I'm pleased to announce that I have received an Honorable Mention from the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris! My winning entry was a series called "Rest and Upheaval" featuring Queen Dandelion, made at Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park at the end of July 2018. Check out the photos in situ on the PX3 website by following the link, or check them out reproduced here:

Rest and Upheaval

To be human is to live in contradiction. We strive for lives that are calm and peaceful; yet the world is filled with chaos and turmoil. Nothing conveys this clash between tumult and vulnerability better than the contrast between the soft curves of a human body and the rough, hard textures of our rocky planet. Yet, paradoxically, even the harshness of nature can, in time, through the action of millions of waves and trillions of grains of sand, smooth out the sharp edges into smooth and polished stone. Nature both threatens and sustains us, and we find balance in the center of the storm.

Rest and Upheaval (series of 7)
6I8A4676 (09-17-2020)
07-31-2018
Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

2021-07-05 Moscow International Foto Awards (online contest based in Moscow, Russia) (Amateur Nude): Honorable Mention Rest and Upheaval (series of 7)
6I8A4883 (09-17-2020)
07-31-2018
Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

2021-07-05 Moscow International Foto Awards (online contest based in Moscow, Russia) (Amateur Nude): Honorable Mention

• August 29, 2022, "Amateur Nude," PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, France, Online Exhibit
  • "Rest and Upheaval" (Series of 6) (Honorable Mention), Queen Dandelion, Rialto Beach, July 2018