PASCAL LECOCQ The Painter of Blue ®

2- Runner up – CV112

Sometimes it’s enough to have the creative idea of turning the picture upside down (an elementary trick that Leonardo da Vinci recommended to the painters to have a new vision on their composition and their enhancement while working) to obtain a confusing point of view, no longer realistic but purely artistic.

3- Honourable mention – CV117

Technically very successful image surreal and humorous, very imaginative. If the mechanics starts to smoke, the fault is perhaps with what the author smoked…

3- Honourable mention – CV078

Peaceful vision of what nature can offer in terms of beauty, in its simplicity but nevertheless its harmonious grandeur.

3- Honourable mention – CV088, cv 0In front of the magnificent natural spectacle, we homo sapiens, (and underwater photographer! ), have the possibility to add our specific creativity to transform it into a metal sculpture and a work of art.

I could have added CV081- CV123- CV095 -CV126

This well-executed picture by Nur Tucker won the Pascal Lecocq Award of Excellence in the OG Pictures of the Year comp – this is taking creative vision to a whole new level this is truly a work of art! Thank you, Pascal, for spotting this unique picture, and promoting the danger of plastic in our ocean. Very Well Done Nur Tucker. Our huge thank you to Bunaken Oasis Resort for supporting the mission of OGPICOTY – see the complete result of 2023 winners at https://ogpicoty.ogsociety.org/2023-list

#OGPICOTY, #oceangeographic

Thanks Michael AW and Ocean Geographic to have me part as judge of the competition since 2016 and congrats to OGpicoty to keep going and have so many competitors.
A lot of creative participation (61) this year for the Pascal Lecocq Award of Excellence Creative Vision and it was difficult to establish a hierarchy as many artistic and imaginative sub-categories were presented in this category.
Of course my subjective eye made a choice which does not detract from the quality of the works presented, especially for 17 of them as interesting as the others.
You may be surprised again with my final choice.
Winner – CV085:
An abstract artwork at first glance, a surreal composition of human parts, fishing nets and plastic bottles that call for our interpretation, a sad realistic view of our degradation of our planet where we live and in which we, humans, are going to sink, caught in the nets of over-fishing and drown in the mass of our plastic consumer products. A Creative Vision is also an artistic way to raise public awareness. Congrats to Nur Tucker for such a beautiful and meaningful artwork.

This is the time of the year Michael Aw puts me under pressure since 2016 as juror for the Ocean Geographic Pictures of the Year Awards  to choose between amazing pictures winner and runners up for THE PASCAL LECOCQ AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT about CREATIVE VISION

Inspiring Love with Images & recognitions named in Honour of the Masters. Competition is judged by luminaries of Ocean Arts & Science: E.Kristof, Dr G.Allen, D.Perrine,E.Brooks, V.Taylor, Dr.C.Wallace, Dr.P.Lecocq, N.Coleman, S.Frinck, B.Skerry, Dr.W.Hamner, Dr.A.Mustard, M.Aw, D.Doubilet, Dr.S.Earle, H.Hall.

On it’s eleventh year, the Ocean Geographic Pictures of the Year Awards is one of the most longstanding and influential underwater imagery competitions.

Stay tuned for the June 9th Winners announcement!

Previous competitions results here