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Princeton Photography Club Announces Annual Exhibition of Winning High School Student Photographs at D&R Greenway Land Trust

WHAT:           “SeasonScapes” –Exhibition of Winning High School Photography

WHO:             Princeton Photography Club at D&R Greenway Land Trust

WHEN:           Reception and Awarding of Prizes:  April 9, 7:30 p.m.

WHEN:           April 8 through May 2 for Exhibition, business hours of business days

KEY:                Five winners will be awarded prizes totaling $500, Best-In-Show being $250

WHERE:         D&R Greenway Land Trust, Johnson Education Center, 609-92404646

                        One Preservation Place, Princeton 08540 www.drgreenway.org

Princeton Photography Club announces their annual exhibition of winning high school student photographs,  SeasonScapes” at D&R Greenway Land Trust. 

Prizes totaling $500 will be awarded April 9 at a light reception beginning at 7:30 p.m.  The public, including students, is invited to attend.  Guests may remain to hear the club’s speaker, David Freese.  Mr. Freese teaches photography in Temple University’s Film and Media Arts Department, and in St. Joseph University’s Department of Art. 

The winning art will be available to view during business hours of business days, April 9 through May 2.  The exhibition will grace the Olivia Rainbow Gallery at D&R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540.  [609-924-4646 www.drgreenway.org]  The Olivia Rainbow Gallery features student art in memory of young Olivia Kuenne, who cherished both art and nature.

Applicants were requested to photograph open space, evoking a season or the transition between seasons.  This annual contest is orchestrated to attune students to nature, which D&R Greenway has worked to preserve since 1989.  Judges were Carl Geisler, President of the Princeton Photography Club and Diana Moore, Curator of D&R Greenway’s Marie L. Matthews Galleries. 

Five winners will be awarded prizes totaling $500.  Best-in-Show, [$250 prize], winner is PDS Student Rea Isaac for Snowmotion.  Second place award will go to Alex Lin of the Lawrenceville School for Winter Ghosts.  Victoria Berzin, also of the Lawrenceville School, is 3^rd place winner.  Princeton Day School’s Mallory Richards earns 4^th place for Corn Walk.   Helen Healey of Princeton Day School achieves 5^th place for Bareness.  Honorable Mentions will go to Sncha Agrawal of Hightstown High School for Autumn Bloom; Megan Burd of Hightstown High School for Growth; and Lawrence High School’s Kristen Miller for Morning Ambers.

Princeton Photography Club President Carl Geisler speaks of this annual juried exhibition of high school photography:. “The 2014 theme, SeasonScapes, highlights the significance of our natural environment and demonstrates photography’s significant role in awareness and preservation.”  The club yearly “involves younger photographers, to provide the opportunity to show their art on gallery walls.  Most students rarely print their images,” the president explains.  Experiencing their work merely on cell phones, in cameras, on Twitter and social network sites does not effectively enhance creativity.  Mr. Geisler insists, “No history will remain in years ahead of digital images. Hard copy prints impact others significantly, as well as surviving over time.  Our club’s goal is to encourage print and display, so that student images reach future generations.”

BACKGROUND

Judges:

Carl Geisler is President of the Princeton Photography Club. He has won prizes in juried exhibitions, including Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton: the Franklin Park Art Show, and the Somerset County Business Partnership’s Photo Contest. His photographs were accepted for exhibition at Phillips' Mill Photographic Exhibition, The Princeton Arts Council, and Perkins. Carl has judged The Merrill Lynch Photographic Show, Franklin Township Clothes Line Exhibit, and The Cranbury Digital Club Competition.

Diana Moore is the Curator of the Marie L. Matthews Gallery. The arts program at D&R Greenway supports the mission of land preservation by raising awareness and cultivating a conservation ethic through educational, environmentally themed exhibits. Diana holds an undergraduate degree in medieval art from Princeton University and a master’s degree in contemporary art with a focus on the intersection of science and art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Her master’s thesis focused on the use of biotechnological art to explore ethical boundaries in science.

D&R Greenway Land Trust’s mission is to preserve and protect natural lands, farm lands and open spaces throughout central and southern New Jersey.   The land trust celebrates preservation of over 17,000 acres since its founding 1989.  Through continuous preservation and stewardship, D&R Greenway nurtures a healthier and more diverse environment in seven counties. D&R Greenway’s home, --a circa-1900 restored barn--, the Johnson Education Center, has become a focal point for conservation activity. Through programs, art exhibits and related lectures at One Preservation Place, the non-profit inspires greater public commitment to safeguarding land.  Linda Mead, President and CEO, since 1997, has been increasingly recognized as a leader in creating the partnerships and orchestrating the complex transactions that lead to preservation success.  www.drgreenway.org