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April 2023 Cape Camera

Left: Kim’s image of the Valen-
cia Opera House, titled “Under
the Flyover” won the Land and
Urban Scapes category of the
African Photo Awards.

Kim Stevens makes her mark as Pro and in Prints

Far left: “Lady of
the Camelias” and
left “Calatrava
building blocks”
got Honourable
Mention in the
Fine Art and Ab-
stract categories.

CTPS members know Kim Stevens as an outstanding club and
salon photographer and Honours judge — now her work is also
recognised by the professional fraternity. One of her images
was a category winner in the latest Africa Photo Awards (APA), Kim is no stranger to producing high quality prints: she is cur-
and she also received two Honourable Mentions (equivalent to rently in the lead of the PSSA Impala Print Log.
runners-up) in two further categories!
The competition is described as follows on its website: “APA is Leading the Impala print log
the new and modernized Pro Photo Awards — a top photographic Kim is currently #1 on the Impala Print Log with 35 print points -
competition that recognizes excellence in photography and pro- 5 points ahead of Gonnie Myburgh, who is the runner-up.
vides photographers with the recognition and accreditation that The Impala Log is a competition for PSSA members who par-
they deserve. The aim is to “showcase African photography”. ticipate in salons - although non-PSSA members are still ranked
They continue: “The long-term vision is to create a directory of on the logs until the end of the competition year.
ascribed professional photographers that can be employed as a It has three legs: the Impala PDI competition, the Print com-
referral system and provide a resource that people can use with the petition and the AV competition, of which the PDI competition,
assurance that the photographer listed is capable of producing ex- with close to 900 participants, is the most prestigious.
cellent photography of a professional standard.” Salon participants in prints and PDI receive one point for each
Kim won the Land & Urban Scapes category with her stunning salon acceptance, two points for a Certificate of Merit (COM) or
image of the Valencia Opera House, titled Under the Flyover. Her other award, three for a runner-up medal and 4 points for a win-
image titled Calatrava Building Blocks was the runner-up in the ner medal. In international salons with PSSA recognition, par-
Abstract category and Lady of the Camelias was the runner-up in ticipants get double the points. You also get points for judging.
the Fine Art category. Several other CTPS members are also among the Top20 of the
Altogether five of the images Kim entered were accepted for current print log, namely Nicol du Toit #5, Lesley Parolis #6,
the print exhibition of the Top 10 images in each of the nine Lambe Parolis #10, Trudi du Toit #16 and Evelyn Gibson #17.
categories.

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