Winner! - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

8th
ANNUAL
IBEW
PHOTO
CONTEST
The Winners!
Skill, dedication, duty, heart, humanity, and a
breather. These are all elements of the working
lives of IBEW members, and these are some of
the qualities captured in the winners of the
Eighth Annual IBEW Photo Contest.
The rules of the contest state, “Photos must have an IBEW theme of
some sort, with IBEW members at work, engaged in a union activity, or still
subjects conveying images of the electrical industry or the union.” This
year’s contest participants admirably presented the judges with yet another
challenge to choose the best of the more than 125 entries taken, as stipulated
in the rules, by IBEW members.
This year’s judges were C. James Spellane, director of the IBEW Journal
and Media Department; Bette Doranz, assistant to the president of the
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA), and Tim Prendergast,
web coordinator in the Journal and Media Department. All have extensive
backgrounds in communications.
As always, the first place winner received a prize of $200; second place
won $150; third place won $100, and each honorable mention winner
received $50.
The Journal thanks all members who participated in the IBEW Photo
Contest this year and/or in years past.
First Place
(On The Cover)
Semyon Solomon
Local 332
San Jose, California
Brother Solomon’s stunning shot portraying
the extensive, carefully crafted conduit installed
by IBEW members conveys the skill and hard
work that went into this project. Beyond that, its
composition and lighting captured the beauty that
can be evident during the construction phase of a
building—a sight that most people never see but
that is familiar to many IBEW members.
Third Place
Ken Titland
Local 503
Monroe, New York
Brother Titland took this shot at
a five-week apprentice lineman
school hosted by Orange and
Rockland Utilities in Pearl River,
New York, where the instructors
were first class high voltage linemen
with Local 503. Pictured are
(left to right) apprentices Corey
Sabatini, Doug Peifer, Nick Viotto
and Chris Picard. The picture portrays
these young men learning
the skills of the trade and also captures
some of the demands that
line work places on those who
choose it. The flag in the background
provides extra emotional
impact as if to say that there are
still some jobs that can’t be
shipped overseas.
Second
Place
John S.
Williams
Local 702
West Frankfort,
Illinois
Brother Williams took this
photo of journeyman wireman
Bill Smith, also of Local
702, catching some fresh air
while working in a manhole
terminating high voltage
cables at the Southern Illinois
University football field lighting
project. The photo gives a
unique perspective of a journeyman
taking a breather
from hard work while also
capturing enough detail in the
dark space so the viewer can
see some of the tools of the
trade.
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