/ 2025 / Nature / Water

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Margaret Kay Dodd, United States

The Mallard duck mingles with the water patterns created by tree shadows in the narrow waterway, creating a wake behind it. Photographed in Den Haag, The Netherlands

Margaret Kay Dodd is an award-winning graphic designer, editor, publisher, and self-taught photographer. Born in Australia, she moved to the United States of America via Singapore, and has also lived in Kenya and England. After working in publishing in New York City, she moved to Santa Barbara, California and founded Yellow Dog Graphic Works with Reg van Cuylenburg, followed later by Studio K Arts. She has designed and produced many books and fine art catalogs for museums, galleries, and artists. Her indie imprint, Blue Palm Press, publishes books on the arts, nature, and the human condition.

Awards 2023 CPA (Center for Photographic Art), Online Gallery, International Juried Exhibition. Category: Open
2020 IPA (International Photography Awards), 2nd place. Category: BOOK, MONOGRAPH
2020 IPA, Honorable Mention. Category: Movement, Nature
2018 IPA, Honorable Mention. Category: Harmony, Documentary
2017 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Honorable Mention. Category: Senior Photographers Contest
2012 IPA, Honorable Mention. Category: Spaces