Best in Show
Ali Blair rests in a hammock during some airy, summertime camping in the Red River Gorge on a starry night. Photo: Brandon Jett, member of Blue Grass Energy Cooperative
Readers submitted more than 1,500 photos across six categories in this year’s Kentucky Living Photo Contest. Here you’ll find the best of the best. Category winners were selected by our panel of professional photographers and, from their top picks, our staff awarded the title of Best in Show. Take a look at the talent of the 2017 winners!
Art at Heart
First place
Photographer: April Woodward, member of Kenergy Corp.
Second place
Photo: Carrie Elleman, member of Inter-County Energy Cooperative.
Third place
Photographer: Ralph Bartles, member of Fleming-Mason Energy
Capture the Seasons
First place
Photo: Debbie Wray, member of South Kentucky RECC.
Second place
Photo: Brian DeNeve, member of Pennyrile Electric.
Third place
Photographer: Autumn Sandlin, member of Jackson Energy Cooperative.
Cute Critters
First place
Photo: Laura Pears, member of Owen Electric Cooperative.
Second place
Photographer, Diana Clark, a member of Clark Energy Cooperative.
Third place
Photographer: Taylor Nelson, member of Nolin RECC.
Fun & Laughter
First place
Photo: Roxanna Gross, member of Owen Electric.
Second place
Photo: Rachel Hodge, member of Salt River Electric Cooperative.
Third place
Photographer Susan McGowan, member of Salt River Electric Cooperative.
My Hero
First place
Photographer Carrie Elleman, member of Inter-County Energy Cooperative.
Second place
Photo: Debbie Cheshire, member of Nolin RECC.
Third place
Photographer: April Woodward, a member of Kenergy Corp.
This is Kentucky
First place
Photographer Rusty Leskiv, member of Blue Grass Energy Cooperative.
Second place Photo: Angela Spencer-Kidd, of Edgewood.
Third place
Photo: Jennifer Bentley, member of Clark Energy Cooperative.
