The Old Lyme Conservation Trust

The Lyme Land Conservation Trust, Inc. and the Old Lyme Conservation Trust, Inc. are pleased to announce the winners of their jointly sponsored amateur photo contest. The purpose of the contest was to focus on the celebrated and scenic Lyme-Old Lyme countryside. There were over 255 photos submitted from photographers all over Connecticut. The ages of the photographers were from 8 to 80.

This contest was made possible by the generous financial support provided by Pfizer, Inc., Lorensen Toyota, Citizens Bank, Essex Savings Bank, Evan Griswold & Karen Conniff at Coldwell Banker, and the Oakley/Wing Group of Smith Barney.

“There were so many wonderful pictures submitted that the judges had a difficult time selecting the winners” said Tony Sullivan, spokesperson for the two conservation trusts. To assure impartiality, the judges were not aware of the names of the photographers until after the judging process was completed.

The three independent judges are Anne Hoy, Professor of Art & Photographic History at New York University and former curator at the International Center of Photography in New York. She is the author of National Geographic’s book, The Book of Photography: The History, the Technique, the Art, the Future and Fabrications. Staged, Altered, and Appropriated Photographs,Abbeville Press. William Burt, a naturalist who has won acclaim for his books of wildlife photography: Rare and Elusive Birds of North America, Shadowbirds, and his recently released Marshes: The Disappearing Edens. Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator at the Florence Griswold Museum and a Yale University doctoral candidate in the History of Art. She is also the author of Historical Fictions: Edward Lamson Henry's Paintings of Past and Present.

“This year an additional award was given out to honor one of our prior judges, John Mitchell, who passed away last year” said Sullivan. “John dedicated his career to writing about the environment and so the award was for the best picture reflecting that subject.”

First Place	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Second Place	Rick Butt, Lyme
Third Place	Jeff Sims, Waterford
Honorable Mention	Nancy Lanteri, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Alice Depret, Lyme
Honorable Mention	Charlotte Quigley, Old Lyme

First Place	Deanna Broderick, Guilford
Second Place	Robert Bowman, New London
Third Place	Hank Golet, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Gerry Graves, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Tony Sullivan, Lyme
Honorable Mention	Skip Broom, Hadlyme

First Place	Stephanie Clayton, Old Lyme
Second Place	Sharon Baldi, Old Saybrook
Third Place	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Honorable Mention	Jeff Sims, Waterford
Honorable Mention	Hank Golet, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Honorable Mention	Diana Atwood Johnson, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Charles Lindeen, Lyme

First Place	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Second Place	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Third Place	Tom Henthorn Sr., Old Saybrook
Honorable Mention	Eva Gryk, New Britain
Honorable Mention	Michael Cathcart, Hadlyme
Honorable Mention	Kathryn Bassett, Westbrook
Honorable Mention	Carol Giese, East Lyme
Honorable Mention	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Honorable Mention	Statasia Penkoff Lidbeck, Essex

First Place	Annie Bolduc, Old Lyme
Second Place	Trey Bazinet, Niantic
Third Place	Madalyn Williams, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Nadia Penkoff Lidbeck, Essex
Honorable Mention	Jazzy Bazinet, Niantic
Honorable Mention	Noah Sparkman, Old Lyme

All the winning photographs will be available for public viewing at Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library at 2 Library Lane in Old Lyme during the month of May and at the Lyme Public Library on Route 156 in Lyme during the month of June. After that, they will be on display at the offices of our business sponsors. The photos can also be seen on the conservation trusts’ web sites www.lymelandtrust.org and www.olct.org.