This year’s photo contest attracted entries from a great cross-section of the Bellarmine community: alumni, current students, parents and faculty. Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone who took the time to send us your amazing
work!—
Carla Carlton, executive editor
NATURE
First: Elephant, Denise Obermeyer, adult student
Second: Bird Brains, Barbara Harris, wife of a 1968 alum, mother of a 2002 alum and member of the Bellarmine President’s Society
Third: Grand Tetons, William Lewis ’21
Honorable Mentions: Mercer County, Thomas Gunnar Kehrt-Reese ’17; Mountain Road, Bryson M. Noffsinger, Exercise Science major; Taking Flight, Brad Hensley ’03
![nature 1st](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/nature_1st.jpg?sfvrsn=237080_4)
Elephant, Denise Obermeyer, adult student
![nature 2nd](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/nature_2nd.jpg?sfvrsn=da207080_4)
Bird Brains, Barbara Harris, wife of a 1968 alum, mother of a 2002 alum and member of the Bellarmine President’s Society
![nature 3rd](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/nature_3rd.jpg?sfvrsn=d237080_4)
Grand Tetons, William Lewis ’21
![nature hm1](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/nature-hm1.jpg?sfvrsn=f3207080_4)
Honerable mention: Mercer County, Thomas Gunnar Kehrt-Reese ’17
![nature hm2](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/nature-hm2.jpg?sfvrsn=6237080_4)
Honorable mention: Mountain Road, Bryson M. Noffsinger, Exercise Science major
![Nature HM3](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/nature-hm3-(resized).jpg?sfvrsn=2237080_6)
Honorable mention: Taking Flight, Brad Hensley ’03
ARCHITECTURE/CITYSCAPES
First: Skyline Reflections, New York City, Brad Hensley ’03
Second: Cityscape, Denise Obermeyer
Third: Gateway Arch, Christy Lyn Ferrell ’03
Honorable Mentions: City Hall, Pasadena, CA, Stephen Wulkopf ’97, father of first-year student Norah Wulkopf
![Cityscape_1st](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/cityscape_1st.jpg?sfvrsn=eb207080_4)
Skyline Reflections, New York City, Brad Hensley ’03
![Cityscape_2nd](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/cityscape_2nd.jpg?sfvrsn=ea207080_4)
Cityscape, Denise Obermeyer
![Cityscape_3rd](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/cityscape_3rd.jpg?sfvrsn=d9207080_4)
Gateway Arch, Christy Lyn Ferrell ’03
![Cityscape HM1](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/cityscape-hm.jpg?sfvrsn=db207080_4)
Honerable mention: City Hall, Pasadena, CA, Stephen Wulkopf ’97, father of first-year student Norah Wulkopf
CREATIVE/ALTERED IMAGES
First: Long Exposure, Fallen Tree in the Ocean off Edisto Island, S.C., Denise Obermeyer
Second: Eyeball, Emma Fletcher, Art major
Third: Photoshop Manipulation using a Distortion Filter, Barbara Harris
Honorable Mentions: Inner Bloom, Christy Lyn Ferrell ’03; Shaker Village, Thomas Gunnar Kehrt-Reese ’17
![Creative_1st](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/creative_1st.jpg?sfvrsn=ee207080_4)
Long Exposure, Fallen Tree in the Ocean off Edisto Island, S.C., Denise Obermeyer
![Creative_2nd](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/creative_2nd.jpg?sfvrsn=fd207080_4)
Eyeball, Emma Fletcher, Art major
![Creative_3rd](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/creative_3rd.jpg?sfvrsn=f6207080_4)
Photoshop Manipulation using a Distortion Filter, Barbara Harris
![Creative HM1](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/creative-hm1.jpg?sfvrsn=d8207080_4)
Honerable mention: Inner Bloom, Christy Lyn Ferrell ’03
![Creative HM2](/sf-images/default-source/magazine-blog/photo-contest/creative-hm2.jpg?sfvrsn=f1207080_4)
Honorable mention: Shaker Village, Thomas Gunnar Kehrt-Reese ’17