The New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2013 Clarence John Laughlin Award.
![Keliy Anderson-Staley, Houston TX http://www.andersonstaley.com Dulce](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nz8EQYejh1Q/VBnpBC4hExI/AAAAAAAAC9M/f_jsCpNyiK4/s1600/01_KAS_Dulce.jpg) |
Ducle |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DGTT8xTfR20/VBnpA1aElBI/AAAAAAAAC9M/fHmkO6qhsjI/s1600/02Berry_Anne_BaboonInWindow.jpg) |
Baboon in Window |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QYu_gs_aAAc/VBnpBTvzhGI/AAAAAAAAC9M/b9S4f2mytVQ/s1600/03.jpg) |
East Broadway, 7:02AM |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EgPY9OTXqug/VBnpENhjhvI/AAAAAAAAC9M/P4MnaGT7DDc/s1600/04Dimmitt_Benjamin.jpg) |
Oaks, Paynes Prairie, FL |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qkjgnGK8Cr0/VBnpDeRqIuI/AAAAAAAAC9M/Z2M5nvBihxY/s1600/Guion_William_Avery%2BIsland%2Boak_17.jpg) |
Marsh House Oak, Avery Island |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r9_YiQolUJ8/VBnpEv080_I/AAAAAAAAC9M/C_aHETyu8Dk/s1600/Hall%2BBrown_Leslie_The%2BRock.jpg) |
The Rock |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--YEZwiywI9s/VBnpKJD5cZI/AAAAAAAAC9M/ua-kji28pqo/s1600/Johnson_Jaime_Water_Snake.jpg) |
Water Snake |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RUAwKc9uE5E/VBnpGeIcfSI/AAAAAAAAC9M/7U_TuDcXjWk/s1600/Meghann_Riepenhoff_Littoral_Drift_%2301.jpg) |
Littoral Drift #01 (Diptych, Tower Beach, SC 05.26.13, Tidal Pools, Dipped) |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rDgwXx5a8-0/VBnpFxCizCI/AAAAAAAAC9M/nLAULTn56ic/s1600/Ruth_Euphus_The%2BOld%2BElks%2BClub_019.jpg) |
Old Elks Club |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D8V8FTuwPdQ/VBnpJWIBkZI/AAAAAAAAC9M/9vM74J6eJDo/s1600/schanberger_francis_roseswimmer.jpg) |
Rose Swimmer |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pu3EOZlL64k/VBnpIGIX6wI/AAAAAAAAC9M/2lO1YNkfGQs/s1600/Skaggs_J%2BMichael_Pain%2BXXXVII.jpg) |
Pain XXXVII |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ENqo26MZpYU/VBnpHgjEEkI/AAAAAAAAC9M/7fPIJFqrRaU/s1600/St.Onge_Cheryle_untitled17.jpg) |
untitled |
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Nocturnes 33 |
The Clarence John Laughlin Award was instituted by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in 2010 to support the work of photographers who use photography as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985), a New Orleans photographer best known for his surrealist images of the American South. The Clarence John Laughlin Award grants one $5000 prize annually to a photographer whose work exhibits sustained artistic excellence and creative vision.
For 2014, NOPA invited Del Zogg, the manager of Works on Paper & Photography Collections at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX, to serve as juror.
Past recipients of the award include: Walker Pickering (2013), Lee Deigaard (2012), Joni Sternbach (2011) and Charles Grogg (2010)
The winner will announced on November 1, 2014.