ABOUT THE ARTIST

Dawn Lemerond has been involved in photography for over 18 years. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree with a Double Major in Graphic Communications and Photography. Dawn has studied with numerous photographers throughout the country. She is a member of the Fox Valley Professional Photographers Association, Inc., the Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association, the Professional Photographers of American and the American Society of Photographers.

Dawn has been a Certified Professional Photographer since 2000, earned her PPA Masters of Photography degree in 2001 in Chicago, Illinois and her Craftsman degree in 2006 in Austin, Texas. Along the way, Dawn has won numerous awards for her photography, locally and nationally. Highlighs inclide:

• Fox Valley Professional Photographers 2nd Runner Up
• Photographer of the Year 2005, 3rd Runner Up 2006
• Fox Valley Professional Photographer of the Year; 2004
• Thirty-two National Merit Prints; 1998-2006
• Six Wisconsin State Loan Collection Prints; (3) 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
• Outstanding Artistic Quality Awards; 1998, (2) 2002, 2004, 2006
• PPA National Loan Collection Prints; 1999, (2) 2002
• Best of Show Electronic Imaging in Wisconsin, Affiliated
• Convention 2002, 2005
• Three Judges Choice Awards; 1999, 2000, 2002
• Three Fuji Masterpiece Awards; (wedding) 1999, (electronic imaging) 2002, (electronic imaging) 2005
• Best of Show Illustrative Portraits in Wisconsin, Fall State Convention 2000
• Wisconsin State Lab Printer of the Year in combined categories; 1998