{"id":21466,"date":"2025-11-22T10:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/?p=21466"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:37:07","slug":"2025-minimalist-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/2025-minimalist-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Minimalist Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top images from the 2025 Minimalist Exhibit Competition. Congratulations Howard Thompson, his image titled Sundial was judged as the first-place image of the competition. He will receive a $100 gift certificate from Bedford Camera &amp; Video and be featured in the print exhibit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><!-- Final Tiles Grid Gallery for WordPress v3.6.13 free --><style>#ftg-1919 .tile .icon { color:#ffffff; }#ftg-1919 .ftg-items .loading-bar i { background:#666; }#ftg-1919 .ftg-items .loading-bar { background:#fff; }#ftg-1919 .tile .icon { font-size:12px; }#ftg-1919 .tile .icon { margin: -6px 0 0 -6px; }#ftg-1919 .tile .caption-block .text-wrapper span.text { font-size:12px; }#ftg-1919 .tile .caption-outside .text-wrapper span.text { font-size:12px; }#ftg-1919 .tile .caption-block .text-wrapper span.title { font-size:14px; }#ftg-1919 .tile .caption-outside .text-wrapper span.title { font-size:14px; }#ftg-1919 .tile { background-color: transparent; }#ftg-1919 .tile .caption-block .text-wrapper span.text { color: #ffffff; }#ftg-1919 .tile .caption-block .text-wrapper span.title { color: #ffffff; }#ftg-1919 .tile .caption-outside 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class=' tile-inner  ftg-lightbox' href='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753927137_sundile-withot-borders-1024x691.jpg' ><img alt='First Place - Sundial by Howard Thompson' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753927137_sundile-withot-borders-600x400.jpg' src='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753927137_sundile-withot-borders-600x400.jpg' width='600' height='400' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='title'>First Place - Sundial by Howard Thompson<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a title=\"1st Runner Up - Prairie Church by Brandon Jennings\" data-lightbox='ftg-1919' rel='ftg-1919'  class=' tile-inner  ftg-lightbox' href='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1752776640_ABMONT8-R1-26-27-1024x686.jpeg' ><img alt='1st Runner Up - Prairie Church by Brandon Jennings' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1752776640_ABMONT8-R1-26-27-600x400.jpeg' src='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1752776640_ABMONT8-R1-26-27-600x400.jpeg' width='600' height='400' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='title'>1st Runner Up - Prairie Church by Brandon Jennings<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a title=\"2nd Runner Up - Totality with Flares by Melissa Jones\" data-lightbox='ftg-1919' rel='ftg-1919'  class=' tile-inner  ftg-lightbox' href='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1752883666_totality1sm-1024x720.jpg' ><img alt='2nd Runner Up - Totality with Flares by Melissa Jones' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1752883666_totality1sm-600x400.jpg' src='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1752883666_totality1sm-600x400.jpg' width='600' height='400' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='title'>2nd Runner Up - Totality with Flares by Melissa Jones<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a title=\"Four Silos by Brandon Jennings\" data-lightbox='ftg-1919' rel='ftg-1919'  class=' tile-inner  ftg-lightbox' href='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753546380_ABMONT3-R1-11-12-1024x686.jpeg' ><img alt='Four Silos by Brandon Jennings' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753546380_ABMONT3-R1-11-12-300x160.jpeg' src='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753546380_ABMONT3-R1-11-12-300x160.jpeg' width='300' height='160' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='title'>Four Silos by Brandon Jennings<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a title=\"Teasel Flower by Pat Lewis\" data-lightbox='ftg-1919' rel='ftg-1919'  class=' tile-inner  ftg-lightbox' href='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wpvc_media_1754492132_teasel-flower-1024x683.jpg' ><img alt='Teasel Flower by Pat Lewis' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wpvc_media_1754492132_teasel-flower-300x160.jpg' 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Guthrie<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a title=\"Tandem, Times Two by Pay Lewis\" data-lightbox='ftg-1919' rel='ftg-1919'  class=' tile-inner  ftg-lightbox' href='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753280083_swans-in-fog-1024x804.jpg' ><img alt='Tandem, Times Two by Pay Lewis' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753280083_swans-in-fog-300x160.jpg' src='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1753280083_swans-in-fog-300x160.jpg' width='300' height='160' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='title'>Tandem, Times Two by Pay Lewis<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a title=\"Pelican on the Gulf Coast by Pat Lewis\" data-lightbox='ftg-1919' rel='ftg-1919'  class=' 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href='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1751993848_20241115_Caddo-Lake-foggy-morning_5W1A6027-reduced-size-1024x683.jpg' ><img alt='Swimming in Fog by Mickey Arlow' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1751993848_20241115_Caddo-Lake-foggy-morning_5W1A6027-reduced-size-300x160.jpg' src='https:\/\/www.psnwa.org\/ns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/wpvc_media_1751993848_20241115_Caddo-Lake-foggy-morning_5W1A6027-reduced-size-300x160.jpg' width='300' height='160' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='title'>Swimming in Fog by Mickey Arlow<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a title=\"Hippo and Friend by Mickey Arlow\" data-lightbox='ftg-1919' rel='ftg-1919'  class=' tile-inner  ftg-lightbox' 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