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First Place
Gina Durko of Forest City received a blue ribbon for her photograph of her great-grandmother’s house. “I had to jump the fence to get this shot of her house. My husband watched out for the bull in the yard to make sure he was not going to plow me over!” In addition to photography which has been a passion of Durko’s for many years, she works in stained glass, acrylics, oils, drawing, sculpting and computer graphics. “I have to be creating all the time,” she says, “there is a burning passion that has to be answered within my soul.” To pursue this passion, Durko is enrolled in the Graphics program at ICC.
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Second Place
The red ribbon went to Gary Poteat of Forest City for a photograph he took in Bryce Canyon National Park. “I was photographing the red cliffs,” he said, “and saw this dead tree at the edge. I thought it made an interesting contrast.” Now retired and returned to Rutherford County, Poteat is taking his photography more seriously. “We like to travel and I enjoy photographing the national parks, particularly in the western part of the country.” he says. |
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Third Prize
Green Hill resident Deborah Fredell Keller (or “DJ” as her RS Central classmates called her) won a white ribbon for a winter photograph at Bearwallow Mountain, just over the Henderson County line. “I was a photographer for my college annual and have enjoyed it ever since” she says. Back in Rutherford County after a 30-year career as a critical care RN, Keller is also a writer of poetry, plays, novels, and children’s books. She and her husband Clyde are both active in Rutherford Community Theater. |
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