“Best of the Best”: save all your winning images and bring them back of the end of year awards. Print and digital images that have been awarded 8 points or higher are entered in the End of Year salon competition.

Judge: Jeff Morgan

Art Dickey Award:

“Aged and Beautiful” — Cynthia Fleury

Color Print of the Year:

“Aged and Beautiful” — Cynthia Fleury

Color Print Runner-Up:

“Alley of Ruins” — John A. Olson

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Monochrome Print of the Year:

“Foggy Morning at the Golden Gate” — Geoff Kuchera

Monochrome Print Runner-Up:

“Riomaggiore” — Cynthia Fleury

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Digital Image of the Year:

“Grand Marais Lighthouse” — Cynthia Fleury

Digital Image Runner-Up:

“Together” — Bob Dachelet

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“Photos should be shot in a manner or manipulated after capture to give a final image that has the attributes and style of a painting. Possible effects include shapes that are not sharply defined, colors that are simplified or exaggerated, and/or lines and textures that simulate brush or stylus strokes. The photographer’s impressionistic interpretation of the subject is encouraged.”

Judge: Russ Borud

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“Subject depicts some aspect of Minnesota that is basic or essential to the nature of the state; things that exceed the ordinary or are considered in excess.”

Judge: Mike Prokosh

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“The remains of something destroyed, disintegrated or decayed.”

Judge: Mark Lissick

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“The gaseous products of burning materials; slang for a cigarette; a mass of column of smoke; to blacken or darken with smoke, such as from a fire.”

Judge: CCC Peer Judging

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“Lines that deviate from straightness in a smooth continuous fashion, such as the human body or a curving street; a line that is bent or formed into a curve. Something in the form of a circle; movement or line in or as if in a circle.”

Judge: Rachel Cain

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“Document life as it is without accentuating the textured fabric of the human condition or produce an image for political, social and personal statements.”

Judge: Richard Kain

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“From birth to age sixteen is subject is human, formal portraits, family grab shots, cute puppies or zoo babies.”

Judge: Josh Hackney

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“A receptacle, usually glass, having narrow neck and a mouth that can be plugged, corked or capped. The bottle, not the baby or beer brand, should be the subject this month.”

Judge: Vijay Karai

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