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.
Scott Hoyle is a graduate of Kendall College of Art & Design. After a thirty five year career as an Illustrator/Graphic Designer, he is focusing his creativity on fine art photography.
In the last few years, Scott has received recognition and awards including The Fence, PDN Magazine, San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, International Conservation Photography Award ( ICP), Critical Mass Finalist, Communication Arts Photography Awards, The Drawers at Blue Sky Gallery, The Center for Fine Art Photography, front covers of B&W Magazine 2014 Single Image and 2015 Contest Winners’ issues, First Place in both “Abstract & Silhouette” 2015 La Grande International Photography Awards and First Place “Still Life” 2016 B&W Spider Awards.
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
