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"Dancing in the window was an afterthought. The dance sequence was originally set up on a white backdrop and fully lit; but, when the student stopped to tie his shoe sitting on the window sill - it seemed to make a more interesting backdrop. This is a contact sheet on a gray background (instead of white) with the numbers removed and the images moved closer together." |
Portraits
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1st Place (211 pts.) - "On the Horn" by Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech. "James Sochinski playing the trombone. This was for an article on a piece he composed for trombone that was performed at the Kennedy Center."
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2nd Place (192 pts.) - "Professor Portrait" by Aaron Mayes, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "Law School professor Ann McGinley poses April 9, 2009 in a hallway at the school."
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3rd Place (191 pts.) - "The Accountant" by Nancy Evelyn, University of Georgia. "Accountant student is featured in an illustration in the style of artist Rene Magritte. (A parody of a famous painting is allowed under copyright law.) The featured Accounting student is also passionate about art, music, and dance as seen in other photos in the article."
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Sports
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1st Place (197 pts.) - "Hang On" by Kelly Gorham, Montana State University. "A cowboy looses his hat but keeps his seat during the bareback event at the annual spring rodeo." |
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2nd Place (192 pts.) - "High Fives" by Les Schofer, Liberty University. "Liberty baseball team mates high five each other following their victory over the Winthrop University Eagles." |
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3rd Place Tie (189 pts.) - "Over the Bar" by Les Schofer, Liberty University. "Greg Fauber clears the bar in high jump warmups."
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3rd Place Tie (189 pts.) - "The Finish Line" by Trice Megginson, University of Wyoming. "A runner crosses the finish line at the outdoor track meet in April." |
Campus Environment
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1st Place (211 pts.) - "Towers of Flowers" by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan. "A forest of tulips dwarfs the iconic campus bell tower." |
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2nd Place (208 pts.) - "Staircase" by Scott Soderberg, University of Michigan. "A unique view of the Monroe-Brown Staircase in the Computer Science Building."
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3rd Place (203 pts.) - "Recitation" by Erin Pence, Wittenberg University. "Clouds fill the sky above Recitation Hall at Wittenberg University." |
News & Features
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1st Place (219 pts.) - "Sunset Cast" by Misty McElroy, Nicholls State University. "Ricky Nelton (R), reels in his cast net as Michael Blanchard, throws his castnet into Robinson Canal from the pier at Lapeyrouse Seafood in Chauvin, LA." |
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2nd Place (197 pts.) - "His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet" by Tony Mastres, University of California, Santa Barbara. "Recently our campus was fortunate enough to receive a visit by the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. The Man sung about by George Harrison and championed by Richard Gere invited an amazing spectacle complete with State Dept security agents and over 10,000 spectators, we were lucky enough to get to cover it all."
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3rd Place (191 pts.) - "Candle Light Vigil" by Michael Kiernan, Virginia Tech. "Candle light vigil honoring the 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty killed April 2007." |
Science & Research
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1st Place (206 pts.) - "Red-Eyed Frog" by Tom Zasadzinski, Cal Poly Pomona. "A red-eyed tree frog at the BioTrek Rainforest lab." |
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2nd Place (204 pts.) - "Under the Orbscan" by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan. "Natalie Smith faces the Orbscan during a LASIK pre-screening. The concentric circles allow the scanner to map the corneal surface based on irregularities in the reflections."
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3rd Place (201 pts.) - "Cobalt Cornea" by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan. "Use of a slit lamp and cobalt blue filter allow a technician to check the break-up of the tear film, a thin layer of moisture that protects the eye and is normally replenished when you blink. If there were damage to the corneal surface that would affect the break-up, The blue light would illuminate a fluorescein stain (applied moments earlier) in the affected area."
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Personal Vision
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1st Place (223 pts.) - "First Watch" by Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech. "This is the watch that was given to the first commander of the Corp of Cadets, with the names of all members of the Corp engraved on the inside of the watch." |
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2nd Place (190 pts.) - "Field on a Stormy Day" by Austin Thomason, University of Michigan. "Out for a drive on a stormy day last month, I was struck by how green this field was."
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