Lake Champlain Through the Lens: Juried Photography Exhibit
On Display September 6 - October 29
Didn’t have enough time to sit by the lake this summer? At Lake Champlain Through the Lens, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s annual juried photography exhibit, you can savor spectacular sunsets, glimpses of dawn and dusk, and other captivating views of the scenery, people, boats, and wildlife of the lake. The exhibition is on view from September 6 through October 29 and is included with museum admission.
Best in Show, Amateur Division, was awarded to Pogo Senior of Williston, Vermont, for The Stone Skippers, a panoramic view of the lakefront with two silhouetted figures Smaking a nearly abstract design in the foreground.
Best in Show, Professional Division, was awarded to Sharon Fosbrook of Jericho, Vermont, for Tentative,
an unusual and dramatic image of an ice formation.
Throughout the exhibition, visitors are invited to submit comments and votes for the “People’s Choice Award” which is announced at the end of the exhibition.
Participating photographers in the Professional division include Royce Dendler, John Douglas, Daniel Doyle, Kirk Edwards, Sharon Fosbrook, David Juaire, Jean Carlson Masseau, David Schmidt, and Leif Tillotson.
Participating photographers in the Amateur division include Robert Abell, Jes Berry, Sarah Deutsch, Francie Deyette, Ann Galante, Millicent Hawkins, Megan Humphrey, Max Kraus, Henry Lampert, Evan Masseau, “Kevlar” Foster McKay, Sharon Otty, Shirley Reid, Pogo Senior, and Gary Sevcik.
The panel of judges who reviewed and commented on the work included:
- Eric A. Bessette, founder of Shadows & Light Design, has been art director and designer of exhibits and publications and also created films for clients including the Vermont Historical Society, Vermont’s Information Center Division, Vermont Folklife Center, and LCMM.
- Jerry LeBlond, of Photoques Photography, Rutland, is past president of Vermont Professional Photographers. He has for many years served on the board member and jury for Chaffee Center for the Arts and the jury panel for LCMM’s Lake Champlain Through the Lens.
- Marjorie Ryerson, executive director of Water Music, Inc., is an award-winning professor, photographer, poet, editor and journalist with photographs in periodicals and books including The Vermont Experience, Vermont for Every Season and Water Music. As an art photographer, Ryerson has had numerous one-woman shows of her work throughout the United States.
Amateur, Boats
First Place: Anne L. Galante, Vergennes, VT, The Red Canoe
Second Place: Anne L. Galante, Vergennes, VT, With the Wind
Third Place: Robert Abell, Essex Jct., VT: Sweet Pea Waiting for its Skipper
Honorable Mention: Robert Abell, Sloop Hester Anne off Split Rock Point
Honorable Mention: Megan Humphrey, Burlington, VT, Willsboro Bay, NY
Amateur, Nature/Wildlife
First Place: Anne L. Galante, Vergennes, VT, Spring Formation
Amateur, People/Pets
First Place: Randy “Pogo” Senior, Williston, VT, The Stone Skippers
Second Place: Jess Berry, New Haven, VT: Father & Daughter
Third Place (tie): Pogo Senior, Williston, VT, Huck Finn Redux; Pogo Senior, Airborne
Honorable Mention: Max Kraus, Middlebury, VT, Smile, Please
Amateur, Scenic
First Place (tie): Anne L. Galante, Vergennes, VT, Moonlight Serenade, and Pogo Senior, Williston, VT, Island in the Sun.
Second Place: Evan Masseau, Hinesburg, VT, Evening Storm II
Third Place: Max Kraus, Going Home
Honorable Mention: Millicent Hawkins, St. Albans, VT, Moody Autumn
Amateur, Still Life
Honorable Mention: Francie Deyette of Vergennes, VT, Old Fashioned Picnic
Honorable Mention: Max Kraus, Middlebury, VT, Driftwood.
Amateur, Black & White
First Place (tie) Anne L. Galante, Vergennes, VT, Champlain Bridge, Winter; and Anne L. Galante, The Trip to the Lighthouse
Professional, Boats
First Place: Jean Carlson Masseau, Hinesburg, VT, Sailboat Silhouette
Professional, Nature/Wildlife
First Place: David Schmidt, Williston, VT, Sparkling Duck
Professional, People/Pets
First Place: David Schmidt, Williston, VT, Summit Over Champlain
Honorable Mention: Leif Tillotson, Enosburg Falls, VT, Sparkling Sunset
Professional, Scenic
First Place: John Douglas, Charlotte, VT, Ice
Second Place: David Schmidt, Williston, VT, Piers in Spring
Third Place: John Douglas, Melt
Professional, Still Life
First Place: Sharon Fosbrook, Jericho, VT, Tentative
Second Place: David Schmidt, Williston, VT, Winter Pier
Third Place: Sharon Fosbrook, Endless Rhythm