fss photography



the fine art imagery of frank stopa

exhibits, awards & accomplishments


exhibits

2023 Solo Exhibit of Landscape Images, Brightview Senior Living, Great Falls, VA
2022 "Best of Black & White" Exhibit, The SPACE Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2022 "Dramatic Lighting" Exhibit, Galerie Gora, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2021-22 Long & Foster/Christie's Real Estate, One Loudoun, Ashburn, VA
2021-23 Project-21' photographer for investigation of 1921 Mass Graves from Tulsa Race Massacre
2021 Loudoun County Law Library, Minimalist Solo Exhibit, Leesburg, VA
2021 "B&W Photographer of the Year" Exhibit, Coningsby Gallery, London, UK
2021 Loudoun County Library, Minimalist Solo Exhibit, Brambleton, VA
2020 "Mostly Black" Exhibit at The Fridge Gallery in Washington, DC
2020 "People and Places" at the Valid World Hall, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Loudoun County Public Libraries, Solo exhibit of minimalist landscape images, Ashburn, VA
2020 Guru Shots "Photographer of The Year" Exhibit at the Espaco Espelho D'Agua, Lisbon, Portugal
2020 "Minimalism" at the Valid World Hall, Barcelona, Spain
2019 "Mostly Black" at the Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019 "Our Amazing Planet" at Israeli Photography Convention, Tel Aviv, Israel
2019 “Amazing Architecture” at ART MARKET BUDAPEST
2019 "Dramatic B&W" Laurent Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 "Less is More" Laurent Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 "Solo - Single Subject" Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 Loudoun County Law Library, Leesburg, VA
2019 Loudoun Book & Arts Festival, Brambleton, VA
2019 Loudoun County Public Libraries, Middleburg, VA
2018
RAW Artists' DC Connect Showcase, Washington, DC
2018 Jo Ann Rose Gallery, Reston, ViA
2018 United States Geological Survey HQS, Reston, VA

awards & accomplishments

2023 Black and White Magazine Smartphone Photography Award Winner for 'cascade xii'
2023 'cascade xii' published in Black and White Magazine December 2023 Issue #163

2023 Monovisions Black & White Photography Awards Honorable Mention for Landscape Series 'Cascades'
2023 'Spring 23' & 'Picture Perfect' Awards from VIEWBUG.COM curators for 'Into the Abyss'
2023 'Gem Award' from VIEWBUG.COM curators for "Sitting on the Bottom"
2023 'Achievement in Originality Award' from VIEWBUG.COM curators for "Sitting on the Bottom"
2023 Named by Instagram as a "Rising Creator" for the week of 8 January 2023
2022 Monochrome Photography Awards, Professional-Fine Art Honorable Mention, 'Skyline'
2022 Monochrome Photography Awards, Professional-Landscape Honorable Mention, 'Elakala.'
2022 'Top Pick' Award from VIEWBUG.COM curators for "Sitting on the Bottom"
2022 "Seabrook Marsh" digitally published in 'Memorable Minimalism' on DIGITALCAMERAWORLD.COM
2022 "Convergence" published in Black and White Magazine, Issue 156, December
2022 'Staff Favorite' & 'Halfway 22' Awards, VIEWBUG.COM curators for "Dead Forest"
2022 'Moderator Award' from VIEWBUG.COM curators for "Olmsted Island Falls"
2021 NY Photography Awards, Silver Winner, Fine Art Photography-Cityscape for "Gotham in the Morning"
2021 NY Photography Awards, Silver Winner, NY Photography-Cityscapes for "Gotham in the Morning"
2021 'Judge Favorite' Award, 'Jewel Award' and 'Curators' Award from VIEWBUG.COM curators for "Dead Forest"
2021 NINE TIMES Featured Instagram Image "Rock Island Light"
2021 Collection of 12 Underwater Images Published on Ikelite Underwater Camera Systems Customer Photo Gallery
2021 "angles ii": published in Black and White Magazine, Issue 143, January
2020 Featured image "landing" on 26 October on Instagram page BNW_CAPTURES
2020 Featured image "landing" on 26 October on Instagram page RAW_Minimal
2020 Black and White Magazine Smartphone Photography Award Winner for "angles ii"
2020 Monovisions Black & White Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for 'Fog & Light on Goose Creek' in Landscape Category
2020 Monovisions Black & White Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Series "Sinking Away' in Photojournalism Category
2020 First photographer selected for the Loudoun Arts Council COLLAB Residency
2020 'Winter Award' from VIEWBUG.COM curators for 'Gotham in the Morning.'
2019 Monochrome Photography Awards, Professional-Nature Honorable Mention, "After the Dive"
2019 Monochrome Photography Awards, Professional-Architecture Honorable Mention, "New Point Comfort'"
2019 "Featured Artist of the Day" on 19 September, Instagram page Blancnoir2 with "abandoned crab shanty"
2019 'Cave Explorer' featured on Technical Diving International's instagram page, 20 August
2019 Two long exposure images 'evening on jordan lake' & 'sweeping span' featured on Instagram page fotosemana
2018 Restored images published in Tanaka Kotaro and World Law: Rethinking the Natural Law Outside the West, Global Political Thinkers Series, Palgrave Pivot by Prof. Kevin M. Doak, Georgetown University.
2018 'Boulder' published in the December 2018 issue of Black and White Minimalism Magazine
2014-2018 Contributed photography & videography to ocean & virtual reality non-profit Discovery Deep
2014-2018 Produced 24 video programs for Discovery Deep's YouTube Channel
2013 Olympus Dive Center Underwater Photography Contest, Winner for "Shark on the Aeolus"


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