February 6, 2009
(Boone, NC) Preliminary Judging for the 6th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition has been completed and forty-seven images have been selected for exhibition from 918 total submissions. This year’s competition received entries from throughout the Southeast, Florida, California, Ohio and even included several international submissions. Names of the finalists can be viewed on the AMPC blog.
The public will get their first glimpse of this year’s accepted works on display at the Mezzanine Gallery of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts during the Downtown Boone Art Crawl on Friday, March 6. Images will remain on exhibition through June 6, 2009.
Judges for the 6th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition included John Scarlata, Coordinator of the Technical Photography program at Appalachian State University; Marie Freeman, Photojournalist and Photographer for Appalachian State University; and award winning photographer Richard Rapfogel.
“Having participated in the Appalachian Mountain Photo Competition as an entrant in four of its six years and as a judge the other two, I have seen the process from both sides and have witnessed its growth and vibrancy. This year’s Competition continues the trajectory set by its predecessors, both in terms of the quantity of submissions and the diversity and quality of the images,” commented Rapfogel.
The AMPC judges will return for a final round of judging once this year’s selected images are on display in the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. A winning image will be identified in each of the seven competition categories and one image will be selected as Best in Show. The public will also get a chance to nominate their favorite image through the Footsloggers People’s Choice Award.
There is a special blog post requesting feedback from this year’s participants to discuss their experience with the registration process. Interested parties should visit the AMPC blog to post their comments and feedback so that Virtual Blue Ridge can continue to improve the competition for next year.
Voting will begin with the March 6 opening of the exhibition and visitors to the Turchin Center can cast their votes through a kiosk located in the Mezzanine gallery. Those not able to make the trip to the gallery can visit www.appmtnphotocomp.org to view the exhibited images and vote online. Voting for the Footsloggers People’s Choice Award will remain open through 5pm on Friday, March 27.
About Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition:
The AMPC is a partnership between Appalachian State University’s Outdoor Programs, The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. AMPC is made possible through the sponsorship of Virtual Blue Ridge, the premier online resource for the Blue Ridge Parkway and the generous support of Bistro Roca, Inventive American Cuisine; Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters; Mast General Stores; and Peabody’s Wine and Beer Merchants. For more information about this photography competition, please visit www.appmtnphotocomp.org, or call Outdoor Programs at 828.262.4954.
For press & media resource information, please visit:
http://www.virtualblueridge.com/contests/app-mtn-2008/media-and-press/
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