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Capturing Contrast
FWCD has been at the center of creative excellence for three-and-a-half decades with its Black & White Images Competition and Exhibition. This annual juried exhibition for talented high school photographers in public and private schools across the DFW metroplex fosters a vibrant exchange of ideas. This year’s exhibition showcased 126 images. FWCD photographers had 15 pieces displayed in the exhibition, spanning six of the eight categories, with 10 of them earning awards.
Upper School Photography Teacher Sil Azevedo oversaw the competition and exhibit and invited Kalee Appleton, photography-based artist and Assistant Professor of Photography at TCU, to be the juror selecting this year’s works for exhibition and awards.
First-place winners were Piper Baine ’24 for Batting Practice (Photo Essay), Carolina Murrin ’24 for Wrinkles (Photojournalism), and Addie Miller ’24 for Leroy (Nature + Animals). Second-place winners were Luke Tierce ’24 for Hunt and Hunted (Photo Essay), and Abigail Proell ’24 for Up (Photojournalism), and a third-place winner was Grayson Matthews ’24 for Road Trip (Landscape/ Cityscape). Summer Camp by Campbell Beebe ’23 (Photojournalism), Grandpa by Murrin (Portrait), Untitled by Proell, and Horses by Miller (Nature + Animal) were Honorable Mentions. Selected works were Carson Lee ’23 for Drive (Photojournalism), Proell for Service 2 of 2 (Portrait) and Untitled (Architecture), and Kyra Gibbons ’24, FW Silos (Landscape/Cityscape).
Reflecting on the essence of the time-honored event, Azevedo shared, “My favorite aspect of this event is seeing the actual prints come in from each school. A matted photographic print is a finished art piece that embodies the creator’s original intent, and it is something special.”
