'Canon Digital Creators Contest 2002'; Awards Presented to U.S. Artists in Worldwide Competition; Plans For 2003 Contest Will Be Announced Early Next Year.Business Editors NOTE TO EDITORS: Interviews can be arranged with several award recipients. Photos are available of some winning works. LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2002 Six artists from the U.S. are among the 60 award winners in the Canon Digital Creators Contest 2002. Designed by Canon Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CAJ CAJ Canadian Association of Journalists CAJ Christliche Arbeiterjugend (German Young Christian Workers) CAJ China Academic Journals CAJ Christian Academy in Japan CAJ Canaima, Venezuela (Airport Code) ), the annual competition encourages artists to explore new directions in digital visual expression in the Internet era. This year, the contest attracted 5,025 submissions from 77 countries and regions. Launched in 2000, the Canon Digital Creators Contest seeks to uncover new talent from among the next generation of creators in the world of digital visual expression. Canon is a worldwide leader in digital imaging technology found in copiers, printers, cameras, camcorders and many other product sectors. On behalf of Canon Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary, promotes the contest and accepts submissions throughout the Americas. Prizes totaling more than $115,000 in money and products were awarded. The winning artists from the U.S. received recognition in each of the four contest categories -- Digital Photo, Digital Graphics/Illustration, Digital Movie and Web. Digital Photo: Jennifer Collins of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of received the Canon Award for St. Croix; Nature, which is a mix of hi-tech captured images of nature embedded in a handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft , pocket-sized packet. Digital Graphics/Illustration: Hyoun Sook Lim of California received a Silver Award for Day and Night. This is a two-piece pattern in which its units repeat a subtle metamorphosis, with the pattern gradually changing over space while simultaneously repeating and not repeating. Brad Trost Bradley R. Trost (born May 15, 1974 in Langenburg, Saskatchewan) is a Conservative Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Saskatoon—Humboldt. He was elected in the 2004 election, then re-elected in 2006 Canadian Federal Election. of Oregon received a Bronze Award Several organizations issue awards with this name:
a number so large as to be uncountable. Represented by 8, frequently obtained by 'dividing' by zero. of new forms by scale, rotation and multiplying. Chudo Loo of California received honorary mention for Cyberknots, which is a connecting three-piece graphic that represents decorative knots from different cultures. Digital Movie: Triple Eyeganic of California received honorary mention for its movie A World Apart. Web: Aoineko of Arizona received honorary mention for a web design called superelectronic. Additional information about the 2002 contest and the award recipients is available at http://www.canon.com/cdcc/. This year's selection committee, supervised by Musashino Art University Musashino Art University (MAU; 武蔵野美術大学, Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku) is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo founded in 1962 but with roots going back to 1929. Professor Hiroshi Kashiwagi Hiroshi Kashiwagi is a Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) poet, playwright and actor. Biography Kashiwagi was born in 1922 in Sacramento, California. , featured some of the foremost authorities in the imaging and graphics fields. They included award-winning advertising photographer Jeff Schewe, the British creative unit tomato, Scott Ross of Digital Domain (award-winning full service visual effects/digital production studio in the feature film and commercial advertising industry) and artist/technologist Joshua Davis (an instructor at the School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ). Citing the overwhelming international success of the contest, Canon soon will announce guidelines for the 2003 competition. More information, including entry guidelines and specific dates for submissions, will be available next spring on the Canon U.S.A. web site (http://www.usa.canon.com). Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. In 2001, the Company was listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America, and was ranked #41 on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent-holder of technology, ranking third overall in the U.S. in 2001, with global revenues of $22 billion. Canon U.S.A. employs approximately 11,000 people at over 30 locations. For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com. All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Canon U.S.A. Web site: http://www.usa.canon.com Canon Inc. Web site: http://www.canon.com/cdcc/ |
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