Maple Glen photographer will participate in Arcadian Gallery’s International Nature Photography Competition and Exhibition – Wiss Now

A Maple Glen photographer was chosen to take part within the Arcadian Gallery’s International Nature Photography Competition and Exhibition coming this weekend. 

Craig Spielman’s “Bolt of Doom” is one in every of 80 photographs included within the exhibition. His picture captures a lightning bolt illuminating the Anasazi Bend of the Grand Canyon. Other showcased images depict wildlife, vegetation, landscapes, and aquatic environments, amongst others.

An opening reception will happen on Sept. 5 from 6 to eight p.m. on the Arcadian Gallery’s location at 47 Baltimore Street in Cumberland, Maryland. The exhibition shall be open in particular person and on-line till Nov. 14.

Spielman’s work represents his love of the outside. After touring via nationwide parks along with his household, he felt “a burgeoning need to capture images that did justice to these iconic landscapes,” in accordance with his web site. He has additionally photographed different nationwide parks corresponding to Acadia, Yellowstone, and Death Valley.

The exhibition and 4,000-square-foot gallery showcases “stunning works” that seize the “breathtaking beauty of the natural world” by artists worldwide, the web site mentioned.

The Arcadian Gallery acquired greater than 800 entries worldwide that had been judged by National Geographic photographer and filmmaker Brian Skerry. The competitors is organized by Arcadian Gallery proprietor and former Art Director of National Geographic Christopher Sloan.  Prizes shall be awarded in the course of the reception for the winners of every class, with Best in Show successful $2,000 and Best Landscape successful $500.

The gallery will embrace work from different Pennsylvania photographers, together with Paul Grecian of Millville, Frederick Doerfler of Sarver, John Dubicki of Hanover, Thomas Porett of Ardmore and Joe Allen of Harrison City.

10 p.c of the gallery’s fee from gross sales in the course of the exhibition shall be donated to a conservation reason for the juror’s alternative.