McKenzie DeRennaux captures the beauty of a fall day in the Mural City.
Cuba High School senior Kenzie DeRennaux‘s photo Welcome to the Mural City captured the first place position in Viva Cuba’s Our Town Photo Contest, which was open to high schoolers in the Crawford County R-II school district. The bright fall day and treescape perspective added color to her photo of one of Cuba’s welcome signs.
Students were instructed to shoot within the city limits and look at what makes our town unique.
Second place went to junior Tyler Fieser and his photo Water Tower Town, which captured the Cuba water tower on a blue sky, white fluffy cloud day. During World War II, a young soldier from Cuba George Smith sent his wife a postcard of the Eiffel Tower. On the card, he said that he would rather see the Cuba Water Tower than the Eiffel Tower. We think that he would approve of this photo.
Tyler Fieser’s Water Tower Town features a small town icon.
Kenneth Highley Jr., a high school junior, took 3rd place with his photo Been Here Forever, which features the railroad trestle and its date of 1934. Cuba originally grew up around the railroad, which was key to its early development.
Kenneth Highley, Jr. featured the dated railroad trestle for his photo contest submission
Viva Cuba thanks the young photographers who submitted photographs and Cuba High School teacher Suzanne Bouse who helped coordinate the contest. We also appreciate the work of our independent judges who selected the winners.
We hope the contest will spur Cuba’s citizens to think of the many elements that make Cuba, MO stand out from other small towns. What would you choose to photograph for a slice of Cuba?
Students were given a set of criteria for the photo contest.
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