International Color Awards

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Americana nominees

Memphis Ugly Coyote
Title:Memphis Ugly Coyote
Traveling the mid southern states one finds so much Americana in buildings and and novelties it's hard to overlook their importance in our culture.


Karen Safer
USA



Biography: Karen Safer Condensed Statement: (Condensed version) I got a camera and some crayons as a kid, journeyed along a path in life - far from what I'd expected, moved from youth to middle age, did some work, had some fun, got high, got low, and just continue doing it - never tiring of the next visual surprise. - Life is still a mystery, after all. Karen Safer is a photographic artist, published writer and poet with a musical bent. As a fifth generation native Angelino, she was given a camera and crayons at 3 and exposed to the dominant California motifs: light, palm trees, the ocean,...