Neil Rosenberg - Pipes

Winners of the 2025 Anything Goes Photography Show

Congratulations to the winners of our 2025 Anything Goes photography show! This show ran from January 4, 2025 to March 1, 2025 at our Uxbridge Community Art Gallery. Thank you to everyone for participating in this show!

First Place / Neil Rosenberg / “Pipe Dream”
The judge loved the sharp focus, the use of shadow and light, and the composition. Neil took this photo using black and white film. He then scanned the negative and adjusted the image’s hue to bring forward the top two pipes to add to its dimensionality.
Neil Rosenberg Photography

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Second Place / Lisa Shea / “Barely Fitting at the Panama Canal”
The judge liked the composition, the graphic nature of the lines, and the way the eye moved around the image. Lisa used her Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra cellphone. She took this photo standing on the glass-walled balcony of the cruise ship, shooting straight down. Her aim was to show in a two-dimensional way the relationship between the ship, the sliver of water, and the rails on land. You can see her toes in the bottom center.
Lisa Shea Website

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Third Place / Brent DeWitt / “Dogs At Rest”
The judge liked the composition and how the eye moved around the image. He liked the sense of story, causing a viewer to think about the scene.

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Honorable Mention / Sue Gomes / “It’s the Real Thing”
The judge liked the use of color, the unusual presentation of the image, and the composition. Sue took this image with a Motorola phone camera and then posterized it in Photoshop.

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Honorable Mention / Bob Evans / “Pollution”
The judge liked the use of light and dark values, the movement of the smoke, and the crisp focus on the main point of interest. Bob used a drone to capture this shot of a location in Millbury. Several of you asked what kind of a camera can mount on a drone! Bob Evans was kind enough to send along these details: Hasselblad Camera. Image Sensor: 4/3 CMOS, Effective Pixels: 20 MP. Lens: FOV: 84°, Format Equivalent: 24 mm, Aperture: f/2.8-f/11, Focus: 1 m to ∞, ISO 100-6400, Shutter Speed, Electronic Shutter: 8-1/8000 s.
Bob Evans Photography

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Honorable Mention / Michael Backunas / “Sinking Ship – Quabbin Reservoir”
The judge liked the use of light, the composition, and the range of values in this image. He liked the soft gradient of the sky.
Michael Backunas Photography

About the Judge – Al Weems

Al Weems is a visual artist born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He received a BA in Psychology from U Mass – Dartmouth. For several decades, Weems was a corporate and commercial photographer with a focus on environmental portraiture. He now concentrates on fine art portraiture with a practice that seeks to elevate the ordinary.

Weem’s work has been included in numerous exhibitions including shows at the Providence Art Club, the Newport Art Museum, and the Art League, Rhode Island. He presented a solo exhibition at The Providence Art Club in January of 2020. His work has been published in the Providence Journal, the Worcester Telegram amongst others and his images have been featured in The New England Catch and Providence & Rhode Island Chef’s Table cookbooks. He lives and works in Sutton, Massachusetts.

Al Weems – Leather and Lace

Al Weems Photography

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