The 2017 Grand Imaging Awards were announced in January at Imaging USA in San Antonio. The program honored the top photographs entered in PPA’s International Photographic Competition in 2016.

Pet photographer Barbara Breitsameter, M.Photog.Cr., CPP, of Poppy Blue Photography took home the Grand Imaging Award for “Send in the Clowns.”  

Honors were also given to first-place winners in each of 10 categories.

Animals

Barbara Breitsameter, M.Photog.Cr., CPP, “Send in the Clowns”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Animals category.

Children

Kathy Wierda, M.Photog.Cr., “Miss Abigail”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Children category.

Illustrative/Commercial

Ben Shirk, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., “Orphan’s Odyssey”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Illustrative/Commercial category.

Landscape/Nature

Rodney Lough Jr., M.Photog., “Cathedral Forest”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Landscape/Nature category.

Wedding

In Sung Han, M.Photog., “Waiting of the White Bride”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Wedding category.

Portrait

David Edmonson, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., “The Lessons of Their Father Are Not Forgotten”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Portrait category. 

Senior

Cristie Reddehase, M.Photog.Cr., “Pointe of Grace”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Senior category. 

Artist

Dan McClanahan, M.Photog.M.Artist.Cr., “Dad Started It”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning images in the Artist category. 

Non-event album

Jerry Ghionis, M.Photog.Cr., “Damsel Causes Distress”

View a gallery of the top 10 winning albums in the Non-event Album category. 

Event Album

Ted Linczak, M.Photog.Cr., “The Elopement of Matt and Rachel”

View a gallery of the top three winning albums in the Event Album category.