Kellie McCann of Kellie McCann Photography in Bluffton, is honored to announce her recent awards received this summer in the Professional Photographers of America’s 2015 International Photographic Competition. This was the first time Kellie has entered the competition and was thrilled for the recognition of her portraits from her travels in the Third World.

Kellie's work will be on display at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Jan. 10-12, 2016. This international photographic exhibit is held in conjunction with Imaging USA, an annual convention and expo for professional photographers and several photographic associations.

A panel of 43 eminent jurors from across the United States selected the top photographs from more than 5,000 total submitted entries at Gwinnett Technical College in Georgia. Judged against a standard of excellence, just over 2,100 images were selected for the General Collection and 1,085 (roughly 21 percent) were selected for the esteemed Loan Collection—the best of the best. The Loan Collection images will all be published in the much-anticipated “Loan Collection” book and over 200 selected General Collection images will be published in the “Showcase” book by Marathon Press

Kellie was honored to have two portraits accepted into the Loan Collection and one accepted into the General Collection.