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Paul D. Van Hoy II

Member Since: April 3rd, 2008
Company Name: Fotoimpressions
  One Pleasant St. Suite 605
  Rochester, New York, 14604
United States
Telephone: 1 (585) 469
CellPhone: (585) 469-9558
Website(s): http://www.fotoimpressions.com http://fotoimpressions.blogspot.com/ http://www.weddingphotographyinrochesterny... http://www.fotoimpressions-buffalo.com http://www.fotoimpressions-evansville.com
Specialties
Food; Music Industry/Album Covers; Photojournalism; Weddings/Parties; Portraiture - Editorial/Magazine;
Awards
2008

Commercial Photographers International (CPI) 1st place winner for Portraiture and Product Photography - Published in July issue of Professional Photographer Magazine

Bystander - Feature article published in American Photo Magazine / April issue

2007

Microsoft Corp./ Future Pro Photographer of 2007 / recipient of 20,000.00 cash award

Creative Quarterly / 'Photographer of the Year' 2007 / Issue #10 / Published Feature

After Capture Magazine / Published - Dec/Jan Issue 07/08 / ‘Myopic Provincia’
[Feature article focusing the creation and concept behind a body of work entitled Myopic Provincia]

Lowepro Camera Bag Manufacturer / endorsement and professional sponsorship

CMYK Magazine / Published - No. 37 ‘Student Work’ (pg-50-51) fall 2007

Digital Photo Pro / Published - ‘Pros of the Future’ (pg 36-39) Sept/Oct 2007

Creative Quarterly / Journal of Arts and Design / Gold Medal winner in Photography /
Published Summer 2008 Issue

Creative Quarterly / Journal of Arts and Design / Bronze Medal winner in Photography /
Published Summer 2008 Issue

Creative Quarterly / Journal of Arts and Design / Best of Show in Photography / Magazine’s Cover Image for Spring 2007 Issue 7.

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) Second Place in Student Category

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) Honorable Mention in Student Category

Rochester Institute of Technology Student Honor’s Show / Graduate Photography /
Purchase Award for “Apocalyptic Summer”

RIT University / Galisano Digital Arts Competition & Exhibition / Rochester, NY / 3rd Place award / Digital Category - “Apocalyptic Summer”

2006

Creative Quarterly / Journal of Arts and Design / Gold Medal winner in Photography /
Published Winter 2007 Issue

Photo District New & Nikon Campus Challenge 1st place Winner / Wedding Documentary Series / July 2006

13th Annual Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science "Working Together 2006 Juried Art Exhibition” 1st place award/digital photography -
Myopic Provincia"

Pingyao, China "Breaking Boundaries: 100 Images from American Colleges and Universities," Award of Excellence (a juried exhibition student photography) at the Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP), Sept. 16-22, 2006

RIT University / Galisano Digital Arts Competition & Exhibition / Rochester, NY / 2nd Place award / Digital Category - “The Great Mass Destruction Mystery”

American Advertising Federation /ADDY Award Silver & Gold / Best Magazine Cover & Annual Dining Publication / Photography

8th Annual Faces International Juried Art Exhibition / Omaha, NE / Special Recognition / Photography - “Members of the Cabinet Series”

Published in Exposure Magazine Spring 2006 - “Putting the digital in photographic education” (pp. 6-7)

Published in Creative Convocation Dec.-Jan 2006 - “Central Region, University of Southern Indiana” (pp. 56-57)

2005

Awarded the University Purchase Award for Graduate Work in Photography / "Seating Capacity 01" University of Southern Indiana Student Art Juried Exhibition
Biography
Paul Van Hoy II resides in Rochester, NY where he received his MFA in Fine Art Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2007 Paul won the Grand Prize in Microsoft's International 'Future Pro' Contest. Also, in 2007, Creative Quarterly recognized Paul as their 'Photographer of the Year' (full article in issue #10) Paul's work has been published in many other photographic magazines, including After Capture, PDN, Digital Photo Pro, CMYK, Photographer's Forum, Professional Photographer, American Photo, Camera Arts, and Creative Quarterly Magazine. Currently, Paul works as a commercial photographer, educator, and exhibiting artist in the Western NY area.

Fotoimpressions wedding photography is located in Rochester NY. Fotoimpressions specializes in wedding photography. Rochester NY wedding photographer, Paul Van Hoy, provides services in Buffalo NY, Syracuse NY, Albany NY, Evansville IN, and travels internationally for destination weddings. Wedding photographer in Rochester New York, Western New York wedding photography, wedding photography Rochester NY, wedding photography Buffalo NY, wedding photography Syracuse NY, wedding photography Albany NY, wedding photography Evansville IN. Paul Van Hoy takes a journalistic and fine art approach to photographing weddings. Fotoimpressions is the first choice for wedding photography among event and wedding planners in NY and throughout the US. One of New York's most sought after photographers, Paul Van Hoy's reputation and international acclaim has heralded him as one of the world's top professional wedding photographers. As a leading wedding photographer in the Western New York and Finger Lakes region, Paul's eclectic repertoire combines the classical with the contemporary. His technical acuity and mastery is informed by many years of study and practice as a commercial photographer, while his intuition and artistic vision are inborn. Paul's wedding photography possesses an umistakableness and timelessness that appeals to the most sophisticated and creative crowds alike. Paul D. Van Hoy II resides in Rochester, NY where he received his MFA in Fine Art Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Currently, Paul works as a commercial photographer, educator, and exhibiting artist in the Western NY area. His local clients include the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film as well as the GRVA (Greater Rochester Visitors Association). Paul offers wedding photography services in Rochester NY, Buffalo NY, Albany NY, Syracuse NY, and Evansville, IN. Wedding photography is Van Hoy's foremost photographic passion. Though presently residing in Rochester NY, Paul travels extensively within the United States and abroad for destination weddings. Van Hoy photographs and documents approximately forty weddings annually and books 1-2 years in advance for wedding dates of high interest.
Client List
Forbes, Health and Wellness Magazine, Brides Magazine, Wedding Style, Men's Health Magazine, Food & Wine Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living, DKNY, Jones New York, Fossil Inc., Redmond Publishing Group, Cherbo Publications, AGE Fotostock Inc., Vectren Energy, Sunoco Inc., Old National Bank, Fifth Third Bank, George Eastman House Museum, Tucker Publishing Group, Starmark International, Greater Rochester Visitors Association.