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If you don’t think there’s plenty of talent in Valdosta and Lowndes County, take a look at the photo page in today’s paper.
There, you will find some of the winning entries in the Fourth Annual Valdosta People’s Choice Photo Contest. And to see more winners and even more entries, make a trip to the Tillman Gallery in the Annette Howell Turner Center for Arts, 527 N. Patterson St.
Two things become obvious looking at these various images: Valdosta is an interesting and beautiful place; and South Georgia is blessed with many talented people.
Sponsored by the City of Valdosta, the contest asks area folks to take photos within the city limits. Participants don’t have to live in Valdosta, but their images must reflect life within the city.
Photographers could enter images in five categories: Lights, Camera, Action (People Expressing Art); Over the Rainbow (This Beautiful City); Animal House (Furred and Feathered Friends); It Takes a Village (People Living Life); Taking Care of Business (A City at Work). Also, for the first time, youngsters, ages 14 and under, could enter their works.
Exhibited for the past several weeks in the arts center, visitors were asked to cast votes for their favorite images. So, the people chose the winning works featured on our photo page.
Three years ago, the city received 39 entries in the first contest. This year, the fourth contest received 106 entries.
If you don’t get a chance to see more of these photos at the arts center, they will soon be appearing in areas throughout the region. A traveling exhibit will feature the photos at Valdosta City Hall, The Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta Mall, James H. Rainwater Conference Center, South Georgia Regional Library, Smith Northview Hospital, City of Valdosta Customer Service Center, Valdosta Regional Airport.
Fourth Annual Valdosta People’s Choice Photo Contest is a fine look at the place where we live and work.
It provides unique glimpses into the familiar place many of us call home.
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