Winners of the Gordon Parks Museum photo contest,
sponsored by Merl Humphrey Photography and Don Thompson Images, have been selected.

This year’s
theme was, “What Does Your Heart See?”.
141 entries were received, which was the highest number of entries ever.

First Place was Yasser Alaa
Mobarak, Alexandria Egypt, with the photo titled “Nepali Woman.”

 

Second Place was Kevin B. Jones, San
Francisco, CA, with the photo “2025 Cuba Revisited #2.”

 

and Third Place was Jacki Lunberg, Fort Scott, KS,
with the photo, “My Baby You’ll Be.”

There were five Honorable Mentions named: “Turn the Page” by KrystalCarter, (Las Vegas, NV), “Not Forgotten” by Mark Dolf, (Tulsa, OK), “SalsaFeet” by Robert D. Little, Stillwater, OK), “Best Friends Forever” by LeyaJanine, (Wichita KS). and ”A Love Without Words” by Mika Milburn,(Fulton, KS).

First, Second, and Third place winners received cash prizes of $200, $75, and $50 respectively.

This photo contest was inspired by a quote from Gordon Parks, “I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter. Photographers were invited to capture the essence of the theme.

Judges for the photo contest was professional photographer, Veretta Cobler and, established creative director designer, Donna Fumoso.

The photo exhibitwill be on display on the Gordon Parks Museum facebook page facebook.com/fsccgpmuseum/ and the museum’s website
gordonparkscenter.org.

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