Bill Damon
The First Place winner in the Watertown Savings Neighborhood Photo Contest, “Moody Street Dam, Waltham” by Bill Damon.
The winning shots have been selected in the 2015 Watertown Savings Bank Neighborhood Photo Contest.
For many years, WSB has held an annual photo contest for local high school students. This year, they decided to open the competition up to amateur photographers of all ages. The bank received 120 photos were submitted from 53 different photographers and 12 winners were selected. The winning photographs will appear in WSB’s 2016 calendar, available to bank customers each December. A panel of judges composed of WSB staff selected the winners, according to the announcement from Watertown Savings Bank.
Jay Sullivan
This photo, “Heron Taking Off from Charles,” won second place in the Watertown Savings contest.
Boston resident Bill Damon was awarded First Place for his photo Moody Street Dam, Waltham, which will appear with December in the 2016 calendar. Damon was also awarded an Honorable Mention for Ducks in Flight, Moody Street Bridge, Waltham, which will be the February photo. Previous two-time high school photo contest winner Jay Sullivan from Newton is this year’s Second Place winner for his photo, Heron Taking Off from the Charles, which will appear with July. The August photo will be Charles River, Watertown, taken by Watertown resident Chuck Dickinson. He was awarded Third Place.
Chuck Dickinson
Chuck Dickinson’s “Charles River, Watertown” came in third in the Watertown Savings photo contest.
Nine Honorable Mentions were also awarded to: Watertown residents Ralph Holmberg and Joe McLaughlin for their photos, Waverley Oaks, Belmont, and Beaverbrook Reservation, Belmont, appearing in the 2016 calendar in January (Holmberg) and March (McLaughlin); Lexington resident Divya Jain for Lexington Minutemen, which will appear with April; AnneMarie Reynolds of Framingham, who will have her photo Early Morning Charles River Walk, Waltham in the June spot; Waltham residents Emma Magliarditi and Shouvik Gangopadhyay for their photos Leaves and Ladders and Cemetery in Autumn, which will appear with September and October respectively; Eleanor Kharasch of Newton, for her photo Fisherman, which will appear with November; and Mariah LaVache of Woburn, for her photo Watertown Fire Department, which will appear with May.
The winning photos will also be featured on the digital screens in all WSB branch lobbies throughout the summer. For more information, please call WSB’s marketing office at 617-928-2336.