiting"
B&W Spider Awards 2019: 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement in Silhouette, "1-2-3"; Honorable Mentions - Nature, "Crescent Dune", - Photojournalism, "Memorial and Monument"; Nominee in Sport, "Tajiks Playing Buzkashi"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2019 International Juried Exhibition (Juror: Paula Tognarelli): "Monument and Memorial"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2019: 3rd Prize, Sports, "Buzkashi"; Honorable Mentions, "At A Tajik Wedding", Dereliction"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2018/19: Nominee: Architecture, "Heavy Metal", "Dereliction"; People, "The Artisans of Hakart"; Travel, "Along The Silk Road", "Buzkashi"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2019 Member's Juried Exhibition (Jurors: Connie and Jerry Rosenthal): "Watching and Waiting"
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto; "Noir" 2019 (Juror: Daniel Garcia): Honorable Mention, "At A Tajik Wedding"; "Dereliction", "Along The Silk Road".
79th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2019: Honorable Mention; "Guests At A Tajik Wedding"
2018:
B&W Spider Awards, 2018: Honorable Mention; Children of the World, "At A Tajik wedding": Nominee in: Fine Art, "Caravan"; Portrait, "A Leisurely Lunch"; Silhouette, "Hurrying Home"; Still Life, "The Billiard Room"
Monochrome Awards, 2018: Honorable Mentions; Photojournalism, "Buzkashi"; Fine Art, "Afternoon Tea"; Landscapes, "Atchafalaya Dawn"
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) 2018: Bronze award, Editorial: "The Artisans of Hakart", "Buzkashi"
ND Awards, 2018: Honorable mentions, Cityscape, "Golden Horn"; Travel/Culture, "Camel Caravan"
12th Pollux Awards, 2018: (Juror, Philip Brookman): Honorable Mentions: Still Life, "The Billiard Room"; Culture & Daily Life, "Street Market, Kashgar"; People, "At a Tajik Wedding"
Santa Cruz Art League: Full Disclosure, A National Photography Exhibition (Juror, Kathleen Perry Dyer): "Dereliction", "Along The Silk Road"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2018 International Juried Exhibition (Juror: Eve Schillo): "At a Tajik Wedding #2"
Monovisions Photography Awards, 2018:
Series, Travel: 3rd Prize, "Game of Buzkashi"; Honorable Mention, "Tourist Caravans"
Single, Travel: Honorable Mention, "Camel Caravan"
LightBox Gallery, Astoria, OR: "The Sacred", (Juror, Robert Adams): "Memorial and Monument"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2018 Member's Juried Exhibition (Juror: Charles Cramer): "Dereliction"
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3), 2018: Honorable Mention, "People of Kashgar"
Cheltenham International Salon of Photography, 2018:Open Colour, "Sinan's Domes"; Travel, "Along the Silk Road"
Plymouth Center for the Arts, 2018 Eighth Annual Photography Exhibition, The Fine Art of Photography: "Camel Caravan", "Lunchtime"
Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona, Spain; April, 2018: "The World Through My Eyes", International Photography Exhibition: "In English Country Houses"
Bristol Salon, 2018: "Buzkashi, Pamir Plateau, Xinjiang"
Holland International Image Circuit, 2018: Juried Entries:
Salon1; "Camel Caravan, Dunhuang", "Crescent Moon Lake at Sunrise, Dunhuang". "Buzkashi, Pamir Plateau"
Salon 2; "Camel Caravan, Dunhuang", "Crescent Moon Lake at Sunrise, Dunhuang"
Salon 3; "Crescent Moon Lake at Sunrise, Dunhuang"
Salon 4; "Camel Caravan, Dunhuang", "Street Market, Kashgar", Forging Horseshoes"
Salon 5; "Forging Horseshoes"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2017/18: Nominee: Architecture, "Silo City", "Domes of the Mosques"; Travel, "Camel Caravan"
2017:
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards), 2017: Honorable Mentions; Architecture-Industrial, "Traces Left Behind"; Fine Art-Still Life, "Billiard Room"; People-Wedding, "Tajik Wedding"
International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY), 2017:
2nd Prize: Nature, Trees; "Atchafalaya Dawn:
Honorable Mention: Architecture, Industrial; "Heavy Metal"
Honorable Mention: Fine Art, Conceptual; "Felling on Edge"
Honorable Mention: Architecture, Interior; "Sinan's Masterpieces"
Honorable Mention: People, Street; "Skatepark"
Monochrome Awards, 2017: Honorable Mentions: Abstract, "Curves", "Natures Patterns"; Architecture, "The Nave, Hereford", "Traces Left Behind"; Landscape, "Dawn, Empty Quarter"; PhotoJournalism, "Night Fishing", "Watching & Waiting"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel: 2017 International Juried Exhibition (Juror, Philip Brookman); "The Billiard Room"
