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Photo by Mark Felix
Senior Mark Felix won top honors during INPA's contest judging Friday. This photo from his submitted portfolio shows Wisconsin firemen taking a break during a controlled fire set for a training session.
Journalism senior Mark Felix is the Indiana College Photographer of the Year, the Indiana News Photographers Association announced Friday.
Senior Caitlin O’Hara was runner up in the contest, which is based on the entrant’s submitted portfolio of work.
"I feel very honored to have won INPA's CPOY. It's always humbling to win an award that so many IU photojournalism alumni have won and whose work continues to inspires me,” Felix said in an email from California, where he is an intern with the Orange County Register. “They say it takes a village to raise a child, and I'm very thankful for both professors and alumni who have helped mentor me in the past years and continue to push me.”
INPA came to Ernie Pyle Hall to conduct judging for the college contest Friday and for the pro contest Saturday. The professional Indiana Photographer of the Year is Dave Weatherwax of the Jasper Herald.
Associate professor Jim Kelly has arranged for INPA judging to be conducted at the school for several years in a row. This gives students a chance to watch and listen to judges as they consider each entry on a projector screen.
Photo by Mark Felix
This photo, also from Felix' portfolio, is of Monroe County Humane Society worker Emily Herr and friend. Felix gave credit for the award to his mentors for their encouragement.
This year’s judges were RJ Sangosti, a staff photographer at The Denver Post; Carlos Javier Ortiz, a Chicago-based documentary photographer; and Barbara J. Perenic, a staff photographer at the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch.
The judges offered portfolio critiques for students in the afternoon after the judging, and they conducted a show-and-tell presentation of their own work and experiences Friday evening.
Other journalism students who received honors include:
Amelia Chong, honorable mention, feature singles.
Mark Felix, first place and honorable mention, feature singles; third place, sports singles.
Steph Langan, first place, sports singles.
Darryl K. Smith, second place, news singles.
Ben Mikesell, honorable mention, sports singles.
Clayton Moore, second place and honorable mention, sports singles.
Caitlin O’Hara, honorable mention, sports singles; first place, news singles; second, third and honorable mention, feature singles.
Alumni honored include Chet Strange, BAJ’13, with three honorable mentions and one third place, and Alex Farris, BAJ’11, one honorable mention.
Previous College Photographer of the Year winners include Chet Strange; Olivia Corya, BAJ’12;
and James Brosher, BAJ’10, who won in 2010 and 2011.
In the professional category, adjunct lecturer Chris Howell, a Herald-Times photographer who teaches J344 Photojournalism Reporting, won runner-up in sports portfolio, a category based on 12 sports action and feature photographs from at least four different sports; second place in community awareness, a series of up to 15 photographs that “demonstrate an unusual understanding of and appreciation for everyday life”; first and honorable mention in the portrait category; third and honorable mention in sports feature; and third in sports action.
More:
See all the results on the indiana News Photographers Association website.
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