Judges are chosen for Norman tree photo contest

BY JANE GLENN CANNON Comments 0
Published: November 4, 2009

NORMAN — Five judges, including three professional photographers, have been selected for the Norman Park Foundation’s annual tree photo contest.

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Call Joe Sparks at 364-7152.

Amateur and professional photographers can submit entries from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Legends Times Two, 1333 W Lindsey St.

The juried show will hang at First Fidelity Bank, 131 E Main St., from Nov. 16 through Dec. 11. Prize money totals $1,600.

Judges will be Bob Goins, a University of Oklahoma professor emeritus who has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture and in regional and city planning;

Artist Tom Lee, a professional photographer whose medium is traditional black and white silver-based film and paper using a manual camera and simple dark room;

Charles Rushton, a professional photographer who has a master of fine arts in photography and has taught photography at Eastern New Mexico University, OU, Oklahoma City Community College and Firehouse Art Center;

Shevaun Williams, who owns a commercial photography studio in downtown Norman and whose clients include McGraw/Hill publishers, JC Penney Corp., Sheplers Western Wear and Oklahoma City Thunder; and Victor Youritzen, a 2002 recipient of the David Ross Boyd professorship in fine arts.

Photographers statewide are eligible to enter the contest, which is in its fifth year, Chairwoman Joyce Pitchlynn said.

Awards will be presented at a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Dec. 11, which coincides with Norman’s holiday art walk.