2008 AMPC Exhibition Finalists Posted On Blog
The 2008 Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition was a huge success, with over 860 entries, the judges certainly had their work cut out for them. Forty-six images have been selected for exhibition at the Mezzanine Gallery of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.
This year’s category winners are:
| Adventure | |
| John Nichols | “Frosty Early Morning Hike” |
| Heidi Hatcher (2) | “Meadow Nap”
“Backpacker’s Silhouette” |
| Lynn Willis (2) | “Paraglider flies over western Watauga County, NC.”
“Catch of the day!” |
| Patrick Pitzer | “Stone Mountain Climbers” |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Share the Journey® | |
| John Nichols | “Relaxing on a Southern Appalachian Evening” |
| Terry Young | “Touring Doughton Park” |
| Bob Peterson | “Back In time” |
| Jamie Belongea | “Boys on the Blue Ridger” |
| Colby Rabon | “Beneath the Viaduct” |
| Andre Masson | “Biltmore Winter” |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas | |
| Dale Forrest | “A Bird’s Eye View” |
| Scott Hotaling | “Mountain Calm” |
| Tommy Stine | “Valley Farm” |
| Robert Sterling Gingher | “Trestle Bridge” |
| Rick Rapfogel | “Rough Ridge 360″ |
| Jessica Maceda | “Glee Gloom” |
| Dale King | “Solitary Cloud” |
| Culture | |
| Steven Gold | “Preparing Food for the Family” |
| Roger W. Bodo | “French Swiss Ski Rental Building Fire Last Remains” |
| Mary Jo Brezny | “Hewitt Barn” |
| Ian Riley | “School Days” |
| Jamie Goodman | “Avery A&H Fair, September 2006″ |
| Robert and Shiiko Alexander (2) | “Dave Dukes Sorts Tobacco Leaves”
“Neal’s Grocery” |
| Environment | |
| Brad Douglass | “Venus” |
| Kerry Puckett | “Pumping Station, Little Tennessee River, June 2006″ |
| Robert Vance | “Dew” |
| Deborah Burchett | “Hard Times” |
| Jessica Maceda | “F A N T A S I A” |
| Charles King | “River of Cows” |
| Flora and Fauna
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| Liezel D’souza | “American Goldfinch” |
| Pat Pilchard | “Hosta 800″ |
| Bob Peterson | “Swallowtail on Joe Pye” |
| Bill McClung | “A Spooky Tree on Mount Mitchell” |
| James M. Davidson | “Queen Anne’s Lace” |
| Joanne Senkus | “Katydid” |
| Scott Brown | “brook trout” |
| Landscape
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| Bob Peterson | “Sunrise after Ice Storm” |
| Lynn Willis | “Sunset on fall colors, Table Rock, Linville Gorge.” |
| Rick Rapfogel | “Rainy Woods” |
| Lynne Townsend | “Frozen Hillscape” |
| Neal Auspitz | “Angry Morning” |
| Patrick Pitzer | “Cleo’s View” |
| Charles King | “Elk Mountain” |
A huge round of applause and congratulations for this year’s winners of the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition! Virtual Blue Ridge will be posting a gallery of this year’s winners soon. Thanks again to all of you for participating in this year’s competition. After seeing the stiff competition from this year, we look forward to next year more and more.
I can’t wait to see all of the beautiful photos selected at the gallery opening on Friday!
P.S. Thanks for the link love