Awards and Collections

AWARDS

2024 / PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris: Gold Award (1st place) in the Fine Art - Landscape: Series titled “Ethereal Moments in the Antarctic Peninsula”
2024 / IPA (International Photography Awards): “Jury Top 5” chosen by Susan Spiritus of “Susan Spiritus Gallery“ and “Honorable Mention” in the “Fine Art - Landscape” category: Series titled “Ethereal Moments in the Antarctic Peninsula”
2024 / IPA (International Photography Awards): “Honorable Mention” in the “Nature - Wildlife” category: Photograph titled “Resting Weddell Seal”
2024 / IPA (International Photography Awards): “Official Selection” in the “Special - Travel / Wanderlust” category: Photograph titled “Sunset basking at Zabriskie Point”
2024 / Neutral Density (ND) Awards: Honorable Mention in the “Seascapes / Waterscapes” category: Series titled “Ethereal Moments in the Antarctic Peninsula”
2024 / Paris International Street Photo Awards (PISPA): Bronze Medal (3rd Place) in the “Urbex & Minimalism” category: Series titled “Morning Commute at the Oculus”
2024 / Monochrome Awards: Honorable Mention in the Fine Art category: “Monument Valley, Arizona, USA”
2024 / Monochrome Awards: Honorable Mention in the Fine Art category: “Eroded Iceberg with Penguins. Brown Bluff, Antartica”
2024 / Monochrome Awards: Honorable Mention in the Wildlife category: “Weddell Seal on Fast Ice, Hanusse Bay, Antartica”
2011 / IPA (International Photography Awards): “Honorable Mention” in the “Architectural: Historical” category: Series consisting of five photographs titled “Great Wall of China at Mutianyu”
2011 / IPA (International Photography Awards): “Honorable Mention” in the “People - Lifestyle” category: Series consisting of five photographs titled “Rice Harvest at Longsheng China”

EXHIBITIONS

2025 / Collective - Landscapes - Praxis Gallery - Minneapolis, MN, USA
2024 / Collective - Street Photography (“The Streets of New York Series’) - The Street Soup, Milano, Italy

COLLECTIONS

2007 - Microsoft Art Collection: Photograph titled “Reflecting Rocks”, Washington State, 36 x 24, Limited Edition 1/3
2007 - Microsoft Art Collection: Photograph titled “Running Fence”, Idaho State, 30 x 45, Limited Edition 1/3

Stephen Rauch has earned numerous prestigious international awards, honors, and accreditations from renowned institutions for his photography, with several of his works featured in prominent company collections.