World’s Best Manipulated Figure Photographers: QUAN, BANNON, KOVALEV, WHELIHAN, LUSTIK, VANCE, BOLGOV & MENG/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 62 countries competed in the 2024 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 20 international art collectors scored 50 categories of online images covering drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography.
The winning works will be revealed in this column one category at a time.
The ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 45. MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — HUMAN OR ANIMAL represent USA, RUSSIA, LITHUANIA & MALAYSIA.
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 45. MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY — HUMAN OR ANIMAL
1st Place CAROLYN QUAN USA https://carolynquan.com/ “Devotion” 36x36" Limited edition photo collage.
2nd Place KAREN BANNON USA Photo/digital. https://www.karenbannonphotography.com/ “Wrong Turn To Hell”
3rd Place — Tie IVAN KOVALEV RUSSIA https://linktr.ee/ivankovale “Keeper Of The Forest” Photo, manipulated.
3rd Place — Tie KAREN BANNON USA Photo and digital. https://www.karenbannonphotography.com/ “Blue Jay Reflections”
4th Place — Tie ANTHONY R. WHELIHAN USA https://www.facebook.com/anthony.r.whelihan “I Get Delirious” 17x14" Watercolor mixed media.
4th Place — Tie KEVIN LUSTIK USA https://www.instagram.com/lustikart/ “Pink Triangles” 5x7" Yarn over historical photo.
5th Place — Tie DAVID VANCE USA http://www.davidvanceprints.com “Starlighter” 16x20” Manipulated photo.
5th Place — Tie RUSLAN BOLGOV LITHUANIA https://linktr.ee/ruslan_bolgov “The Genesis” Photo, manipulated.
6th Place — Tie CHAN POOI MENG MALAYSIA “Striking Color Of Blue Pit Viper” 18x24" Lightroom manipulated photo.
6th Place — Tie KAREN BANNON USA https://www.karenbannonphotography.com/ “Down here” Photo & digital.
ART COLLECTORS can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here::
In 2024, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 62 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arabian Emirates, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
20 international art collectors asked to score art:
Andrew Cameron & Marcus Hamilton — Australia
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Floyd M. Elwell, III — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Judi Evans — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Michelle Foglesong Wilson — Las Vegas
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Paul Iacono — Chicago
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Celeste Miller — St. Petersburg, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Blaine L. Richards-Miller — Wichita Falls, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
