Local Conservation and Land Trusts 2010/11 Photo Contest Announced
Local conservation groups are inviting amateur photographers to focus on the celebrated and scenic countryside of Lyme, Old Lyme, Essex, Salem and East Haddam and submit their photos to the Sixth Annual Amateur Photo Contest. The Conservation/Land Trusts from each of those towns are sponsoring the contest. All amateur photographers are welcome to enter the contest regardless of what town they reside in.
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Judges will award $100, $50 and $25 cash prizes for each of the following categories: - Landscapes/Waterscapes - Plants - Wildlife - Cultural/Historic - Any subject for Young Photographers, below age 15 In addition to the above noted prizes, a special $100 award will be given in memory of our former judge, John G. Mitchell, for the best photograph that promotes and supports our environment and biodiversity.
Judges are: William Burt is a naturalist, wildlife photographer, author of Rare and Elusive Birds of North America, Shadowbirds, and his recently released Marshes: The Disappearing Edens. He has written for Audubon and Smithsonian magazines. Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator at the Florence Griswold Museum and a Yale University doctoral candidate in the History of Art. She is also the author of Historical Fictions: Edward Lamson Henry's Paintings of Past and Present. Rudy Wood-Muller, a photographic illustrator and designer. His first large exhibition was at the New York World's Fair in 1964 and was followed by numerous other shows, including a one-man show at the Rochester Institute of Technology. A group of his photographs have been selected to be part of the Permanent Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The deadline for submitting photographs is January 31, 2011. For questions, entry forms and a copy of the contest rules visit www.olct.org or e-mail the organizations at landtrustphotos@yahoo.com. Or, download the forms here: