The winners of the 2012 Pixel8 Photo Competition. 81904 Picture: MATHEY LYNN
By VANESSA CHIRCOP
ONE hundred and sixty-six photos of Hobsons Bay were displayed at the Pixel8 Photo Competition Award Ceremony last Friday night.
The photographs, taken by young people from across the municipality, were celebrated at an awards night where the competition’s winners were announced.
Hobsons Bay police Inspector Bill Mathers, who initiated the competition, told a packed house how happy he was with the calibre of this year’s entries.
“During this week, we as police, have witnessed three days at Keilor where a siege took place and a community was disrupted… and media headlines of shots being fired – that was the start of the week,” he said.
“At the end the week we’re finishing with a story of a 166 shots at Hobsons Bay and a strong sense of a vibrant community and harmony and wellbeing.”
Insp Mathers said he hoped the entrants will one day look back on the photographs they took with fond memories of growing up in Hobsons Bay.
Special guest, Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana, announced the winners at this year’s ceremony.
Laura Hakim took out this year’s Community Harmony Award with Daniel Miller being Highly Commended.
Laura told Star she was stunned and excited to have won and credited her teachers at Bayside Secondary College for their support.
Natalie Tarle had the winning snap for the Community Wellbeing Award with Natalija Nikolovska being Highly Commended.
Courtney Elliot won the Creative Expression Award with Thomas Leigh being Highly Commended and Williamstown High School received the School Prize for having the most entries.
Grace Kennedy received a special award for being this year’s youngest entrant.
The three main prize winners each received a Canon EOS 1100DTKB 12.1MP SLR digital camera with twin lens kit, 8GB memory card and camera bag.
The three highly commended winners each received a Panasonic Lumix TZ30 digital camera, 14.1mp with memory card and carry pouch.
