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Reid Martens, Wayne Hills, “Bambi”

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"Picture This" 2025

Showcasing The Winners Of Our Annual Student Photo Contest

Article by Phillip Barone

Photography by Students Within Our Community

Originally published in Wayne Lifestyle

We’re proud to share with you the winners of Wayne Lifestyle’s Annual “Picture This” Student Photography Contest. As usual, there were more than 200 submissions. As this is our third annual student photography contest, we were excited to see the progress of various students from year to year. As a whole, the student submissions have been steadily increasing in quality each year.

The contest is open to any student in grades 9-12 as long as they live in or attend the school districts within Wayne, Fairfield, Montville, or Towaco. The majority of the entries come from Wayne Hills and Wayne Valley. Keep your “A” game coming kids, next year we are certain to see many more entries from other schools.

Like last year’s contest, in addition to the Winning Cover shot, there were two separate categories: Straight Photography and Digitally Manipulated Photography.

This Year’s Winners Were:

Cover Photo Winner: Ava Renner, Wayne Hills, “The Wonders Of Life”

Straight Photography:

Ayden Acebo, Wayne Hills, “Light Up The Sky”

Izabella Munoz, Wayne Valley, “Sunset On Paradise”

Reid Martens, Wayne Hills, “Bambi”

Digital Manipulated Photography:

Leah Kleinstein, Wayne Hills, “Powerful Spin”

Sean Manansala, Wayne Valley, “A Way Out”

Chad Thompson, Wayne Hills, “The Lost Man”

Wayne Lifestyle salutes all of the participants in this year’s contest.  

All Winning Photos Will Be on Display September, October & November at Guacamole: A Taste of Mexico in Wayne at 1055 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne.

The announcement for next year’s contest will be in the February issue. For further inquiries or if you have an interest in sponsoring the contest, please email wayne@citylifestyle.com.

There is nothing more local than the lens of our students' camera.