The Gordon Parks Museum

Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott, KS

                                   

 

 

 

For Immediate Release: October 11, 2024

Contact: Kirk Sharp at 620-223-2700, ext. 5850

Email: [email protected]

 

2024 Gordon Parks Celebration

Photo Contest Winners Named

 

FORT SCOTT — Winners of the Gordon Parks Museum photo contest, sponsored by Merl Humphrey Photography and Don Thompson Images, have been chosen. The theme was “What Fills Your Hungry Heart?”. Eighty entries were received and the winner of First Place was Johnna Walker, Franklin, KS, with the photo titled “Possibility.” Second Place was Robert D. Little, Stillwater, OK, with the photo “Pedalling Washtub Bass Player NOLA.” Third Place was Amirra Mitchell, Wichita, KS, with the photo, “I see It, I like it, I captured it”.

There were five Honorable Mentions named: “Girl” by Yasser Alaa Mobarak,

(Alexandria, Egypt), “Two Rapping Ravens” by Mark Dolf, (Tulsa, OK), “An artist point of view” by Evangeline Garcia, (Wichita, KS), “Longing For Adventure” by Isaac Gorges, (Wichita, KS) and “Reading is FUNdamental” by Knew’Era Haynes, (Wichita KS). First, Second, and Third place winners received cash prizes of $200, $75, and $50 respectively.

The contest was open to any non-professional photographer and was inspired by a quote from Gordon Parks, “I’ve lived a lot, worked a lot, and smiled a lot. And I will cling to all of those blessings until my hungry heart is hopelessly exhausted.” Photographers were invited to capture the essence of the theme.

 

Judges for the photo contest was professional photographer, Veretta Cobler and established make-up artist and hair stylist, Donna Fumoso based in New York City. The photo exhibit will be on display on the Gordon Parks Museum facebook page facebook.com/fsccgpmuseum/ and the museum’s website gordonparkscenter.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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