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15TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER MICHELLE LAKE FROM AUSTRALIA

LOS ANGELES 29 March 2022 - Amateur photographer Michelle Lake of Australia was presented with the 15th Annual International Color Awards Nominee title in the category of Still Life at a prestigious Winners & Nominee Photoshow streamed Saturday, March 29, 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 TThe 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 reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 658 title awards and 975 nominees in 37 categories.

"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. Michelle’s "Fragility of Flowers" an exceptional image entered in the Still Life category, represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present her 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

I was really spoilt at Christmas… my husband bought me a Rolliflex Tele Twin Lens Reflex Camera. A beautiful old film camera!

The best part of it is that it really gets those photography cogs working… remembering back to college and light and lighting classes and making educated decisions around exposure etc (especially without a light meter).

I named her, Rolli… maybe not the most original name, but I have another old twin lens camera that I call Grandpa (because it was my Grandpa’s and once upon a time he was a Police inspector and also a crime scene photographer). Anyway, you get the idea, that I don’t have a great deal of originality with naming my cameras.

So, I’ve finally taken Rolli out for a test run… she uses 120 film, so I bought a stack of Black & White from Ikigai Labs. I also had the negatives processed there. There is still much tweaking to be done with getting the right exposure etc, but i might have to start using a light meter instead of relying on intuition alone.

I do really enjoy the process and it does force me to slow down and take my time.

Can’t wait to get out and about with Rolli again :)

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