Past Contests: 2008
Neighborhood Portraits: Photo Contest for Middle & High School Students
In conjunction with the exhibition Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Lower East Side: Photographs by Bruce Davidson, the Education Department recently held a photo contest inviting middle and high school students to submit original photographs portraying the people who live and work in their own neighborhoods.
A panel of judges selected the winning photographs from more than 100 submissions. Thanks to everyone who submitted photos and congratulations to the winners below!
HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS:
First Place
Kyla Shenkin, Chatting. Between. Teachers.
Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, Grade 11
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Second Place
Niahjah Gordon, The Fisher Men
Bronx High School of Visual Arts, Grade 11
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![]() | Third Place |
MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNERS:
![]() | First Place |
![]() | Second Place |
![]() | Third Place |







