After another compelling competition between some of the best young photographers in Long Beach, The562 is thrilled to announce the winning submissions in our 2nd Annual Student Photo Competition.
The562 would like to thank Long Beach Transit and Tuttle Cameras for their support of 2025-26 edition of the photo competition, which is open to Long Beach Unified School District students in grades 7-12.
CLICK HERE to see the winning photos from the 2024-25 competition
Prizes will be awarded to the winning photo and runner-up in four different categories:
- Sports/Action Photos
- Feature Photos
- Artistic/Landscape Photos
- On-Campus News Photos
Students could submit a photo in all four categories, but were only eligible to win once. We will also be highlighting honorable mention submissions in each of the categories.
The winner of the Best Overall Photo will receive a larger prize, and this year it went to the winner of the Best Artistic/Landscape Photo, submitted by Otoniel Itehua from Wilson High School.
Scroll down to see all the winners in this year’s competition, and thank you to all the students who entered!
Best Sports/Action Photo: Princeton Has, Millikan High School
Runner-up Sports/Action Photo: Daimean Perez-Garcia, Cabrillo High School
Honorable mentions were awarded to Dallas McConnell (Millikan), Henry Tom (Millikan), Nicole Kim (Wilson), Otoniel Itehua (Wilson), and Roberto Licon (Long Beach Poly)
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Best Feature Photo: Micah Cooke, Sato Academy
Runner-up Feature Photo: Madhav Suva, Sato Academy
Honorable mentions were awarded to Princeton Has (Millikan), Dallas McConnell (Millikan), Jailyn Ledezma (Jordan), and Daimean Perez-Garcia (Cabrillo)
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Best Overall Photo and Best Artistic/Landscape Photo: Otoniel Itehua, Wilson
Runner-up Artistic/Landscape Photo: Nicole Kim, Wilson High School
Honorable mentions were awarded to Kailexis Huang (Sato), Harrison Johnson (Long Beach Poly), Sophia Castellanos (Lakewood), and Leonel Romero (Wilson)
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Best On-Campus News Photo: Isabella Rios, Long Beach Poly High School
Runner-up On-Campus News Photo: Max Torres, Wilson High School
Honorable mentions were awarded to Henry Tom (Millikan), Brayden Capulong (Lakewood), Luna Guerrero (Wilson), and Dallas McConnell (Millikan)
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The best submission from a middle school student was made by Julian Jose Alfaro from Keller Middle School.
Check out the honorable mention winners in the gallery below:
