2020-2021 Photograph of the Year Competition Results
On May 5, 2021 SPC held it’s annual Photograph of the Year competition for the 2020-2021 season. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, this competition was held online via Zoom.
Members were asked to submit up to 3 images across Black & White Print, Color Print and Digital Image categories, with a maximum of 2 into any single category for a chance to be crowned our 2020-2021 photograph of the year. Member’s selected images were shown throughout this competition season, and could be from the open subject or assigned subject categories. Our judges were tasked with selecting one image per category to represent the Stamford Photography Club as the 2021 Photograph of the Year.
The Photograph of the Year is highlighted Gold
The first place entry in each category is highlighted blue.
The second place entry in each category is highlighted red.
The third place entry in each category is highlighted green.
- Ties for first place in a category were broken by a second round of judging so that there was a single first place in each category.
Black & White Class A
| Name | Title | Score |
| Lisa Silberman | Bird By Bird | 7, 7.5, 7.5 – 22 |
| Veronica Hauresz | Essence of Life | 8, 7.5, 8 – 23.5 |
Black & White Class Salon
| Name | Title | Score |
| Sally Harris | Amish Boy | 8.5, 8.5, 8 – 25 |
| David Kaplan | Approaching Storm | 7, 7.5, 7.5 – 22 |
| Debbie Wolf | Big Dreams | 8, 8, 7 – 23 |
| David Schafran | Ethereal | 7.5, 7.5, 8.5 – 23.5 |
| Samantha Heilweil | Exploring the Land of Bubbles | 7.5, 7, 8 – 22.5 |
| Susan Cohen | Island Shrine | 6, 6.5, 7.5 – 20 |
| Steven Labkoff | Make a Wish | 8, 8, 8.5 – 24.5 |
| Kirsti Holtan | Prickly | 7, 8, 7.5 – 22.5 |
| Mike Harris | So Much to Protest | 8.5, 7, 7.5 – 23 |
| Rosemarie Consunji | Stevedores Ask What’s Up Dog? | 8.5, 7.5, 9 – 25 |
| Jean Marc Bara | Sun Catcher | 8.5, 8, 9 – 25.5 |
| Mike Harris | The Edge of Light | 7, 8, 9 – 24 |
| Debbie Wolf | The Long Walk Alone | 8.5, 7.5, 7 – 23 |
| Sally Harris | Train Spotting | 7.5, 8, 9 – 24.5 |
| Steven Labkoff | We’ll Get Through this Together | 7, 7.5, 9 – 23.5 |
| Roger Busch | Wetland Weeds | 7, 7.5, 8 – 22.5 |
| David Kaplan | Yesterday’s Tulips | 7, 7.5, 8 – 22.5 |
Color Print Class A
| Name | Title | Score |
| Steve Kaplan | Boy And His Flock | 7, 7, 7.5 – 21.5 |
| Veronica Hauresz | First Flight | 7, 7.5, 8 – 22.5 |
| Lisa Silberman | Open Windows | 7, 7.5, 7.5 – 22 |
Color Print Class Salon
| Name | Title | Score |
| David Kaplan | Abandoned for the Sunrise | 7, 8, 8 – 23 |
| Sally Harris | Bicycle Built for Two? | 7, 7.5, 8.5 – 23 |
| Steven Labkoff | Buzz | 7, 7.5, 8 – 23.5 |
| Mike Harris | Cuban Greaser | 8.5, 8, 8 – 24.5 |
| Rosemarie Consunji | Hang Ten | 9, 8.5, 8.5 – 26 |
| Jean Marc Bara | Last Game before Dinner | 8, 7.5, 8.5 – 24 |
| Emily Kelting | Peace Seeker | 9, 9, 8.5 – 26.5 |
| Susan Cohen | Season’s End | 7, 7, 7.5 – 21.5 |
| Rosemarie Consunji | Swimming Floats Our Boat | 9, 8.5, 8.5 – 26 |
| Grace Kaplan | The Great Migration | 8.5, 7, 8.5 – 24 |
| Victoria Hackman | Yuck! | 7, 7.5, 8.5 – 23 |
Digital Image Class A
| Name | Title | Score |
| Edward Hortick | Autumn Marsh | 7, 7, 7.5 – 21.5 |
| Lisa Silberman | Eyes At Me Please | 7.5, 8, 7 – 22.5 |
| Karen Kallins | Fishing | 7, 7, 7.5 – 21.5 |
| Steve Kaplan | If One Of Those Bottles Should Happen to Fall | 7.5, 6.5, 8 – 22 |
| Veronica Hauresz | Illusion | 8, 8, 8 – 24 |
| Gerald Pollack | Interweaving Branches | 7.5, 8, 8 – 23.5 |
| Gerald Pollack | Into the Irish Sky | 7.5, 8, 8.5 – 24 |
| Steve Kaplan | Light on Machu Pichu | 7.5, 6.5, 8 – 22 |
| Karen Kallins | Sparkle | 7.5, 6.5, 7 – 21 |
| Edward Hortick | Waiting for the Bus | 7, 7, 7.5 – 21.5 |
Digital Image Class Salon
| Name | Title | Score |
| Victoria Hackman | A Face in the Crowd | 9, 7.5, 8 – 24.5 |
| Greg Presley | A Man and His Cat | 9, 7.5, 7.5 – 24 |
| Aleksander Rotner | At the Edge Of town | 8.5, 7.5, 8 – 24 |
| David Henkel | Blue Grey Gnatcatcher | 8, 7.5, 8.5 – 24 |
| Samantha Heilweil | Dancing Barnacles | 7, 6.5, 7 – 20.5 |
| Grace Kaplan | Dragonfly, Symbol of Transformation | 7.5, 8, 8 – 23.5 |
| David Henkel | Egret Joust | 9, 8.5, 9 – 26.5 |
| Carol Battin | Hannah | 8, 7, 6.5 – 21.5 |
| Kirsti Holtan | Have A Seat | 7.5, 7.5, 8.5 – 23.5 |
| Debbie Wolf | Isolation | 7.5, 7.5, 7.5 – 22.5 |
| Jean Marc Bara | Midnight | 8, 7.5, 8 – 23.5 |
| Carlotta Grenier | Nailed It! | 9, 8, 8 – 25 |
| Chris McManus | Orca Peaks | 7.5, 7, 8 – 22.5 |
| Kirsti Holtan | Pac Man Leaves | 7, 6.5, 6.5 – 20 |
| Chris McManus | Ridges In The Mist | 7.5, 7.5, 8 – 23 |
| Emily Kelting | Serenity | 7.5, 7.5, 8.5 – 23.5 |
| Victoria Hackman | Speak Truth to Power | 7, 7.5, 7 – 21.5 |
| David Schafran | Swosh | 7.5, 8, 8.5 – 24 |
| Roger Busch | Tatiana | 8, 7, 6 – 21 |
| Aleksander Rotner | The 2020 Election Night | 8.5, 8.5, 7 – 24 |
| Grace Kaplan | The Circle of Life | 7, 7, 7.5 – 21.5 |
| Carlotta Grenier | The Family at Rest | 9, 7.5, 8.5 – 25 |
| David Schafran | The Pack | 7.5, 7, 8 – 22.5 |
| Carol Battin | Three Engines | 7, 7.5, 8 – 22.5 |
| Samantha Heilweil | Winner Takes All | 7.5, 8.5, 8 – 24 |