“Glass Apple,” Shari Lane-Davis, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas; Second Prize, College & University — Computer-Assisted Copyright © Shari Lane-Davis / Photo courtesy Photo Imaging Education Association

The top student photographs from around the world were lauded recently in the Photo Imaging Education Association’s (PIEA) 2004 International Student-Teacher Photo Exhibition and Competition.

In January, the judges for the PIEA competition chose 120 images from more than 4,200 entries sent in by 105 schools from the United States and six other countries. The chosen photos were exhibited at the Photo Marketing Association’s convention in Las Vegas, Feb. 12–15, and are now part of two exhibitions that will tour Australia, Canada, Italy, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States until 2006.

Entrants in the contest competed by grade levels in three categories: single images, portfolios and computer-assisted images. More than $81,000 in scholarships, camera equipment and accessories were awarded to the winners in each category and grade level. Andrea Behrends, a student photographer at Southern Illinois University, won the grand prize in the College & University — Single Image category. Part of her prize includes paid tuition for one semester at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Australia.

“This year’s group of entrants had some of the more interesting computer-assisted work we’ve ever seen,” says Ken Lassiter, senior consultant for PIEA. “There’s definitely a bigger emphasis on digital.”

To view all of the selected and winning images online, go to www.pieapma.org/gallery.

“Spread Eagle,” Samuel Lee, Bountiful High School, Bountiful, Utah; Exhibitor, Grades 12 & Under —Computer-Assisted Copyright © Samuel Lee / Photo courtesy Photo Imaging Education Association	“Cornflower,” Deborah Husk, Salisbury College, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; Exhibitor, College & University — Portfolio Copyright © Deborah Husk / Photo courtesy Photo Imaging Education Association
“Immortal Mirage,” Ed Frey III, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.; Third Prize, College & University — Single Image, and the Jon Cone/Piezography Prize for Best Black-and-White Print Copyright © Ed Frey III / Photo courtesy Photo Imaging Education Association	“Two Girls,” Nicole Isaacson, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.; Third Prize, College & University — Portfolio Copyright © Nicole Isaacson / Photo courtesy Photo Imaging Education Association
“Yellow Face,” Shannon Marie Donovan, Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Fla.; Honorable Mention, College & University — Computer-Assisted Copyright © Shannon Marie Donovan / Photo courtesy Photo Imaging Education Association	“E-man,” Rebekah Wright, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Mo.; Third Prize, College & University — Computer-Assisted Copyright © Rebekah Wright / Photo courtesy Photo Imaging Education Association