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June 16 - June 23, 2022 VOLUME 36, NUMBER 48
Every week news F A T H E R ’ S J U N E
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art
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music
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the rest
Editor’s note
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epth of field, light, composure, and subject matter all matter when it comes to the aesthetic qualities of a photograph. The Central Coast photographers who took home awards in this year’s Winning Images contest nailed all of those FIRST FLIGHT Jenn Lawrence’s things. Out of the more than 400 of ospreys digital photos submitted in 2022, 32 image taking off out of their nest won made the cut. See the scenes they first place in the captured and feel the emotional Animals category for this year’s responses they elicit [12]. Winning Images Also this week, read about photography updated election results, the ballot contest. count, and who’s watching [5] ; an installation artist who took over SLOMA [28] ; and the mac and cheese festival that’s back in action [34].
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Winning Images 2022
DANNA DYKSTRA-COY, In Motion, Three Barn Swallows: Feed Me!, FIRST PLACE & BEST OF SHOW
photographers capture Time and place Local moments, memories, and magic P ictures often encapsulate a scene that can’t be replicated. Taken in the right light, at the right time, in the right spot, a photograph is as unique as the person who took it. Those images capture an event and keep it forever, just as it was—faces, light, motion, and landscape. Since 1994, New Times Media Group has invited local photographers to show us what they see through their lens in our annual Winning Images contest. This year, because it worked so well the last couple of years, we once again conducted an all-digital contest and received more than 400 photos. Our judges narrowed them
PHOTO COURTESY OF JAYSON MELLOM
Jayson Mellom began his photojournalism career at the Marion Chronicle-Tribune in Indiana before moving on to the Athens Daily News and then The Atlanta Journal/ Constitution before eventually settling in San Luis Obispo. He worked for the SLO Tribune for 16 years, and has been New Times’ photographer since 2016. Along the way, he’s won state, regional, and national awards for his photojournalism; has been published in National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, In Touch, and Der Spiegel magazines; and has had photos in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PEGGY MESLER
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down to three winners each in eight categories, plus eight honorable mentions. Every entry also came in with a $10 fee, which will be rolled back into prize money for each of the winners, who also receive awards from the contest’s sponsors. Check out the winning images from 2022 on the following pages, and be sure to keep an eye on the lens for photographs to submit in 2023’s contest! Δ Contact Editor Camillia Lanham at clanham@newtimesslo.com.
San Luis Obispo native and perennial Winning Images judge Peggy Mesler is a photographer and the owner of The Photo Shop in SLO, where she shares her appreciation for—and knowledge of— photography with customers, clients, and friends. Peggy earned a journalism degree from Cal Poly, and she opened her shop in 1995.
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHANIE SECREST
Stephanie Secrest has a master’s degree in photojournalism from Ohio University. She’s been a freelancer for more 15 years and was with the press for 21 years before that. Stephanie was invited to attend the exclusive Eddie Adams Workshop, a top honor for photojournalists. She was also a pre-qualification judge for Adobe with its ADAA contest. She’s been published in Newsday, The London Sunday News Magazine, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, and San Francisco Chronicle among others and was chief photographer and photo editor for two newspapers. Δ
Winning Images 2022
CATHY WALLACE, Animals, Besties, SECOND PLACE
HOLLY RAGSDALE, Animals, Blinded By The Light, THIRD PLACE
JIM JEFFREY, Travel, The Morning A er Yosemite Snowstorm, JUDGE’S PICK
BOB CANEPA, Animals, Red-Winged Blackbird Taking Flight, HONORABLE MENTION
JONATHAN SHAPIRO, In Motion, Pismo Sunset Su er, SECOND PLACE
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Winning Images 2022
LANCE WILSON, In Motion, Quicksilver, HONORABLE MENTION
BARRY GOYETTE, In Motion, Nellie (Jete), THIRD PLACE
DAN BAUM, Travel, Hunt’s Mesa Dawn, HONORABLE MENTION
BOB CANEPA, Flora, Calla Lily in B&W, FIRST PLACE
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MARLIN HARMS, Flora, Very Small Mushrooms with Morning Dew Drops, SECOND PLACE
Winning Images 2022
JENN LAWRENCE, Flora, Study: Tone and Texture, THIRD PLACE
DAN BAUM, Land/Seascape, Morro Bay Vista, FIRST PLACE
JONATHAN SHAPIRO, Travel, Duomo, Milan, THIRD PLACE
DAN BAUM, Flora, Bare Oak in Fog, HONORABLE MENTION
JONATHAN SHAPIRO, Open, Sedona Reflection, SECOND PLACE
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Winning Images 2022
JONATHAN SHAPIRO, Land/Seascape, Full Sky with Milky Way, THIRD PLACE
SHAD GIORDANO, Land/Seascape, Ebb Tide at Shell Beach, SECOND PLACE
BOB CANEPA, Land/Seascape, DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #112, JUDGE’S PICK
JONATHAN SHAPIRO, Open, Man at King’s Cross Station, THIRD PLACE
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DYLAN KYLE, People, Dune Leap, SECOND PLACE
Winning Images 2022
KELLY HAYES, People, Lit Up, JUDGE’S PICK
CATHERINE EVANS, Open, Confusion, FIRST PLACE
CHERYL STRAHL, Travel, High Su at Ke’e Beach , SECOND PLACE
TIM BRYAN, Land/Seascape, Emotion, HONORABLE MENTION
CATHY WALLACE, People, Sax on the Pier, FIRST PLACE
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Winning Images 2022
JONATHAN SHAPIRO, People, Self-Po rait in Benny’s T-Shi , THIRD PLACE
GRAELYN MARCANO, Youth (under 18), Trickling Lights, FIRST PLACE
BOB CANEPA, Travel, Los Angeles Architecture in B&W, FIRST PLACE IZZY HULS-HUTTON, Youth (under 18), Magic Power, SECOND PLACE
MCCORMICK O’MEARA, Youth (under 18), Water Boy, HONORABLE MENTION
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MCCORMICK O’MEARA, Youth (under 18), Throop Playground, THIRD PLACE