Austin Edwards in Best of Photography 2012

The Department of Art at Mississippi State University is please to announce that  Austin Edwards who is majoring in Graphic Design will be published in the Best of Photography 2012 published by Photographer’s Forum magazine.  Austin Edwards placed as a finalist in the 32^nd  Annual Student Photography Contest co-sponsored by Sigma.

Amateur photographers from the United States and Canada, as well as 60 other countries worldwide submitted over 12,000 photographs.  Only 13% of the entered photographs were selected to be accepted into the Best of Photography 2012 .  The judges are college-level instructors: Ann Cutting, Art Center College of Design; Gene Strickland, Columbus State Community College; and Sherri Taylor, Syracuse University.

“I am not surprised that Austin was selected as finalist.” States Professor Gootee.  “ He created the image in a my entry level photography class, Photo Survey. This just shows you of his incredible talent.”  Professor Marita Gootee is the Area Coordinator for photography in the Department of Art at Mississippi State University. “This image was created for Austin’s final project. He was inspired for the idea after the Childhood Memories hand-tinting project. In the final series Austin really took the idea to a new level and this was one of his images.”

Best of Photography 2012 is sold to photographers, college libraries and instructors of photography, art and graphic design. Learn more about the Best of Photography 2012 and Photographer’s Forum magazine at http://pfmagazine.com.