124th Toronto International Salon of Photography, 2017: Prints Open Mono, "The Artisans of Hakart"
NY Center For Photographic Art: Patterns & Shadows,(Juror, Stephen Perloff); Honorable Mention, "Dune at Sunset"
ND Awards, 2017: 3rd Prize, Architecture, Cityscape, "Hajic Bridge & Golden Horn"; Honorable Mentions, Architecture, Industrial, "Concrete Atlantis"; Special Night Photography, "Night Fishing"
B&W Spider Awards, 2017: Nominee in: Abstract, "Abstract Reflections"; Fine Art, "Sky Glider", "Cobb #2"; People, "The Artisans of Hakart"
RPS International Photography Exhibition 160, Shortlisted: "The Artisans of Hakart"
Monovisions Photography Awards, 2017:
Series, Honorable Mentions: Architecture, "Medieval English Cathedrals"; Fine Art, "Heavy Metal"
Single Image, Honorable Mentions: Architecture, "Concrete Atlantis" & "Great Court"; Fine Art, "Afternoon Tea"; People, "Fishing at Twilight" & "Upstairs, Downstairs"
10th Annual Pollux Awards, 2017: Winner, Fine Art Category: "In English Country Houses"
2nd Charles Dodgson B&W Award (Juror, Chris Walker), 2017: People, Culture & Daily Life, Runner-Up, "The Artisans of Hakart", Finalist, "Haggling at the Goat Market"; Fine Art, Finalist, "English Medieval Cathedrals"; Portraits, Finalist, "The Artisans of Hakart"
Cheltenham International Salon of Photography, 2017: Open Monochrome, "Traces Left Behind"; Creative, "One, Two, Three"
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3), 2017: Honorable Mention, People, "The Artisans of Hakart"
Dark Room Gallery, Essex Jct., VT; Chiaroscuro (Juror, David Wells), "Afternoon Tea"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2016/17: Nominee in Architecture, Series, "English Medieval Cathedrals"; Nominee in Fine Art, Series, "In English Country Houses"
5th Edition of the Jacob Riis Documentary Award (Juror, Andrea Star Reese), 2017: Finalist, Series, "Heavy Metal"
New York Center for Photographic Art, Black and White Juried Exhibition, 2017 (Juror: Mark Sink): Jurors Selections, "Under The Tower, Canterbury Cathedral" and "Upstairs, Downstairs"
Salon At The Triton: 2017 Statewide Competition & Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California: "The Artisans of Hakart"
2016:
International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY), 2016: 3rd Prize, Architecture, Industrial: "Traces Left Behind"
Monochrome Photography Awards, 2016: Honorable Mentions in:
Nature, "Ancient Oak"; Architecture, "Byzantine Glory", "Concrete Atlantis"; Landscape, "Dawn Curves", "Doubtful Path"; People, "Upstairs, Downstairs"
ND Awards, 2016: 3rd Prize, Architecture, Interiors: "English Medieval Cathedrals": Honorable Mentions, Architecture, Industrial: "Concrete Atlantis"; People, Culture, "haggling at the Goat Market"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2016: 1st Prize, Architecture, Industrial; "Heavy Metal": Honorable Mention; "Concrete Atlantis"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel: International Juried Exhibition, 2016 (Juror: Dr. Linde Lehtinen): "Traces Left Behind"
11th Annual Black&White Spider Awards 2016: Honorable Mentions in: Architecture, "Heavy Metal"; People, "Upstairs/Downstairs"; Nature, "Atchafalaya Dawn"
Berlin Photo Biennale, October 2016, Berlin, Germany: "The Nave, Durham Cathedral", "Under the Tower, Canterbury Cathedral", "Chaos", "Traces Left Behind"
Gateway Art Center, New York, NY, International Photo Competition; Silver "2nd" Place Nature: "Atchafalaya Dawn"; Bronze "3rd" Place, Architecture: " Salisbury, Quire & Nave"
Soho Photo Gallery, NY: 2016 National Competition (Juror: Elizabeth Biondi), "Watching and Waiting"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA; 2016 Member's Juried Exhibition (Juror: Heather Snider), "Upstairs, Downstairs"
Fine Art Photography Awards 2016: Nominee in Architecture, "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"; Nominee in Landscape, "Atchafalaya": Nominee in Seascape, "Sunset, Seacliff Pier"
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA: Salon At The Triton: 2016 Statewide Competition & Exhibition: 1st Place, Photography: "Concrete Atlantis"
International Salon PhotoArt, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016: "Watching and Waiting"
76th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2016: Honorable Mention, "Atchafalaya"
