An evening with the winners of the 2024 John Gruber Creative Photography Awards

This presentation was recorded and will be made available soon on our YouTube page, www.youtube.com/railphotoart

Tuesday, August 20, 2024
7:00 PM (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom
8 pm ET, 6 pm MT, 5 pm PT

The 2024 Creative Photography Awards brought 383 submissions from 143 photographers representing 32 states and 9 countries in response to the theme, “Conveyance.” In this evening with the winners, hosted by photographer-writer and Center staffer Elrond Lawrence, you’ll hear their stories and insights behind the winning pictures, as well as their approaches to rail photography.

Scheduled to appear live:
Ewan McLean – First prize winner, color
James Duval – Second prize winner, black-and-white
Ryan Gaynor – Second prize winner, color
Darryl Bond – Third prize winner, color
We’ll also hear from Dafydd Whyles, first prize winner, black & white

Learn more about this year’s winning photos and see the “Judges Also Liked” pictures at the Center’s Flickr page.

This event is free. Join us for a great evening with people who love rail photography!

 

Ewan McLean, 1st prize winner, color
The Victorian Goldfields Railway (VGR) is a preservation group that operates trains in the northwestern part of Victoria, Australia. Ewan and his wife were riding on the observation deck of the ‘Tambo’ through the gum tree forest on the outskirts of Castlemaine; Ewan captured this shot of steam locomotive J541’s smoke illuminated by the sun’s rays, on April 18, 2011.

Dafydd Whyles, 1st prize winner, black & white
With a palpable sense of anticipation, a single-car passenger unit arrives at Worksop station in Nottinghamshire, UK, with a lone passenger waiting. The train is passing the 1880-built signal box (cabin).