Second place in the international Fine art contest

The International Fine Art Photography Program and The de Groot Foundation announced the 2012 competition winners. The winning images were selected from more than 4000 entries representing 72 countries—a truly international community of fine art photographers. and the Graving Father image toke the second place in the documentary section and the photo WAR was finalized in the same section .
the work is accepted into the prestigious collection of The Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
“Our distinguished jury did a brilliant job with a difficult task,” said Program Director Meredith Mullins. “The overall quality of the work this year was outstanding, and the inevitable diverse artistic tastes of our jurors made for lively discussion.
The program also awarded 246 Juror Awards of Merit—work selected by one or more of
the jurors as exceptional in quality. “Our goal is to provide recognition to deserving talent,” said Clydette de Groot, CoDirector of The de Groot Foundation, sponsor of the program. “And by the wonderful