Jackson students win national photo awards

Tom Eldershaw and Alyssa Kovacs, students at Jackson Memorial High School, were among 25 high school students from Monmouth and Ocean counties who received awards and recognition from the Ocean Camera Club High School Photography Competition’s 2008 Youth Showcase, a national competition for high school photographers sponsored by the Photographic Society of America (PSA).

The 25 photographs were among the 92 sponsored by the Ocean Camera Club and were part of the club’s local photography competition for high school students in the two counties.

Eldershaw won first honorable mention for his photo “Cracked Door.”

Kovacs’ photo, “Avoid,” was accepted for exhibit at the PSA National Conference to be held in Portland, Ore., Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. For details about the competition and a list of other winners, log on to www.oceancameraclub.org.