College Photographer of the Year Competition Announces Winners

Winners were announced Friday, November 13th at the conclusion of six days of judging in the 64th College Photographer of the Year competition on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo.

Judges viewed over 12,000 still images and 226 multimedia projects entered by 607 student photographers from 131 colleges and universities in 21 different countries.

The 64th College Photographer of the Year is Ryan C. Henriksen from Ohio University. Henricksen's work was awarded the gold in the College Photographer of the Year portfolio category and the silver in Sports Portfolio.

Maisie Crow of Ohio University is the Runner-up College Photographer of the Year with silver in the portfolio category.

Judges for this year's competition were Nicole Frug´, freelance photographer and former staff photographer at The San Antonio Express-News; Seth Gitner, Assistant Professor at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University; Barry Locher, former managing editor and senior news executive at The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois; Lara Solt, staff photographer The Dallas Morning News and Zach Wise, multimedia producer for The New York Times.

A complete list of the winners as well as the winning images can be viewed on this website along with screencasts of the semifinal and final rounds for the judging of each category.

Rita Reed
Director, CPOY
info@cpoy.org