Behold the stunning winning entries from the Tamron Photo Contest, where John Calvin and Chandler Weber emerged victorious in the prestigious Tamron User Photo/Video Contest 2023.
John Calvin, hailing from Santa Fe, New Mexico, claimed the top honors in the photography category. His exceptional black and white photograph, taken in the breathtaking Great Sand Dunes National Park, captured the essence of the landscape with remarkable highlights, shadows, and textures. Calvin achieved this masterpiece using the Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD lens designed for Fujifilm X-mount cameras.
This fiercely contested competition welcomed entries from talented photographers and videographers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Winners were chosen across various categories, including travel/landscape, wildlife, close-up/fine art, portrait, sports/action, photojournalism, and video. Below, you’ll find the winning entries from each category, accompanied by details of the Tamron lenses employed to capture these awe-inspiring shots.
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#1. Grand Prize Photo Winner: John Calvin, Santa Fe, NM
#2. Travel/Landscape Winner: Marcin Zajac, Santa Rosa, CA
#3. Travel/Landscape 1st Place: Jon Hafen, Mount Pleasant, UT
#4. Travel/Landscape 2nd Place: Anna DeStefano, Clarkesville, GA
#5. Travel/Landscape Honorable Mention: Joe Howard, North Haven, CT
#6. Travel/Landscape Honorable Mention: Robert Stevens, Manti, UT
#7. Wildlife Winner: Forest Qiao, Ontario, Canada
#8. Wildlife 1st Place: Joe Mullica, Leesburg, FL
#9. Wildlife 2nd Place: Ryan Wilkes, British Columbia, Canada
#10. Wildlife Honorable Mention: Alexandre Lafontaine, Quebec, Canada
#11. Wildlife Honorable Mention: Howard M. Paul, Denver, CO
#12. Close-up/Fine Art Winner: Bruce Herwig II, Redlands, CA
#13. Close-up/Fine Art 1st Place: Di Li, Modesto, CA
#14. Portrait Winner: Dylan Dufault, British Columbia, Canada
#15. Portrait 1st Place: Melissa Dion, Quebec, Canada
#16. Portrait 2nd Place: Juan Fernando Capetillo Torres, Guanajuato, Mexico
#17. Portrait Honorable Mention: Paul Park, Alberta, Canada
#18. Sports/Action Winner: Bruce Bennett, Old Bethpage, NY
#19. Sports/Action 2nd Place: Edgard bou Daher, Quebec, Canada
#20. Photojournalism Winner: Josh Murphy, Milan, PA
