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National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of Teen Portrait Competition

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announces the winners of the first annual Teen Portrait Competition. McNeel Mann (14, Alaska) and Allen Chiu (17, Calif.) have been selected as the grand-prize winners, and their photographs will be displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in the spring of 2013. The 20 honorable-mention photographs will be featured in an online exhibition at npgteenportrait.org.

One grand-prize winner and 10 honorable mentions were chosen from each age category; ages 13-15 and ages 16-17. Honorable-mention winners are: Lexi Bernstein (16, Iowa), Spencer Bodian (16, Md.), Alicia Carter (16, Ohio), Hali Cobb (15, Ohio),Patience Davis (17, Va.),Samantha Deur (16, Va.), Katelyn Gutowski (15, Calif.), Haley Harrington (17, Va.), AnJenae Harris (14, Germany), Riley Hart (14, D.C.), Donae Herd (15, Ohio), Emily Joyce (16, Md.), Katherine Kelly (16, Va.), Ciara Lewis (16, Ohio), Raegan Milligan (14, Germany), Sophie Schwartz (17, Ohio), Mariama Taifa-Seitu (18, D.C.), Seth Walters (14, Germany), Molly Weiner (15, D.C.) and Luke Wunsch-Edwards (16, Mass.).

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