Hearst

We just found out that Elliott Hess and Brittney McIntosh, the two students we submitted to the first round of Hearst (Portrait, Feature and Pictorial category) finished 16th and 18th overall. That’s a great showing, and reflects well on the effort they’ve put into increasing their ability as photographers this semester. At 16th and 18th they were on the cusp of moving on the next round (the top 12 move on), the portfolio round. From the portfolio round the photographers with the top six portfolios are flown to San Francisco for the championship shootout. While we didn’t quite make it in this round, the Sports and News category is coming up soon and will be due in mid January. We also have a few students working on projects that have potential to do well and place high in the Photo Story category, which is due around March. Keep shooting – you’re heading in a good direction.

If you see Elliott and Britney around the Kernel, make sure to congratulate them. They’ve represented what you are all trying to build here at UK well. The Hearst Competition is generally considered the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism, and if you all, collectively, keep shooting and have a sense of purpose as photographers you will continue to grow and place higher in both this and other contests and more importantly you will be able to produce better work overall.

Elliot’s Hearst Images: Portraits

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Britney McIntosh’s Hearst Images: Feature

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