2022 Bear Paw Festival Photography Contest
The Eagle River Camera Club, in cooperation with Jitters and Gutierrez Photography, is pleased to announce the winning photographs for the 2022 Bear Paw Festival.
This year’s exhibit includes photographs that were selected from over 230 entries by local photographers. Photographers entered under one of three classes: Adult, Teen or Youth. All the photos in this show were taken in Alaska after January 1, 2021. There were eight categories that they were able to enter in: Eagle River, People, Cultural, Scenic, Fauna, Flora, Creative, and Open. All youth entries were judged in a single Open category.
Festival Favorite
During the Bear Paw Festival we accept votes (online and in person at Jitters) for the Festival Favorite. This year voting closed on July 17 at 5:00pm. Allyson Brokaw’s “Looking Up The Peak” was voted the Festival Favorite.
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The exhibit is on display at Jitters (the best coffee shop in Alaska ) in Eagle River throughout the month of July.
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- Town Square Bloom – PJ WILKINS BELL Flora - Adult - 2nd Place
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- Snowangels in Denali – Kiri Abbas People - Adult - 2nd Place
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- Winter is Coming – Amya Ranck Creative - Teen - 1st Place
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- Serenity – Robin Ruzic Flora - Adult - 1st Place
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- School Skiing – Katelyn Bell People - Teen - 2nd Place
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- River Ribbons – Lisa Torkelson Creative - Adult - 2nd Place
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- Relics from the Past – Lisa Torkelson Scenic - Adult - 1st Place
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- Reindeer Sven – Anna Ranck Open - Youth - 1st Place
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- Reflecting on Winter's Arrival – Amya Ranck Scenic - Teen - Honorable Mention
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- Reach For A Win – Gary Steinfort Cultural - Adult - Honorable Mention
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- Night Mode – Lisa Torkelson Creative - Adult - Honorable Mention
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- Midnight Fire – PJ WILKINS BELL Eagle River - Adult - 1st Place
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- Magnet Magic – Tucker Abbas Open - Youth - 2nd Place
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- Lynx – Kathy Doty Fauna - Adult - 1st Place
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- Light Painted Spiral at Beach Lake – Roy Pace Eagle River - Adult - 2nd Place
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- Ladder Up – Xavier Gabel Open - Youth - Honorable Mention
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- Greenery – Elise Beckwith Flora - Teen - 2nd Place
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- Green and Pink – Elise Beckwith Flora - Teen - 1st Place
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- Gopher It – Amya Ranck Fauna - Teen - 1st Place
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- Excited Huskies – Elise Beckwith Fauna - Teen - 2nd Place
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- ERHS Game Prep – Katelyn Bell Eagle River - Teen - 2nd Place
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- Driving Home – Katelyn Bell Eagle River - Teen - 1st Place
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- DRAG ON! – PJ WILKINS BELL Fauna - Adult - 2nd Place
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- Delicacy – Hailee Howard People - Adult - Honorable Mention
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- Crocheted in – Amya Beckwith Creative - Teen - 2nd Place
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- Cotton Candy – Lisa Torkelson Scenic - Adult - 2nd Place
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- Camping View – Katelyn Bell Scenic - Teen - 2nd Place
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- Cadillac on the Rocks – Megan Lierman Eagle River - Adult - Honorable Mention
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- Bore Tide Surfing – Robin Ruzic Cultural - Adult - 2nd Place
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- Beauty in Simplicity – Hailee Howard People - Adult - 1st Place
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- Basket star on sea whip in PWS – Stephanie McLeish Fauna - Adult - Honorable Mention
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- AKRR – Lisa Torkelson Cultural - Adult - 1st Place
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- AK Train – Katelyn Bell Scenic - Teen - 1st Place
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- A lone potato – Kayla Beckwith People - Teen - 1st Place
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- A Diamond in The Moss – Max Mckernan Flora - Adult - Honorable Mention
