This picture was awarded the gold medal by the PSA, Photographic Society of America at the 35th International Salon of Photographic Art in the Algarve, Portugal in 2009. Acceptance: The 2009 Image Salon Ripollet ,Spain,  The Al-Thani in Austria AWARD 2009, Tour of Austria Trierenberg 2010, and was given  half a page in the published catalog.