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AT THE MOVIES
Skyfall rises [36]
Check out the top photos in our Winning Images contest. Please? Pretty please? With a … well, you know [12]
Sweet
visions
SPORTS Hancock’s Artis-Payne sets ARTS If ever a-wever a Wizard you his sights on Division I [28]
should see, it’s PCPA’s [32]
EATS Santa Maria gets a BevMo!— meet its top wine guy [38]
Judith Hildinger, Phantom Owl,
Best of show, and first Place, adult, animals
BY STEVE E. MILLER
17 Dorothy Cutter, Before the Storm,
Our annual photography contest continues to showcase
years of winners! the best images from Central Coast photographers
Judge’s Pick, adult, travel
Mary Anne Anderson,
Musician, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, Judge’s Pick, adult, travel
Daniel Kuras, Poolside Perro, JUDGE’S PICK, ADULT, ANIMALS
Sabina Miklowitz, Rosebud,
JUDGE’S PICK, ADULT, PEOPLE
W
e received 598 entries for the 17th annual Winning Images contest this year, and the competition was fierce. This year, our staff decided to expand the contest to incorporate the territory covered by New Times’ sister paper in Santa Barbara County, the Sun. The categories were changed slightly, but as in past years, the genres that received the most entries were Land and Seascapes, Travel, and People. As in past years, the entry fee of $5 per image was used entirely for a $3,000 prize pool for all the winners, which makes this contest unique among photo contests nationwide. The cover shot is by Jen Olson, Untitled. Serving as judges were The Photoshop owner, Peggy Mesler; Cal Poly Art Gallery director Jeff Van Kleeck; and local painter Lena Rushing. As an employee of the company, I don’t serve as judge, but I do coordinate the setup, help the judges in the case of a tie vote, and tally the results. My go-to man for the night was the eminently capable jack of all trades, New Times employee Tadhg Morrison. Everyone involved in the process picked one favorite picture out of the whole batch that didn’t win anything in any other category, and although Morrison and I weren’t judges, we’re calling all five favorite pictures “Judge’s Picks.” Enjoy the show! ❍ Send comments to Staff Photographer Steve E. Miller at semiller@newtimesslo.com. WINNING IMAGES
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Skip Moss, Light, JUDGE’S PICK, ADULT, TRAVEL
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Meet the judges
San Luis Obispo native Peggy Mesler is a photographer and owner of The PhotoShop in SLO. She shares her appreciation and knowledge of photography with customers, clients, and friends. Peggy graduated with a journalism degree from Cal Poly, and opened The PhotoShop in 1995. Her interests include gardening, hiking, and birding, and PHOTOS BY STEVE E. MILLER her favorite photographic subject is people.
Nancy Koren, Flower Dance, Third Place, adulT, Flora
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Adam Paine, Central Park in Snow, Third Place, adulT, Travel
Jeff Van Kleeck runs Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery. He received a master of fine arts degree in photography and has studied photography under Jerry Uelsmann, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Keith Carter, John Sexton, Jerry Spagnoli, Jim Stone, Christopher Burkett, William Neill, and Bruce Barnbaum. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, in such locations as New York, Madison, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Brazil. His work can also be seen in the book, Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels, fifth edition, by Robert Hirsch of Focal Press. Formerly from Southern California, Lena Rushing has called the Central Coast home for 16 years. She’s best known for her large-scale figure paintings. Her aim is to connect with the public through art, and she supports a variety of local nonprofit organizations by offering work for fundraising events, while volunteering her time by sharing lessons in art with children at her neighborhood school. Her work has been showing in San Luis Obispo group and solo art shows for more than a decade. Honest and authentic, her intent is to create vibrant, intriguing works of art that encourage the viewer to engage in artrelated dialogue. m WINNING IMAGES
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Sabina Miklowitz, Two Fridas, Third Place, adulT, oPen
Spencer Caserio, Perty Flower,
Third Place, YouTh, oPen
Wade Moxley, Hot Air Balloon View, Creston, Third Place, adulT, land /SeaScaPe
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Donna Johnson, Lost Art, Second Place, adult, oPen Adam Paine, Face Time, Second Place, adult, PeoPle
Bob Canepa, Hospital View,
third Place, adult, architecture
Skip Moss, Mandala, Second Place, adult, Flora
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worth a mention
All of our winners, including Honorable Mentions, will be featured in a slideshowVisit our website to view a slideshow of all the winning images, including the Honorable Mentions from each category.
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Bob Canepa, So Raven,
Second Place, adult, travel
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Alice Cahill, Misty Waves, Second Place, adult, land /SeaScaPe
Alice Cahill, Kitchen at the Lighthouse,
Second Place, adult, architecture
Teddy Llovet, Make Room for Me, SECOND PLACE, ADULT, ANIMALS
Dez Cobb, Untitled,
THIRD PLACE, ADULT, ANIMALS
Laura Dienzo,
Under the Street Performer, HONORABLE MENTION, ADULT, PEOPLE
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Mauria Nakamura, Under Pressure, second Place, Youth, oPen
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Brenda Maltese, Spanish Eyes, third Place, adult, PeoPle
Donna Johnson, The Standout, First Place, adult, Flora
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Sabina Miklowitz, Elegance, First Place, adult, PeoPle
Cheryl Strahl, Waterfall on the Rocks, First Place, adult, travel
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Noah Neva, Empty Airs, First Place, Youth, oPen
Lance Kinney, Late Spring Storm, avila Beach, First Place, adult, land /seascaPe Jonathan Shapiro, Center for Science and Mathematics, Cal Poly, First Place, adult, architecture