2016 APA Awards Selection Announced

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APA is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 APA Awards

To view the winning images click on the VIEW GALLERY button above.
With so much amazing imagery out there, choosing winners is a challenge!  
If you would like to read about the selection process, please go here:

Below is a link to website of each of the winners. 
Best of Show
Brad Trent   

Adventure/Sports/Action
Rob Gregory 
Jimmy Chin 
Sue Barr 

Architecture/Interiors
Tim Griffith
Jeremiah Gilbert  
James Ewing  

Beauty/Lifestyle
Vincent Dixon  
Erik Almas 
Nate Dorn  

Celebrity/Music
HollenderX2 
Maxine Helfman  
Scott Council    

Conceptual/Altered
Matt Sartain  
Patrick Heagney
Ethan Pines  

Documentary/Editorial
Jamey Stillings   
Valerie Leonard  
Allan Borebor  

Fine Art/Personal
Kristofer Dan-Bergman   
Kushal Kapoor  
Todd Baxter  

Portrait
Isabella Bejarano  
Todd Antony   
Chris Edwards   

Still Life/Food
Maren Caruso  
Stephen Hamilton  
Jeff Zaruba 

Travel/Landscape
Seth Joel  
Chad Holder  
Rob Brodman   

Emerging
Danielle Tsi     
Ignacio Umana  
Hannah Benet   

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ImageRights 
liveBooks 
PhotoShelter 
Production Paradise 
Resource Magazine 
X-Rite 
Eyeist  
Santa Fe Workshops
 

APA Awards 2016 Judges:

Thank you to the judges who took the time to talk about the images and decide on the winning selection. The judging is blind and the judges find out the names of the winning photographers at the same time as you! 
 

Adventure/Sports/Action 

Sam Helphand
Director, Creative Services and Production
Ignited

Keri Bascetta 
Director of Photography
SKI Magazine & Skiing Magazine

Architecture/Interior
Michael Shome
Photo Director
Architectural Digest

Teena A. Videriksen, CPSM, Assoc. AIA
Principal / Director of Business Development
LMN Architects

Beauty/Lifestyle

Ken Zane 
Senior Producer
Leo Burnett

Shabnam Azadeh
Creative Consultant/Community Builder
Adhesive&Co

Celebrity/Music

Rose Cefalu
Photography Director
Emmy Magazine

Chris Peters 
Senior Art Producer
Colle+McVoy

Conceptual/Altered

Robin Daily 
Art Producer
Freelance

Crista Dix
Founder/Director
wall space Gallery

Documentary/Editorial

Lisa Thackaberry
Photography Editor
Patti & Lisa

Christine Walsh
Associate Photo Editor
The New York Times Magazine

Fine Art/Personal

Arnika Dawkins
Arnika Dawkins Gallery

Patti Silverstein
Founder/Photo Editor
Elemental PhotoArt / Patti & Lisa

Portrait

Kristen Walsh
Art Producer
mcgarrybowen

Lisa Oropallo
Director of Art Production
DigitasLBi

Still Life/Food

Lisa Kunst
Senior Producer
Leo Burnett

Darielle Smolian
VP, Senior Art Producer
Publicis North America

Travel/Landscape

Shawn Smith
Executive Producer, Curator of Art and Design
MullenLowe U.S.

Andrea Peña Flaherty
Freelance Art Producer

Emerging or Student
Carol LeFlufy
Photographers Representative
Eye Foward