Manatee Tech professor honored in global photo competition

 

BRADENTON — Marina Proskurina, digital design instructor at Manatee Technical Institute, has earned two merit awards from the 2014 International Professional Photographers Association competition for one of her images, “Kaleidoscope.”

This image was honored by inclusion in the 2014 International Loan Collection Book.

Proskurina also won three merit awards from the 2014 Florida State Competition for the same image plus two others, “Renaissance Reflection” and “Scrapbook of Life.”

Proskurina is a member of the International Artist Federation Unesco and a Top 10 Photographer in Central Florida. In January, Proskurina’s winning images will be on display at ImagingUSA.

Proskurina teaches digital design at Manatee Tech.

 

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