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PIEA 2006 student-teacher photo competition winners
Mark Peters : February 9th 2006 - 17:05 CET
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 PIEA 2006 student-teacher photo competition winners : The Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA), a member association of PMA, Jackson, Mich, USA, announces the winners of the 2006 PIEA International Student-Teacher Photo Competition. The judges have chosen 112 images submitted by 93 entrants out of 5,915 images submitted by 1,330 entrants from 101 schools in seven countries. Winners come from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, Guatemala, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Each award winner and exhibitor will share in the more than US$110,000 in prizes sponsored by 94 generous companies and organizations from six countries.
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 PIEA 2006 Photo competition
Prizes include film and digital cameras, memory cards, printers, tripods, magazine subscriptions, scholarships, printing paper, batteries and photo accessories. Entrants compete in nine categories by age group. Each category awards Grand, First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention prizes plus Exhibitors.
2006 PIEA Grand Prize Award Winners
Grades 9 and Below - Single Image
- Julie Gordon, Princeton Day School
- Princeton, N.J., USA
- Teacher: Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick
Grades 10, 11, 12 - Single Image
- Zachary Rice, North Kingston High School
- North Kingston, R.I., USA
- Teacher: Charles King
Grades 10, 11, 12 - Portfolio
- Mazouza Tayeh, Abraham Lincoln High School
- Brooklyn, N.Y., USA
- Teacher: Carlos A. Molina
Computer-Assisted Image - Up to Grade 12
- Daniel Ruiz, Bayonne High School
- Bayonne, N.J., USA
- Teacher: Charlann Meluso
College and University - Single Image
- Rohan Gautam, The Shari Academy
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Teacher: Girish Mistry
College and University - Portfolio
- Simon Pienaar, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Teacher: Glenn Meyer
Computer-Assisted Image - College and University
- James Robert Cole, Brooks Institute of Photography
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Teacher: Scott Miles
Faculty/Staff - Single Image
- Craig J. Satterlee, Northwest College
- Powell, Wyo., USA
Faculty/Staff - Portfolio
- Douglas Bibo, Community College of Southern Nevada
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
PMA 2006 International Convention and Trade Show in Orlando
Following the premier exhibition of 112 images at the PMA 2006 International Convention and Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 26 - March 1, 2006, two traveling exhibitions will tour venues in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States from 2006 to 2008. The winning images can be viewed online at the PIEA PMA website. Judges for 2006 were Frederick Baldwin, founder and director of FotoFest, Houston, Texas; Ray Fisher, retired photojournalist with the Miami Herald newspaper, Miami, Fla.; and Jan Ralph, retired director of Photography and Exhibitions at the United Nations, New York, N.Y.
About the Photo Imaging Education Association
PIEA is a special membership section of PMA, the world's largest photo industry organization. PIEA members are working dedicated professionals teaching photography and digital imaging at all levels. PIEA is an international organization to create resources for, to inform, to support, and to connect photo educators from elementary schools up through the university and workshop levels. Membership is just US$35 per year for members in the USA including personal membership in PMA. Membership information and an application form is available directly from the pma home page on the World Wide Web.
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