Patapsco Heritage Greenway (PHG) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 PaSNAPsco Photo Contest. Now in its seventh year, the contest awarded $900 in total prize money, including individual $100 prizes in seven categories as well as a $200 Best of Patapsco Prize.
Dawn Smyers took top honors capturing a perfect fall mountain biking day in Autumn Overlook winning both the Get Out award and the Best of Patapsco prize. Geoffrey Baker won the Step Back award with Jay’s Store, capturing this iconic Oella community space. William Beck won the Main Street Moments award for B&O Railroad Museum. Bernadette Carrieri took home the Nature Nurtures award with Lone Guard, a striking image of an Eastern Bluebird at the Howard County Conservancy. Ryan Belcher won the Aspiring Photographer (Student) award with Snow Day and Siobhan O’Boyle captured a vibrant performance in Catonsville in Blue Light Special, which took home the A Muse Award. In addition to the judges’ selections, an online vote determined Ellen Anderson’s Autumn Waterfall as the People’s Choice winner. A $100 prize was awarded for the top selection in each category and the winning photos along with honorable mention entries from Frank Aquino, Geoffrey Baker, Ryan Belcher and Bernadette Carrieri will be featured in PHG’s 2025 PaSNAPsco calendar. Additionally, PHG awarded honorable mentions to photographs from Ellen Anderson, William Beck, Andrew Gosden, Korey Hopkins, Bonnie Ott, Ron Peters, Dawn Smyers and Allana Weikel that will appear in our PaSNAPsco exhibit in Fall 2025.
In announcing the awards, PHG Executive Director Aaron Shapiro commented, “PHG continues to be a proud supporter of the visual arts in the Patapsco Valley Heritage Area and we were pleased to host a retrospective PaSNAPsco exhibit in partnership with the Baltimore County Arts Guild. The record number of submissions this year highlights the richness and diversity of our area and should inspire viewers to explore and care for its resources.”
PaSNAPsco awards are sponsored by The Rogers Family of Ellicott City and the project is made possible through support from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.
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