A fishing shack on Pine Island. Life on this small border island is determined by the elements. Wind, sun, and water are powerful forces and can destroy human card houses any time
Hilda Champion is a German/American fine art photographer born near Munich, Germany. She has been living in Naples, Florida since 2001.
Her aspiration in photography is to release the poetry of the ordinary and help people see the un-seen. She tries to show an abstraction of what she sees, free of distractions, and describes her images as “based on a true fantasy”.
Awards Hilda Champion has won numerous international awards and nominations. Among the recent ones:
2025 IPA Awards Bronze
2025 Monovision Awards 3rd Place
2025 PX3 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver
2025 FMoPA 2nd Place
2024 Chateau Gallery Curator's Choice
2024 FAPA 3rd Place
2024 PX3 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
2024 Minimalist Awards 1st Place
2024 B&W Spider Awards 1st Place
2024 BIFA 1 x Gold, 1 x Bronze
2024 Chromatic Awards 2nd Place
2024 TIFA 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronzee
2024 Monochrome Awards 1st Place
2023 Monochrome Awards 3rd Place
2023 reFocus Awards Gold Medal
2023 Rookery Bay Best in Show
2023 FAPA 1st Place
2023 FMoPA 2nd Place, 3rd Place
2023 PX3 1 x Bronze
2023 ND Awards 2nd Place
2023 B&W Spider Awards 2nd Place
2023 Chromatic Awards 2nd Place
2023 BIFA 1 x Bronze
2023 TIFA 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver
2022 ND Awards 1st Place
2022 TIFA 2 x Gold, 1 x Bronze
2022 Chromatic Awards 3rd Place
2022 BIFA 1 x Gold, 1 x Bronze
2022 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
2022 Monovision 2nd Place
2022 MIFA 1 x Bronze
2022 Monochrome Awards 2nd Place
2021 FAPA 3rd Place
2021 MIFA 1 x Silver
2021 ND Awards 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver
2021 BIFA 1 x Gold, 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
2020 PX3 1 x Gold, 1 x Bronze winner
2020 MIFA 1 x Bronze winner
2020 Color Awards 3rd Place winner
2020 APA Landscape Photographer of the Year
2020 BIFA 2 x Bronze
2019 IPA Awards 2 x Silver winner
2019 PX3 1 x Gold, 2 x Silver winner
2019 Monochrome Awards 3rd place winner