tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26158749881197032122024-03-14T01:29:47.962+07:00Wrecks, Subscapes, and Marine LifeBlog entries by underwater fine art photographer Pongsatorn Sukhum.Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-36543499881278692822015-06-29T15:04:00.000+07:002015-06-29T15:07:44.979+07:00FAPA - Fine Art Photography Awards<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have just completed the judging of the <a href="http://fineartphotoawards.com/">2015 FAPA - Fine Art Photography Awards</a>. It has been a great honour to participate in this first international contest. The work submitted has been truly outstanding.</span><br />
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<br />Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-14718517374794688762015-04-09T10:48:00.000+07:002015-04-09T10:48:07.782+07:00Appearing in Submerge Magazine @SubmergeM<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My black-and-white image Mola Mola has been selected to appear in the Apr/May 2015 B&W Issue of <a href="http://www.submerge.co.za/" target="_blank">South Africa's Submerge Magazine</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With thanks to editor Tania Wolson, Submerge Magazine.</span></span>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-83046490602005131322014-04-04T17:49:00.000+07:002014-04-04T17:49:46.788+07:00Appearing in Artists United for Manta Rays<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A selection of my black-and-white images of a Manta Ray appear in the latest OAS production. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please view this Ocean Artists Society video - Reasons to Dance: Artists United for Manta Rays. You can also download the latest <a href="http://issuu.com/oceanartistssociety/docs/oau_reasonsdance" target="_blank">Ocean Artists United eMagazine about Manta Ray Conservation</a>.<br /><br />Thanks again to Charlie Fasano, OAS.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">With thanks to editor Patrick Brakowsky, Tecklenborg Verlag.</span>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-54231048913887457252013-11-19T11:46:00.008+07:002013-11-19T11:47:36.544+07:00National Maritime Museum secures Gibson Wreck Archive<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12 November 2013 – <a href="http://www.rmg.co.uk/about/press/national-maritime-museum-secures-one-of-the-most-celebrated-collections-of-shipwreck-images-in-the-world" target="_blank">Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG)</a> today acquired a world renowned and nationally significant collection of photographic and archive material. The Gibson archive presents one of the most graphic and emotive depictions of shipwrecks, lifesaving and its aftermath produced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The material was acquired at the <a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/travel-atlases-maps-natural-history-l13405/lot.50.html" target="_blank">Sotheby's Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History Sale</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please view the latest Ocean Artists Society video Eyes on the Oceans: Artists United for Ocean Awareness. You can also download the latest Ocean Artists United eMagazine <a href="https://db.tt/Yv1CQO7H" target="_blank">Eyes on the Oceans</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Charlie Fasano.</span></span><br />
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Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-5833462645121924412013-07-19T15:00:00.000+07:002014-02-08T18:10:19.476+07:00Appearing in 180 Photographs Exhibition<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please download the <a href="http://db.tt/uz4GkCKv" target="_blank">Ocean Artists United eMagazine</a> and pass it around !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Appearing in the latest Ocean Artists Society video - Artists United for Coral Reefs: Forests of the Oceans.<br /><br />Thanks to Charlie Fasano.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A new book is being published - the most comprehensive guide to <a href="http://www.wildnaturepress.com/our-titles/sharks-of-the-world-7/">Sharks of the World</a>. Written by David A. Ebert and Sarah Fowler</span>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-60712869320436090222013-06-08T11:04:00.004+07:002013-06-12T21:54:29.772+07:00June 8th is World Oceans Day<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My underwater image "Pirouette" has been selected to appear on <a href="http://www.diverite.com/products/library/">Dive Rite's website</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Marshall Islands <a href="http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/press-releases/worlds-largest-shark-sanctuary-declared-in-central-pacific-85899364555">declares an end to commercial fishing of sharks</a> in area four times the size of California. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just received news that I have been <a href="http://www.oceanartistssociety.org/members-details.php?member_id=202">inducted</a> into Wyland's <a href="http://www.oceanartistssociety.org/">Ocean Artists Society</a> - a group of distinguished painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, and writers coming together to use ocean art to inspire people around the world to a greater awareness of our need to protect and preserve our natural world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A big thank you to all OAS founding members, and to Jennifer Small - Wyland Foundation.</span></div>
Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-58197392587061334632011-03-14T16:56:00.000+07:002011-03-14T16:56:09.361+07:00Stop this Looting Now !!!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shipwrecks in Thailand are being looted by a number of foreign dive operators based in Koh Tao. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Read this article "<a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/feature/environment/226443/into-murky-waters">Into murky waters</a>" in the Bangkok Post.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Among the many ships being stripped of artifacts is the H.T.M.S. Pa-ngan, a Thai Naval vessel that sunk while transporting explosives recovered from Chao Phraya River. She has been systematically looted with portholes and china being removed. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dive trips to these wrecks are being promoted on websites:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Got a load of lovely officers’ Royal Thai Navy chinaware from deep inside the HTMS Pangan. It’s white, navy blue lines with gold leaf line and crest. Only got about 50 pieces so far and the room is still full."</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This shows great disrespect to your host country.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><br />
