Seascape 1st place winner

The weather was awfully bad. Winds up to 70km/hour, rain, waves about half the size of the small fisherman boat. Icebergs are becoming rarer in Newfoundland island (Canada) as they now tend to melt before arriving because of climate change. After two weeks looking for icebergs and seeing only 6 which were not that interesting, we could not miss this one. Three hours a strongly rocking in a small boat was the price to pay to reach what looked to be a fantastic iceberg. And it truly was fantastic! In fact, this unique iceberg had two parts above water and looked as if there were two different icebergs moving together. This series of photographs presents the splitting iceberg, its four faces and the threatening weather.

Yvan Bedard is a fine art landscape photographer. Born and living near Quebec City, Canada, he is a former successful university researcher in geospatial data engineering, author, and international lecturer, and has received several scientific awards. In 2014, his artistic passion dominating his scientific passion, he decided to devote himself professionally to fine art photography. He is a self-taught photographer who has undergone advanced training in Canada, the UK, and the USA with some of the best photographers and artists. He went digital as soon as 2003 and got involved in fine art prints in 2009. He explored several regions in Quebec, Canada, Unites-States, Europe, and other parts of the world. A permanent artist in art galleries since 2014 (Canada, USA, Australia, India), he participated in more than forty solo and group exhibitions in Canada and other countries. He has received more than 75 photography awards in international competitions and has been interviewed by media in Canada, France, Japan, the UK, Russia, and the USA. His works are published in magazines and books worldwide, and they can be seen in public and private collections in over twenty countries.