Marianna Armata was raised in Poland when Brezhnev and Nixon were in power. She became an instant illiterate in both English and French the day she landed in Montréal at the age of twelve. Communication, by any method, became a critical skill she never abandoned. She has preferred the visual method since that life-turning moment.
Marianna graduated with honours from Concordia (and McGill) University and has retired from her 37-year-long career as a professional graphic designer to pursue her passion for photography.
Marianna is an international award-winning photographer whose work has been published in Canadian Geographic, Photo Life, Photo News, Popular Photography, DSLR Magazine, Communication Arts, World Wildlife Foundation, and Herzstuck. She was been awarded 8 medals by Canadian Association for Photographic Arts and honoured by the Lakeshore Camera Club as their Photographer of the Year for several years running. She enjoys macro and innovative conceptual photography and loves to challenge herself to capture and create something new and original every day.
Marianna graduated with honours from Concordia (and McGill) University and has retired from her 37-year-long career as a professional graphic designer to pursue her passion for photography.
Marianna is an international award-winning photographer whose work has been published in Canadian Geographic, Photo Life, Photo News, Popular Photography, DSLR Magazine, Communication Arts, World Wildlife Foundation, and Herzstuck. She was been awarded 8 medals by Canadian Association for Photographic Arts and honoured by the Lakeshore Camera Club as their Photographer of the Year for several years running. She enjoys macro and innovative conceptual photography and loves to challenge herself to capture and create something new and original every day.
Awards
2022: 1st Merit Award in CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Arts Club Monochrome Competition
2021: Gold Medal for CAPA Audio Visual Individual competition for "Macro Aliens"
2021: Gold Medal for CAPA Series of Four Photos in the Individual competition
2021: Silver Medal for CAPA for entries in the Annual Photo Challenge Competition themed "Red and White"
2021: Honourable Mention for the Creative, Fine Art, and Canada, my Country Individual competitions (and 2nd place Merit Award)
2021: Won 11 awards including "Photographer of the Year" for the highest overall score in Lakeshore Camera Club
2020: 2 Honourable Mentions in Still Life, Nominee in Architecture, Nature, and Still Life from the International Color Awards
2020: 1st Place awarded by CAPA for the smartphone competition in the Individual category
2020: LCC 2nd & 3rd place win in People: the New Normal competition.
2020: LCC 2nd & 3rd place win in their Landscape competition.
2020: B&W Spider Awards: 2nd Place Merit of Excellence in the People category. HM in Silhouette, HM in Architecture,
Nominee in Nature categories.
Nominee in Nature categories.
2019: Gold Medal for CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Arts) Audio Visual Individual competition for "Bus Stop"
2019: Gold Medal for CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Arts) Open Theme Individual Competition
2019: Silver Medal for CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Arts) Fine Art Individual Competition
2019: Gold Medal for CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Arts) Audio Visual competition for "SHELLS", entered on behalf of
the Lakeshore Camera Club.
the Lakeshore Camera Club.
2019: Honourable Mention in the 14th Annual Black & White Spider Awards in Silhouette and Still Life categories
2018: Honourable Mention in the 11th International Color Award competition in Fine Art and Nature
2018: Gold Medal and "Best of Show" at 2018 CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Arts) Audio Visual competition for "PAPER",
entered on behalf of the Lakeshore Camera Club
entered on behalf of the Lakeshore Camera Club
2018: Winner of 11 Lakeshore Camera Club competition awards
2018: 11th Annual International Color Awards: Honourable Mention in Fine Art and Nature categories (the only macro there!),
and Nominee in Abstract
and Nominee in Abstract
2019: Honourable Mention in the 13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards in Children of the World and People categories
2017: 12th Annual B/W Spider Award Competition: Honorable Mention in Nature & Silhouette, Nominee in People categories
2017: Nominee in 10th Annual International Color Awards
2016: 11th Annual B/W Spider Award Competition: Nominee in Architecture, Silhouette, and People categories
2015: 1st Place Winner of 2015 The Face Contest
2015: 2nd place in the Moscow International Foto Awards for "Glass Works" Portrait series
2014: Winner of the 7th Annual International Color Award in Architecture and Silhouette categories
2014: Award of Excellence in Communication Arts Illustration Competition
2013: Finalist in the Fine Art Category in One Eyeland Photo Competition
2013: 2 Nominee in Fine Art & in Still Life in Black & White Spider Awards
2012: 2nd Place "Merit of Excellence" in the Portrait category in Master's Cup photo contest
2012: 1st Place in Flora category of “Reflections on Nature” photo competition Canadian Wildlife Federation
2010: 1st place Winner of Montreal Mycological Society's 60th Anniversary photo competition, creative category
2009 - 2012 Finalist in the SPPQ Interclub photo competitions
Exhibitions
2018: Architecture Exhibition at Bunker 56 located in Montreal's trendy Mile EX area. Features Architecture from around the World.
2016: Marianna's Macro World print exhibition was held in the Beaconsfield Library, and the second in Villa Beaurepaire, later the same year.
2015: Marianna has participated in a group exhibition Lakeshore Camera Club in Dollard des Ormeaux Gallery. The theme of the exhibition of Black and White photo prints was "Impregnable".
2014: Marianna has participated in a group exhibition with Lakeshore Camera Club in Kirkland Library. The theme of this exhibit was "Water".