Winner of the 2017 Henry Charles Trost Memorial Award ($100)

“To me, this image is very complex. What I like about the image is threefold. First is the selection of this scene as a possible subject at all. Most of us would probably walk by and ignore the very possibility that what we are looking at would provide such a composition as we see in the print. Second is the positioning of the camera which to me was perfect: not too elevated, not too low. All of the horizontal lines were parallel and level, showing this wasn't just a grab shot – it was thought out. Finally, the work was rendered in black and white, and I think this image had to be black and white to be successful.”

—Terry Cockerham
2017 Alpine TX Photo Contest Judge