The Old Lyme Conservation Trust

The Old Lyme Conservation Trust, Inc., the Lyme Land Conservation Trust, Inc., the Salem Land Trust and the East Haddam Land Trust 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.

The ages of the photographers this year ranged from 8 to 83!

“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 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 and Rudy Wood-Muller, a photographic illustrator and designer. His first large exhibition was at the New York World's Fair in 1964 and was followed by numerous other shows, including a one-man show at the Rochester Institute of Technology. A group of his photographs have been selected to be part of the Permanent Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

“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.” The award was given to Carl Buschmann, East Haddam.

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The categories and names of the winners are:

Landscapes/Waterscapes

First Place	Carl Buschmann, East Haddam
Second Place	Carol Giese, East Lyme
Third Place	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Honorable Mention	George Fellner, East Haddam
Honorable Mention	Halden Block, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Emil Tillona, Moodus

Plants

First Place	Jeff Sims, Waterford
Second Place	Larry Reitz,Salem
Third Place	Emil Tillona, Moodus
Honorable Mention	Stephanie Clayton, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Linda Waters, Salem
Honorable Mention	Skip Broom, Hadlyme

Wildlife

First Place	Cheryl Philopena, Salem
Second Place	Diana Atwood Johnson, Old Lyme
Third Place	Jennifer Sabatelli, East Lyme
Honorable Mention	Hank Golet, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Cynthia Kovak, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Stephanie Clayton, Old Lyme

Cultural/Historic

First Place	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Second Place	Michael Cathcart, Hadlyme
Third Place	Skip Broom, Hadlyme
Honorable Mention	Maureen Hartzell, East Haddam
Honorable Mention	Robert Bowman, New London
Honorable Mention	Tony Sullivan, Lyme
Honorable Mention	Halden Block, Old Lyme

Young Photographers below Age 15

First Place	Kristen Wicander, Moodus
Second Place	Annie Bolduc, Old Lyme
Third Place	Tess Buschmann, East Haddam
Honorable Mention	Ellie Wiese, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Daisy Winkel, Old Lyme
Honorable Mention	Megan Marie Aldrich, Salem

See them all!

All photos that were submitted will be displayed at a reception at the Old Lyme Senior Center, 26 Town Woods Road in Old Lyme on Friday, April 24th between 6 pm and 8 pm. Light refreshments will be served. The prizes will also be given out at this reception.

All the winning photographs will also be available for public viewing at Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library at 2 Library Lane in Old Lyme during the month of May and during the following months at the public libraries of Lyme (June), Salem (July) and East Haddam (August). The photos can also be seen on the conservation trusts’ web sites: www.olct.org, www.lymelandtrust.org, www.salemlandtrust.org and www.ehlt.org.

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Questions

If you have any questions, contact us at LandTrustPhotos@yahoo.com.

Generous support for our contest is provided by:

Bank of America
Old Lyme

ChelseaGroton Bank.
Colchester

Evan Griswold of Coldwell Banker
Old Lyme

Essex Savings Bank
Essex

Lorensen Toyota
Old Saybrook

Pfizer, Inc.
Groton


Tom Wing & Harry Oakley of Smith Barney
Essex

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