Jean-Marc Bara PHOTOGRAPHY

International Competitions Finalist and Awards

B&W Photo Awards -- B&W 2024 – Special Mention for “Self-Portrait”. This image was also selected to be projected at the “Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert” festival. Also, Honorable Mentions for “Sweepers” in the Street Photography category, “Rising” in the category Nudes, “Geothermal Futurescapes” in the category Architecture, and the series “Heritage, Beauty, Craft” in the Reportage category.

Tokyo International Foto Awards – 2023 TIFA – Silver Winner for “Legscape” in the Fine Art Nudes category. Also an Honorable mention in the Category Self-Portrait.

Paris International Street Photography Awards – 2023 PISPA – Grand Winner for “Riding in the Radiant Times Square” in the Urban Speed / Movement category.

International Photography Awards – 2023 IPA – 2nd Place in the category Special, Other, for the series “Encounters with my Childhood”.

International B&W Photography Awards Contest – 2023 B&W PA – Bronze Medal for “Woman in Armchair” in the Fashion/Beauty category.

Pisa International Street Photography Festival – 2023 PSPI – Finalist for “Glow and Flow”

Paris International Street Photography Awards – 2022 PISPA – Silver Medal for “Stuck in Traffic” in the category Street Night and Silver Medal for the series “Encounters with my Childhood” in the category Unusual. Also, four Honorable Mentions in the categories B&W, Reflections Water and Windows, Urbex and Minimalism, and Sports Dance and Events.

Miami Street Photography Festival Finalist – “Counting the Money” was selected as a finalist at the 2022 MSPF and was exhibited at the HistoryMiami Museum during Art Basel Miami.

Selected Awards in Juried Shows

PRAXIS Gallery “B&W” 2022 International Juried Competition – Director’s Choice for “Sidewalk Trash.”

PRAXIS Gallery “Words, Words, Words” 2021 International Juried Competition - Honorable Mention for “Fourures Lingerie Chapeaux.”

PRAXIS Gallery “The Streets” 2021 International Juried Competition – Honorable Mention for “Sidewalk Trash”.

Connecticut Association of Photographers 2020 Tops in Connecticut Competition – Best Cityscape for “To Infinity and Beyond”.

Connecticut Association of Photographers 2020 Tops in Connecticut Competition – Best Portrait for “Livestock Trader”.

Stamford Art Association 2019 Art at the Ferguson Library: Winter Wonderland – Third Place for “Stamford Harbor Ledge Lighthouse”.

Greenwich Art Society 2019 Juried Show at the Bendheim: Unity in Diversity – GAS Award for Photography for “United Colors under White Umbrellas”.

Art Society of Old Greenwich 2019 Juried Art Show at the Bendheim: Third Place B&W Photography for “The Glance”.

University of Connecticut 2018 Fine Art Photography Show – Second Place for “Get Off my Back” in the Category Natural and Second Place for “’Disney Concert Hall” in the Category Abstracts.

Stamford Art Association 2018 Art at the Ferguson Library: Memories of Stories – Second Place for “Fade to Blue”.

Stamford Art Association 2017 Art at the Ferguson Library: Bits and Pieces – Third Place for “The Morning After”.

University of Connecticut 2017 Fine Art Photography Show – First Place in category Landscapes and City Scenes for “Peaceful Radiance”; Second Place in category Artistic and Creative for “Pull All the Stops”, and Honorable mention in category Pictures that tell a Story for “She Dropped her Bucket”.

Greenwich Art Society 2016 show at the Bendheim: Near and Far – Honorable Mention for “Church Key”.

Stamford Art Association 2016 Faber Birren Show – Second Place Award for “Red, White and Blue”.

Greenwich Art Society 2016 Juried Art Show at the Flinn Gallery: Powers of Observation – A.I. Friedman Award for “Fly Catcher”

Stamford Art Association 2016 Art at the Ferguson Library: World Within a World – First Place Award for “In Prayer”

Greenwich Art Society 2014 Flinn Show: Rethink the Ordinary – Alan Bernard Award for “Press Button”

Art Society of Old Greenwich 2014 Juried Art Show at the Flinn Gallery: The Passage of Time – Honorable Mention for “Abandoned Farmhouse, North Dakota”

Art Society of Old Greenwich 2013 Juried Art Show at the Flinn Gallery: Reflections– Honorable Mention for “After the Rain”

Stamford Art Association 2013 Art at the Ferguson Library: Planes, Trains & Automobiles - Honorable Mention for “Side Window”

Greenwich Magazine's 2012 Photo Contest - Grand Prize winner: Places for “Reflected Sunset Colors”

Art Society of Old Greenwich 2012 Juried Art Show at the Flinn Gallery: Scapes Galore - 2nd place Color Photography, for “Clouds over MaximilianStrasse”

Greenwich Magazine's 2011 Photo Contest - 3rd place winner in the Color Places category, for “Roundabout in front of Tower building”