2015:
International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY), 2015:
1st Prize: Architecture, Industrial: "Col. Ward Pumping Station, Buffalo, NY"
Honorable Mention: Architecture, Buildings: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Honorable Mention: Nature, Trees: "Atchafalaya"
Honorable Mention: People, Street: "Hurrying Home" and "Watching and Waiting"
Monochrome Photography Awards, 2015: Honorable Mentions, Architecture, "Silo City"; Abstract,, "Abstract"; Fine Art, "Heavy Metal"
10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards, 2015: Nominee in Architecture, "Nave, Durham Cathedral", "Silo City, Buffalo, NY"; Nominee in Still Life, "Corrosion", "Crank, SP&S 700"
ND Awards 2015, 2nd Prize, Industrial Architecture: "Traces Left Behind"; 3rd Prize, Industrial Architecture: "Heavy Metal"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2015: Honorable Mention, Architecture, Industrial: "Traces Left Behind"
153rd Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography, 2015; Monochrome Print: "Traces Left Behind"
7th Annual Pollux Awards, 2015, Runner-up, Abandoned Places: "Silo City"
4th Edition of Jacob Riis Editorial Award, June 2015: Juror's Selection, "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Santa Cruz Art League, CA, July 2015: "Through A Curious Lens" (Juror: Sean Duggan): "Abstract Glass"
Bristol Salon, 2015: "Tailor at the Souk"
75th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2015: Honorable Mention, "SP&S 700"
2014:
“Best Photos of the Year 2014” #8, DigitalPHOTO.de (Germany), “Canterbury, Under the Tower”
9th Annual Black & White Spider Awards, 2014: Nominee in Nature, "First Light"; Nominee in People, "Haggling at the Goat Market", "Stairway to ??", "Watching & Waiting"
7th Annual International Color Awards 2014: Nominee in Architecture, "The Courtyard", "Watching and Waiting"; Nominee in People, "Salmah", "Siesta"
Shortlist & Honorable Mention, Royal Photographic Society Photobook Exhibition 2014: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
NY Center for Photographic Art, NY: Honorable Mention, "Transportation", (Juror: Lester Lefkowitz): "Round The Bend"
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3), 2014: Honorable Mentions, Architecture, "English Medieval Cathedrals" (book proposal), "Street Art, Valparaiso"
152nd Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography, 2014; Monochrome Prints: "Haggling At The Goat Market", "The Staircase"
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, April, 2014: "Black & White" (Juror: Karen Haas, Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): "Haggling At The Goat Market"
Southampton International Exhibition, 2014: "Haggling At The Goat Market"
Bristol Salon, 2014: "Hurrying Home", "Haggling At The Goat Market", "Sunrise Over The Creek"
74th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2014: Honorable Mention, "Hurrying Home"
2013:
Kontinent Awards 2013, Fine Art Project: Official Selection, "Omani Forts"
Grand Prix de la Decouverte, International Fine Art Photography Competition, Paris, 2013: Juror Award of Merit, Street/Documentary, "At the Goat Market", “Watching and Waiting”
American Aperture Awards (Ax3): 1st Prize, Architecture/Cityscape, "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Royal Photographic Society, 156th International Print Exhibition, 2013: “Watching and Waiting”
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO: "Black + White 2013", (Jurors: Elizabeth Corden & Jan Potts, Corden|Potts Gallery): "Architecture Abstract"
Soho Photo Gallery, NY: "2013 National Photography Competition": (Juror: Laura Patterson, VP Photography Dept., Christies, NY): "Oxford, Radcliffe Camera (IR)"
Viridian Artists, NY: 3rd International and National Juried Photography Exhibition (Juror: Nat Trotman, Curator Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum): “Ely, The Lantern”
2012:
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA: “Give US Your Best Shot” (Jurors: Susan Spiritus, Kirk Pedersen, Gina Genis, & Jeff Alu): “Salisbury, Quire and Nave”
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT: "Windows & Mirrors" (Jurors: Elizabeth Corden & Jan Potts, Corden|Potts Gallery): "Skylight (MoMA #2)"
Grand Prix de la Découverte, International Fine Art Photography Competition, Paris, 2012: Finalist, Cityscape/Architecture, "Gloucester, The Cloisters"; Juror Award of Merit, Cityscape/Architecture, "Norwich, East End Apse", “Salisbury, Quire and Nave”, “York, Quire and Organ”