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Portfolio of underwater images and a short story has been published in the July/August 2010 edition of Sea Air Land, the Journal of the UDT/SEAL Association, Royal Thai Navy.<br />
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Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-28382740796435423292010-08-16T08:35:00.010+07:002010-08-25T21:24:18.853+07:00Saving Our Underwater Cultural Heritage<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNESCO and the Fine Arts Department are holding an exhibition to show case underwater artifacts, and to promote the preservation of underwater cultural heritage, at the Siam Ocean World till the end of October.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER PONGSATORN SUKHUM FROM THAILAND</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LONDON 24 January 2010 - Photographer Pongsatorn Sukhum of Thailand was presented with the 5th Annual Black and White Spider Awards Honorable Mention in the category of Sport at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photo Show attended by 35,000 online viewers who logged on live from 154 countries to see the climax of the industry's most important event for black and white photography. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thousands of images were received from 68 countries worldwide. The awards international Jury included captains of the industry from Magnum Photos, The Armory Show, Fratelli Alinari, Contrasto to Tate and Hamiltons in London who honored Spider Fellows with 84 coveted title awards in 28 categories. The judges reviewed the entries online for eight weeks before making their final nominations and Pongsatorn Sukhum's "Rails," an exceptional image entered in the Sport category, received a high percentage of votes overall.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"The Spider Awards celebrates photographers who operate at the highest levels of their craft," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Pongsatorn Sukhum's work represents black and white photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present him with the Honorable Mention."</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">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.</div>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-37784702411993330422010-02-13T17:28:00.005+07:002010-02-13T18:45:11.584+07:00The Ultimate Dive Destinations: 100 Essential Wreck Dives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="227" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fa0yhDAbbeo/S3aMKcyhOVI/AAAAAAAAAD8/d_g1tOE7vG4/s400/DD-Suddhadib.jpg" width="400" /></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: small;">Sport Diver - the official magazine of PADI in the UK, has selected my pictures of Suddhadib and Mabini Padre to appear in their latest publication: <a href="http://www.sportdiver.co.uk/Magazine/Buy-Dive-Bookazines/The-Ultimate-Dive-Destinations-100-Essential-Wreck-Dives">The Ultimate Dive Destinations: 100 Essential Wreck Dives</a>. Thanks to Martin Bruce.</span><br />
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</div>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-72990462769654559772010-01-25T06:00:00.000+07:002010-01-25T06:00:27.443+07:005th Annual Black and White Spider Awards<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you for the <a href="http://www.thespiderawards.com/presentation/nominations.php?x=a&cid=50">two nominations</a>, and the <a href="http://www.thespiderawards.com/presentation/winners.php?x=a&cid=50">Honorable Mention</a> in the Sports Category. I am deeply honored to be recognized for this work.<br />
</div>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-78165713905563080172009-06-03T18:24:00.002+07:002009-06-03T18:34:26.511+07:00Appearing in Cole Thompson's newsletter<span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.colethompsonphotography.com/">Black and white fine art photographer Cole Thompson</a> has kindly mentioned my work in his <a href="http://www.colethompsonphotography.com/Newsletters/2009-6-1Newsletter.htm">newsletter</a>. Cole is an award-winning photographer, and his project "The Ghosts of Auschwitz and Birkenau" has recently appeared in <a href="http://www.bandwmag.com/">B&W</a>, <a href="http://www.lenswork.com/">Lenswork</a>, and <a href="http://www.silvershotz.com">Silvershotz</a>.<br /><br />Thanks Cole.<br /></span>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615874988119703212.post-72463548572678071722009-04-27T23:30:00.002+07:002009-04-27T23:37:27.410+07:00"Kut" selected as PDN Photo of the Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/04/1098"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fa0yhDAbbeo/SfXeGKjMHWI/AAAAAAAAAC0/T5El6p4qpdo/s400/PDN_POTD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329409931555380578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The editors of Photo District News have graciously selected my underwater photograph "Kut" to be their <a href="http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/">PDN Photo of the Day</a> for Monday, April 27th, 2009.<br /><br />PDN Photo of the Day displays photographs selected by the editors of Photo District News, a publication for photo professionals.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Permalink to <a href="http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/04/1098">"Kut"</a> at </span><span style="font-family:arial;">PDN Photo of the Day.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Thanks to Daryl Lang, Editor PDN Photo of the Day.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Pongsatorn Sukhumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09165394345886852264noreply@blogger.com0