h2oly city photography competition

The Charleston Civic Design Center was pleased to host the H2Oly City Photography Exhibition. This free exhibit showcased 107 entries from photographers in and around the Charleston region who entered their photos in the H2Oly City Photography Competition. The winning works in Open and Youth classifications were announced at the public opening on May 15th, here at the Charleston Civic Design Center (85 Calhoun Street). The winners were chosen by a jury of three distinguished local photographers based on the criteria of aesthetic quality, composition, and the photograph’s ability to illustrate the relationship between water and Charleston.
In addition, all attendees at the opening event were given an opportunity to place their vote for the Peoples’ Choice Award.

The Winners of the H2OLY City Photography Competition in the Open Category were Melissa Clanton, whose photo won First Place, David C. Scott who won Second Place, and Micheline Callicott won Third Place. The Honorable Mentions for the Open Category were Samuel S. Logan, Whitney D. Popelka, and Andra Watkins

The Winners of the Youth Category were Jason Wilson whose photo won First Place, and Cayleigh Nicholson who won both Second, and Third Place. The Honorable Mention for the Youth category was Grace Hill.

The Peoples' Choice award voted on by the attendees the night of the opening was Bert Niemyer.

Congratulations to all of our winners, and a very big thank you to all of you who entered photos in this year’s competition.