The 2018 competition was juried by Sarah Meister, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York in New York City.
For more information about our annual competition, visit our Competition page.
View our 2018 Competition Prizewinners Gallery to see the prizewinners.
William FransonByfield, Massachusetts
www.billfranson.netWaynesboro, PA, from a current project photographing along the Mason Dixon Line, 2016
Silver print, 16"x16"
Barbara EhlersNew York, New York
barbara.ehlers97@gmail.comUpstate Rural 1
Archival pigment print, 13"x19"
Alec DannWashington, District of Columbia
Smoke House
Archival pigment print, 12.75"19"
Eric KunsmanPenfield, New York
etknai@rit.edu www.erickunsman.comKodak Hawkeye Plant, Rochester, NY, 2016
Silver print, 20"x20"
Sixth Prize
Laura L CamdenFlagstaff, Arizona
laura.camden@nau.edu www.lauralcamden.comEl Centro Schoolboy, Havana, Cuba, 2017
Archival pigment print, 11"x14"
John WyattScotch Plains, New Jersey
jwyatt492@gmail.com www.johnwyatt.netHouse and Trailer, Bombay Beach, CA, 2016
Archival pigment print, 13.3"x20"
Twelfth Prize
Keith FredArlington, Virginia
flamingophoto@usa.net www.FlamingoPhoto.netMetal Chair, CA, 2018
Archival pigment print from a 2-1/4 transparency, 15.5"x15.5"
Fifteenth Prize
Vicky GewirzWellesley, Massachusetts
Abracadabra
Platinum/palladium print, 5"x7"
Thirteenth Prize
Jon WeinrottGlenside, Pennsylvania
Shakedown in New Orleans
Silver print, 8"x11.75"
Daniel LobdellLancaster, Pennsylvania
danlobdell.netBaltimore No. 37, 2017
Archival pigment print, 22"x27.7"
Tenth Prize
Irina Dakhnovskaia-LawtonCoral Gables, Florida
The Secret Language, 2018
Archival pigment prints, papercut, wax, 12"x8"
Kathleen B. DonovanDallas, TX
katindallas@gmail.com Instagram: @katindallas2 kbdonovanphoto.com One Plus Two, 2016
Archival pigment print, 12"x18"
Eighth Prize
Jenna HoustonPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Untitled (Adam's New Wig)
Archival pigment print, 14"x11"
Beth GarrabrantAustin, Texas
Rodeo Princesses in Waiting, 2017
Chromogenic print, 19"x23"
Parker ReineckerAtlanta, GA
parkerreinecker@gmail.com www.intheparkphoto.comIndian Jewelry Store, Gallup, New Mexico, 2018
Archival pigment print, 21.25"x32"
Nicolas BowenFleetwood, Pennsylvania
www.stilltimeimages.comSquatter Remains, Delaware County, N.Y., 2012
Archival pigment print, 22"x27.5"
James LawsonWest Chester, Pennsylvania
jiml1948@mac.com www.jimlawsonphotography.comWater Whispers
Archival pigment print, 10.5"x10.5"
Michael RuggieroEast Hampton, New York
rugg007@optonline.net mkruggie.photoshelter.comCoast Guard Beach, Amagansett, NY – 2015, from 'Last Baymen of Amagansett' series
Archival pigment print, 22"x33"
Molly BlockHouston, Texas
mollyblock.orgDiving Lady Motel
Archival pigment print, 12"x12" (courtesy of the artist and Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, TX)
Norman BordenNew York, New York
No Diving, Coney Island
Archival pigment print, 22"x17"
Barbara KarantChicago, Illinois
Floor 9 #11
Archival pigment print, 21.5"x14.5"