Los Angeles, Californiahttps://www.tracydavid.com/ Image © Tracy + David, Stills and Motion “RV Travel” First Place – Commercial ASMP: What was your inspiration for taking this photo/video? Tracy + David: We were shooting imagery of a camper van around the West in stills, motion, and with a drone, and spotted this great curvy road in the trees while heading to a location in the mountains of Northern California. We thought it would make an interesting image…
Washington, DChttps://mikemorganphoto.com/Image © Mike Morgan “Robert Charrow, General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services” First Place – Editorial ASMP: What was your inspiration for taking this photo/video? Mike Morgan: On March 19th of 2020 we were entering a lockdown phase around the mid-Atlantic states, but I still had a full slate of shoots scheduled and continued to work. I wasn’t nervous at the time; people weren’t wearing masks yet and social distancing…
New York, NYhttp://margaretmccarthy.com/Image © Margaret McCarthy “2020 NYC Women’s March; Memorial for Transgendered Women of Color” First Place – Self-Promotion / Personal ASMP: What was your inspiration for taking this photo/video? Margaret McCarthy: I’ve been photographing the peace and social justice movements from 1980-through our present day. Gays Against Guns, an inclusive direct action group of LGBTQ people and their allies, march dressed in white, veiled costumes. Each marcher carriers a portrait, holding the space…
Minneapolis, Minnesota https://rubinsteinphoto.com/ Video © Sara Rubinstein “Alone Together” First Place – Video ASMP: What was your inspiration for taking this photo/video? Sara Rubinstein: I was inspired by the quiet moments with my daughter during the first Covid lockdowns in March and April of 2020. It was important to me to visually contextualize the experience of being home, together, during what turned out to be only the beginning of the pandemic. ASMP: What type of…
Welcome to American Photography Open 2020, celebrating the best pictures submitted by world-wide photo enthusiasts taken with any device. For over 30 years American Photography has been holding a juried competition primarily for professional photographers. The AP Annual book, featuring the winners, and the launch event in New York in November continues but with the proliferation of so much great photography taken by everyone we are entering our third year of offering a competition for…
Dallas, Texas https://www.sheryllanzel.com/ Video © Sheryl Lanzel Trailing Forward Third Place – Personal/Self Promotion ASMP: What was your inspiration for making this video? Sheryl Lanzel: My inspiration for creating this video is bicycling, bicycles and being on a bike… the freedom and the child-like feeling of carefree, joyful fun that always comes to me when I ride my bike! ASMP: What type of setting do you prefer? SL: Outdoors… a colorful sky, leaves swaying, etc….