Archbishop Mitty Visual Arts Gallery
Luie's Legacy Photo Contest
To celebrate the life of Luie Lopez, an amazing person, photographer, and artist, Archbishop Mitty High School held a photography contest, encouraging the entire Mitty community--students alumni, faculty, and staff--to create images that would commemorate Luie's life.
Congratulations to the contest winners in the following categories:
People and Animals:
Sanghavi Srinivasan
Sanghavi Srinivasan, a current senior at
Archbishop Mitty High School, has recently taken an interest in photography and loves capturing scenes of nature and animals. She took this photo of an elephant during a family trip to Chennai, India. She is very glad to have been able to participate in this contest to honor Mr. Luie Lopez.
Architecture:
Belana Labra
Belana Labra is a current AMHS student, class of 2018. Photography has been something that Belana has enjoyed for quite some time as a hobby. She finds it relaxing because she can take photos of many different things. Belana says that editing her photos is probably the best part about photography for her because it gives her an opportunity to make her photos look unique.
Manipulated Images:
Belana Labra
Belana Labra also submitted and won for the category of manipulated images. The photo was taken while sitting in a car at a stop light. Someone had added the word "love" to the existing sign. She thought it was interesting and wanted to capture that moment as a permanent image.
Nature:
Jonathan Chen
Jonathan Chen is an AMHS alumnus, class of 2005. He is currently a PhD student at Yale University. Outside of academics, he coaches a youth climbing team in New Haven, Connecticut. This image was taken on the Alpine Garden on a bluebird day after an ascent of Central Gull, Huntington Ravine, Mount Washington, in New Hampshire.
Black and White:
Marko Ristic
Marko Ristic is a current AMHS student, class of 2019. Marko is passionate about capturing images around him. He is very intrigued by the power of images and how drastically they can affect us. This image is the Griffith Observatory.