37th Annual High School Shoot-Out Contest Results
Here are the results of the 37th Annual High School Shoot-Out contest sponsored by Third Floor Photographic Society. Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s contest. We greatly appreciate the effort that your school takes to enter our contest. TFPS is made up of instructors and photography majors/minors at Texas A&M University-Commerce who manage and sponsor this annual fundraiser. 761 single images and 20 Junior/Senior Portfolios were entered this year from 16 high schools with the proceeds going to the Third Floor Photo Society Scholarship. Certificates will be mailed out to all the winners with the First Place Junior/Senior Portfolio and Best in Show winners being eligible for a $1,000 scholarship should he/she decide to attend Texas A&M University-Commerce as a student pursuing a major in photography. Also any student receiving an award is eligible for a $500 Third Floor Scholarship at A&M – Commerce. Once you receive your certificate please double check spelling, sometimes mistakes happen. If you happen to notice incorrect spelling or have questions please email us at Chad.Smith@tamuc.edu. Thanks to Carly, Daria, Jessica, Ryan and our distinguish alumni Brittany for all their help in making this contest a success and again many thanks and congratulations to all the winners. To those of you who did not make it into the finals, please keep making photographs!
Best in Show:
Sadik Rahman, Spewing, Trinity High School
Junior/Senior Portfolio Top Pick
Alyssa Higgins, Ride on the Tragic School Bus, Texas High School
Junior/Senior Portfolio
First
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Will Rocchio
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Lone Lamp
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Dallas
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Second
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Holland Rainwater
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Texas High School
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Untitled
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Dallas
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Third
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Abney Garcia
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McKinney High School
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Ice Cream
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Elizabeth Chan
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McKinney High School
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Scarf
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Kaitlyn Rogers
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Texas High School
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White Rock Lake
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Dallas
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First Year B&W
First
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Benjamin Gravel
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Lone Lamp
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Dallas
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Second
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Nicholas Koch
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St. Mark’s School of Texas
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Untitled
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Dallas
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Third
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Nicholas Gomez
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St. Mark’s School of Texas
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Ice Cream
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Ekansh Tambe
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Scarf
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Lars Ochs
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St. Mark’s School of Texas
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White Rock Lake
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Nicholas Gomez
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St. Mark’s School of Texas
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Bridge
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Ekansh Tambe
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St. Mark’s School of Texas
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Nature
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Dallas
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First Year Color
First
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Lars Ochs
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Ferris Wheel
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Dallas
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Second
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Alyce Dixon
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Granbury High School
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Leaves
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Dallas
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Third
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Ekansh Tambe
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Silhouette
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Izabel Garcia
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Granbury High School
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Whiney El Gato
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Ekansh Tambe
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Focus
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Granbury
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Honorable Mention
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Ekansh Tambe
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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The Syrian Landscape
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Granbury
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Abstract
First
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Brian Bunch
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Weatherford High School
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Dandelion
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Weatherford
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Second
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Benjamin Hao
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Untitled
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Dallas
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Third
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Lea Patrick
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Weatherford High School
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Universal Bubble
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Weatherford
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Honorable Mention
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Kristen McCullough
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Round Rock High School
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Light Paining Ferris Wheel
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Round Rock
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Honorable Mention
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Mary Abby Goss
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Austin High School
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The tunnel
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Austin
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Honorable Mention
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Benjamin Hao
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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nails in wood
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Sophie Stephan
