Capture light winners announced
May, 2007
The winning image in this year’s Capture Light
competition was taken by second-year medical
student Fouad Otakki.
Winners of the second annual Capture Light photography competition were announced at a gala night at WCMC-Q last month.
Second-year medical student Fouad Otakki won the grand prize, Al Jazeera staff member Chadi Nassrallah came second, and Steven Huth was third. WCMC-Q teaching assistant Saqib Hasan's photo was voted most popular by a crowd of students, faculty and staff from around Education City.
Winners in the various individual categories included Georgetown student Mohammed Al-Thani (black and white), WCMC-Q teaching assistant Jennifer Burg (Qatar), Academic Bridge Program staff member Bill Peel (landscapes), WCMC-Q teaching assistant Saqib Hasan (Islamic), Carnegie Melon student Salma Kayali (objects), Georgetown student Safia Al-Naimi (portraits), and WCMC-Q staff member Krista Dobinson (animals).
The competition was sponsored by Qatar's Youth General Authority. Prizes included digital cameras, a photo printer, and plaques donated by Gravoprint.
Al Jazeera staff member Chadi
Nassrallah won second place.
Competition organizer Fouad Otaki said this year's competition had been a tremendous success with 500 entries received compared to 150 entries the previous year. The quality of submissions was also up on last year.
"Submissions were invited from students, faculty and staff around Education City, and their immediate families," he said. "We have such an internationally diverse cross-section of people in Education City, so it's fascinating to see the entries we get."
Commenting on his inspiration for holding the competition, Fouad said: "I want people to see there's more to photography than family snaps. I want to introduce people to the art of photography."
In addition to the prizes mentioned above, Qatar Photographic Society and Muslim Youth in Education City (MyEC) presented their own awards and selected 12 images for a 2008 Islamic calendar.
This year's exhibition also featured a wall of entries for all the photographs that were submitted but didn't make it to the judging panel.
