Degrees

2024 Master Artist - Professional Photographers of America

2023 Photographic Craftsman - Professional Photographers of America

2018 Master's of Photography - Professional Photographers of America

2017  Fellows of Photography - Professional Photographers of WA

2015 Bachelor's in Photography and Art History - The Evergreen State College

2013  Associate Fellows of Photography - Professional Photographers of WA

2013 Associate of Art - South Puget Sound Community College

Self Published Books

Abandoned (c) October 2015 - A collection of images taken at an abandoned warehouse in Olympia, WA.

Olympia, Wash. In Black and White (c) June 2015 - A collection of black and white street photographs taken in 2013.

Misplaced (c) June 2015 - A collection of images of objects in outdoor settings that are out of the ordinary. Images taken between 2011 and 2015.

Awards and Honors

2023 World Photographic Cup, Team USA Coca Cola with a Splash of Orange

2022 PPA Gold Medalist, Photographic Open Competition

2022 PPA Grand Imaging Award Finalist: Coca Cola with a Splash of Orange

2022 PPA Western District Award: Coca Cola with a Splash of Orange - Commercial

2022 PPA Western District Award: Life in the Fast Lane - Animal Portrait

2022 PPA Western District Award: School Days 1917 - Restoration

2022 PPA Western District Award: Miss Madsen 1894 - Restoration

2022 PPA Western District Award: Bagley Family 1910 - Restoration

2022 PPA Western District Award: William Bagley 1897 - Restoration

2022 PPW Volunteer of the Year

2022 PPW Wedding Photographer of the Year Hudson Trophy

2022 PPW Best Unclassified Wedding Image - Layers of Love

2022 PPW Best Artist Illustrative - Don’t Leave Home Without It

2020 PPW Best Restoration - Pretty in Pink

2019 PPA Silver Medalist - Artist Competition

2019 Fuji Masterpiece Award Perspective is Everything

2019 ACI Imaging Excellence Award Perspective is Everything

2019 PPW Judge’s Choice Perspective is Everything

2019 PPW Best Wedding Artist Renaissance Bride

2013 PPW Student Photographer of the Year - Scholarship Recipient

2013  Best Commercial Image A Splash of Refreshment   

2013 Judge’s choice award A Splash of Refreshment

2013 Best Advertising/Illustration image A Splash of Refreshment

2011 Kodak Gallery Award, Peek A Boo   

Publications

2022 PPA Imaging Excellence Collection, Coca Cola with a Splash of Orange

2022 PPA Imaging Excellence Collection, Life in the Fast Lane

2022 PPA Showcase Collection Hand Colored Heirloom 1910

2021 PPA Imaging Excellence Collection, Don’t Leave Home Without It

2021 PPA Showcase Collection, Charcoal Drawing of the Newlyweds

2019 PPA Loan Collection, Columbus School 1914

2015 PPA Loan Collection, A Simple Wish

2015 Best of College Photography Snowed In (right)

2012 The Percival Review,  Drive By and Lounge Chair Philosophy

2012 Best of College Photography The Glass Museum  

2011 PPA Loan Collection, Peek A Boo

2010 PPA Showcase Collection Dandelion King. 

Perspective is Everything - Karissa Blunck

Perspective is Everything - Karissa Blunck

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Snowed In - Karissa Blunck

Snowed In - Karissa Blunck