Sherry Spencer looks at some of the entries in the Texas Bank and Trust’s 41st annual Photography Contest and Exhibition on display in June 2023 at the Longview bank. (Les Hassell/Longview News-Journal File Photo)

From Staff Reports

Entries from amateur and professional photographers will be accepted June 10 to 14 for Texas Bank and Trust’s 42nd annual Photography Contest and Exhibition.

Photographers can enter up to six photographs, and entries can be submitted at the bank’s marketing building at 309 E. Methvin St. in Longview or at any bank branch location.

The four contest categories are landscape/nature; fine art; human interest; and spirit of Texas. All photographs must be taken within Texas.

The entry fee is $5 per photograph. Call for entries brochures, with detailed information, are available at all Texas Bank and Trust locations and at texasbankandtrust.com/photocontest .

The awards reception is set 2 to 3:30 p.m. June 30 at the main bank at 300 E. Whaley St. in Longview.

Cash prizes will be awarded in each of the four categories and for Best of Show (juror’s choice), the Chairman’s Award, the Vice Chairman’s Award, the President’s Award, the Christmas Card Award, the OMNIClub Birthday Card Award and the Stephen Lane Award of Excellence.

Winning photographs will be featured in Texas Bank and Trust’s 2025 Collector’s Calendar.

Photographs will remain on display in the main bank lobby through July 11.

The public is invited to vote for the People’s Choice Award, which will be announced after the two-week exhibition.

The juror for the competition is Holly Forbes, graphic designer and founder of Forbes & Butler Visual Communications.

Forbes has experience working with professional photographers as an art director for product, location and model photoshoots. She also has designed the Texas Bank and Trust Collector’s Calendar for more than 30 years and served as a previous juror.