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First Place in International Photographic Competition | Diamond Award

February 16, 2026 in Awards

I am thrilled to announce that I received First Place in the lllustrative Portait Category for my image, Unfinished, at Imaging USA. Photographers from across the world enter their images in the International Photographic Competition (IPC). The top 32 images go head-to-head in a bracket style judging platform two days before the IPC Finale which takes place at Imaging USA, this year it was held in Nashville, Tennessee. At the Finale, the top 4 images in each of the 16 categories go head-to-head for the first place Diamond Award which includes a cash prize of $1,000. All 16 images then go head-to-head for the Grand Imaging Award (GIA) and a $10,000 cash prize.

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