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TCW Junior Named Finalist in Nat Geo Student Photo Contest

Voting Open Thru February 28th

Beck Moniz, a junior at T. C. Williams High School and student of photography teacher Taki Sidley, is a finalist in the 2018 National Geographic Student Photo Contest. "Nevertheless" was taken at this year's Women's March and features Addison Waller, also a T.C. junior.

A panel of judges evaluated each entry according to the following criteria:

  • Creativity (30%)
  • Photographic quality (30%)
  • Composition (30%)
  • Execution of theme—the spirit of exploration—through both the photograph and its written description (10%)

The judges selected 28 finalists from more than 5,000 entries. Now it is the people’s choice! Vote once per 24 hours through the end of February:

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