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2012: 1st prize, Architecture (Historical) & Nominee "Discovery of the Year", 10th Goldie Awards: “English Medieval Cathedrals”
PHOTOcentric 2012 (Jurors: Elizabeth Opalenik & Robert Mann), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY: “Oxford, Radcliffe Camera”, “Gloucester, The Cloisters”
Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., VT: “Among Trees” (Juror: Beth Moon): “Bleak Midwinter #2”, “A Quiet Place”, “I Surrender”, “Sunburst”
7th Annual Black and White Spider Awards: Nominee, “English Cathedrals”
Royal Photographic Society, 2012 International Print Exhibition: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"
8th Holland International Image Circuit, 2012, Juried Entries:
Salon 1: "California Dune", "They Came from Outer Space": Travel, "Sunset, Monterey Bay":
Salon 4: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave":
Salon 5: "Sunset, Monterey Bay"
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA: 2012 Statewide Photography Exhibition (Juror: Brian Taylor): "Canterbury, Under the Tower"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2012 Juried Exhibition (Jurors: Brian Taylor & Bryan Yedinak): "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"; "Firestorm, Pinnacles NM”
WPGA Biennial International Exhibition, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
2011:
Dark Room Gallery, Essex Jct., VT: "The Built Environment" (Juror: Norman McGrath): Juror's Choice, 1: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave; 2: "Oxford, Quire Vault"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2011: Honorable Mention, Architecture “English Medieval Cathedrals”
PHOTOcentric 2011 (Jurors: Larry Fink & Stephen Perloff), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY: 1st Prize, Architecture, 1: "Canterbury, Under the Tower"; 2: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Juried Members' Show 2011: Honorable Mention, "York Minster, The Quire"
37th Annual National Photo Exhibition (Juror: Ann Pallesen), Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA: "Salisbury, The Nave", "Wells, The Chapter House Steps", "Gloucester, The Cloisters"
2010:
WPGA Annual Pollux Awards, 2010:(Juror: Philip Brookman, Chief Curator and Head of Research, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC), 1st Prize, Architecture Portfolio, "English Cathedrals": Honorable Mention: Nature Portfolio: "From the Garden"; Fine Art Single Image: "Crescent Dune"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2010 Honorable Mentions, Architecture Portfolios: "English Cathedrals"; "Vaults"; "At the Crossing": Images: "Salisbury, The Nave"; "Salisbury, The Crossing"; "Ely, South Transept Ceiling": Still Life, Portfolio: "Cala Lilies"
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, National Photography Exhibit (Juror: Brian Taylor): 2nd Prize, "Salisbury, The Choir"
2009:
Royal Photographic Society: International Projected Image Exhibition, 2009, Juried Entry: “Stormy Winter Sunset Seacliff Pier”
Royal Photographic Society: Associate (ARPS), September 2011
Royal Photographic Society: Licentiate (LRPS), July 2009
Solo Exhibitions
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, December 1-31, 2010, “English Cathedrals”
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA, Mar-Apr 2010, “English Cathedrals”
Publications
Merit Award, Portfolio Contest 2019, Black & White Magazine, August 2019: "The Artisans of Hakart"
Leica User Forum Book, 2018: "Along the Silk Road", "Lunchtime", "After the Storm"
Winner, Single Image Contest 2018, Black & White Magazine, January 2018: "Abstract Reflection"; "Hurrying Home"
RPS, Heritage Photography, Autumn 2017: "Traces Left Behind at Concrete Atlantis"
RPS, "Decisive Moment", June 2017: "Traces Left Behind"
RPS, "Decisive Moment", March 2017: "The Artisans of Hakart"
Winner, Single Image Contest 2016, Black & White Magazine, January 2016: "In the Basement", "Polished", "Abstract"
Winner, Single Image Contest 2014, Black & White Magazine, February 2014: "Abstract Architecture", "Haggling at the Goat Market"
Finalist, 2013 Photography & Illustration Awards, Applied Arts Magazine, May/June 2013: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Silvershotz Folio 2012: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Merit Award, Portfolio Contest 2012, Black & White Magazine, Issue 92.
