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Sandi Croan is a fine art photographer who specializes in landscape, nature, and travel photography with an eye for capturing the unique and creating fine art for homes and offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandi has been juried in and has won numerous competitions and awards for her fine art photographs including: Photographer of the Year and Print of the Year numerous times as well as Versatile Photographer of the Year at Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS); Best Landscape and People’s Choice awards at Nature Visions Photography Expo;Best in Show and 2nd<\/sup> Place at the juried Meadowlark Photo Expo; 1st<\/sup> Place at the 2016 Art Space Herndon Fine Art Photography Exhibit, and 2nd<\/sup> Place at Reston Artists PhotoArt 2015. Her images are on permanent display at the Fair Oaks Hospital Cancer Center and Inova Schar Cancer Center. Sandi was a featured artist in Elan Magazine, and her photograph \u201cBlue Lagoon\u201d was on the cover. She has also had photographs published in other local and national magazines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, she was a finalist in Outdoor Photographer Magazine\u2019s Nature\u2019s Colors in 2021 with her photo \u201cSossusvlei 427\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandi has been a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society since 2004 and has served in a variety of board positions. She served as President of NVPS for two terms from 2009-2011. She also is a speaker and serves as a judge for area photographic clubs, competitions and exhibitions which she enjoys tremendously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see a sample of Sandi\u2019s work on www.sandicroanphotography.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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