CATAWBA VALLEY CAMERA CLUB ANNOUNCE WINNERS
OF PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AT ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY
The Catawba Valley Camera Club held its annual holiday party and year end awards ceremony at the Hickory Museum of Art December 16, 2009. At this ceremony awards were given out for accomplished and amateur photographer of the year, print image of the year, and projection image of the year. Also honored were first, second, third, and honorable mention in both accomplished and amateur divisions for the year.
The Accomplished Division winners were:
Photographer of the Year – John Hildebrand
First Place Print
Ed Lane with his image entitled “Whitetop Tree.”
First Place – Projection
Janice Setzler with her image entitled “Carl’s Pink Lily.”
Second Place – Print
John Hildebrand with his image entitled “Paros Church Door.”
Second Place – Projection
John Hildebrand with his image entitled “Autumn’s Gold.”
Third Place – Print
Ed Lane with his image entitled “Bodie Ghost Town.”
Third Place – Projection
Steven Gold with his image entitled “Sunrise at Grandfather Mtn.”
Honorable Mention – Print
John Hildebrand with his image entitled “Marley at Sunrise.”
Honorable Mention – Projection
Rick Bell with his image entitled “Window Wings.”
The Amateur Division winners were:
Photographer of the Year – Cynthia Harmon
First Place – Prints
Wink Gaines with her image entitled “Clematis Core.”
First Place – Projections
Nina Ackley with her image entitled “Sunrise at Roan.”
Second Place – Prints
Donny Teague with his image entitled “Grandfather Mtn.”
Second Place – Projections
Wink Gaines with her image entitled “Mount Mitchell Falls.”
Third Place – Print
Cynthia Harmon with her image entitled “Portrait of a Chipmunk.”
Third Place – Projections
Nina Ackley with her image entitled “Craggy Dome Sunset.”
Honorable Mention – Print
Dave Rhuberg with his image entitled “Model Car.”
Honorable Mention – Projection
Cynthia Harmon with her image entitled “Hungry Hummingbird.”
The “Frank J Miller Artistic Image of the Year Award” is given annually to the club member
judged to have the most artistic and creative image.
This year the recipient of this award is
Ed Lane for his image entitled “Cloud Gate.”
The winning photographs will be on display at the Hickory Museum of Art for public viewing. You can see the display in the hallway to the main art gallery on the first floor.
The Catawba Valley Camera Club meets on the first and third Wednesdays of every month, 7:00 pm in the North Annex of the Arts Center in Hickory. Meetings consist of competition among members as well as instructional lectures. Field trips are planned throughout the year to enable members to share and demonstrate techniques as well as spend time enjoying photography together. The next meeting will be January 20, 2010 featuring a print competition. The public is invited to attend, membership is not required to attend but membership is required to enter competitions. Further information can be obtained from the tabs at the top of this page or by calling Mike Morrison at Viewmont Camera, 2215 North Center St, Hickory, N.C., (828) 327 2959.