Photographers Forum Magazine, Best of Photography 2011
Black+White Photography Magazine, GMC Publications Ltd., Issue 108, Feb 2010, Reader Assignment
Recent Juried Exhibitions & Awards
2020
15th B&W Spider Awards 2020: Architecture, 2nd Place, "The Cloisters, Gloucester Cathedral"; Honorable Mentions, Architecture, "Concrete Atlantis"; Sport, "Buskashi, A Rough Sport", and, "Girls Love IT"; Silhouette, "Dusk, Jayuguan Fort"; Photo Journalism, "Fallen Idol"
ND Awards, 2020: Honorable Mention; " Misty Morn"; Octagon, Ely Cathedral"; "Traces Left Behind"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2020; Sports, Extreme, 3rd Place, "Buzkashi"; People, Honorable Mention, "At a Tajik Wedding"l Architecture, Industrial, Honorable Mention, "Dereliction"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2019/20: Nominee: Architecture, "Under the Tower, Canterbury"; People, "At A Tajik Wedding"
14th Annual Pollux Awards:
Winner, Architecture & Interiors: "Under The Tower, Canterbury"; "The Cloisters, Gloucester"
Honorable Mention, Black & White; "Heavy Metal", "Dereliction"
Honorable Mention, Cityscape; "Golden Horn"
Honorable Mention, Culture &Daily Life: "Salmah Weaving"
Honorable Mention, People: "At A Tajik Wedding"
80th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2020: Honorable Mention; "Lonely"
2019:
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, 2019: After Dark Exhibition, "Watching and Waiting"
Monochrome Awards, 2019: Honorable Mentions: Architecture, "Dereliction", "Salisbury, Quire and Nave", "West Gate, Tiayuguan Fort"; Conceptual, "Hurrying Home"; Landscape, "Along The Silk Road"
ND Awards, 2019: Honorable Mentions, Photojournalism, " A Game of Buzkashi"; People, "At a Tajik Wedding"; Nature, "Atchafalaya Dawn"; Architecture, "Dereliction"; Fine Art, "Hurrying Home" and "Watching and Waiting"
B&W Spider Awards 2019: 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement in Silhouette, "1-2-3"; Honorable Mentions - Nature, "Crescent Dune", - Photojournalism, "Memorial and Monument"; Nominee in Sport, "Tajiks Playing Buzkashi"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2019 International Juried Exhibition (Juror: Paula Tognarelli): "Monument and Memorial"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2019: 3rd Prize, Sports, "Buzkashi"; Honorable Mentions, "At A Tajik Wedding", Dereliction"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2018/19: Nominee: Architecture, "Heavy Metal", "Dereliction"; People, "The Artisans of Hakart"; Travel, "Along The Silk Road", "Buzkashi"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2019 Member's Juried Exhibition (Jurors: Connie and Jerry Rosenthal): "Watching and Waiting"
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto; "Noir" 2019 (Juror: Daniel Garcia): Honorable Mention, "At A Tajik Wedding"; "Dereliction", "Along The Silk Road".
79th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2019: Honorable Mention; "Guests At A Tajik Wedding"
2018:
B&W Spider Awards, 2018: Honorable Mention; Children of the World, "At A Tajik wedding": Nominee in: Fine Art, "Caravan"; Portrait, "A Leisurely Lunch"; Silhouette, "Hurrying Home"; Still Life, "The Billiard Room"
Monochrome Awards, 2018: Honorable Mentions; Photojournalism, "Buzkashi"; Fine Art, "Afternoon Tea"; Landscapes, "Atchafalaya Dawn"
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) 2018: Bronze award, Editorial: "The Artisans of Hakart", "Buzkashi"
ND Awards, 2018: Honorable mentions, Cityscape, "Golden Horn"; Travel/Culture, "Camel Caravan"
12th Pollux Awards, 2018: (Juror, Philip Brookman): Honorable Mentions: Still Life, "The Billiard Room"; Culture & Daily Life, "Street Market, Kashgar"; People, "At a Tajik Wedding"
Santa Cruz Art League: Full Disclosure, A National Photography Exhibition (Juror, Kathleen Perry Dyer): "Dereliction", "Along The Silk Road"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2018 International Juried Exhibition (Juror: Eve Schillo): "At a Tajik Wedding #2"
Monovisions Photography Awards, 2018:
Series, Travel: 3rd Prize, "Game of Buzkashi"; Honorable Mention, "Tourist Caravans"
Single, Travel: Honorable Mention, "Camel Caravan"
LightBox Gallery, Astoria, OR: "The Sacred", (Juror, Robert Adams): "Memorial and Monument"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2018 Member's Juried Exhibition (Juror: Charles Cramer): "Dereliction"
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3), 2018: Honorable Mention, "People of Kashgar"
Cheltenham International Salon of Photography, 2018:Open Colour, "Sinan's Domes"; Travel, "Along the Silk Road"
