F-M college students earn high honors in annual Bousquet Holstein Photography Contest

Fayetteville-Manlius High School seniors taking AP 2D Design not too long ago earned first, second, and third place within the 2025 Bousquet Holstein High School Photography Contest. The regional competitors drew greater than 180 entries from college students throughout Central New York. F-M had 5 finalists on this yr’s competitors. 

Congratulations to:

• Morgan Kelder, First Place 
• Nicholas Delans, Second Place 
• Marley Dabulewicz, Third Place 
• Claire Manahan, Finalist
• Abby Richards, Finalist

For 17 years, Bousquet Holstein has sponsored the competition to help native college students within the arts. Each yr, the agency declares a brand new theme that challenges younger photographers to discover their environment in inventive methods. The 2025 theme was “Activated Communities: The Pulse of Our Spaces.” Students have been requested to seize the power and motion that folks carry to public areas. 

Entries have been judged on composition, creativeness, creativity, and connection to the theme. The high three awards have been accompanied by scholarships. Morgan Kelder’s first place award additionally secured $500 for the district’s artwork/pictures program. Her {photograph} will even seem on the quilt of Bousquet Holstein’s annual Thanksgiving card, which is mailed to greater than 7,000 purchasers and colleagues.