MSU Art Education student named finalist in prestigious competition

Photographer’s Forum magazine is an award-winning quarterly publication dedicated to quality reproduction of photography across the United States and Canada. Each year the magazine hosts an international competition allowing thousands of college students to submit their work for publication. Out of more than 17,000 submissions, MSU student Kristin Gunn is a finalist in the competition and is one of approximately 200 students who will be published in the annual book.

Kristin Gunn is an Art Education student who studies photography as part of her curriculum and contributes her success to the encouragement and support from her family and MSU faculty members. “One of the main reasons I decided to attend MSU is because they have such a strong art department,” Gunn said. “After much persuasion from my photography professor, Lee Ann Paynter, and my parents, I decided to enter six of my black and white photographs into the contest. Lee Ann is such a great asset to MSU, she knows the best ways to give us constructive criticism with our photography to help us grow and capture better work. I owe much of my recent success to her.”

Winning photos will be published in the November 2015 issue of Photographer’s Forum Magazine and exhibited at the Brooks Institute. All contest finalists will be published in the hardcover book “Best of Photography 2015.”

To view Kristin's work visit www.pfmagazine.com.

Learn more about opportunities and programs available to students in MSU's Department of Art and Design at www.moreheadstate.edu/arde.