John Faber Memorial
Photography Contest and Show
The John Faber Memorial Photography Contest and Show is a popular annual Smith Mountain Arts Council event.
The contest draws casual, amateur, and professional photographers from a wide area surrounding Smith Mountain Lake, including Roanoke, Lynchburg, Martinsville and beyond.
Attention ALL Photographers !!
The Photo Contest is Coming to Town
The Photo Contest is Coming to Town
The 17th Annual John Faber Memorial Photo Contest and Show will be held at Trinity Ecumenical Parish in Moneta on May 27 – 30, 2011. The contest is open to all photographers – casual, amateur, and professional – and photographers at every level are encouraged to enter.
2011 Photo Show Winners List and other Info
So, whether photography is your life, a pastime, or you simply take occasional snapshots, consider entering the SMAC Photo Contest and Show.
A Note to Casual and Amateur Photographers
If you take pictures, you probably have a shot that tells a good story or stirs an emotion. Often great photographs are the result of detailed planning, great attention to composition, controlled lighting, and careful exposure. But sometimes a great photo happens because you were there at the right time and took the picture.
So dig through your old photos or take new pictures and submit your best shots. It’s a good way to improve your techniques, meet other photographers and have fun.
You might even win a prize! Most of the previous contest winners were not professionals.
A Note to Professional Photographers
The SMAC Photo Contest and Show is a great way to showcase your best work, try some new techniques and get some additional exposure.
About John Faber
Source: 2007 Smith Mountain Eagle article by Rebecca Jackson
- Renown photojournalist, retired at SML with wife Trudy, passed away in 1993
- 1950-1983 – served as Eastman-Kodak’s technical and public relations representative to the largest news organizations in the nation.
- Worked closely with Margaret Bourke-White (first Life Mag cover) as liaison between her and Eastman Kodak
- 1963 – became the first westerner to interview the Dali Lama. Faber’s photo was used as the Dali Lama’s official portrait for many years.
- He documented the history of news photography, interviewing the great photojournalists, and compiling the results into a book, “Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them”. Nominated for a Pulizer Prize in 1979.