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2023 Year-End Winners

2023 Year-End awards were presented at the Poly Photo Year-End Awards Banquet on January 27 at the La Jolla Country Club.

    • Image of the Year:  3 of a Kind by Heidi Gauthreaux
    • Van Nostrand Best of Nature:  Dusky Dahlia by Patti Lamm
    • Bob Rittenhouse Most Creative:  Transition by Heidi Gauthreaux

To see all the winning images, go to the menu above — Photo Gallery > Year-End Winners > 2023 Year-End Winners.

2023 Year-End entries – 268 images: 183 Realistic, 52 Altered Reality, 33 Project – were judged in December by a panel of three guest judges: Lois Fong-Sakai, Greg Klamt, Sandy Zelasko.

To view the year-end videos, click to play the following:
Poly 2023 Year in Review – A look back at the activities of 2023*
Poly Best of 2023 – All the best images entered in the year-end competition**

Videos produced by James Woodward* and Charlie Breese**

Year-End Awards Banquet

Poly will hold the 2023 Year-End Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will reveal the best images of the year, and feature a year in review, 2023 awards, People’s Choice voting, raffle prizes and a 50-50 drawing.  The luncheon will be held at La Jolla Country Club and is an annual highlight for club members and guests.

Poly Members Shine at Councils Challenge

Poly Photo Club members took numerous honors in the Photographic Society of America’s 2023 Councils Challenge. Congratulations to Judy MacLean for capturing Best in Show as well as first place in the Monochrome Open section for her Ballerina Prepares.

Kudos to Heidi Gauthreaux for first place in the Color Open section and an honorable mention in the Nature Open section, and to Darlene Elwin and James Woodward for their honorable mentions in the Monochrome Open section and Color Open section, respectively.

The Southern California Association of Camera Clubs of which Poly is a member did very well in the Challenge with a tie for third place for Overall High Score; a tie for second place in the Monochrome Open section; and second in the Nature Open section. 12 councils from across the country entered this year’s competition.

Congratulations to our award winners and many thanks to everyone in Poly who worked so hard on the interclub competitions. Read more.