News, Travel & Events

Staff · Issue 12, Apr/May 2003 · pp. 8–9

8 News, Travel & events Beneath the Sea’s Armand Zigahn has announced that the inaugural Jim Church Medal for Excellence in Digital Photography had been won by Mark Snyder from Astoria, New York for his study “Squid, Dominica.” In announcing Mark Snyder’s achievement, Armand Zigahn ’remarked on the classic lines of Mark Snyder’s photograph, it’s three- dimensional lucidity, and the elegance that the photograph imparts to the animal. “Clearly,” Zig said, “these distinguishing characteristics and the classic lines of art and composition seen in this digital photograph, demonstrate the elegance and beauty that Jim Church natured in his students as qualities worthy of bringing home from the sea.” Jim Church Medal for Excellence in Digital Photography Mr. Zigahn went on to note that the Digital Photography contest, a new addition this year to Beneath the Sea’s Photo Contest, had been well sub…