For Immediate Release

EDMONTON, Alberta/EWORLDWIRE/Sep. 15, 2005 --- Larry Louie is a practicing optometrist based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His love for photography and travel has taken him across the world from the majestic Rocky Mountains of Alberta to ancients ruins of Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Easter Island, Egypt, Turkey, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, India and Vietnam. His images of the "Women of Sapa, Images of Northern Vietnam" was awarded First Place in the non-professional Travel and Tourism category in the 2005 IPA Photography of the Year Award.

He was also awarded honorable mentions for the following series of images: Women of Northern India ( People: Culture), Historic Temples of Southeast Asia ( Historic Architecture), Women of Sapa, Northern Vietnam ( People : Culture), Children of the World (People : Children), Forest on Fire (Fine Art: Landscape, Nature: Landscape) , Cricket at the Taj Mahal - ( Historic Architecture; People: Children)

His winning images will be on display at his office at 10634 - 124 Street Edmonton, Alberta.
September 17 - 30, 2005.

About IPA

IPA (International Photography Association) is comprised of 18,000 members and affiliates from around the world. IPA's mission is to salute the achievements of the world's finest photographers, to discover new and emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography. Since 2003 IPA has acknowledged photographers' achievements from around the world in various categories. The international photography community will pay tribute to the year's most outstanding photography achievements presented at the Gala Awards ceremony, the Lucie Awards in New York. Honors will also be given for Lifetime Achievement, distinguishing some of the world's greatest men and women whose life's work in fashion, photojournalism, advertising and fine art merit the highest acclaim by their peers. The winners of the International Photographer of the Year(TM) and the New Discovery of the Year awards will also each receive a Lucie.

Visit www.photoawards.com or www.lucieawards.com for more information.

IPA Contact:
Clio Van Ert
www.photoawards.com.
press@photoawards.com
tel: 310-659-0122

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CONTACT:
Larry Louie
Edmonton, Canada T5H 0E3
780-488-1999 1-780-488-1999
Larryylouie@shaw.ca

SOURCE: Larry Louie