Panoramic nominee

Bob Kim captures the essence of ever-present natural beauty and our primordial connection to it.

He creates images that transcends limits of camera and lens, a envisioned panoramic grandeur.

His artistry is unique and an original art form combining camera’s eye and the mind’s vision.

It is his original method of mixing classic painting techniques and traditional fine art photography and latest digital tools that gives physical presence as well as emotionally dramatic lighting, greater range of color fidelity and extraordinary details.

Kim’s rendition of Cannon Beach in Oregon is the product of over hundred photographs, edited down to twenty images taken in a week period from five different viewpoints of the park. It took him over a month to create the final composite image, a result of color correction, dodging, burning, and masking.

Bob Kim was born in Seoul, Korea in 1961, and moved to the United States with his family in 1975. He studied fine arts and photography at the Maryland Institute of College of Art in Maryland, graduating with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts in 1983.
He began working in offset printing circa 1984, using both traditional color-etching and digital pre-press processes. Through his work in this field he has become proficient in color management, tonal reproduction, and photographic processes. As an art director, he has had firsthand contact with examples of the finest photography and printing in the world. With expert knowledge of color management and image editing in hand, he began applying digital imaging methodology to his envisioned Landscape photography.

2013 Bronze metal in Epson International photographic Pano Awards competition. “Reflection Lake Sunrise2012, WA”

2013 Gold metal winner in Panorama competition “Reflection Lake Sunrise2012, WA“- Trierenberg Super Circuit http://www.supercircuit.at/

2012-Published in Trieneberg Super Circuit competition.

2011-Published in Trieneberg Super Circuit competition.

2010, October 27-30 Invitation from Linz, Austria to participate as International judge panel
for Al Thani Awards. http://www.supercircuit.at

2009-The Pano Awards -Bronze

2008-Al ThaniAwards, Qatar, ASC