Plymouth Center for the Arts, 2018 Eighth Annual Photography Exhibition, The Fine Art of Photography: "Camel Caravan", "Lunchtime"
Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona, Spain; April, 2018: "The World Through My Eyes", International Photography Exhibition: "In English Country Houses"
Bristol Salon, 2018: "Buzkashi, Pamir Plateau, Xinjiang"
Holland International Image Circuit, 2018: Juried Entries:
Salon1; "Camel Caravan, Dunhuang", "Crescent Moon Lake at Sunrise, Dunhuang". "Buzkashi, Pamir Plateau"
Salon 2; "Camel Caravan, Dunhuang", "Crescent Moon Lake at Sunrise, Dunhuang"
Salon 3; "Crescent Moon Lake at Sunrise, Dunhuang"
Salon 4; "Camel Caravan, Dunhuang", "Street Market, Kashgar", Forging Horseshoes"
Salon 5; "Forging Horseshoes"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2017/18: Nominee: Architecture, "Silo City", "Domes of the Mosques"; Travel, "Camel Caravan"
2017:
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards), 2017: Honorable Mentions; Architecture-Industrial, "Traces Left Behind"; Fine Art-Still Life, "Billiard Room"; People-Wedding, "Tajik Wedding"
International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY), 2017:
2nd Prize: Nature, Trees; "Atchafalaya Dawn:
Honorable Mention: Architecture, Industrial; "Heavy Metal"
Honorable Mention: Fine Art, Conceptual; "Felling on Edge"
Honorable Mention: Architecture, Interior; "Sinan's Masterpieces"
Honorable Mention: People, Street; "Skatepark"
Monochrome Awards, 2017: Honorable Mentions: Abstract, "Curves", "Natures Patterns"; Architecture, "The Nave, Hereford", "Traces Left Behind"; Landscape, "Dawn, Empty Quarter"; PhotoJournalism, "Night Fishing", "Watching & Waiting"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel: 2017 International Juried Exhibition (Juror, Philip Brookman); "The Billiard Room"
124th Toronto International Salon of Photography, 2017: Prints Open Mono, "The Artisans of Hakart"
NY Center For Photographic Art: Patterns & Shadows,(Juror, Stephen Perloff); Honorable Mention, "Dune at Sunset"
ND Awards, 2017: 3rd Prize, Architecture, Cityscape, "Hajic Bridge & Golden Horn"; Honorable Mentions, Architecture, Industrial, "Concrete Atlantis"; Special Night Photography, "Night Fishing"
B&W Spider Awards, 2017: Nominee in: Abstract, "Abstract Reflections"; Fine Art, "Sky Glider", "Cobb #2"; People, "The Artisans of Hakart"
RPS International Photography Exhibition 160, Shortlisted: "The Artisans of Hakart"
Monovisions Photography Awards, 2017:
Series, Honorable Mentions: Architecture, "Medieval English Cathedrals"; Fine Art, "Heavy Metal"
Single Image, Honorable Mentions: Architecture, "Concrete Atlantis" & "Great Court"; Fine Art, "Afternoon Tea"; People, "Fishing at Twilight" & "Upstairs, Downstairs"
10th Annual Pollux Awards, 2017: Winner, Fine Art Category: "In English Country Houses"
2nd Charles Dodgson B&W Award (Juror, Chris Walker), 2017: People, Culture & Daily Life, Runner-Up, "The Artisans of Hakart", Finalist, "Haggling at the Goat Market"; Fine Art, Finalist, "English Medieval Cathedrals"; Portraits, Finalist, "The Artisans of Hakart"
Cheltenham International Salon of Photography, 2017: Open Monochrome, "Traces Left Behind"; Creative, "One, Two, Three"
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3), 2017: Honorable Mention, People, "The Artisans of Hakart"
Dark Room Gallery, Essex Jct., VT; Chiaroscuro (Juror, David Wells), "Afternoon Tea"
Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), 2016/17: Nominee in Architecture, Series, "English Medieval Cathedrals"; Nominee in Fine Art, Series, "In English Country Houses"
5th Edition of the Jacob Riis Documentary Award (Juror, Andrea Star Reese), 2017: Finalist, Series, "Heavy Metal"
New York Center for Photographic Art, Black and White Juried Exhibition, 2017 (Juror: Mark Sink): Jurors Selections, "Under The Tower, Canterbury Cathedral" and "Upstairs, Downstairs"
Salon At The Triton: 2017 Statewide Competition & Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California: "The Artisans of Hakart"
2016:
International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY), 2016: 3rd Prize, Architecture, Industrial: "Traces Left Behind"
Monochrome Photography Awards, 2016: Honorable Mentions in:
Nature, "Ancient Oak"; Architecture, "Byzantine Glory", "Concrete Atlantis"; Landscape, "Dawn Curves", "Doubtful Path"; People, "Upstairs, Downstairs"