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Round Rock High School
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Figure
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Round Rock
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Architecture/Cityscapes
First
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Jerry Zhao
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Skiff on River
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Dallas
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Second
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Ratara Lee
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Allen High School
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Milan
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Allen
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Third
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Alexander Christou
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Austin High School
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Quiet Mykonos
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Austin
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Honorable Mention
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Holly Hodges
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Granbury High School
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Building Character
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Granbury
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Honorable Mention
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Madeline McCoy
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Prosper High School
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Skyscraper
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Prosper
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Honorable Mention
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Delaney McGary
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Allen High School
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I'm always confused and no one ever tells me anything
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Allen
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Honorable Mention
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Kristen McCullough
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Round Rock High School
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Chevron Building
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Round Rock
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Cell / Smartphone
First
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Tyler Sparks
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Trinity High School
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Eye of the storm
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Euless
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Second
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Joshua Cash
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Austin High School
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Food On Fire
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Austin
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Third
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Kaitlyn Gordon
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Texas High School
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first date
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Texarkana
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Honorable Mention
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Aria Brock
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Granbury High School
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seohS
|
Granbury
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Honorable Mention
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Adnan Khan
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Curious Tunnels
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Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Kaitlyn Rogers
|
Texas High School
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Switzerland Bliss
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Texarkana
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Digital Constructed Images
First
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Jerry Zhao
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
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Roses
|
Dallas
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Second
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Jerry Zhao
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
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Cloudy
|
Dallas
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Third
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Ash Thye
|
Trinity High School
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Best Foot Forward
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Euless
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Honorable Mention
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Catherine Jackson
|
Prosper High School
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Beneath
|
Prosper
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Honorable Mention
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Jerry Zhao
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
|
Double Vision
|
Dallas
|
Honorable Mention
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Seth Weprin
|
St. Mark’s School of Texas
|
21st Century Rorschach
|
Dallas
|
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
Kaitllyn Gordon
Melanie Russell Elizabeth Chan |
Texas High School
McKinney High School
McKinney High School
|
charlie
Rainbow Bubbles
|
Texarkana
McKinney McKinney |
Documentary/Photojournalism
First
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Adnan Khan
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
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The Accident
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Dallas
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Second
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Ash Thye
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Trinity High School
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A Moment Alone
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Euless
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Third
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Holland Rainwater
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Texas High School
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twirlin'
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Texarkana
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Honorable Mention
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Madison Olsen
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McCallum High School
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Never again
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Austin
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Honorable Mention
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Kelsey Carroll
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Lovejoy High School
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Dancer 3
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Lucas
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Honorable Mention
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Annabel Winter
|
McCallum High School
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Untitled
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Austin
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Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
Kayla Thompson
Luis Garcia |
McKinney High School
St. Mark's School of Texas |
North Memorial
Deserted Gas Station |
McKinney
Dallas |
