International Photography Awards Honor Photographer David Reilly With 7 Nominations

    NEW YORK, NY, October 27, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Photographer David Reilly of the United States received a total of 7 nominations in the 9th Annual Black and White Spider Awards at a prestigious Nomination & Winners PhotoShow. The live online gala was attended by photography fans around the globe who logged on to see the climax of the industry's most important event for black and white photography.

The 9th awards international Jury included captains of the industry from The Royal Photographic Society, FoMu Fotomuseum, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Torch Gallery, Stockholm City Museum to Fratelli Alinari in Florence who honored Spider Fellows with 298 coveted title awards and 957 nominees in 14 categories.

David has also received 6 nominations in 4 of the previous annual competitions with juries including representatives of institutions such as the Tate Gallery of London, Magnum Photos of New York, Communication Arts magazine, Galerie Baudoin Lebon of Paris, The Man Ray Trust, and the Leica Photo Gallery of Sao Paulo.

"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 8,508 entries from 73 countries that we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "David's photographs are exceptional images that represent black and white photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present him with seven nominations this year."

You can view the 9th Annual Winners Gallery at: www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/9th

David's nominated photographs from the 9th Awards are:

Nominations in Abstract
- Intimate Fold #9
- 14th Streets
- Atama, Yokohama
- Empires in the Sun

Nominations in Silhouette
- Empire In The Rain
- Crystalline, Manhattan

Nominations in Sport
- Midtown By Foot

THE BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in black and white photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in black and white photography.

ABOUT DAVID REILLY
Originally from the UK, David Reilly is a fine art photographer and writer who spent much of his adult life working in Japan before settling in Brooklyn, New York. David has received 12 nominations and 1 honorable mention in the internationally acclaimed Black & White Spider Awards and continues to work on new themes in both monochrome and color. He is open to representation.

David can be contacted for business, interview, or otherwise via his website: www.dreillyphoto.com

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