The Waiting Room

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Photographer

Sue Oakford
Prize

Honorable Mention
Jury Top 5 Selection

Shana Nys Dambrot A lush poetic allegory with humor and nostalgia and pensive emotions, gorgeously crafted.
Date of Photograph

January 2023
Technical Info

1/10 sec, 100 ISO, 55mm, F11, Nikon z7ii
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Website

https://www.sueoakfordphotography.co.uk

The Waiting Room...we sit, waiting for a door to open to the next phase of our life, we wonder, "what now?' and "what next ?" - feelings of emotional overload...still, we sit and wait. A Still Life composition of tulips draping over a nursing chair reminiscent of memories and the bloom of life in front of a background lit with mystery, hope and intentional purpose.

Biography

I am a self-taught, amateur photographer living in London. I photograph family, children and events, but my creative passion lies within Nature and creating Fine Art images. I try to conjure allegorical themes within our times—telling stories and feelings about today to bring life to that which would ordinarily be overlooked into something resonant and alive. My floral still life seeks to emulate the depth of creative lighting, invoking emotive visions of life. I use natural light to create atmosphere, depth, and a quiet sense of timelessness in my images.
Awards

24th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2024, Honourable mention x 3 IPA Photography Awards 2024, Honourable Mention IGPOTY 2024 Hon Mention and Commended. PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris Honourable Mention 2023 ArtFull Frame Fine Art PhotoContest 2023, 3rd Prize ArtFull Frame Black & White Awards 2022, 2nd Prize. European Chinese Photographic Art Yearbook 2022/23 Gold Emerging Talent Award 2021/22 by the Association of Photographers, GB. Best of Show Curatorial Selection 2021/2022 International Photography Awards. 2nd Place overall in the Still life Category IPA. IPA 2 x Official Selection, Fine Art Category 2022 ArtFull Frame Summertime Award 2021, Winners gallery. 3 x Landscape Category Honourable Mentions, at the 2021, 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. Bloom International Exhibition, Witcha , USA 2021 RPS London Region Print Exhibition 2021 RPS Putney Now & Then 2021 Honourable Mention Chromatic Awards 2020 Honourable Mention Amateur Monochrome Int Photo Awards 2020 Finalist & Commended IGPOTY 2020 Shutterhub Yearbook 2020 LIP - Online Gallery - Life Under Lockdown Time To Think Festival Oil'Ours France, 2020 Shutterhub Postcards from Great Britain Exhibition Online 2020 Shutterhub Everyday Delight Windows Edition Exhibition Online 2020 Royal Photographic Society Totally Thames Outdoor Exhibition London March 2020 Licentiate Royal Photographic Society Awarded February 2020 RPS London Annual Exhibition 2019 RPS Shapes & Colours Exhibition 2019 Shutterhub Everyday Delight Exhibition 2019 Shutterhub Home Exhibition 2019 Shutterhub Street Form POW Exhibition Rotterdam 2019 SW London Royal Photographic Society - The Way We Live May 2019 SW London Royal Photographic Society - The Way We Work Feb 2019