News from Billy Monday
The View from Loudon Heights, 2009The 77th Annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon
I’m excited to announce the my image, “The View from Loudon Heights” has won the Juror’s Choice Award at the 77th annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, MD. The image, along with about 40 other selections, will be on display at the museum through March 22.
I’ve written here about that image before, but I can’t thank Tonya, the model, enough. So again, I must mention that it was FREEZING cold that morning on the mountaintop, and after a steep climb to the location she was very tough and posed for several frames before turning blue. We got out of there while the day was still very young! I saw Tonya the other day, to tell her about the image’s success, and we agreed that (months later) we had forgotten the cold and that we’re happy to have a successful image.
I’d also like to thank Lauren LaRocca from the Frederick News Post for a pleasing article in their “72 Hours” section on Friday, January 22. She was kind enough to meet with me and we had a nice time talking about photography and art in general. She gets to travel all ‘round the region interviewing artists to see what they’re all about. That’s a pretty cool job, if you ask me!
The opening for the show is Sunday, January 24 at 2:30. It would be an honor to see you there.
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