Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram 2015 student photography contest

The three winning images, from Kayleigh Verrell-Peters, Kristen Stanley and Regan Kenny, will be printed and hung with the Press Herald’s Photos of the Year show at the Portland Public Library from Jan. 7 through Feb. 11.

Winner: Kayleigh Verrell-Peters, University of Southern Maine, “Hair”
Winner: Regan Kenny, University of Southern Maine, “Mackworth Island”
Winner: Kristen Stanley, University of Southern Maine, “Self portrait taken in Parsonsfield, Maine”
Sarah Holmes, Bates College, “Orange dinghy at Boothbay Harbor”
Jake Holmes, Husson University, New England School of Communications, “Cassidy”
Laura Weyl, University of Southern Maine, “Since I Was Sixteen”
John Nelson Jr., University of Southern Maine, “Roots”
Henry Riley, University of Southern Maine, “Born in the U.S.A.”
Hans Nielsen, University of Southern Maine, “East Bayside, Portland, Maine”
Jes Lynch/University of Southern Maine, “Grandma’s House”
Christiana Becker, University of Maine, “Looking Through the X’s”
Mikaela Leavitt, University of Southern Maine, “Shadowbox”
K. Scott Davis, University of Southern Maine, “Boardinghouse: Richmond, Maine”
Stacia Dugas, University of Southern Maine, “Vestibule of the Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook, Maine”
Juliette Jones, University of Southern Maine, “Shook my Shadow”
Ian Harriman, University of Southern Maine, “Untitled”
Liz Brown, University of Southern Maine, “#loveportland”
Amber Andrews, University of Southern Maine, “Potter, 2015”
Ryan Jordan, University of Southern Maine, “R3VOLUTION”
John Wilson, University of Southern Maine, “Mystery at the Museum”