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Picture perfect: Quail Run student wins international photo prize
Quail Run student wins international photo prize
This photo by Quail Run School student Prerona Kundu won one of two grand prizes from the See the Bigger Picture photo contest, sponsored by National Geographic and Airbus
November 9, 2009
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Prerona Kundu, 11, a student at Quail Run, was the USA/Canada winner of the biodiversity category in the See the Bigger Picture contest, sponsored by National Geographic and Airbus. She will have her photograph published in both National Geographic and National Geographic Kids.
Agamani Sen always knew her daughter, Prerona Kundu, had a natural knack with a camera.
“Even when she was 5 or 6, even with point-and-shoot, I think she always had an idea about (finding) the angle,” says Sen of her daughter, a sixth- grader at Quail Run School. “I have the cutest picture of my cat, and I always thought, I should send it somewhere.”
It wasn’t the photo of the cat but a photo of three frogs relaxing on lilypads at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., that was finally sent somewhere, and Prerona, 11, hit the jackpot. She’s one of two grand-prize winners from the United States of the See the Bigger Picture photo contest sponsored by National Geographic. The contest was open to photographers ages 6-14 from around the world.
For her prize, Prerona gets a trip to Washington, D.C., where she’ll attend a gala award ceremony, visit the National Geographic headquarters and get a chance to learn from famous National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore.
Prerona’s love of taking photos was apparent from the time she could properly hold a camera.
“I started when I was like 3,” says Prerona, who also enjoys studying math, playing the piano and hitting the tennis court. “I take photos of everything.”
Her mother jokes her pocketbook is lucky her daughter’s love of photography came during the dawn of the digital photography era.
“I have loads of pictures. With film, it would have been very expensive,” Sen says, laughing.
Right now, Prerona takes the majority of her photos when she visits her photography-loving father in Washington, D.C.
There, Prerona takes trips to parks, museums and places like the National Arboretum to find just the right shot, which she gets by borrowing his camera. She has a basic point-and-shoot at home in Lawrence. But with her win, that could be changing.
“I should get her a good camera,” Sen says.
A previous version of this story contained an incorrect headline and incorrect photo captions.
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OldEnuf2BYurDad (Anonymous) says…
She's not a man, dude.
That's a nicely composed shot. Worthy of a ribbon.
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sourpuss (Anonymous) says…
Beautiful picture! Congratulations!
9 November 2009
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ckennedy (christy kennedy) says…
Yes, lovely. Good job. Also, you're a beautiful girl who doesn't look like a “young man” at all.
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Pritthijit (Anonymous) says…
As Prerona's dad I would like to point out some factual errors:
1. This was an international competition (contrary to the article heading).
2. The theme was 'biodiversity'. 'Ecolife' was the caption for Prerona's photo.
3. The contest was sponsored by National Geographic and Airbus.
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
Congratulations, Prerona. It's a wonderful shot!
9 November 2009
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shenning (Sarah Henning) says…
Pritthijit- We've gotten those fixes ironed out. Thanks!
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twoleftfeet (Anonymous) says…
What an amazing picture, congratulations!