Travis Dove Named College Photographer of the Year
By Ryan • Nov 14th, 2007 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)By Zach Honig of PopPhoto.com:
“Dove has only taken photography seriously for the past two years, but has since interned at three newspapers including the Valley News in Vermont, the Augusta Chronicle, and the Charlotte Observer. Most of the work in his winning portfolio was shot for class assignments and personal work, though some was from his most recent summer internship at the Charlotte Observer.
Before winning CPOY this year, Dove hadn’t won any awards for his photography since he was a young child, despite entering images in last year’s College Photographer of the Year competition as well. “I got an honorable mention in a Boy Scouts photo competition when I was a kid,” Dove said. “I think I was about eight.”
This year Dove took the competition seriously, spending hours editing images with friends, other students, and photographers he met during his internships. All his hard work paid off, winning five awards during this year’s CPOY competition. “I can’t tell you how many people I had look at this portfolio,” Dove said. “Things kept coming in and out, in and out.”
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