{"id":7002,"date":"2015-03-26T20:29:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T00:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=7002"},"modified":"2017-04-25T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T00:23:27","slug":"kirk-johnson-selected-as-regional-finalist-in-the-hunt-for-americana-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/kirk-johnson-selected-as-regional-finalist-in-the-hunt-for-americana-photo-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Johnson selected as Regional finalist in the Hunt for Americana Photo Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/qkyx44ib.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7003 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/qkyx44ib-300x174.bmp\" alt=\"qkyx44ib\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/qkyx44ib-300x174.bmp 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/qkyx44ib.bmp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>NVPS member Kirk Johnson learned recently that one of his photographs was selected as a regional finalist in the <em>Hunt for Americana Photo Contest<\/em>, sponsored by the Great American Country TV.com website and Popular Photography magazine. \u00a0Following submission of his photograph (during a Promotion period advertised in Popular Photography magazine) between October and November 2014, a panel of judges evaluated several hundred photo submissions and ended up selecting 40 photographs nationwide, with 10 finalists being selected from each of the following U.S. regions &#8211; Northeast, Midwest, South (which includes Virginia, D.C, and Maryland), and West. \u00a0Finalists were selected in February 2015 based on the following criteria: (1) skill, (2) adherence to the theme, (3) composition, (4) color, and (5) nostalgia. \u00a0 johnson said, &#8220;Although I was not a Grand Prize winner or runner-up in the contest, to be selected as a regional finalist was a great honor!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The photograph, seen above, was taken of an old abandoned barn outside Sevierville, Tennessee. 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