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6th Annual AMPC Finalists Announced

We sent out the call to professional and amateur photographers all over the country to submit their images that depict the Southern Appalachian Mountain region in their own unique way, and the response was truly overwhelming.  This year’s judges reviewed 918 images – no small feat, indeed.

Benson at Beacon Heights (Jill Smith), 6th Annual AMPC Finalist - Dogs on the Parkway
Benson at Beacon Heights (Jill Smith), 6th Annual AMPC Finalist – Dogs on the Parkway

Below we have listed the forty-seven images that have been selected for exhibition at the Mezzanine Gallery of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. You can browse these photos in our AMPC photograph archives.

This year’s category winners are:

Adventure
Alan Hughes “Wet & Wild”
Eric Heistand “Splash or Trash” &
“Parallels” &
“Twilight on Table”
Joe Quinn “WI4, M5”
John Nichols “Winter Paddling Solitude”
Kristian Jackson “Lost Coz”
Lynn Willis “Second Ascent of Raptor’s Delight”
Vicky Sawyer “Supper on Mount Rogers”
Blue Ridge Parkway Journey – Dogs on the Parkway
Andi Gelsthorpe “Anodyne’s Affection”
Jane Best “Jazz and Peak”
Jill Smith “Benson at Beacon Heights” &
“Comet at Thunder Hill”
Scott Brown “Floppy Ears”
Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas
Bob Peterson “Sunrise Over the Blue Ridge Mountains” &
“Harvest Moon Over the Blue Ridge”
D L Ennis “The Morning After”
Dale King “Grandfather Monolith”
Joyce O’Neil “Pounding Mill Overlook”
Tommy Stine “First Snow”
Tommy White “Magic Surrounds Me”
Culture
Beth Brittain “Ruins in the Woods”
Carole Usdan “Blue Braid”
Dustin Chambers “Typewriter”
Eric Heistand “Beware of Dog?”
Hallie Hochman “The Contra Dance”
Jeffrey Stoner “From Past to Present”
Jeffrey Waldron “Grillbillies”
Kenneth Kirksey “Untitled”
Kerry Puckett “Boone Drug Waitresses: Marilyn, Wilma G, Wilma D”
Terry Young “Shadows of Bluegrass”
Environment
Dustin Chambers “Boone Saloon Fire” &
“Pipes”
Jesse Hawk “The Tree Documentary”
Heather Wolf Turner “Progression”
Lynn Willis “Pinnacle Fire in Linville Gorge Wilderness Area”
Maria Lloyd “Leaves on Wood”
Flora and Fauna
Jayne Caruso “Camoflauge”
Jessica Maceda “Wonder Collides”
Laura Brittain “Curly Q’s”
Mike Naney “Fawn Dew”
Landscape
Cory Barlow “Stone Mountain Pano”
Dale Forrest “First Color”
Dale King “Halloween Creek”
Jeffrey Stoner “Drifting Along the Appalachian Trail”
Keith Lisk “Whitewater Falls”
Lawrence Elmer “Seasonal Landscapes”

A huge round of applause and congratulations for this year’s finalists of the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition!  People’s Choice Award voting goes live March 6, 2009.  Thanks again to all of you for participating in this year’s competition.  Each year the level of competition is raised, both in quality and quantity of entries.

I can barely wait for next year!