Since I last posted updates on Photographic Society contests, I've accumulated three sets of results: "Quest for Passion Circuit" in India; the Photographic Society's own annual Pictorial Division Exhibition; and the "Acruvium Circuit" in Montenegro.

An aside: India, besides having by far the largest number of photographic salons, also has the most interesting names. To my ear sometimes they sound like titles that came out of a random name generator being fed terms related to photography: "Arise to Canvas," "Photography for Life," "Zing of Click." They're not all like that--some are more traditional--but if I see a salon name that looks like a romance novel title, nine times out of ten it's in India.

Anyway, here are my new results:

Quest for Passion (India), July 2, 2023

• "Connection" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Lior Allay, Gas Works Park, March 2019: Accepted in all 5 judgings
• "Reclining figure" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Marzipanned, Seattle, January 2019: Accepted in all 5 judgings
• "Gamekeeper" (Open Color PIDC), Kit Ashton, Seattle, April 2023: Accepted in 2 of 5 judgings
• "Astrid on the Sound" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Astrid Kallsen, Discovery Park, March 2023: Accepted in 2 judging
• "Crossing" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Katlyn Lacoste, Silver Falls, March 2022: Accepted in 1 judging

Connection (Open Monochrome PIDM): Accepted x5 Reclining figure (Open Monochrome PIDM): Accepted x5

Gamekeeper (Open Color PIDC): Accepted x2 Astrid on the Sound (Open Monochrome PIDM): Accepted x2 Crossing (Open Monochrome PIDM): Accepted

As you can see, a great result for my black and white photos; not so much for my color images.

PSA Pictorial Division Exhibition, July 8, 2023

• "Classic" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Invy Rose, Puyallup, October 2011: Accepted
• "Isaac's angel" (Open Color PIDC), Vex Voir, Interlaken Park, Seattle, June 2017: Accepted
• "Deep roots" (Open Color PIDC), Skye, Boxcar Canyon, January 2023: Accepted
• "Rapture" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Astrid Kallsen, Discovery Park, March 2023: Accepted
• "You have no power over me" (Portrait Monochrome PIDM), Bowie Monroe, Bellevue, September 2018: Accepted
• "No neighbors" (Open Color PIDC), Katlyn Lacoste, Ohanapecosh, March 2022: Accepted

Classic (Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted) Isaac's angel (Color PIDC) (Accepted) Deep roots (Color PIDC) (Accepted) Rapture (Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted) You have no power over me (Portrait PIDM) (Accepted)You have no power over me
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Bowie Monroe
Bellevue, Washington

2021-05-01 Black Box Gallery (Portland, Oregon), "Focus: Portraiture": Exhibited
2021-06-19 Praxis Photo Arts Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota), "Femalia": Exhibited
2021-10-13 Shadowhunter Circuit (Portrait PIDC) (Croatia, Malta and Serbia): Accepted
2021-11-29 Clickerz International Salon (Portraiture PIDC) (Kolkata, India): Accepted No neighbors (Color PIDC) (Accepted)

So a decent result, albeit less so in the portrait category.

Acruvium Circuit (Montenegro), July 20, 2023

• "Rapture" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Astrid Kallsen, Discovery Park, March 2023: Accepted at Budva and Kotor
• "Portrait of Shasta" (Monochrome Portrait PIDM), Shasta Wonder, Lynnwood, August 2017: Accepted at Kotor

Rapture (Open Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted x2) Portrait of Shasta (Portrait PIDM) (Accepted)

Interestingly, while my acceptance rate was dismal in the figurative categories, I did uncharacteristically well in Nature and Photo Travel, with three travel and two nature photos receiving a total of eight acceptances in three judgings, and one of them receiving an Honorable Mention.

Congratulations to Astrid for being the model of the hour, with images accepted in all three photo contests!