The judges scores are in and all the awards for this year’s Salon Exhibition were distributed during the Awards Reception on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. First Place Color, Best in Show, and the People’s Choice Award all went to Mike Shaefer’s evocative Winter Roundup.
Winter Roundup by Mike Shaefer
First Place Monochrome was awarded to Chris Handley for Poison Ivy.
Poison Ivy by Chris Handley
In my humble opinion this has been our best show ever. Numerous superb images received well-deserved awards and all the great images entered were enjoyed by the numerous gallery visitors. Congratulations to all our award winners!
Award Winners - Salon Exhibition 2016
Monochrome Awards
1st Place Poison Ivy by Chris Handley
2nd Place Man and Behemoth by Darryl Neill
3rd Place Blower Room - Sloss Furnaces by Janerio Morgan
HM Mother at the Well - Katmandu, Nepal by Marc McElhaney
(Note: HM = Honorable Mention)
Color Awards
1st Place, Best in Show and Peoples’ Choice Award
Winter Roundup by Marc Shaefer
2nd Place Water Lilly by Janerio Morgan
3rd Place Check Out My New App by Marc McElhaney
HM Great Egret Rookery by Don Stephens
HM First Course at the Crab Shack by Don Stephens
HM Colors of the Ocean by Shekar Narayanan
HM Daffodil Perspective by Jim Harrison
HM Biking in the Marigny by Brandon Ward
HM Don’t Go by Brandon Ward
HM Dawn, Waterrock Knob by Darryl Neill
HM Eye on the Prize by Brad Bartee
Please be sure to view all the award winning images in our Salon 2016 Winners Gallery.
A Guest Votes for the People’s Choice Award
All our members, volunteers and guests loved how the show displayed in UUCA’s superb gallery. The new LED spot track lights were fantastic and make it very easy to get good light on every image. And the new hanging system continues to look and work great; it made hanging so many images (we had a total of 64 photographs this year) quick and painless. We are proud to have collaborated (planning, labor and resources) with UUCA and their Art Committee to implement the hanging system!
Enjoying Food, Conversation and Fine Images at the Awards Reception
A big thank you goes to this year’s judges, Ron Sherman, Nicole Tyler and Russ Colegrove, for discerning the best among the many fine images entered, to Janerio Morgan who did a fine job as Chair of the Salon Exhibition 2016, to our many volunteer members who hung the show & provided food and libations for the awards reception, and to the many guests who attended the show!
Judges: Ron Sherman, Nicole Tyler and Russ Colegrove, and Salon Chair: Janerio Morgan
Seeing that ten different APS members received awards emphasizes the wide range of photographic talent we are blessed with. Let’s keep pushing our creativity!
Jim Harrison, President
Atlanta Photographic Society
