The results of the AOP Photographers Awards 2010 have been announced, and I am very pleased to let you know that the "Wish Series" has been selected for this year book and exhibition, following the success of last year "Vertigo Series". The Wish series was created during the winter 2010 in Brighton, when the UK went through its most severe winter in the last 30 years. In short, the images were inspired by the fantasy of a group of 10 year old kids who were doing group wishes at a specific appointed time (from their respective bedroom windows) hoping for more snow in therefore further school holidays. The three images were selected for the "Non-Commissioned Environment Series". The official book launch, exhibition and private view dates will be announced in the next week or so. Below is one of the three images selected.

Good news from my personal archive! Gatwick Airport is displaying one of my images (Pier & Seagulls) from 2005 in the Airport, so if you happen to be traveling to/from Gatwick in 2010, keep an eye for it - (see image below). Also the Condé Nast group (New York) is using another image of mine from that same year. A large urban crowd seen from above, as an editorial, in one of their publications. 

I have just uploaded a new series of images in the portfolio, called "Edge". In fact the name of the series is "Living at the Edge", but that was too long for my website lay-out. They are a visual night study of suburban neighborhoods situated in between towns and on top of the White Cliffs in Southern England. The images were created with very long exposures late at night. The result is an eerie and atmospheric set of images, where real homes look like miniatures houses or small toys in deserted streets. The combination of the diffuse moonlighting combined with the homes ambient lights & the hardly existing street illumination help to create a surreal palette of colors with a incredibly strong cinematographic feel... as if, each image depicts a scene from an imaginary suspense movie. To view it, just follow the link: http://www.photoandre.com/portfolio/  or click in the portfolio section. I hope you get excited as much as I do.