Eight U-High photojournalists have received 13 awards in a national competition, the most by far that has been received in this contest.
A total of 6,200 entries from 120 schools were submitted to the Association of Texas Photography Instructors Fall Contest.
Simon Vaang, a sophomore who started Beginning Photojournalism this year, received four awards. He had prior experience taking photos.
He said, “I took them before school and didn’t even think about entering any contests.”
Even though Simon didn’t expect the photos to win, he still recognized their worth.
“I was hoping I would get a bit of recognition because I thought the pictures looked solid,” he said.
Photojournalism teacher Jayna Rumble said she was proud of so many of her students entering the contest.
She said, “I think it’s great when students put their work out there.”
The list of U-High winners is below.
Advanced Division
- Estelle Levinson, first place, student life (election)
- Henry Benton, third place, sports reaction (cross country water break)
- Henry Benton, honorable mention, student life (graduation)
- Clara Blucher, honorable mention, open
- Ellis Calleri, honorable mention, nature
- Ellis Calleri, honorable mention, nature
- Olin Nafziger, honorable mention, photo story (encampment)
Beginning Division
- Simon Vaang, first place, architecture (clock tower)
- Simon Vaang, third place, sports action (volleyball)
- Devyn Moubayed, honorable mention, sports action
- Simon Vaang, honorable mention, architecture
- Simon Vaang, honorable mention, student life
- Calder Wong, honorable mention, documentary/street
