News from Philly-based editorial, advertising & corporate photographer Ryan Donnell

Awards

Behind the Curtain Nominated for Blurb 2011 People’s Choice Award

Behind the Curtain Nominated for Blurb 2011 People's Choice Award

My recently self-published book, Behind the Curtain: A Look at Philadelphia’s Unique Polling Places, has been nominated for the 2011 Blurb People’s Choice Awards, which is part of the self-publishing company’s wider Photography Book Now competition. Yes, my friends, that means you have a chance to vote for my book. Of course, you’ll have to [...]

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PDN Photo Annual & American Photo Galleries

PDN Photo Annual & American Photo Galleries

I got word today that two competitions, the PDN Photo Annual and the American Photo 27, both put up their winners galleries today: http://www.pdngallery.com/contests/photoannual/2011/ http://www.ai-ap.com/slideshow/AP/27/ I placed images in both competitions. If you’d like to see my AP27 images specifically, including the image above, visit this link:  http://www.ai-ap.com/slideshow/AP/27/?status=chosen#23 My PDN images were finalists in the [...]

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PDN Photo Annual Finalist

PDN Photo Annual Finalist

I had a great time at the 2011 PDN Photo Annual party in Tribeca on Wednesday night. Friend and fellow Philly photographer Ryan Collerd and I made the trek up to Manhattan for a whirlwind, whiskey-fueled evening. We rode in the elevator and searched for free drinks with one of my photo-crushes, portrait photographer Chris [...]

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American Photo 26 Winners Up

Just a quick note that the Selected and Chosen winners of this year’s American Photo 26 annual have been posted. I’m honored to be included for the 2nd year in a row. You can see my image from the Louvre in Paris in the Chosen gallery:  http://www.ai-ap.com/cfe/APss/ If you’d like to see more images from [...]

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Altpick Award Win

Altpick Award Win

I’m sure all you dedicated readers of NFTHO (yeah, I’m speaking to you mom.) remember my mention of a small project I completed last year about one of the last roller rinks in Philadelphia, the Elmwood Roller Rink in Southwest Philly. I just learned yesterday that this little project was awarded an honorable mention in [...]

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A Bit o' Buzzzzzzz

So I’m knee chin deep in production right now for a ad shoot, but I’ve got a little bit of news about a web launch. And on top of that, I’ve received a couple of nice shout-outs this week. First, I’ve launched a dedicated site for my ongoing Philadelphia Polling Place Project. It was put [...]

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Lil' Recognition….

I received word yesterday that two images from my “Behind the Curtain” project on weird Philly polling stations were given a “Chosen” honor from American Photography. From the notice: “While your image will not appear in the book, it was one of only 171 images from a record-breaking 10,100 submitted to receive at least 2 [...]

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We're a Weiner!

So, I got a call yesterday from my friend and colleague Nate Johnson, a true modern renaissance man (brewer, painter, rock star, designer, dog-lover, bike-builder. Jeez Nate, leave something for us mortals). He told me the annual report we and his colleagues, Kara Schlindwein and Brian Poliakoff, put together for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of [...]

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