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Union City Photography Contest Award Winners on Display

Paddy's Coffee showcasing this year's winners

Submitted by Chris Valuckas, Union City Recreation Supervisor

Paddy’s Coffeehouse and Union City Leisure Services Present The Union City Photography Contest 2011

This photo show has been held for over five years now and it has been a joint collaboration with Paddy Iyer and Paddy’s Coffee to showcase outstanding local photographers in the area.

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  • We had more than 118 photos submitted for the contest by Bay Area photographers of all ages.
  • The contest has six categories: Candid Family, Environment, Black and White, People, Animals and Altered Images.  Each photographer was allowed to submit one photo for each category.
  • We had a group of five judges ranging from artists to professional photographers that judged the work. Each judge had to select four winners in each category including first, second, third and honorable mention.
  •  In the end these are the pieces they chose:

Candid Family Category

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Photographer

Karina and Grandpa

Jerry Martinez

Finishing Move Jacob

Paciano Triunfo

Grasping Warmth

Jay J. Manalo

The Light

David Rosario

Altered Images Catergory

Title

Photographer

Wardens House

Jerry Martinez

The Long Road

Paciano Triunfo

Walking on Sunshine

Lena Li

Ghost Ship

Nick Matley

Black and White Category

Title

Photographer

Escape

Lena Li

Yosemite Valley

Michael Selby

Beauty in the sky

Brad Wittke

Carpenter

Carl Wuerz

People Category

Title

Photographer

Remembering

Ranjit Johal

When I grow Up

Baoquin Wang

Street Corner Blues

Nick Matley

The Joy

David Rosario

Animals Category

Title

Photographer

Bug Eyes

Kimhak Em

Running Wild

Dave Howard

Captive Lament

Lauren Herrington

Butterfly

Jeff Rose

Environment Category

Title

Photographer

Bay Bridge

Kimhak Em

Fantasy With You

Jay J. Manalo

Paradise Found

Brad Wittke

Hanging over sun

Jeff Rose

  • We also had two special categories as well.  There is a BEST IN SHOW category (the photo that got the highest total rating by all of the judges) and a MOST OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHER category (the photographer who had the most photos place the highest by the judges)
  • The winning photos will be on display at Paddy’s for the entire month of February. 
  • The actual placement of the photos (who finished first, second, etc.) will be announced at our special winners reception on Friday, Feb. 3, at Paddy’s at 7pm.  Each winner will receive an award ribbon, an award certificate and a gift card from such local Union City businesses as Best Buy, Michaels and others.
  • The reception will be hosted by former Union City Councilmember and Union City CERT program chairperson, Carol Dutra Vernaci.
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