Winter Melt

• Prize
• Photographer
  Scott Hoyle, United States

Sauvie Island is surrounded by the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, ten
miles from Portland, Oregon. It’s a place I’ve photographed many times
over the years, part designated wildlife area, part farmland. After a heavy
snowstorm, unusual for this part of the Pacific Northwest, isolated stands
of oak and alder stood in an almost monochromatic landscape of melting
snow, drizzle and fog. I’ve often wondered why farmers leave lonely
trees in the midst of their fields, but we notice them in ways that would
be lost if they were part of the forest.

• Awards
  2016 La Grande International Photography, Abstract, First Place La Grande International Photography, Silhouette, First Place Black & White Spider Awards, Still Life, First Place Neutral Density Photography Awards, Fine Art - Abstract, Second Place Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual 57, Selected PhotoPlace Gallery, Black & White, Selected NVAL International Juried Photography Show, Gold, Silver, Selections Sixteen Mile Arts Photography Gallery, Decisive: New Currents in Street Photography, Selected The SE Center for Photography, Water, Selected B&W Magazine, Single image Winner, Still Life/Objects B&W Magazine, Single image Winner, Animals 2015 Monochrome Awards, Abstract, Second Place Black & White Spider Awards, Nature, Abstract, Silhouette, (3) Nominee's 8th Annual International Color Awards, People, Nominate ArtPrize, (GRAM) Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI, Selected LightBox Photographic Gallery, Mother Earth, Astoria, OR, First Place Concordia University, PPF Group Show, Uniquely Oregon, Portland, OR, First Place, Places The Fence 2015, Boston, Brooklyn, Atlanta & Houston, Selected 1st Fine Art Photography Awards, Photo Manipulation, 2nd Place 1st Fine Art Photography Awards, Street, Landscape/Seascape, (2) Nominee's The Center for Fine Art Photography, Black &White 2015, Selected San Francisco International Photo Exhibition, Silver Award B&W Magazine, Special Issue 2015 Contest Winners, (Front Cover) B&W Magazine, Single image Winner, Landscape/Nature B&W Magazine, Single image Winner, Landscape/Animals NVAL International Juried Photography Show, Silver Selection 2014 BWGallerist , Best of the Best 2014, Selected Monochrome Photography Awards 2014, Landscape, People and Fine Art, Honorable Mention International Color Awards, Nominee San Francisco International Photo Exhibition, Silver Award The Center for Fine Art Photography, Portraits 2014, Selected Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky, Selected NVAL International Juried Photography Show, Selected B&W Magazine, Special Issue 2014 Contest Winners, (Front Cover) B&W Magazine, Single image Winner, Landscape/Nature B&W Magazine, Portfolio Awards, Merit Award Communication Arts Magazine, Selected