2020’S BEST MANIPULATED HUMAN & ANIMAL PHOTOS NAMED BY 25 GALLERIES:

5 min readNov 11, 2020

DAVE ACTON, TANIA CHOLWICH, TINA KOUFAS-EISBACHER, CAROLYN QUAN, HALEY KEAN, DAVID VANCE, DAVID GEORGE PEARSON

Painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists from 62 countries competed in the most prestigious online art call, AMERICAN ART AWARDS, https://www.americanartawards.com/, where America’s 25 best galleries and museums score art in 50 categories. In this column, I’ll reveal the world’s best contemporary artists of 2020 one category at a time.

Winners in this category are from Canada, USA and South Africa.

BIO OF FIRST PLACE WINNER Dave Acton:

From Canada

“Art in one fashion or another has always been part of my life and I have worked in many genre and media. Figurative based work has often been my interest. In recent years I have been focused on photography and a range of digital media from pure photographic work to a blend that transitions into various forms of digital painting. I invite those who may be interested to my website. www.acton4art.com. Thank you to all that make such competitions possible so we can all share our art.”

Each May the American Art Awards organization selects the 25 Best Galleries and Museums in America, then in autumn these revered art institutions vote on online art to decide the world’s best contemporary artists.

Last month America’s 25 Best Galleries scored almost 2,000 works in 50 categories from 62 countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic Of Korea, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.

COLLECTORS wanting to acquire these pieces or contact the artists can get direct links here: https://www.americanartawards.com/2020-winning-art/

Enter here: https://www.americanartawards.com/register-to-enter-3/

CONTACTS FOR CATEGORY 45. MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — HUMAN OR ANIMAL

1ST PLACE DAVE ACTON CANADA www.acton4photography.com
“Ophelia” 3000x1259px Photograph.

2ND PLACE-TIE TANIA CHOLWICH SOUTH AFRICA www.taniacholwich.com “Clash Of Giants” Photography.

2ND PLACE-TIE TINA KOUFAS-EISBACHER USA www.tinasdarkart.com “Nowhere To Run…Nowhere To Hide: Aftermath/ The Blast Series” 42.5x20" Ra-4 chromogenic/ darkroom original.

3RD PLACE-TIE TINA KOUFAS-EISBACHER USA www.tinasdarkart.com “The Trifecta…Big Money: 23rd Century Racing Series” 20x45" Ra-4 chromogenic/ darkroom original.

3RD PLACE-TIE TINA KOUFAS-EISBACHER USA www.tinasdarkart.com “Another Night At The Hacienda: The New Order Series” 40.5x19.25" Ra-4 chromogenic/ darkroom original.

4TH PLACE-TIE CAROLYN QUAN USA https://carolynquan.com/
“Treehugger” 20x16" Limited edition print on aluminum.

4TH PLACE-TIE TINA KOUFAS-EISBACHER USA www.tinasdarkart.com “Sunday In The Park: Cool Series” 28.5x20.75" Ra-4 chromogenic/ darkroom original.

5TH PLACE HALEY KEAN USA https://haleykean.wixsite.com/studio “Noelle” 5x8" Cyanotype Print.

6TH PLACE-TIE DAVID VANCE USA http://www.davidvanceprints.com 20x30" “Smokey Redhead” Manipulated photo.

6TH PLACE-TIE TANIA CHOLWICH SOUTH AFRICA www.taniacholwich.com “Witch Doctor” Manipulated photography.

6TH PLACE-TIE DAVID GEORGE PEARSON USA davidgpearson@me.com
“Benny” 5x7” Manipulated photography.

100 ARTICLES and 50 VIDEOS on the 50 CATEGORIES of the 2020 AMERICAN ART AWARDS WINNING ARTISTS will be at this link: https://www.americanartawards.com/press-on-2020-artists/