Penza, 28 December 2011. PenzaNews. Penza photographer Yury Nesterenko was awarded with a reward “Academy” “Best photo artist 2011” of photo club.

According to Maria Kabanova, the Press Secretary of a photo club, Yury Nesterenko’s pictures was marked abroad. He got a special prize — camera “Olympus” in Czech Republic.

She said: “10 photographers and 20 works were awarded. Elena Solomatina and Elena Rodionova won in nomination “Best photo – 2011”.

Maria Kabanova added that a member of the union “Photoart” and the union of journalists of Russia Eduard Tevosov, the editor-in-chief of publishing house “PhotoArt”, the deserved artist of the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART (EFIAP), the chairman of the Czech federation of photoart Garik Avanesyan and a member of The Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Masters of Photography Association (MPA) and British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) Elmira Watts.