Award Winners
A selection of my work that has received awards or been featured in international juried exhibitions. A full list of awards and exhibitions may be found in my CV.
Please contact me if you are interested in acquiring any of the images.
The Garden of Maggie Victoria series (2022-3)
This series reviving the legacy of my great-grandmother has received a number of honours, including: Alamy award, Shutter Hub Yearbook 2023; 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Winner, Women Seen by Women category; Prix de la Photographie (Px3) Silver Award, Fine Art/Collage; International Photography Awards Third place, Fine Art/Collage; and AAP Magazine third place winner in the Women edition. The series, or select images from it, have been exhibited at Blue Sky Gallery's 2023 Pacific Northwest Drawers showcase and the Southeast Center for Photography's Women by Women ‘23, where it was selected as Juror's Choice. Please see here, or click on the image, for a full list of awards and exhibitions for The Garden of Maggie Victoria: https://www.rachelnixon.com/maggie-victoria-awards
After The Rain (2021)
After the Rain was selected for the Royal Photographic Society's Summer Members' Exhibition in 2023. It was among the Top 100 images in the 2022 AUTO PHOTO awards. The image has received Honourable Mentions in the 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2023 in Still Life and Open categories; ND Awards 2022, Nature/Flowers category; and in Chromatic Awards 2022, Fine Art category. It was a nominee in the Still Life category (amateur), 16th International Color Awards 2023. Included in: Praxis Gallery, USA: In-between Moments exhibition, 2022. Shutter Hub Yearbook publication, 2022. Too Tired Project: Fill Your Cup exhibition, 2022.
Room With A View (2022)
Honourable Mention in Cityscapes category in 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2023. Third place in Cityscapes category (amateur), Chromatic Awards 2022; nominee in Architecture category (amateur), 16th International Color Awards 2023; The Curated Fridge Spring 2024 Show.
Half Moon Bay, Ucluelet (II) (2020)
Winner of the Abstract category of the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2021. Included in: Barcelona Foto Biennale, 2021. The Curator’s Salon: The Autumn Exhibition, 2021. Blue Sky Gallery, USA, members’ show: Transitions 2021.
Half Moon Bay, Ucluelet (I) (2020)
Honourable Mention in the Abstract category and the Landscapes and Seascapes category of the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2021. Included in: Barcelona Foto Biennale, 2021.
Half Moon Bay, Ucluelet (III) (2020)
Included in: Blue Sky Gallery, USA, members’ show: Transitions 2021. PH21 Gallery, Hungary, -scapes exhibition, 2020.
A/Part: Resolution (2019)
Selected for the 2021 Exposure Photography Festival International Open Call exhibition in Calgary, AB, Canada. Series nominee in the Open category of the 6th Fine Art Photography Awards, 2020. Nominee in the Fine Art category of the 13th International Color Awards, 2020. Honourable Mention in the Fine Art category (non-pro) of the 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2019.
There’s A Whole World Out There (2020)
Honourable Mention in the Fine Art/Other category of the 2021 Px3 Awards. Nominee in the Open Theme of the 7th Fine Art Photography Awards. Nominee in the Fine Art category of the 14th International Color Awards. Honourable Mention in the Fine Art category of the 2020 Chromatic Awards. Editors’ Pick in the Independent Photographer 2020 Color Photography Award. Included in: The Curated Fridge: Spring 2022 Show. PH21 Gallery, Hungary: Significant Colour exhibition, 2021. Blue Sky Gallery, USA, members’ show: Visualizing 2020.
Afternoon Dream (I) (2019)
Winner in the Abstract category (non-pro) of the 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2019. Included in: MWCP, USA, Abstract exhibition, 2021. SE Center for Photography, USA, Abstract exhibition, 2020. LoosenArt.com Abstractions online exhibition, 2020. Canvas Corridor, Vancouver, Canada, public art installation, 2019. Praxis Gallery, USA, The Abstract Image exhibition, 2019. Black Box Gallery, USA, Shadow and Light exhibition, 2019.
The Wait (2020)
Honourable Mention in the Still Life category of the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2021. Honourable Mention in the Fine Art: Still Life category (non-pro) of the 2020 International Photography Awards. Included in: PH21 Gallery, Hungary, Silence exhibition, 2020.
The Crow (2019)
Honourable Mention in the Nature category (non-pro) of the 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2019. Nominee in the Nature category of the 6th Fine Art Photography Awards. Nominee in the Wildlife category of the 13th International Color Awards. Included in: SE Center for Photography, USA, Open exhibition, 2020. PH21 Gallery, Hungary, Material exhibition, 2019.
Magical Trees (2021)
Honourable Mention in the Special/Special Effects category of the 2021 Px3 Awards. Included in: Praxis Gallery, USA: The Secret Life of Color exhibition, 2021.
Cruise Control (2019)
Nominee in the Fine Art category of the 15th International Color Awards, 2022. Included in: PH21 Gallery, Hungary: Significant Colour exhibition, 2021. Shutter Hub Yearbook 2021 exhibition.
Little Qualicum Falls (2020)
Honourable Mention in the Nature: Landscape category (non-pro) of the 2020 International Photography Awards.
Iona Beach (2019)
Honourable Mention in the Nature category of the 14th International Color Awards.
Echoes (2019)
Honourable Mention in the Fine Art category of the 2020 Minimalist Photography Awards.
Clean (2020)
Included in: PH21 Gallery, Hungary, Stories: Narrative Photography exhibition in 2021.
Hope (2020)
Included in: SE Center for Photography, USA, Light exhibition, 2020. Exposure Photography Festival, Canada, A Moment of Zen digital exhibition, 2020.