The562 is thrilled to announce the winners of our Inaugural Student Photo Competition, which was open to Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) students in grades 7-12.
The competition was intended to spotlight the talented young photographers in Long Beach, giving them an opportunity to have their work judged by professional photographers, along with The562’s staff and current class of student interns.
Well over 100 students entered this year’s competition, submitting hundreds of photos in four different categories:
- Sports/Action Photos
- Feature Photos
- Artistic/Landscape Photos
- On-Campus News Photos
Students were able to enter their best photo in each of the four categories, but would only be eligible to win once. There was a winner selected in each category, plus a runner-up and a handful of honorable mention selections.
Winners and runners-up in each category will receive a prize for the work, and a larger prize will be awarded to the winner of the Best Overall Photo in the competition. The first-ever winner of the Best Overall Photo went to the Best Sports/Action Photo, submitted by Diego Perez from Cabrillo High School.
Scroll down to see all the honorees in this year’s competition!
Honorable mentions were awarded to Dakota Brough (Millikan), Cate Thompson (Wilson), Christian Maes (Wilson), and Enrique Dominguez, Jr. (Cabrillo).
Honorable mentions in the feature photo category were given to Nevaeh Guadamuz (Poly), Stefano Jacobo (Wilson), Owen Summers (Poly), Anastacia Kobliha (Renaissance), Sophia Castellanos (Lakewood), and Ian Henriquez (Millikan).
The honorable mentions in Artistic/Landscape were Nevaeh Guadamuz (Poly), Stefano Jacobo (Wilson), Ella Burleson (Millikan), Andrew Carter (Lakewood), and Braden Mosteig (Poly).
Honorable mention selections in the On-Campus News category were Diego Perez (Cabrillo), Abigail Odilon (Poly), Henry Tom (Millikan), and Luke Gossage (Millikan).
The best submission by a middle school student was Milo Zimmerman from Hughes Middle School.
The Student Photo Competition is the latest effort by The562 to engage with local students who have an interest in journalism. Over the past four years, The562 has offered a paid internship program to dozens of aspiring journalists at LBUSD high schools.
CLICK HERE for more information on that program. If you or your business is interested in sponsoring The562’s community engagement efforts via the internship program or photo competition, email Tyler@The562.org to get involved and support nonprofit journalism in Long Beach.
Below is a gallery of this year’s honorable mention selections from the Student Photo Competition.