Industrial
First
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Chase Honaker
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
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Mill
|
Dallas
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Second
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Luis Garcia
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Rusty Bridge
|
Dallas
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Third
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Chase Honaker
|
St. Mark’s School of Texas
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Birds
|
Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Lauren Williams
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Sonoma Valley High School
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Red Bench
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Sonoma, Ca
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Honorable Mention
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Abby Snyder
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Prosper High School
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The Red Road
|
Prosper
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Landscape/Nature
First
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Collin Katz
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Rays of Light
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Dallas
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Second
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Blake Hudspeth
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St. Mark's School of Texas
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Floating Macchu Picchu
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Dallas
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Third
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Gwen Wooten
|
Allen High School
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Stars
|
Allen
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Honorable Mention
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Reagan Meyers
|
Prosper High School
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Hawaiian RainForest
|
Prosper
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Honorable Mention
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Collin Katz
|
St. Mark’s School of Texas
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Untitled
|
Dallas
|
Honorable Mention
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Charlie Rose
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
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Untiled
|
Dallas
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Honorable Mention
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Samantha Salazar
|
Round Rock High School
|
Lines
|
Round Rock
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Honorable Mention
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Guinevere Wooten
|
Allen High School
|
Pink Sunset
|
Allen
|
Open B&W
First
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Alyssa Higgins
|
Texas High School
|
Frozone
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Texarkana
|
Second
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Kristen McCullough
|
Round Rock High School
|
Fog
|
Round Rock
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Third
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Tova Lewis
|
Weatherford High School
|
Labyrinth
|
Weatherford
|
Honorable Mention
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Adrian Wilson
|
McKinney High School
|
Attention
|
McKinney
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Honorable Mention
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Ashton Copeland
|
Weatherford High School
|
Reaching
|
Weatherford
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Honorable Mention
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Adnan Khan
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
|
Constricted
|
Dallas
|
Open Color
First
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Kelsey Carroll
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Lovejoy High School
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Art
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Lucas
|
Second
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Adnan Khan
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
|
A moment in our time
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Dallas
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Third
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Kelsey Carroll
|
Lovejoy High School
|
Water
|
Lucas
|
Honorable Mention
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Claire Foucher
|
Austin High School
|
Color
|
Austin
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Honorable Mention
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Breanna Sarslow
|
Weatherford High School
|
Touch of Color
|
Weatherford
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Honorable Mention
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Anthony Murillo
|
Weatherford High School
|
Pop
|
Weatherford
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Honorable Mention
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Izzy Krause
|
Austin High School
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bath time
|
Austin
|
Honorable Mention
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Kendal Faucett
|
Round Rock High School
|
Scales
|
Round Rock
|
Portraits/ People
First
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Kaitlyn Rogers
|
Texas High School
|
The Only One Left
|
Texarkana
|
Second
|
Ash Thye
|
Trinity High School
|
Clouded
|
Euless
|
Third
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Delaney McGary
|
Allen High School
|
I Tried to Make a Candle But I Didn't Have Enough Candles
|
Allen
|
Honorable Mention
|
Luke Voorheis
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
|
Enhanced Thought
|
Dallas
|
Honorable Mention
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Casey Wilcox
|
Granbury High School
|
Blå Himmel
|
Granbury
|
Honorable Mention
|
Charlie Rose
|
St. Mark's School of Texas
|
Untitled
|
Dallas
|
Honorable Mention
|
Kaitlyn Gordon
|
Texas High School
|
preston
|
Texarkana
|
Honorable Mention
|
Grace Nguyen
|
Lovejoy High School
|
Untitled
|
Lucas
|
Sports
First
|
Alyssa Higgins
|
Texas High School
|
that won't win any contests
|
Texarkana
|
Second
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Mary Abby Goss
|
Austin High School
|
Relay
|
Austin
|
Third
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Alyssa Higgins
|
Texas High School
|
Sk8r Boiii
|
Texarkana
|
Honorable Mention
|
Kelsey Carroll
|
Lovejoy High School
|
Steeplechase
|
Lucas
|
Honorable Mention
|
Grace Nguyen
|
Lovejoy High School
|
Untitled
|
Lucas
|
Honorable Mention
|
Kaitlyn Rogers
|
Texas High School
|
The Coaches Cry
|
Texarkana
|
Honorable Mention
|
Melanie Russell
|
McKinney High School
|
Color Guard in Action
|
McKinney
|
Honorable Mention
|
Ash Thye
|
Trinity High School
|
The Pitch
|
Euless
|
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention |
Eliana Baker
Gregory James |
McKinney High School
McCallum High School |
Ballgame
Dawghouse |
McKinney
|
Still Life
First
|
Alyssa Higgins
|
Texas High School
|
Burn Baby Burn
|
Texarkana
|
Second
|
Claire Foucher
|
Austin High School
|
Still
|
Austin
|
Third
|
Alyce Dixon
|
Granbury High School
|
Morning Coffee
|
Granbury
|
Honorable Mention
|
Samantha Salazar
|
Round Rock High School
|
My Dark Love
|
Round Rock
|
Honorable Mention
|
Lea Patrick
|
Weatherford High School
|
The Book of Kings
|
Weatherford
|
Honorable Mention
|
Savannah Smith
|
Granbury High School
|
Wonders
|
Granbury
|
Honorable Mention
|
Kristen McCullough
|
Round Rock High School
|
Ice up Close
|
Round Rock
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