2026
200best Digital Artists Worldwide 2026/27 (Edition 8)
Four works selected for the eighth edition: "Inner Peace," "Horse Whisperer," "The Accidental Tourist," and "Clown Time Burger." This is Dale's third 200best Digital Artists listing and his fourth 200best selection overall across both of Lürzer's Archive's worldwide series.
"Inner Peace" and "The Accidental Tourist" began as portraits photographed for Prevention Magazine in 2011. Both images were rebuilt in 2026 using current photography, CGI, AI, and post-production.
International Photography Awards (IPA)
3rd Place Bronze, Special: Digitally Enhanced
"Clown Time Burger", a personal project featuring Marisa Stashenko, photographed in studio on blue screen and placed inside a fully CGI retro burger restaurant built in Blender 3D. View Case Study
Honorable Mention, Special: Digitally Enhanced
"Horse Whisperer", entered and recognized as a complete series rather than a single image. A first-time rider photographed in a Connecticut studio in midwinter, placed on horseback in a Montana landscape that exists only in CGI. View Case Study
2024
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)
IPA 2024 Photographer of the Year, 1st Place Gold, Special: Digitally Enhanced
"Last Trip Home", a personal project featuring Emerson Croasdale. Studio portrait photography integrated with a CGI environment.
2nd Place Silver, Special: Digitally Enhanced
"Live Free Or Die", a personal project featuring actor Alexander Patsos. Studio portraiture combined with CGI. View Case Study
Honorable Mention, Advertising Photography
"What Could Go Wrong", a self-promotional project featuring Sam Mae and Danny Carmelo. Traditional photography and CGI integration.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3)
Silver Award: Professional Advertising, Self Promotion
"What Could Go Wrong?", a self-promotional project featuring Sam Mae and Danny Carmelo. Traditional photography and CGI integration.
Honorable Mention, Special Effects
"Day 54", a personal project featuring Damien May in a CGI environment.
Best Photography Awards
1st Place Gold, Professional Advertising Photography
"Live Free Or Die", a personal series featuring actor Alexander Patsos. Photography and CGI hybrid series centered on a hipster biker and Piglet Hamlet. View Case Study
Honorable Mention, Art Photography
"What Could Go Wrong?", a conceptual project about a scientist creating a giant mecha-crab to clean ocean waste. Traditional photography and CGI.
ReFocus Awards
Honorable Mention, Conceptual
"Day 54", a personal project featuring Damien May in a CGI environment.
2023
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Honorable Mention, Special: Digitally Enhanced
"1974", personal work combining photography and CGI. View Case Study
ReFocus Awards
Gold, Conceptual Category
"1974", personal work combining photography and 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 combining photography and CGI. View Case Study
2022
200best Digital Artists Worldwide 2022/23
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)
Honorable Mention, Special: Digitally Enhanced
"Starlight Falls Motel, Room 3", a personal project featuring Natasha King. Portrait photography integrated with a CGI environment.
International Color Awards
Honorable Mention
"Ophelia's Dragon", a personal project featuring Ophelia May with a CGI dragon.
