The annual high school photography contest took place in our gym Saturday and was as big and exciting as ever. Around 70 schools participated, submitting 4000ish images. This year our judges were Eirik Johnson, a professor of photography at UW who also works with Photo Center NW; Margaret Zydek, photo professor at Bellevue College; and Catherine Abegg, a primarily portrait and wedding photographer. Reactions to their choices ranged from "Yes!" to "Why the HECK did they choose THAT?!", but from a sea of images they managed to winnow out 1st through 6th places in each of twelve categories. Our students put up a pretty good showing this year and earned third place overall. Below are not only the images that received recognition (a few still need to be added), but also some good works that were lost in the crowd.
The first three photos below will be professionally framed and join the traveling show that exhibits in the Seattle Art Museum, among other venues.
Bailey Fjelstul, 2nd place camera phone
Mairead Brown, 3rd place portrait
Chase Graham, 3rd place manipulation
Other Images That Placed:
Chris Sciumbato, 4th place camera phone
Zamir Gonzalez, 5th place architecture
Caitlin Clarke, 5th place landscape
Chris Sciumbato, 6th place abstract
Kristin Willis, 6th place animal
Maddux Pearson, 6th place camera phone
Finalists:
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Other Good Photos:
