PADUCAH, KY - The Yeiser Art Center is pleased to announce the award winning photographs for the 37th Annual Paducah Photo 2012 Juried Photography Exhibition and Regional Showcase. Photographs are on exhibit through August 4 at YAC and Maiden Alley Cinema.

 

This year's juror Ellen Simak, is the Chief Curator at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She has curated numerous exhibitions and is the primary author of a catalogue of the Hunter Museum permanent collection. Ms. Simak received her MA in Art History from the University of Delaware.

 

For the exhibition, 110 photographs from 86 photographers representing nine countries including Australia, England, Israel, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States will be on display at the Yeiser Art Center and Maiden Alley Cinema.

      

Paducah Photo 2012 Award Winners

 

First Place:

James Burgett

Spirit Feeding From the Flesh

Lexington, KY

 

Second Place:

Barry Noldan

Symphony

Nashville, TN

 

Third Place:
Kyle Orso

Swamp Dock

Herrin, IL

 

Honorable Mention:
Virginia Saunders
Jerusalem Series: Shabbat

Hopkins, SC

 

Honorable Mention:

Jane Yudleman

Untitled #7

Steuben, ME

 

 
Paducah Photo Regional Showcase Award Winners

 

First Place:

Caroline Hutson

Blackbirds

Paducah, KY

 

Second Place:

Andrea Underwood

Empire State of Mind

Paducah, KY

 

Third Place:
Nikki May
Reading the Body I

Paducah, KY

 

Honorable Mention:
Katherine Doty
Stepping Outside Your Skin

Calvert City,KY

 

Honorable Mention:

John Paul Henry

Untitled

Paducah, KY
 

Honorable Mention:
Caroline Hutson
5:00 Shadow

Paducah, KY

 

Honorable Mention:

Linda Ivey

In the Middle of a Stream

Benton, KY

Honorable Mention:
Philip McCabe
Los Cabos, B.C.S.

Paducah, KY

 

Honorable Mention:

Emily Parham

Free

Mayfield, KY
 
Merit:
Melodie Brindley
Don't Stop the Rain
Paducah, KY
 
Merit:
Diana Fuller
Untitled
Dexter, KY
 
Merit:
Rebecca Koenig
Fear
Paducah, KY
 
Merit:
Michael Smith
The Breakfast Bar
Paducah, KY
   

Major sponsors for this year's exhibition include USEC, Tribeca, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah Printing, and Horizon Media Group.