Green Almond and Electric Shack Nominated for Masters Cup International Photography Competition

CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY NOMINATE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER ANTHONY GHIGLIA AT 5TH ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP

LONDON November 2, 2012 - Professional photographer Anthony Ghiglia of America was presented with the 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee title in the category of Nature at a prestigious Nomination & Winners PhotoShow. The live online ceremony webcast Sunday, October 29, 2011 was attended by photography fans in 83 countries who logged on to see the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography.

The awards international Jury included captains of the industry ranging from Hasted Hunt Kraeutler in New York, Brancolini Grimaldi, David & Goliath, Simon Studer Art Associates, Stills Gallery to Christie's in London who honored Color Masters with 272 coveted title awards and 1099 nominees in 18 categories.

"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 13,321 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Ghiglia's "Green Almond" and " Electric Shack", exceptional images entered in the Nature category, represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present him with the title of Nominee."

See the 5th Annual Winners & Nominees at http://www.thecolorawards.com/gallery

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.

Anthony Ghiglia Gets Another Cover and Some Editorial Coverage

I got a new cover this month for La Jolla About Town Magazine. I shot the image while playing a round of golf at Torrey Pines Golf Course here in my hometown of La Jolla. LJAB mag was also kind enough to do a feature on my photography and prints gallery.

Surfer Magazine's "BIG ISSUE" was released this month and a few of my images were included in it. This first one is of a surfer/photographer/explorer, Drew Cowan, I met while on photo trip to El Salvador last year. Drew had stopped at this small surf town while making his trek south from Texas. I set up a few remote flashes that I carry with me on editorial trips and captured a several images of Drew in his element. Last I heard from Drew he had sold the truck after it finally gave out on him and he was living in Costa Rica. Doesn't sound like a bad gig!

Surf Trip to Mexico with Friends

It's been a while since I've gone on an actual surf trip with boards. A few weeks ago I went down to Mainland Mexico with a few friends to surf. Of course I brought my camera along. Wouldn't you know we arrived the exact same time as one of the best swells of the spring. I managed to shoot a few photos and still get some really fun waves for myself. Here are a few of my friend Ryan Bracker mixed in with a couple lineup shots of the waves. There will no doubt be a few images added to AnthonyGhigliaPrints.com from this trip. Stay tuned!

Diggin' in the Archives

Today I thought I would dig around into some old slides and pull out a few portraits from different trips over the past 12 years.

Mike Losness - Dominican Republic

Josh Kerr - Southern Baja

Greg Long - Puerto Escondido

Derek Dunfee - Southern Baja

Chris Ward - Santa Cruz

Timmy Curran - Dominican Republic

Ghiglia Gets Two New Covers this Month

My work is featured on the cover of About Town La Jolla and Solana Beach this month. The La Jolla issue image was shot in the shore break of a beach by my house in La Jolla. The Solana Beach image was shot during the wildfires a few years ago which blew the craziest orange smoke through the San Diego County coastline for 5 days.

Anthony Ghiglia Photography Featured in the Latest Swell.com Catalog

The fine people at Swell.com have been kind enough to feature my work in the latest catalog this month. Surfers featured in this season's catalog include Mike Losness, Nate Yeomans, Tiago Pires, Justin Quirk and Ryan Bracker. All of the images featured were either shot in San Diego or a couple different spots down in Mexico. Here is a link to the catalog online now.

New Ad in Boutique Hotel Magazine

The kind folks at Boutique Hotel Magazines were kind enough to design this print ad for their La Jolla and Solana Beach issues coming out this month. Thanks guys!

Anthony Ghiglia Interviewed on SolSpot.com

Web guru, Jens Rasmussen, and surf forecaster, Adam Wright, have teamed up to bring the surf and snow world an amazing new website, SolSpot.com. SolSpot is not only an aggregate website featuring current content about the action sports industry, but is also one of the most accurate surf and snow forecasting websites around today. They were kind enough to show interest in my work and requested an interview with me to discuss a bit about my take on travel, digital photography and my roots in photography. Have a look here and be sure to check out SolSpot.com. I expect big things from them in the future.

http://surf.solspot.com/content/solspot/cso/anthony-ghiglia-interview

Anthony Ghiglia Photography Featured on TheInertia.com

My old friend and colleague, Zach Weisberg, has recently launched a new website called TheInertia.com focusing around the surf culture, music, art and the environment. I was honored to be the first photographer featured on the website. Have a look at their website when you get time. There is lots of cool stuff on there.

Here is the link to my portfolio on their website

Ghiglia's Recent Work

La Jolla Feature in Slide Magazine

Swell.com Fall Catalog

Cover of La Jolla About Town Magazine

2010 Waterman's Ball Calendar