National Association of Photoshop Professionals announces Guru Award winners
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Sep 5, 2008 at 10:00am
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) has announced the Guru Award winners for the West Coast Photoshop World Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. The Guru Awards are a special Photoshop competition exclusively for conference attendees.
Winning images can be viewed here. The winners are:
Category: Best of Show
Artist: Paul Jacklitch (pictured)
Category: Artistic
Artist: Eduardo Rizo
Category: Commercial
Artist: Carol RossiCategory: Illustration
Artist: Sam Mestas
Category: Photo Montage
Artist: Ray Caywood
Category: Photo Restoration
Artist: Doug Haack
Category: Photo Retouch
Artist: Richard Martha
Category: Photography
Artist: Nick Saglimbeni
Category: Vincent Versace Award
Artist: Nicole Gibson
Winners were selected from more than 400 entries by NAPP’s art director Felix Nelson, NAPP president Scott Kelby, and the creative team at NAPP after several rounds of judging and deliberations. Kelby officially announced the winners during the Photoshop World Conference opening ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
Winners in each of the seven categories are presented with a Guru Award and an iPod touch (32GB) from CDW, the Guru Awards official sponsor. The Best of Show winner received a 160GB Apple TV courtesy of CDW. Guru Awards winners’ work will appear in a future issue of Photoshop User magazine.
Finalists in each category receive a finalist certificate, suitable for framing. In a special category, the Vincent Versace Award for Digital Photography Excellence, which is presented to one entrant in the Photography category. This winner is chosen by Versace himself and presented a special trophy and prize package, including an Epson 2880 printer, a Nikon D60 camera kit, a Wacom tablet, Nik Software, onOne Software, X-Rite ColorMunki, a Hoodman loupe and a 24×30 signed print from Versace.
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