ND Awards, 2016: 3rd Prize, Architecture, Interiors: "English Medieval Cathedrals": Honorable Mentions, Architecture, Industrial: "Concrete Atlantis"; People, Culture, "haggling at the Goat Market"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2016: 1st Prize, Architecture, Industrial; "Heavy Metal": Honorable Mention; "Concrete Atlantis"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel: International Juried Exhibition, 2016 (Juror: Dr. Linde Lehtinen): "Traces Left Behind"
11th Annual Black&White Spider Awards 2016: Honorable Mentions in: Architecture, "Heavy Metal"; People, "Upstairs/Downstairs"; Nature, "Atchafalaya Dawn"
Berlin Photo Biennale, October 2016, Berlin, Germany: "The Nave, Durham Cathedral", "Under the Tower, Canterbury Cathedral", "Chaos", "Traces Left Behind"
Gateway Art Center, New York, NY, International Photo Competition; Silver "2nd" Place Nature: "Atchafalaya Dawn"; Bronze "3rd" Place, Architecture: " Salisbury, Quire & Nave"
Soho Photo Gallery, NY: 2016 National Competition (Juror: Elizabeth Biondi), "Watching and Waiting"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA; 2016 Member's Juried Exhibition (Juror: Heather Snider), "Upstairs, Downstairs"
Fine Art Photography Awards 2016: Nominee in Architecture, "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"; Nominee in Landscape, "Atchafalaya": Nominee in Seascape, "Sunset, Seacliff Pier"
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA: Salon At The Triton: 2016 Statewide Competition & Exhibition: 1st Place, Photography: "Concrete Atlantis"
International Salon PhotoArt, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016: "Watching and Waiting"
76th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2016: Honorable Mention, "Atchafalaya"
2015:
International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY), 2015:
1st Prize: Architecture, Industrial: "Col. Ward Pumping Station, Buffalo, NY"
Honorable Mention: Architecture, Buildings: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Honorable Mention: Nature, Trees: "Atchafalaya"
Honorable Mention: People, Street: "Hurrying Home" and "Watching and Waiting"
Monochrome Photography Awards, 2015: Honorable Mentions, Architecture, "Silo City"; Abstract,, "Abstract"; Fine Art, "Heavy Metal"
10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards, 2015: Nominee in Architecture, "Nave, Durham Cathedral", "Silo City, Buffalo, NY"; Nominee in Still Life, "Corrosion", "Crank, SP&S 700"
ND Awards 2015, 2nd Prize, Industrial Architecture: "Traces Left Behind"; 3rd Prize, Industrial Architecture: "Heavy Metal"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2015: Honorable Mention, Architecture, Industrial: "Traces Left Behind"
153rd Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography, 2015; Monochrome Print: "Traces Left Behind"
7th Annual Pollux Awards, 2015, Runner-up, Abandoned Places: "Silo City"
4th Edition of Jacob Riis Editorial Award, June 2015: Juror's Selection, "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Santa Cruz Art League, CA, July 2015: "Through A Curious Lens" (Juror: Sean Duggan): "Abstract Glass"
Bristol Salon, 2015: "Tailor at the Souk"
75th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2015: Honorable Mention, "SP&S 700"
2014:
“Best Photos of the Year 2014” #8, DigitalPHOTO.de (Germany), “Canterbury, Under the Tower”
9th Annual Black & White Spider Awards, 2014: Nominee in Nature, "First Light"; Nominee in People, "Haggling at the Goat Market", "Stairway to ??", "Watching & Waiting"
7th Annual International Color Awards 2014: Nominee in Architecture, "The Courtyard", "Watching and Waiting"; Nominee in People, "Salmah", "Siesta"
Shortlist & Honorable Mention, Royal Photographic Society Photobook Exhibition 2014: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
NY Center for Photographic Art, NY: Honorable Mention, "Transportation", (Juror: Lester Lefkowitz): "Round The Bend"
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3), 2014: Honorable Mentions, Architecture, "English Medieval Cathedrals" (book proposal), "Street Art, Valparaiso"
152nd Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography, 2014; Monochrome Prints: "Haggling At The Goat Market", "The Staircase"
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, April, 2014: "Black & White" (Juror: Karen Haas, Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): "Haggling At The Goat Market"
Southampton International Exhibition, 2014: "Haggling At The Goat Market"
Bristol Salon, 2014: "Hurrying Home", "Haggling At The Goat Market", "Sunrise Over The Creek"
74th International Photographic Salon of Japan, Tokyo, 2014: Honorable Mention, "Hurrying Home"
2013:
Kontinent Awards 2013, Fine Art Project: Official Selection, "Omani Forts"
