Congratulations to the 2023 Kurtzberg winners!

The Kurtzberg Competition is held annually for Hilton Head Island High school students.  This year 58 images were submitted to CCHHI for consideration in the annual Larry Kurtzberg Photo Competition.

This year’s winners and their winning photographs are:

First Place                            Maya Gozlin                       “Jane”

Second Place                      Madison Hall                      “Serenity”

Third Place                          Kaitlyn Sobocinski            “Trough”

Honorable Mention           Nayeli Chirino                    “Fate”

The students, their parents, Photography Instructor Patty Schoelkopf and HHIHS Principal Steve Schidrich attended the April meeting for the presentation of the monetary awards and certificates.

All images were judged by a 6-member  CCHHI panel on a ten-point system:  Technical Criteria (2 points), Visual and aesthetic criteria (2 points), Content (2 points) and General Characteristics (4 points).

The Kurtzberg Awards were created in 1998 and are presented annually by the Camera Club of Hilton Head Island in honor of the club’s founder, Larry Kurtzberg.  The club sponsored contest is open to students at Hilton Head Island High School.

The awards are First Place – $150, Second Place – $125, Third Place – $100, and Honorable Mention – $50.