Specifications GOA 2025:
Above is the specifications / rules for GOA Photography Exhibit 2025.
UPDATED 3/20/2025
GOA 2025 judges biographies
Joe Boris PHOTOGRAPHER
A graduate of Florida State University, Joe Boris has been a professional photographer and studio owner based in Atlanta, GA since 1983.
Shooting around the world for major corporations, advertising agencies, design firms and personal projects, his passion for adventure has been stoked for over 40 years by traveling to new destinations in search of images that fire the imagination and express his own sense of discovery.
From 2008-2012, Joe served as Adjunct Instructor of Lighting one evening each week at “Portfolio Center” and later “The Art Institute of Atlanta”, and has served on the Professional Advisory Boards of both “The Art Institute of Atlanta”, and “Creative Circus/ Atlanta”. Since 2008 Joe has also been a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, Executive Producer and Colorist involved in over 40 short docs and features in liasson with Hjacobs Creative in Atlanta, focusing upon social justice, the arts and the environment.
Joe is a regularly- invited photography judge and guest lecturer for various camera clubs in Georgia and Florida, and gives occasional training workshops on various types of photographic skills.
A partial client list includes AGCO, Argos, Atlantic Capital Bank, Brightree HME, Coca-Cola, Delta, GE, Georgia-Pacific, Global Payments, Hanes, Honda, Kimberly-Clark, Krystal, McKesson, Mercedes Benz Credit Corp, Moneypenny, NAPA, OHL, Outfront Media, Pfeiffer, Robert Bosche, Stanley Tools, SunTrust Bank, UPS, Vermeer, Zaxby’s, Yak Mat, Yanmar U.S.A. and others. https://www.borisphotography.com
From 2008-2012, Joe served as Adjunct Instructor of Lighting one evening each week at “Portfolio Center” and later “The Art Institute of Atlanta”, and has served on the Professional Advisory Boards of both “The Art Institute of Atlanta”, and “Creative Circus/ Atlanta”. Since 2008 Joe has also been a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, Executive Producer and Colorist involved in over 40 short docs and features in liasson with Hjacobs Creative in Atlanta, focusing upon social justice, the arts and the environment.
Joe is a regularly- invited photography judge and guest lecturer for various camera clubs in Georgia and Florida, and gives occasional training workshops on various types of photographic skills.
A partial client list includes AGCO, Argos, Atlantic Capital Bank, Brightree HME, Coca-Cola, Delta, GE, Georgia-Pacific, Global Payments, Hanes, Honda, Kimberly-Clark, Krystal, McKesson, Mercedes Benz Credit Corp, Moneypenny, NAPA, OHL, Outfront Media, Pfeiffer, Robert Bosche, Stanley Tools, SunTrust Bank, UPS, Vermeer, Zaxby’s, Yak Mat, Yanmar U.S.A. and others. https://www.borisphotography.com
Peter Iverson PHOTOGRAPHER
When I was growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was surrounded by artists. My mother, great uncle, brother in law and closest friend were all painters, and collectively they had a profound influence on me.
When I was only 8 or 9 years old my brother in law taught me how to develop black and white film and to make small contact prints from the photos I took with my simple Kodak Brownie camera, thus sparking an early interest in photography which still intrigues me to this day.
In my college years I became deeply involved with fine art photography, eventually earning my MFA degree from Florida State University. I spent the next several years teaching, first at Florida State and later as a visiting artist/professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County before segueing into commercial photography as the founder of Source Photographic Group in the mid 1990’s. In 2013 I decided to return to my roots as a fine arts photographer.
I have participated in over 40 national and regional invitational and competitive exhibits and received two Individual Artist Fellowships from the State of Florida Fine Arts Council. My work is held in several private and public collections in the US and abroad. Since returning to fine arts photography in 2013, I have been exhibiting work online with web galleries such as Saatchiart.com and Artfinder.com and on my own website, www.piverson.com.
My wife and I reside in Baltimore and are the proud parents of two wonderful children, one an actor and the other an opera singer. https://www.piverson.com
When I was only 8 or 9 years old my brother in law taught me how to develop black and white film and to make small contact prints from the photos I took with my simple Kodak Brownie camera, thus sparking an early interest in photography which still intrigues me to this day.
In my college years I became deeply involved with fine art photography, eventually earning my MFA degree from Florida State University. I spent the next several years teaching, first at Florida State and later as a visiting artist/professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County before segueing into commercial photography as the founder of Source Photographic Group in the mid 1990’s. In 2013 I decided to return to my roots as a fine arts photographer.
I have participated in over 40 national and regional invitational and competitive exhibits and received two Individual Artist Fellowships from the State of Florida Fine Arts Council. My work is held in several private and public collections in the US and abroad. Since returning to fine arts photography in 2013, I have been exhibiting work online with web galleries such as Saatchiart.com and Artfinder.com and on my own website, www.piverson.com.
My wife and I reside in Baltimore and are the proud parents of two wonderful children, one an actor and the other an opera singer. https://www.piverson.com
2024 gOA Photo Award winners
Photo credit to Jasper Dunesand our Gallery of Art Photographer.
