The judges from Photographer’s Forum magazine have chosen six JSU photography students as finalists in their 35th Annual College & High School Photography Contest, sponsored by Nikon, USA. In addition, two of those students, Ariel Graham and Matt Blaskowski, were each awarded one of the 100 Honorable Mentions in the college category out of over 17,000 submissions received from students in the U.S., Canada, and around the world. This year’s judges were Kenda North, University of Texas at Arlington; James Rudnick, School of Visual Arts, New York; and Everard Williams, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. The selected work of all winners, honorable mentions and finalists will be published later this year in a hardcover book, Best of College & High School Photography 2015.

Finalists:

Ariel Graham, Matt Blaskowski, Amanda Smith, Amy Battle (instructor: Sarah Miles)
Dustin Hill, Noella Mupungila (instructor: Doug Clark)

Honorable Mentions:

Ariel Graham, Matt Blaskowski (instructor: Sarah Miles)