Third prize

Gemini Mirror Reflections

stratg — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 19:49:01 +0000

Stéphane Courteau

The Gemini telescope and dome are ablaze in the setting sun's golden light. The reflections on the 8-m monolithic primary mirror are especially intricate and distorted. The shadow of the extinct 4200m Mauna Kea volcano can also be seen in the background upon a sea of clouds over the city of Hilo. The vertical shutters around the dome are usually opened at sunset to ensure that the inside and outside temperatures are the same throughout the night for greater image stability. Dr. Courteau has made extensive use of this telescope, and its twin in Chile, since his arrival at Queen's in 2004.

Location of photograph:

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Prize name:

Third prize

Submission Year:

2015-16

Aldonza

stratg — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:34:01 +0000

Tim Fort

This moment arrives at the end of the staging for the musical number "Aldonza" from The Man of La Mancha – one of two musicals Dr. Tim Fort directed at the Weston Playhouse in Vermont in the summer of 2016. Many of the show's creative team are Broadway veterans, including the designer and the performer playing Aldonza – whose character is pictured ignoring the aggressions of the muleteers as they sing to her in this musical version of the Don Quixote story. Dr. Fort’s research interests lie in lighting and staging, and he has been a producing director at the Weston Playhouse for the past 30 years.

Location of photograph:

Mainstage, Weston Playhouse, Vermont

Prize name:

Third prize

Submission Year:

2016-17