Awards & Recognition | Dale May | NY Advertising Photographer
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2025
New York Shorts International Film Festival
Official Selection
"Starlight Falls Motel, Room 4" - Short film written, directed, and created by Dale May. Shot on green screen with fully CGI-built environments. Starring Phil Hyland and Phil Costello. View the Case Study | IMDb
Lürzer's Archive
200best Advertising Photographers Worldwide 2025/26
Recognized as one of the 200best Advertising Photographers in the world based on multiple works combining traditional photography with CGI environments.
International Color Awards
18th Annual International Color Awards - Honorable Mention
Honorable Mentions awarded for:
• "Natasha" - Nude Category
• "Alex Patsos, Farmland" - Portrait Category
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Honorable Mention - Digitally Enhanced
• "Surf" - Personal project. Lifestyle portrait in a CGI coastal environment.
• "Home" - Personal project featuring Ophelia May in a CGI environment with a giant stuffed animal dragon.
• "Drama Queen" - Personal project featuring Emerson Croasdale. View Case Study
ReFocus Awards
Honorable Mention - Conceptual
• "Drama Queen" - Personal project featuring Emerson Croasdale.
2024
Lürzer's Archive
200best Digital Artists Worldwide 2024/25
Recognized as one of the 200best Digital Artists in the world for hybrid works combining photography, CGI environments, and full CGI imagery.
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Photographer of the Year, 1st Place Gold —Special, Digitally Enhanced
"Last Trip Home" - Personal project featuring Emerson Croasdale. Studio portrait photography integrated with a CGI environment.
2nd Place Silver - Digitally Enhanced
"Live Free Or Die" - Personal project featuring actor Alexander Patsos. Studio portraiture combined with CGI. View Case Study
Honorable Mention - Advertising Photography
"What Could Go Wrong" - Self-promotional project featuring Sam Mae and Danny Carmelo. Traditional photography & CGI integration.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3)
Silver Award - Professional Advertising, Self Promotion
"What Could Go Wrong?" - Self-promotional project featuring Sam Mae and Danny Carmelo. Traditional photography & CGI integration.
Honorable Mention - Special Effects
"Day 54" - Personal project featuring Damien May in a CGI environment.
Best Photography Awards
1st Place Gold - Professional Advertising Photography
"Live Free Or Die" - Personal series featuring actor Alexander Patsos. Photography & CGI hybrid series centered on a hipster biker and Piglet Hamlet. View Case Study
Honorable Mention - Art Photography
"What Could Go Wrong?" - Conceptual project about a scientist creating a giant mecha-crab to clean ocean waste. Traditional Photography & CGI.
ReFocus Awards
Honorable Mention - Conceptual
"Day 54" - Personal project featuring Damien May in a CGI environment.
2023
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Honorable Mention - Digitally Enhanced
"1974" - Personal work, Photography & CGI. View Case Study
International Color Awards
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction (Americana)
"1974" - Photography & CGI. View Case Study
Honorable Mention - Americana
"Starlight Falls Motel, Room 3" - Photography & CGI
ReFocus Awards
Gold - Conceptual Category
"1974" - Personal work, Photography & CGI. View Case Study
Communication Arts
64th Photography Annual Award
"1974" - Selected for the annual Photography competition. View Case Study
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3)
Gold Award - Conceptual
"1974" - Personal work, Photography & CGI. View Case Study
2022
Lürzer's Archive
200best Digital Artists Worldwide 2022/23
Recognized as one of the 200 Best Digital Artists in the world for hybrid works combining photography, CGI environments, and full CGI imagery.
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Honorable Mention - Digitally Enhanced
"Starlight Falls Motel, Room 3" - Personal project featuring Natasha King. Portrait photography integrated with CGI environment.
International Color Awards
Honorable Mention
"Ophelia's Dragon" - Personal project featuring Ophelia May with a CGI dragon.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3)
Bronze Award - Portraiture, Self Promotion
"Ophelia's Dragon" - Personal project featuring Ophelia May.
Bronze Award - Portraiture, Self Promotion
"Acme Flame-Throwing Robot" - Personal project featuring Dale May and son Damien Stryker May.
Honorable Mention
"Bugatti Infinity Garage" - CGI image.
2021
International Photography Awards (IPA)
2nd Place - Digitally Enhanced
"Acme Flame-Throwing Robot" - CGI self-portrait featuring Damien May.
Honorable Mention - Digitally Enhanced
"Bugatti Infinity Garage" - CGI image.
2019
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Two Honorable Mentions
• "Family Portrait" - Personal work featuring Natasha King & Roy Davis.
• "Natasha King in “Pike Pose, Nude - Personal work.
One Eyeland
Gold Award
World’s Top 10 Black & White Photo Contest
"Natasha King in “Pike Pose, Nude - Personal work.
2018
One Eyeland
Bronze Award
"Family Portrait" - Conceptual image featuring Natasha King, Roy Davis, Damien May, and Jimmy.
2016
International Photography Awards (IPA)
9 Honorable Mentions including:
• "Wild" - Fine Art Category. Composite of wild horses.
• "High Chief Raymond Graffe" - Family of Man Category. Portrait from the Tahiti Tattoo Portraits series. View Case Study
• "True Love" - Family of Man Category. Portrait of tattoo seniors.
• "Dream" - Portrait of Kelly Eden.
Communication Arts
Award of Excellence - Photography Annual 57
"Dream" - Portrait of Kelly Eden.
2015
Communication Arts
Award of Excellence - Photography Annual 56
Portrait of Benedict Cumberbatch. Selected from 4,421 entries for publication in the July/August issue.
2014
Society of Publication Designers (SPD)
Best Use of Photo-Illustration
Awarded to Time Out NY for "Animals On Dates" cover feature.
2013
Eddie & Ozzie Awards
Ozzie Award - Best Use of Photography
Awarded to Time Out London for the cover portrait of Daniel Day-Lewis.
2003
Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection
"Jer-Z Knights" - Short film written, directed, and created by Dale May. Starring members of Satanicide, with Moby as Executive Producer. A 2025 Director's Cut featuring AI upscaling and new CGI sequences is now available. Watch on Vimeo | IMDb
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