Unveiling of the Winners of the 2022-2023 Intercollegiate Photo Contest

On Monday, May 15 at Dawson College, the results of the 12^th edition of the World of Images Intercollegiate Photo Contest were unveiled.

This edition ended on March 8, 2023, and 1,396 photos were submitted by 323 participants (309 students and 14 network staff members) from 51 college institutions.

The organizing committee preselected photos in each category (Student and College Network Staff), and the jury, made up of seven judges, selected the photos of the finalists: 33 photos from students and 7 from the network staff. The deliberations, which took place on Thursday, April 13, 2023, allowed the jury to determine the winners among these finalists.

Thank you to the members of the jury:  

• Honorary chair: Caroline Hayeur, photographer;
• Florence LeBlanc, photographer;
• Pierre Robert, visual arts instructor, Collège Lionel-Groulx;
• Pierre Arsenault, visual arts instructor, Dawson College;
• Marjolaine Poirier, art historian;
• Manuel Podeur, 2^nd-place winner of the 2021-2022 contest;
• Hélène Lévesque, project manager, CCDMD.

This year, as in previous editions, the contest awarded $3,000 in grants for the students: 5 prizes and the People’s Choice award. A single prize was also set aside for the Network Staff category: a book produced by one of the photographers who served as honorary chair of the contest in recent years. Honourable mentions were also made to highlight the quality of certain photos among the 40 finalist’s works.

See the album of winning photographs of the contest here.

Student category

Five grants, one People’s Choice award, and nine honourable mentions were awarded among the 28 finalists in the Student category:

1^st place: Acapulco 1, Sophie Becquet, Dawson College

2^nd place: Asphyxie, Naomie Joly, Cégep régional de Lanaudière – Joliette

3^rd place: Antithèse, Younes Zerhi, Cégep Garneau

4^th place: Insouciance ; rupture entre rêve et réalité, Pénélope Simard, Collège Marsan

5^th place: Peach Sunset, Maggie Gruber, LaSalle College

People’s choice: Gratte-ciel, Matias Renaud, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf

Mention: Beneath the Waves, Hena Shamama Baig, LaSalle College

Mention: The Sailor, Bramanda Mahaputra, Dawson College

Mention: Solitude, Philippe Taing, Collège Marsan

Mention: Identité, Eva Labrecque, Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Mention: Un jour je serai comme toi, Philippe Guimond, Cégep du Vieux Montréal

Mention: Souvenirs Gelés – 5 de 5, Mc Hanson Moutien, Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Mention: Burnt granny, Lola Chaillot, Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup

Mention: La cabane, Marion Médecin, Cégep de Sherbrooke

Mention: Derrière toi, Zoé Ludunge, Collège Marsan

College Network Staff category

Selected from among the six finalists in the College Network Staff category, here are the winners of this edition:

Prize: Stitch au déjeuner, Jason Michael Beland, Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon

Ex aequo prize: Qui va là?, Guy Raymond, Collège de Rosemont

Mention: Enfance onirique, Joël Lalancette, Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup

For your information, the selection criteria were based on the technical quality and creative theme of the photograph. The photos were examined in a professional manner. The contest aims to encourage and support the production and dissemination of works produced by the participants.

Congratulations to the winners of the 12^th edition of the photo contest, and see you next year!