Grand Prix de la Decouverte, International Fine Art Photography Competition, Paris, 2013: Juror Award of Merit, Street/Documentary, "At the Goat Market", “Watching and Waiting”
American Aperture Awards (Ax3): 1st Prize, Architecture/Cityscape, "English Medieval Cathedrals"
Royal Photographic Society, 156th International Print Exhibition, 2013: “Watching and Waiting”
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO: "Black + White 2013", (Jurors: Elizabeth Corden & Jan Potts, Corden|Potts Gallery): "Architecture Abstract"
Soho Photo Gallery, NY: "2013 National Photography Competition": (Juror: Laura Patterson, VP Photography Dept., Christies, NY): "Oxford, Radcliffe Camera (IR)"
Viridian Artists, NY: 3rd International and National Juried Photography Exhibition (Juror: Nat Trotman, Curator Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum): “Ely, The Lantern”
2012:
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA: “Give US Your Best Shot” (Jurors: Susan Spiritus, Kirk Pedersen, Gina Genis, & Jeff Alu): “Salisbury, Quire and Nave”
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT: "Windows & Mirrors" (Jurors: Elizabeth Corden & Jan Potts, Corden|Potts Gallery): "Skylight (MoMA #2)"
Grand Prix de la Découverte, International Fine Art Photography Competition, Paris, 2012: Finalist, Cityscape/Architecture, "Gloucester, The Cloisters"; Juror Award of Merit, Cityscape/Architecture, "Norwich, East End Apse", “Salisbury, Quire and Nave”, “York, Quire and Organ”
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2012: 1st prize, Architecture (Historical) & Nominee "Discovery of the Year", 10th Goldie Awards: “English Medieval Cathedrals”
PHOTOcentric 2012 (Jurors: Elizabeth Opalenik & Robert Mann), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY: “Oxford, Radcliffe Camera”, “Gloucester, The Cloisters”
Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., VT: “Among Trees” (Juror: Beth Moon): “Bleak Midwinter #2”, “A Quiet Place”, “I Surrender”, “Sunburst”
7th Annual Black and White Spider Awards: Nominee, “English Cathedrals”
Royal Photographic Society, 2012 International Print Exhibition: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"
8th Holland International Image Circuit, 2012, Juried Entries:
Salon 1: "California Dune", "They Came from Outer Space": Travel, "Sunset, Monterey Bay":
Salon 4: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave":
Salon 5: "Sunset, Monterey Bay"
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA: 2012 Statewide Photography Exhibition (Juror: Brian Taylor): "Canterbury, Under the Tower"
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA: 2012 Juried Exhibition (Jurors: Brian Taylor & Bryan Yedinak): "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"; "Firestorm, Pinnacles NM”
WPGA Biennial International Exhibition, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires: "English Medieval Cathedrals"
2011:
Dark Room Gallery, Essex Jct., VT: "The Built Environment" (Juror: Norman McGrath): Juror's Choice, 1: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave; 2: "Oxford, Quire Vault"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2011: Honorable Mention, Architecture “English Medieval Cathedrals”
PHOTOcentric 2011 (Jurors: Larry Fink & Stephen Perloff), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY: 1st Prize, Architecture, 1: "Canterbury, Under the Tower"; 2: "Salisbury, Quire & Nave"
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Juried Members' Show 2011: Honorable Mention, "York Minster, The Quire"
37th Annual National Photo Exhibition (Juror: Ann Pallesen), Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA: "Salisbury, The Nave", "Wells, The Chapter House Steps", "Gloucester, The Cloisters"
2010:
WPGA Annual Pollux Awards, 2010:(Juror: Philip Brookman, Chief Curator and Head of Research, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC), 1st Prize, Architecture Portfolio, "English Cathedrals": Honorable Mention: Nature Portfolio: "From the Garden"; Fine Art Single Image: "Crescent Dune"
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2010 Honorable Mentions, Architecture Portfolios: "English Cathedrals"; "Vaults"; "At the Crossing": Images: "Salisbury, The Nave"; "Salisbury, The Crossing"; "Ely, South Transept Ceiling": Still Life, Portfolio: "Cala Lilies"
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, National Photography Exhibit (Juror: Brian Taylor): 2nd Prize, "Salisbury, The Choir"
2009:
Royal Photographic Society: International Projected Image Exhibition, 2009, Juried Entry: “Stormy Winter Sunset Seacliff Pier”