John Gluszak took this ‘Imagining Lyme’ photo of distinction while resting on a bench during a trek through Banningwood Preserve. All photos courtesy of the Lyme Land Trust.
LYME–The winners of the Lyme Land Trust’s “Imagining Lyme” spring photography contest have been announced.
The contest, which encourages amateur photographers to highlight the beauty of preserves, pollinator gardens and the skies of Lyme, is held quarterly.
Scott Martin’s photograph was taken in June 2021 at Ram’s Horn Creek Preserve.
This spring’s Photo of Distinction winners are:
“Sun Dappled Roaring Brook” by John Gluszak
“Jurassic Ravine Trail” by Sue Wyeth
“Doe and Fawn” by Scott Martin
Sue Wyeth took this photo while hiking Ravine Trail in May.
Jos Konst was awarded an honorable mention for “Mountain Laurel Blooming.”
This photograph from Jos Konst came from Selden Preserve in June 2023.
OLD LYME –Photographer Beth Green’s Impressions of Connecticut exhibit will run at Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church through Labor Day.
The exhibit, located in the church’s Griswold Room, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sundays from 8 a.m. to noon.
The church in a press release said the show focuses on scenes of shoreline Connecticut and the Connecticut River Valley, from a bend in the Lieutenant River, to a red barn in snow, to sunlight on the Long Island Sound.
It also includes several of her iconic sports photographs from the 1970s, when Green became known as the first female photographer allowed in a professional sports locker room.
A printed guide to the show includes a QR code for each photograph leading to audio narration by Green. All the photographs are available for sale.
Green’s career includes work as a photographer for international wire services and then as a photo editor for Newsweek magazine. After a decade with the magazine, she switched to architectural and corporate photography with a continued focus on using her photography skills to tell stories from a female perspective.
Green describes herself as a “a very traditional photographer” from the world of film and large format photography.
“With the advent of digital photography, the use of digital manipulations in my work is minimal,” she said. “I believe in the play of light on the subject to create my images. I crop entirely in my camera and turn my camera on the world around me as it exists. Light is my paintbrush and is the tool for my artistic license. My main interest is the image as it is in the world at that moment. There is nothing new in the world, it is how you arrange it in your viewfinder and capture the image forever at that moment.”
Green has served as a guest professor at Rutgers University and Fordham University, and has taught for the New York Institute of Photography.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the church.
