2023 Photograph of the Year Competition Results
On May 2, 2023, Stamford Photography Club held its annual Photograph of the Year competition as the culmination of our 2022-2023 season. Members were asked to submit 3 images across the 3 categories: Black & White Print, Color Print and Digital Image with no more than 2 images into any single category, for a chance to be crowned our 2022-2023 Photograph of the Year. The images members submitted into this competition 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 Photograph of the Year, not an easy task for sure with many great images to select from.
The Photograph of the Year entry is highlighted Gold
The first place entry in each category is highlighted blue
If there is a tie in a category, a second round of judging broke the tie. The 1st Place (b) entries are highlighted in light blue
The second place entry in each category is highlighted red
Honorable Mention entry in each category is highlighted green
Black & White Print Class A
| MAKER | TITLE | SCORE |
| Nenette Yu | Distorted View | 8, 9, 8.5 – 25.5 |
Black & White Print Class Salon
| Jean Marc Bara | TITLE | SCORE |
| Sally Harris | Don’t Look Back | 8.5, 8.5, 9 – 26 |
| David Kaplan | Mesquite Dunes #1 | 8, 8.5, 9 – 25.5 |
| Jean Marc Bara | Sandy Shores and Shadowed Wings | 8, 9, 8.5 – 25.5 |
| David Schafran | Screech | 8, 9, 8 – 25 |
| Steven Labkoff | Should I, or Shouldn’t I? | 9, 9, 9 – 27 |
| Steven Labkoff | Teach Your Children Well | 8.5, 9, 8.5 – 26 |
| Mike Harris | The Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul | 8, 8, 8 – 24 |
| David Schafran | The Maestro | 8.5, 8, 8.5 – 25 |
| Sally Harris | The Metro | 7.5, 8.5, 8 – 24 |
| Jean Marc Bara | Triangles | 9, 8, 8.5 – 25.5 |
Color Print Class A
| MAKER | TITLE | SCORE |
| Nenette Yu | By the Bridge at Dusk | 8, 8.5, 8.5 – 25 |
Color Print Class Salon
| MAKER | TITLE | SCORE |
| Mike Harris | Paris Evening in the Rain | 8, 8.5, 8 – 24.5 |
| Sally Harris | Reflections and Shadows | 9, 9, 8.5 – 26.5 |
| Veronica Hauresz | Stratford Point Light | 7.5, 8, 8.5 – 24 |
| David Kaplan | Sunrise Driftwood Beach | 8, 8.5, 8 – 24.5 |
| Steven Labkoff | To Flight | 9, 8, 8.5 – 25.5 |
| Mike Harris | Watchful Eye | 9, 7.5, 9 – 25.5 |
Digital Image Class A
| 8.5, 8.5, 7.5 – 24.5 | TITLE | SCORE |
| Shirley Hwang | Counting the Days to the Escape | 8, 8.5, 8.5 – 25 |
| Hiro Hiranandani | Does Anyone Live Here | 7, 8, 7.5 – 22.5 |
| Hiro Hiranandani | From The Ashes | 8.5, 7, 8.5 – 24 |
| Nicole Rivard | Ghost Trees | 8.5, 8.5, 7.5 – 24.5 |
| Laura Skutch | Nancy | 6.5, 8, 8.5 – 23 |
| Shirley Hwang | Remembering the Past | 7.5, 8, 7 – 22.5 |
| Nicole Rivard | Robert Frost’s Muses | 8.5, 9, 7.5 – 25 |
| Alana Stein | Romancing the Dahlia | 8, 8, 8 – 24 |
| Laura Skutch | Sabah | 7, 7.5, 7.5 – 22 |
| Karen Kallins | Structures | 8.5, 8.5, 8 – 25 |
| Jeff Farr | Summer Bells | 7, 7, 7 – 21 |
| Karen Kallins | The Pattern Within | 9, 8.5, 8 – 25.5 |
| Nenette Yu | Undulation | 8.5, 8.5, 8.5 – 25.5 |
Digital Image Class Salon
| MAKER | TITLE | SCORE |
| David Henkel | 9 11 Memorial and the Crescent Moon | 9, 9, 9 – 27 |
| Jean Marc Bara | A Quiet Exit | 7, 8, 8 – 23 |
| Greg Presley | Amphitheatre at Sunset | 8, 7.5, 8 – 23.5 |
| Linda Brinckerhoff | Chantilly Lace | 8.5, 7.5, 8.5 – 24.5 |
| David Schafran | Descent | 8.5, 8.5, 8.5 – 24.5 |
| Veronica Hauresz | Early Morning | 7.5, 7.5, 7.5 – 22.5 |
| Veronica Hauresz | Ethereal | 9, 8.5, 9 – 26.5 |
| Carol Battin | Flower #21 | 7, 7,.7, 8 – 22.5 |
| Carlotta Grenier | In the swamp is beauty | 9, 8, 8.5 – 25.5 |
| Chris McManus | Incoming Fog | 8, 8.5, 8 – 24.5 |
| Jiasong Zhu | Let My Poetry Move You | 7.5, 7.5, 7.5 – 22.5 |
| Carol Battin | Lillies | 8.5, 7, 7.5 – 23 |
| Aleksander Rotner | Lovers in the park | 9, 8, 8.5 – 25.5 |
| David Henkel | Northern Harrier at Sunset | 9, 8, 8.5 – 25.5 |
| Johannes Banck | Open Road | 8, 8, 8.5 – 24.5 |
| Susan Cohen | Orchid Romance | 7.5, 7, 8 – 22.5 |
| Carlotta Grenier | Out of the Night | 9, 8.5, 8.5 – 26 |
| Roger Busch | Painted Staircase | 8, 7.5, 8 – 23.5 |
| Emily Kelting | Snoozing | 9, 8, 9 – 26 |
| Debbie Wolf | Stages of Melt | 9, 7.5, 8.5 – 25 |
| Debbie Wolf | Stood Up | 8.5, 7.5, 8.5 – 25 |
| Chris McManus | The Gorge | 8, 8, 9 – 25 |
| Linda Brinckerhoff | The Rettich Preserve-Madison | 8.5, 8, 7.5 – 24 |
| Aleksander Rotner | The Intruder | 9, 8.5, 8.5 – 26 |
| Greg Presley | Trulli | 7.5, 7.5, 7.5 – 22.5 |
| David Kaplan | Wind Art | 9, 8.5, 7.5 – 25 |