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By Pat Williams

Amazing. The perfect word to describe the 155 en-
tries in the 2015 Annual Red Rock Canyon Photo Con-
test. With entries rang-
ing from the very crea-
tive rendering of a this-
tle to the stark beauty of
Sondra Farris the monochromatic

snowfall photos, the

“Thistle Get Ya” contest truly showed
the best visions of Red
First Place Creative
Rock Canyon.
The entry period
opened with a very loud
“Bang!” on Friday after-
noon with over 60 photo-
graphs arriving within
two hours. Rob and Mar- Liz Carmer
ilyn Tuvell, contest vol-
unteers, were run ragged “Spring Snow”
with logging and labeling Third Place Monochromatic
the entries. Fortunately,
two members of the contest set-up team, Joe and Mary
Labie, were able to stay
on to assist with accept-
ing and hanging the
framed images. The
steady stream of photog-
raphers with their work
Pat Williams on Sunday, resulting in The contest ended with an Artist’s Reception
continued up to 3:00 p.m.

155 photos
judged contest winners and the
Logging the entries in for the con- Ceremony held on June 27. The
test. This tied artists who had photos selected
the number of entries for the 2009 Photo for the 2016 Visions of Red
Contest – the first year the contest returned Rock calendar were recognized
to the Visitor Center after nine years of for their achievements and pre-
Pat Williams
staging and display at the Lloyd D. George sented with their awards and gift
Federal Building. bags.

Contest display in Visitor Center
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