The Old Lyme Conservation Trust

Old Lyme Conservation Trust
P.O. Box 163
Old Lyme, CT 06371
webmail@old-lymeconservtrust.org

2009-10 Photo Contest Winners Announced

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 countryside of our towns and its diversified wildlife.

There were over 300 photos submitted from photographers all over Connecticut. The ages of the photographers were from 8 to 80.

“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 the prior contest judges, John G. Mitchell, who passed away. Mr. Mitchell was one of the editors at National Geographic and dedicated his career to writing about the environment and conservation, the award was for the best picture reflecting that subject.
The award was given to Skip Broom, Hadlyme.

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The categories and names of the winners are:

Landscapes/Waterscapes

Plants

Wildlife

Cultural/Historic

 Young Photographers below Age 15

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 23rd 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.

See the photos now

Questions

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

 

Generous support for our contest is provided by:
 

Ballek's Garden Center
East Haddam


ChelseaGroton Bank.  
Salem  

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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