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''Summer'' by MSU student Emily Strong
An artistic image created by a Forest senior at Mississippi State is included in the current edition of a national publication.
A black-and-white photograph by Emily E. Strong, a graphic design major at the university, was selected recently for CMYK magazine's 2004 Student Work Showcase. Titled "Summer," it features a young woman on a swing.
Published in New York City, CMYK is a niche publication designed to "celebrate the next generation of visual communication" by publishing the best work of today's students in advertising, design, photography, and illustration.
The magazine annually invites works for judging by professional photographers. This year's competition drew nearly two dozen entries.
To create a special effect for her submission, Strong employed a technique called panning, in which the primary image--in this case, the young woman--seems frozen while the background appears to continue in motion.
"To see an image come alive through the lens and the developing process is satisfying enough," Strong said. "Being able to share it with others is something else all together. It is both challenging and satisfying to communicate through any art form."
She added: "From the beginning, photography has been that for me, a comfortable form of communication."
In his comments on the 22 final selections, competition judge and professional photographer Pete McArthur of Los Angeles said each had "a little extra that makes the memory of the image stick with you a day or two later." One example of this, he added, was the "frozen moment in Emily Strong's 'Summer.'"
FOREST EDITOR: Strong is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Strong.