Scenic Overlook.
by Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
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Title
Scenic Overlook.
Artist
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Scenic Overlook"
by Debra Vanderlaan
The eight women in the photo are Mennonites, standing on the wall at Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. This image was Featured in the 7th Annual Photography Contest in the Smithsonian Magazine and won the Americana category. There were close to 60,000 entries in the contest, so we are honored to have captured the top spot.
The women in the scene had just arrived at Newfound Gap on a rainy July morning in a touring bus at the same time our little hiking group arrived to start our overnight trek up to Mt. LeConte. As we readied our packs to start our hike, we noticed the women climbing up onto the scenic overlook wall. Realizing in an instant that this was a wonderful photo opportunity, Debra pulled her point and shoot waterproof camera out of her pocket, quickly turned it on, and got off just two shots before the women began stepping back down off of the wall. We carried the camera with the image along the rocky trail up the Appalachian Trail and then onto the Boulevard Trail in the mist and fog and then in a pouring rain. That night at Mt. LeConte, the rain subsided and our group descended the Alum Bluff Cave trail the next morning. Seeing the image on the computer the next day showed a wonderful composition and it was submitted to the Smithsonian Magazine contest a few weeks later.
With the image taking the top spot in Americana, several folks wrote comments on-line, so we were able to learn that the women are from Indiana and had been on a Smoky Mountain tour that week and that they were pleased that their image had won the contest!
First Place, Americana category, Smithsonian International Photography Contest, 2010.
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December 15th, 2012
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