Photo by Pam Dorner
Annual Photo Contest
Every year, Friends of Bosque del Apache invites photographers to submit their favorite Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge photos. Winning photos will be displayed at the Bosque del Apache Visitor Center atrium prior to and through the Festival of the Cranes and throughout the year until the next winners from the Photo Contest are selected. Contest runs from July 1st to October 1st.
The contest consists of these five categories:
1) Sandhill cranes
2) Wildlife
3) People
4) Landscapes
5) Comedy
Please view the 2025 Photography winners below!
Once again, we were overwhelmed by the dozens of stunning photos that were entered in our Photo Contest! We’d like to thank everyone who submitted their amazing photos, which so perfectly capture the magic of Bosque del Apache! We’d also like to thank our judges, who had the nearly impossible task of choosing the winners from the pool of very impressive entries!
Sandhill Crane Category: 1st Place
Photo by William Wiener
Sandhill Crane Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Jacqueline Burke
Landscape Category: 1st Place
Photo by Charles Vadovic
Landscape Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Larry Kimball
Wildlife Category: 1st Place
Photo by Pam Dorner
Wildlife Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Kevin Harding
People Category: 1st Place
Photo by Diane Peebles
People Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Charles Arcudi
Funny Category: 1st Place
Photo by Monica Cardozo
Funny Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Judy Keim
2024 Photography Winners
Sandhill Crane Category: 1st Place
Photo by Paul Brewer
Sandhill Crane Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Jackie Robinson
Landscape Category: 1st Place
Photo by Cindy Fleenor
Landscape Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Phil Russell
People Category: 1st Place
Photo by Phillip Hicks
People Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Wayne Lea
Wildlife Category: 1st Place
Photo by Kevin Harding
Wildlife Category: 2nd Place
Photo by David Schoch
2023 Photography Winners
Sandhill Crane Category: 1st Place
Photo by Steve Aicinena
Sandhill Crane Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Sonal Karnik
Landscape Category: 1st Place
Photo by Bill Kirms
Landscape Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Barbara Magnuson
People Category: 1st Place
Photo by Jonathan Dowell
People Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Mike Endres
Wildlife Category: 1st Place
Photo by Kevin Harding
Wildlife Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Barbara Magnuson
2022 Photography Winners
Sandhill Crane Category: 1st Place
Photo by Jonathan Dowell
Sandhill Crane Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Steven Aicinena
Landscape Category: 1st Place
Photo by Vicki Wilmarth
Landscape Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Dave Kenny
People Category: 1st Place
Photo by Birgit Davidson
People Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Ray Bednar
Wildlife Category: 1st Place
Photo by Mary Holmes
Wildlife Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Rinus Baak
2021 Photography Winners
Sandhill Crane Category: 1st Place
Photo by Larry Kimball
Sandhill Crane Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Richard Eltrich
Wildlife Category: 1st Place
Photo by Bill Gorum
Wildlife Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Birgit Davidson
People Category: 1st Place
Photo by Geri Combs
People Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Jeff Colling
Landscape Category: 1st Place
Photo by Barbara Magnuson
Landscape Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Gerald Guss
2020 Photography Winners
Sandhill Crane Category: 1st Place
Photo by Robert Fugate
Sandhill Crane Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Tim Van Den Berg
Wildlife Category: 1st Place
Photo by Marvin De Jong
Wildlife Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Richard Eltrich
People Category: 1st Place
Photo by David Brooke
People Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Brad Stamm
Landscape Category: 1st Place
Photo by Pam Dorner
Landscape Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Susan J. Preston
Please view the 2019 Photography winners below!
Each year, Friends of the Bosque del Apache hosts a Photo Contest. In 2019, there were two categories for photo submission:
1) Refuge
2) People
Winning photos are displayed on the west wall of the Visitor Center entrance.
Refuge Category: 1st Place
Photo by Catherine Harris
Refuge Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Bob Allen
Refuge Category: 3rd Place
Photo by Pam Dorner
Refuge Category: Honorable Mention
Photo by Alyce Bender
Refuge Category: Honorable Mention
Photo by Susan Preston
People Category: 1st Place
Photo by John Olson
People Category: 2nd Place
Photo by Lee Hoy
People Category: 3rd Place
Photo by Pattie Freeman