Community Art Initiatives

Take Your Shot Teen Photo Contest

Can you capture a photo that encapsulates the feeling of home? This may include your actual home, objects that remind you of home, features of your hometowns, or the people or pets that make a house a home. Teens are invited to participate in the Take Your Shot photography contest with Lambton County Library and the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery. Three subcategories make up this year's theme "Feels Like Home":

People/Pets
Places
Things

Teen Photo Contest Rules and Regulations

Entering the Contest

Photos can only be submitted online between May 1, 2022 and July 10, 2022.
The Take Your Shot Teen Photo Contest is open to teens between the ages of 13 and 18.
Photos must not be obscene, indecent, depict violence, nudity or any discrimination. Photos that do not comply will be disqualified.
Photos must not infringe on copyright or intellectual property rights.
The entrant must have written permission from any subjects in their photo to submit the photo in this contest. The completed consent form may be emailed to library.publicservices@county-lambton.on.ca.
For best quality prints, we recommend submitting an image with 300dpi resolution.
The photographer will retain the rights to any photos submitted to this contest.
By entering this contest, you agree to submit any required personal information and accept the information may be used in disclosing contest winners on our website and in other publications.

Winner Selection

A jury of industry professionals will consider all submissions and select the four winning photographs.

An overall grand prize winner will be selected in addition to a winner for each subcategory. All decisions by the jury are final.
Jury selection will take place between July 12 and July 14, 2022.
Winners will be announced on Monday, July 18, 2022.

Prizes

The four winners will have their photographs printed, professionally matted and framed.
The grand prize winner will win their choice of the following three prize options:
- $100 gift card to Carmen’s Foto Source in Sarnia
- $100 gift card to Mainframe custom framing in Sarnia
- A 1 hour virtual tutorial session with Peter Power

Photography Exhibit

A selection of photographs, including four winners, will be professionally matted and featured in an exhibit, along with photographs by Larry Towell from August 12 - October 8, 2022.

An artist preview will be held at the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery on August 11, 2022, from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Meet the Jury

Headshot of Natali Bravo, white female with blonde bangs

Natali Bravo

Natali Bravo is a photographer based out of Southwest Ontario. Born and raised in Sarnia, she was part of the founding class of the Digital Photography program at Lambton College. Active in the local Sarnia art community, she has served as official photographer for events such as Art Attack and ArtWalk. Natali has recently decided to advance her photography education at Fanshawe College this September.

Headshot of Richard Beland, white male brown hair

Richard Beland

Richard Beland is a music photographer based in Toronto, Canada. His extensive body of work, which dates back to 1993 and includes live performance photographs as well as studio portraits, celebrates popular music's depth and eclectic breadth. From photographs of Coldplay to those of The Tragically Hip, Richard Beland's images of international stars and Canadian icons reveal his passion for his craft, his keen sense of composition, and his steadfast commitment to detail.

Headshot of Sonya Blazek, white woman with blonde hair

Sonya Blazek

Sonya Blazek is the Curator/Supervisor at the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery. Prior to her role at the JNAAG she was the Curator at the Thames Art Gallery. Her experience within the art industry includes curatorial duties, art programs, art therapy at group homes and hospitals, and advisor for the Visual Arts Masters Program at the University of Windsor.