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The 2017 Photo Contest opens this week
es will determine first through
third place. Meanwhile, the
public can vote online for a
People’s Choice Award winner
Monday, Dec. 18, through
Sunday, Dec. 24. The winning
photogs will receive gift cards.
The top 10 photos will ap-
pear in Coast Weekend’s Jan.
4 print edition, and the top 25
will run online.
Over the years, the Coast
Weekend photo contests have
become awesomely competi-
tive, bringing in hundreds of
artful shots that have set the
bar high.
By ERICK BENGEL
COAST WEEKEND
C
oast Weekend’s 2017
Photo Contest opens
Friday, Nov. 17, and
closes Sunday, Dec. 17.
Natural and urban environ-
ments, color and black-and-
white — the subjects can be
just about anything (no shots
that don’t belong in a family
paper, please). Only pho-
tographers from Oregon and
Washington may participate.
Once the submission period
ends, The Daily Astorian judg-
coast
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
arts & entertainment
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THE ARTS
Portraitures
Imogen artists featured in Oregon City show
9
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
ERICK BENGEL
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
REBECCA HERREN
CONTRIBUTORS
DAVID CAMPICHE
WILLIAM HAM
RYAN HUME
BARBARA LLOYD McMICHAEL
COASTAL LIFE
Close to Home
WW II veteran remembers time behind enemy lines
10
Last year’s first-place win-
ner was a breathtaking silhou-
etted self-portrait beneath the
Milky Way. Other top photos
included crashing waves,
a rescued bald eagle and a
black-and-white of a young
baseball player.
The Daily A staff and I
can’t wait to see what the
region’s best photographers
have captured for us this
year!
Submit digital files to coast
TEDDY TOWNSEND PHOTO
weekend.com/cwphotocontest.
Teddy Townsend, 18, of Cathlamet, Washington, took this self portrait under the Milky Way,
For more contest details, see
which won First Place in the 2016 Coast Weekend Photo Contest.
the ad on Page 22. CW
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