{"id":38891,"date":"2024-04-30T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=38891"},"modified":"2024-05-06T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:34:10","slug":"com-photographers-win-top-prizes-at-boston-contest","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/com-photographers-win-top-prizes-at-boston-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"COM Photographers Win Top Prizes at Boston Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin bu-blocks-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/Taylor_supplied_01-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">A man hugs and kisses his grandson after the boy led a pro-Palestinian chant at the gate of the White House in Washington D.C., where hundreds of thousands of people participated in the pro-Palestinian March on Washington protest on Nov. 4, 2023. Photo by Taylor Coester.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOM Photographers Win Top Prizes at Boston Contest\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-categories\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/journalism\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJournalism\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/category\/student-work\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudent Work\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">April 30, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/authors\/com-staff\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOM Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-inner js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t<h4>Share<\/h4>\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-title\">COM Photographers Win Top Prizes at Boston Contest<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-share-tools-article-link\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/com-photographers-win-top-prizes-at-boston-contest\/\" readonly>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy URL:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-prepress-component-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Copy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Taylor Coester (COM\u201924) won Best in Show, the top prize in the News and Story categories, and three other awards last week at the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bppa.net\/boston-press-photographers-association-annual-contests\/2023-college-contest\/\">Boston Press Photographer Association\u2019s contest for college photographers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/04eadie_lobster-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38898\" width=\"720\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/04eadie_lobster-1.png 960w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/04eadie_lobster-1-636x441.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/files\/2024\/04\/04eadie_lobster-1-768x532.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption><em>Frank Lenardis, 49, smokes one of several cigarettes on the day while aboard his fishing partner\u2019s lobster boat. Lenardis helps out his long-time fishing partner on weekends on the boat, earning $1 for every 60-pound lobster trap he helps pull out of the water. Oct. 28, 2023.<\/em> Photo by &nbsp;Matthew Eadie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Eadie (COM\u201924) took home first place in the Portrait category, and Emma Hagert (COM\u201924) won first place in the Video category. All in all, Boston University student photographers won 18 out of 26 awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-style-background-yellow\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beauty and the Bats by Emma Hagert (COM&#039;24)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zhg8ITO1ZyU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Beauty and the Bats<\/em><br><em>Meet Sidharth Shah: an MFA student at BU who combines his passion for painting and animal rights to inspire change.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTaylor started taking summer journalism classes at Boston University in her senior year of high school,\u201d says Stephen Haines, a COM lecturer in journalism and former photo editor for the Boston Globe. \u201cShe was focused on photojournalism then, and she continues to be to this day. Taylor\u2019s work is thoughtful, sensitive and caring. Taylor is patient and often sees what others miss. Her work this year was fantastic, and it blew up the BPPA competition.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haines added that Taylor was also the first president of the National Press Photographers Association Student Chapter at Boston University. \u201cHer complete dedication to the profession is paying dividends,\u201d he adds. \u201cI\u2019m sure we will hear more from Taylor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following is a list of all of the award recipients and their schools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Best in Show:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><li>Andrew Burke-Stevenson\/Boston University<\/li><li>Madi Koesler\/Boston University<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Honorable Mention: Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Feature:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Andrew Burke-Stevenson\/ Boston University<\/li><li>Andrew Burke-Stevenson\/Boston University<\/li><li>Andrew Burke-Stevenson\/Boston University<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Honorable Mention: Clare Ong\/Boston University<\/li><li>Honorable Mention: Clare Ong\/Boston University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Sports:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Jonny Ratner\/Endicott College<\/li><li>Jonny Ratner\/Endicott College<\/li><li>Dylan Goodman\/Harvard University&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Honorable Mention: Dylan Goodman\/Harvard University<\/li><li>Honorable Mention: Dylan Goodman\/Harvard University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Portrait:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Matthew Eadie\/Boston University<\/li><li>Leanna Puccio\/Endicott College<\/li><li>Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Honorable Mention: Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Story:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><li>Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><li>Taylor Coester\/Boston University<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Honorable Mention: Hiroki Heginbotham\/University of Massachusetts Boston<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Video:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Emma Hagert\/Boston University<\/li><li>Mingkun Gao\/Boston University<\/li><li>Julian Giordano\/Harvard University<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bppa.net\/boston-press-photographers-association-annual-contests\/2023-college-contest\/\">View all the winning photographs and video on the BBPA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Coester (COM\u201924) won Best in Show, the top prize in the News and Story categories, and three other awards&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23287,"featured_media":38892,"template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"categories":[3,876],"tags":[518],"bu-publication":[],"discipline-type":[1424],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/38891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23287"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/38891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39116,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/38891\/revisions\/39116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38891"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=38891"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=38891"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=38891"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=38891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}