Images by Elaine Heron and Chris Stevens¬-Yu Published in B & W Magazine
Ellen Gilkerson | Published on 2/4/2025
Four images by Elaine Heron and two images by Chris Stevens-Yu are among Black & White Magazine’s Special Issue 2024 Single Image Contest Winners (Issue 170). The issue comprises sixteen categories. Each image that is selected is given a full-page display. Within each category, one image is selected for a Spotlight award; and one image is selected by a panel of lay judges for a special People’s Choice award.
One of Elaine’s four images is Trunks. She says: This photograph was taken in Kenya in 2024. Just as I saw this, the guide started to get the vehicle to move because the elephant was behind the trees, but I got him to stop. I like the framing; and it also shows the similar textures of the protection on both the elephant and the trees. It also is a bit of a play on the word "trunk".
Elaine Heron:
Trunks
One of Chris’s images, Break Free, was the People’s Choice in the Cityscape/Street category. Chris says: I made this image from the Manhattan Bridge when I noticed that the pigeons would take flight off of the bridge each time a subway train passed by. I waited for the next subway, and voila, this happened!
Chris Stevens-Yu:
Break Free