Odessa photographer Yevhen Samuchenko (the creative alias Q-Lieb-In) won the prestigious competition of the New York Center for Photographic Art.

The mission of the New York Center for Photographic Art is to provide exhibition opportunities in the vibrant New York City gallery world to photographers around the globe. NYC4PA offers international, themed, open call competitions juried by recognized experts in the field of photography. 

The judge of this competition was Stephen Perloff, the founder and editor of the legendary The Photo Review. Stephen Perloff is a global photography expert, curator of exhibitions, and a laureate of grants and awards.

"Creating the Light" was made at Hampi, India during the fire show on the river. Limited edition prints are available — please use the Prints page for the details.

I am sincerely glad that it was my night photo “Сreating the light” that was highly appreciated by the judge and became the winner of this competition!

Yevhen Samuchenko

Here is the amazing list of award of Q-Lieb-In in 2021:

Awards and Creative achievements:

2021 — Grand Prize Winner — New York Center for Photographic Art Photo Contest
2021 — Bronze Medal — Life Press Photo
2021 — Honorable Mention — Nature TTL Photographer of the Year
2021 — HIPA Gold Medal — Day Light competition
2021 — TOP 5 Finalist — RHS photo competition (UK)
2021 — Grand Prize Winner — Samyang Photo Contest
2021 — Top Ten finalist- Science Photographer of the Year
2021 — Honorable mention Bronze Medal- 81st International Photographic Salon of Japan

Refereeing — acted as a judge on following international photo competitions:

2021 — 7th Ukrainian Photo Awards (International)
2021 — Depth of field (Russia)

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