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!

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.

Ghiglia Images Featured on Surfline.com

After a stellar month of surf in Southern California I have been getting my images out to as many publishers as possible. Surfline picked a few of my images to use for a California swell feature. Click on the image below to see the rest of the images from me as well as other contributing surf photographers in California.