Awards & Recognition | Dale May | Lürzer's Archive, Communication Arts, IPA
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
200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide 2025/26
Recognized as one of the 200 Best 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
200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide 2024/25
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)
1st Place Gold — 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.
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.
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 Color Awards
3rd Place — Honor of Distinction (Americana)
"1974" — Photography & CGI
Honorable Mention — Americana
"Starlight Falls Motel, Room 3" — Photography & CGI
ReFocus Awards
Gold — Conceptual Category
"1974" — Personal work, Photography & CGI
Communication Arts
64th Photography Annual Award
"1974" — Selected for the annual Photography competition.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3)
Gold Award — Conceptual
"1974" — Personal work, Photography & CGI
2022
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" — 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
Eddie & Ozzie Awards
Ozzie Award — Best Use of Photography
Awarded to Time Out London for the cover portrait of Daniel Day-Lewis.
2010
Society of Publication Designers (SPD)
Best Use of Photo-Illustration
Awarded to Time Out NY for "Animals On Dates" cover feature.
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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