Shadow Self-Portraits
Shadow Selfies connect the photographer to our surroundings and help function as universal symbols. Adding a self-portrait in an image could be for a testimony, a sign of existence, creative seeing, amusement or to seek awareness.
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Biography
Tony Hertz has over 40 years of professional photography experience - 10 years of it as a daily newspaper photographer.
Tony has been acknowledged with placing first, second or third awards from IPA, PX3, Camera USA, Black and White Spyder and many others for his nature and landscape photographs. His images have been exhibited and published worldwide including Silvershotz and Black and White Magazine. Published in Time Magazine, Los Angeles Times, New York Times Magazine, USA Today, National Geographic WORLD, Sunset Magazine, New York Times and many others.
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Awards
2025 IPA 3rd Place, People - Self-Portrait; My Faithful Shadow
2024 IPA Honorable Mention People – Self-Portrait “Selfie Shadows on Tree”
2024 IPA Honorable Mention People – Self-Portrait “Shadow Dog”
2023 First Place Winner; Special – Smartphone Photography “Shadow Self-Portrait
2023 “An American Tale” Special – Other Official Selection International Photography Awards
2017 Black and White Spider Awards Nominee in Nature, "Fence Study".
2016 Black and White Spider Awards HM in Abstract and two Nominees in Nature.
2015 Yosemite Renaissance XXX, Yosemite National Park, CA., Honorable Mention, "Dogwood Blossoms on Tenaya".
2014 Sony World Photography Awards 2014 Third Place Professional Category in Nature & Wildlife, "Wave Exploration"; World Photography Organization.
2013 Worldwide Art Los Angeles; Artvita, Award Winner "Gnarled Wave".
2013 International Photography Awards, First Place Nature, Trees, "Trees in Exchange".
2013 International Photography Awards, Six Honorable Mention Awards in the Fine Art and Nature categories.
2013 Best Of Nature Photography Show, Honorable Mention, San Diego Natural History Museum.
2013 Camera USA: National Photography Award Best of Show, First Place for "Gnarled Wave", Naples Art Association, Naples, Fl.
2013 Gold Medal Award winner "Aspens in Light", San Francisco International Photography Exhibition.
2013 Prix de la Photographie Competition (PX3), Paris, France; "Gnarled Wave", First Place, Gold Award for Nature/Water
2011 Black and White Spider Awards 3rd place Professional "Photographer of the Year".
2011 1st Place Nature - Outstanding Achievement, "Seaside Monument" Black and White Spider Awards.
2011 Four Professional Honorable Mention Awards for "Fine Art", "Nature" categories in the International Photography Awards.
2010 Spotlight Winner B&W Portfolio Contest, Black and White Magazine.
2010 Six Professional Honorable Mention Awards for "Fine Art" and "Nature" categories in the International Photography Awards.
