2020 Photograph of the Year Awards
It was a tough end to our 2019-2020 season, with the effects of the Covid pandemic putting an end to our season early back in March. The Executive Committee worked throughout the summer months to come up with a plan of action for the conclusion of the 19/20 season and the coming 2020-2021 season.
On August 26, 2020 Stamford Photography Club held it’s annual Photograph of the Year competition virtually through Zoom as the culmination of our 2019-2020 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 2019-2020 Photograph of the Year. The images members submitted into this competition were shown throughout the 2019-2020 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.
Below are the Images of the Year, along with a story behind the image from the makers.
You can see the gallery of the award winning images here.
Digital Image of the Year
This image was created at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Florida, this past March. There is a boardwalk of about 2 miles where you can wander and observe the birds. This was close to the mangrove and fairly open. Only by chance did I notice the 2 little chicks as the parent moved position. I spent most of the day observing them and photographing and I was LUCKY to be at the right place at the right time.” ~Carlotta
Black and White Print of the Year
The Irish Travelers are an ethnic minority group named for their nomadic lifestyle. I had the opportunity to photograph several families in Ireland with a photographer Joseph-Philippe Bevillard who has been photographing Traveler families for the past 7 years and provided the incredible access into their lives. While many of my photographs of the Traveler children show them laughing and playing or posing, this image of Diane reveals a child in a solemn, pensive moment waiting in a car with her siblings which is more illustrative of their incredibly difficult lives. ~Sally
Color Print of the Year
I took this image on a busy commercial street in the historic section of Mexico City. The round doorway in the abandoned building attracted me as a background so I posted myself across the street for ten minutes to take photos of people walking in front of the entrance. While it was difficult to find a time slot when no vehicles would come between my lens and my desired background, this one came through with a man taking a step just at the right moment. ~Rosemarie
