ADULT

PENINSULA PEOPLE *People from and/or in the areas of Los Altos north to San Francisco

• 1st Place — $250 cash, $100 gift certificate to University Art and a one-year membership to the Palo Alto Art Center
• 2nd Place — $200 cash, $100 gift certificate to Jungle Digital
• 3rd Place — $100 cash, $100 gift certificate

PENINSULA IMAGES *Los Altos north to San Francisco

• 1st Place — $250 cash, $100 gift certificate to University Art and a one-year membership to the Palo Alto Art Center
• 2nd Place — $200 cash, $100 gift certificate to Jungle Digital
• 3rd Place — $100 cash, $100 gift certificate

VIEWS BEYOND THE PENINSULA *Any image of people or places shot outside of the Peninsula

• 1st Place — $250 cash, $100 gift certificate to University Art and a one-year membership to the Palo Alto Art Center
• 2nd Place — $200 cash, $100 gift certificate to Jungle Digital
• 3rd Place — $100 cash, $100 gift certificate

YOUTH

PENINSULA PEOPLE *People from and/or in the areas of Los Altos north to San Francisco

• 1st Place — $100 cash
• 2nd Place Adult — $50 Gift Certificate to University Art
• 3rd Place Adult — $25 Gift Certificate to University Art

PENINSULA IMAGES *Los Altos north to San Francisco

• 1st Place — $100 cash
• 2nd Place Adult — $50 Gift Certificate to University Art
• 3rd Place Adult — $25 Gift Certificate to University Art

VIEWS BEYOND THE PENINSULA *Any image of people or places shot outside of the Peninsula

• 1st Place — $100 cash
• 2nd Place Adult — $50 Gift Certificate to University Art
• 3rd Place Adult — $25 Gift Certificate to University Art

PHOTO EXHIBITION

CONTEST RULES

2. Limit of one entry per category. A $15 entry fee must accompany each photo. Youth entry fee is $5 (17 years and under) Previous winning photos from this contest not eligible. Photo must have been taken within the past 5 years. Checks payable to Palo Alto Weekly.

3. Signed entry form must be attached to the upper right-hand corner of each entry. Names and titles should not appear on the front of photograph.

4. Entries must be matted or mounted on white 11 x 14 or 16 x 20 inch board only; photograph itself may be any size. Entries must be protected in clear acetate/mylar (available at University Art) so that the signed entry form on the back and photo on the front are clearly visible. No exceptions.

5. All entrants must indicate photographic methods used during shooting or editing, including manipulations (such as double exporsure, super-imposing and photo illustration), AS WELL AS any basic adjustments (such as color correction, dodging and burning, etc).

6. All WINNERS will be asked to provide an additional copy of winning image upon notification.

Images published in the Weekly may be subjected to photo cropping due to space limitations. Images will also be published on Palo Alto Online.

VERONICA WEBER
Veronica Weber, a Los Angeles native, first began working at the Palo Alto Weekly in 2006 as a photogaphy intern. Following the internship she became a photographer for The Almanac. She returned to the Weekly in November, 2008 as the staff photogprapher responsible for covering daily assignments and producing video and multimedia projects for Palo Alto Online. She has a BA in Journalism from San Francisco State University and currently resides in San Francisco.

DAVID HIBBARD (Web site)
David Hibbard, a Menlo Park resident, has photographed natural landscapes and wild places most of his life. He is represented by Modernbook Gallery in Palo Alto. He is the author of, "Natural Gestures," published by Edition One Studios last year.

BRIGITTE CARNOCHAN (Web site)
Gallery 291 in San Francisco recently exhibited Brigitte's new photographic series, Imagining Then: A Family Story, 1941-47, also featured in the Jan-Feb issue of Lenswork Magazine and in the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung. She teaches regularly through the Stanford Continuing Studies Program.

ANGELA BUENNING FILO (Web site)
Angela Buenning Filo photographs landscapes in transition, most recently focusing on Silicon Valley and Bangalore, India. Her photographs have been been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the San Jose Museum of Art. She teaches at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto

Past Winners

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