Bristol Photographers Club 50th Annual Photography Contest

Award Winners

BEST IN SHOW

Susan Christiano for “Fish. It’s What’s for Dinner” (tie)

Laurie Santoro for “Defined and Refined” (tie)

Bristol Photographers Club Award

Austin Jenkins for “The Look”

People’s Choice Award

Jenna Martin for “Best Friends”

Silver Lake Nature Center Award

Maggie Guteff for “Winter Wonders”



Animals

First Place, Paul Greiner for “Can We Come in Now?”

Second Place, Chris Sartre for “Lovely Luminar”

Third Place, Heather Baker for “Cades Cove Cub” (tie)

Third Place, Myrna Malkin for “Fly” (tie)

Honorable Mention, Benjamin Windle for “Thunder Lips Triumphant”


Architecture

First Place, Susan Christiano for “Geometric Delight” (tie)

First Place, Laurie Santoro for “Through the Skylight” (tie)

Second Place, Francisco Rodriguez for “Boat Dock”

Third Place, Debra Fedchin for “Architecture”

Honorable Mention, Ron Forsstrom for “Gridiron Gridlock”

Birds

First Place, Susan Christiano for “Fish. It’s What’s for Dinner”

Second Place, Laurie Santoro for “Spring is Just Around the Corner”

Third Place, Paul Greiner for “Mate Watch”

Honorable Mention, Dawn Denner for “Red Shoulder Hawk”

Black and White

First Place, Laurie Santoro for “Refined and Defined”

Second Place, Susan Christiano for “The Soloist”

Third Place, Myrna Malkin for “The Unicyclist”

Honorable Mention, Ron Forsstrom for “Gotham Train Yard”

Creative

First Place, Debra Fedchin for “Can’t Go Home Anymore”

Second Place, Nanci Hellmuth for “Captive”

Third Place, Barbara Campbell for “Swirl Gone Wild”

Honorable Mention, Jen Sperduto for “Trees in Motion”

Eyes

First Place, Nanci Hellmuth for “Side Eye”

Second Place, Heather Baker for “Peekaboo”

Third Place, Joe Connett for “The Gaze” (tie)

Third Place, Celia O’Donnell for “Broken Girl”  (tie)

Honorable Mention, Nanci Hellmuth for “Coraline”

Landscape

First Place, Cheryl Bomba for “Carve Your Own Path”

Second Place, Heather Baker for “Smokey Mountain Sunset”

Third Place, Susan Christiano for “Icelandic Summer”

Honorable Mention, Carolyn Logan Shoop for “All by Myself”

Macro/Close-up

First Place, Nanci Hellmuth for “Framework”

Second Place, Nanci Hellmuth for “Fruit of the Vine”

Third Place, Jen Sperduto for “Purple Green Spider Mum”

Honorable Mention, Misty Mizenko for “Nectear Bebes” (tie)

Honorable Mention, Carolyn Logan Shoop for “Proud As A” (tie)

Night

First Place, Susan Christiano for “A Night at the Avon Theater”

Second Place, Ron Forsstrom for “Circling the Manhattan Bridge”

Third Place, Ron Forsstrom for “Boathouse Row Blues”

Honorable Mention, Heather Baker for “Follow the Shadow”

People

First Place, Susan Christiano for “Under the Witch Window”

Second Place, Myrna Malkin for “Reflections of a Jazz Pianist”

Third Place, Ron Forsstrom for “A Silent Prayer”

Honorable Mention, Heather Baker for “The Roaring 2020s” 

Perspective

First Place, Nanci Hellmuth for “Haunted”

Second Place, Cheryl Bomba for “In or Out?”

Third Place, Heather Baker for “Stairway to Wonderland”

Honorable Mention, William Shoop for “Bocce”

Youth (15 and Under)

First Place, Margaret Gardineer for “Night Park” (tie)

First Place, Karlee Storm for “Unwritten Secrets” (tie)

Second Place, Logan Kelly for “Gears”

Third Place, Michael Romeo for “White Noise”

Honorable Mention, Ryan Kinkade for “Rainbow Mountain” (tie)

Honorable Mention, Valeria Ruiz for “Solemn Reflection” (tie)                                                                                           

Thank you for participating in or visiting our Annual Contest exhibit at the Silver Lake Nature Center - your support is greatly appreciated!

We hope this opportunity let you both inspire and be inspired by the work of your fellow photographers!

Pick-up for this exhibit was Sunday, March 24, 2024.

If you haven't picked up your work, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible during the Nature Center’s regular operating hours.

1306 Bath Road, Bristol, PA 19007

215-785-1177

Please check this page periodically for information about our March 2025 Contest! We look forward to sharing your work again!

Additional Information

The Bristol Photographers Club sponsors the contest. Sponsor is not responsible for any lost or damaged images; however, we will do our best to protect your images. Images not picked up will become the property of Bristol Photographers Club to dispose of as we see fit.

Please email any questions to bristolphotographersclub@gmail.com. Please also visit us on Facebook at Bristol Photographers Club.