World’s Best Manipulated-Figure Photographers: LUNG, BANNON, MENG, CURTIS, VANCE & RHODES / 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS
Artists from 64 countries competed in the 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the USA were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, will be featured in an upcoming movie and 75 articles.
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Art collectors can see the hundreds of winning artworks and corresponding contact info to the best contemporary artists in the world here: https://americanartawards.com/2024-winning-artists-american-art-awards/
The WINNERS in CATEGORY 45 represent TAIWAN, USA, MALAYSIA & UK.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER:
Chen -Chin Lung Photography Resume Chairman of the 22nd and 23rd Congress of Photography, New Taipei City, Taiwan Taiwan Photographic Society Salon Jury, Honors Review Jury Member, Taiwan Film Festival Jury New Taipei City Artists Exhibition Photography Category Invited Writers Photography instructor at Yang-Ming Medical University Photography Honors Doctorate and Honorary Doctorate of Taiwan Photographic Society Doctorate, Honorary Doctorate, New Taipei City Photographic Society Photographer certified by Taipei Photographic Trade Association World Photographers Association-Outstanding Photographer PP-PAW Fellow of Asian Film Arts Alliance FFAPA The Arab Photography Institute of the American Institute of Higher Education awarded the Photography Master Certificate Arab Institute of Photography, American Institute of Higher Education, honors the world’s top 100 photographers International University of Creative Humanities — Member of the International Academy of Fine Arts Türkiye APA_ACE PHOTOGRAPHY ART awards photography master certificate Photography solo exhibitions: 17
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CONTACT THE ARTISTS:
CATEGORY 45. MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — HUMAN OR ANIMAL
1st Place CHEN CHIN LUNG TAIWAN https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000492199371 “Jiangnan Style Painting” 12x18” Manipulated photo.
2nd Place — Tie KAREN BANNON USA https://www.karenbannonphotography.com/ “Heavenly Delights” Photo and digital.
2nd Place — Tie CHEN CHIN LUNG TAIWAN https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000492199371 “Childhood Sweetheart” 12x18” Manipulated photo.
3rd Place — Tie CHAN POOI MENG MALAYSIA stuart.fit@gmail.com “Panda’s Close Up Portraiture” Lightroom manipulated photo.
3rd Place — Tie CHAN POOI MENG MALAYSIA stuart.fit@gmail.com “Cheetah’s Glare” Lightroom manipulated photo.
4th Place — Tie ERIC CURTIS USA www.ericashtoncurtis.com “Mother And Child Baboon” Manipulated photo.
4th Place — Tie KAREN BANNON USA https://www.karenbannonphotography.com/ “All Is Not Right” Photos taken to digital.
5th Place — Tie DAVID VANCE USA http://www.davidvanceprints.com “Stephane” Photo, manipulated.
5th Place — Tie KAREN BANNON USA https://www.karenbannonphotography.com/ “Looks Can Be Deceiving” Photo, digital.
6th Place — Tie GRAHAM EDWARD RHODES UK https://www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/art/Photography-She-s-Hot-Limited-Edition-20-of-20/667159/3462178/view “She’s Hot” 420x594mm Digital.
6th Place — Tie ERIC CURTIS USA www.ericashtoncurtis.com “A Boy And His Soccer Ball” Manipulated photo.
In 2024, AMERICAN ART AWARDS had submissions from these 64 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Congo Democratic Republic, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Republic, South), Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vietnam, USA, Zambia.
American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024 (in alphabetical order by state) asked to score art:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art
BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art
BEST IN CONNECTICUT: Fairfield University Art Museum (FUAM)
BEST IN FLORIDA: MAC Art Galleries
BEST IN IDAHO: Capitol Contemporary Gallery
BEST IN ILLINOIS: Jackson Junge Gallery
BEST IN INDIANA: Kuaba Gallery
BEST IN KANSAS: 2010 Gallery
BEST IN LOUISIANA: GRYDER
BEST IN MINNESOTA: Kolman & Reeb Gallery
BEST IN MISSOURI: The Museum of Art and Archaeology
BEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Candita Clayton Gallery
BEST IN NEW JERSEY: Evalyn Dunn Gallery
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: Thornwood Gallery
BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA: Ambleside Gallery
BEST IN PENNSYLVANIA: Morton Contemporary Art Gallery
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
BEST IN UTAH: Modern West
BEST IN VERMONT: The Current
BEST IN WASHINGTON: ArtX Contemporary
American Art Awards https://www.americanartawards.com/ annually awards 20 museums and/or galleries, who agree to score art and award nearly 300+ deserving contemporary artists from 60+ countries: painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists.
