International Color Awards

Winners Gallery

Fine Art nominees

Samantha and the Octopus
Title:Samantha and the Octopus
Samantha was the manager of an organic restaurant and I was inspired by her tattoo. We expanded the ink art to express our vision of her her inspiration for the tattoo.


Stephen Cook
USA



Biography: Raised in San Diego, Stephen, taking advantage of everything the region has to offer, from the beach the mountains and desert. Stephen Cook started his photography career as a commercial photographer in 1977 after studying photography and art at San Diego City college then Film and Radio at San Diego State. Stephen changed careers to computers and system design for 16 years. In 2008 he retired and returned to his first love, photography. He has traveled to the Ukraine, Maui, Cuba, China, Belgium, and Peru Teaching and creating images. Stephen's desire is to created thoughtfully crafted...