My Brooklyn: The Winners

© Caya Schaan, Adult, 1st Place

© Lucy Bennett, Juvenile Finalist

© Lucian Maisel, Juvenile Finalist

© Tosi Capozucca (a.k.a Tony Cappi), Adult 2nd Place

© Abie Borker, Young Adult 1st Place

Exhibition Notes

Home to over 2.5 million people-and former home to millions of others-Brooklyn is both a geographical reality and a vital memory. My Brooklyn, the photo and essay contest sponsored by Brooklyn Public Library and Con Edison, now in its second year, allows Brooklynites of all ages to visually document the physical and human aspects of the borough as well as provide written testimony as to how Brooklyn figures in our imagination.

Winners are selected in three categories: Adult, Young Adult (ages 13 through 19),
and Juvenile (ages 12 and under). First and second place winners, as well as
finalists, are selected in each category by a panel of Brooklyn authors.
 

The Winning Essays

Juvenile Division

• Andrea Carrington, 1st Place

• Giancarlo Roma, 2nd Place

• Zainab Abdul-karim, Finalist

• Paloma Chevannes, Finalist

• Lucian Maisel, Finalist

• Rebecca Ballhaus, Finalist

Young Adult Division

• Abie Borker, 1st Place

• Amaku Ukpong, 2nd Place

• Lucy Bennett, Finalist

• Sara Arrow, Finalist

• Khamiya Nisbett, Finalist

• Ya Xin Guan, Finalist

• Emiliano Tramontozzi, Finalist

Adult Division

• Caya Schaan, 1st Place

• Tosi Capozucca
  (a.k.a Tony Cappi), 2nd Place

• Laura Silver, Finalist

• Martin Haber, Finalist

• Jocelyn Baun, Finalist

• Janet Wright, Finalist

Sponsored by Brooklyn Public Library and Con Edison.