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The annual Photography Competition hosted by Cortland Acres has become the premiere showcase for fine photography of the West Virginia Highlands.

07/01/2025

The Cortland Foundation has extended the deadline for entries to the Cortland Acres Photography Exhibit through Sunday, July 6. So if you put it off or something came up, you have another chance! We want to see the best West Virginia highlands photography that is out there!

Keep in mind this year’s theme, chosen by judge Perry Bennett, “Highlands Unfiltered”. He invites participants to “remove the filters” –both literal and figurative—to showcase the unvarnished experience of the beauty, history and culture of the Allegheny Highlands.

The selected images are displayed in the hallway of the Cortland Acres rehabilitation center, and on a gallery wall in a common area and brighten the environment for a year. After that they are sold to benefit the Cortland Acres Foundation, so your image makes a contribution twice!

To submit entries, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Be sure to read the Entry Rules and Guidelines.

06/27/2025

The Cortland Foundation’s 2025 Photo Exhibition is accepting entries through June 30. Don’t miss out!

We are now in the last few days entries in the Cortland Acres Photography Exhibit. You can submit images through the end of this month, Monday, June 30. Please share your images that celebrate the natural beauty of the West Virginia highlands and surrounding areas, and think about this year’s theme, "Highlands Unfiltered".

You don’t need to be a “pro” photographer to participate. Last year’s winners included several who had never entered a photo exhibition before! If you have an image that shows off the scenery, natural subjects, history or culture of the West Virginia highlands, especially if it fits this year's theme of "Changes", let us see it! See the Rules and Guidelines on the entry page for more details.

To submit entries, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Be sure to read the Entry Rules and Guidelines.

06/20/2025

The Cortland Foundation’s 2025 Photo Exhibition is accepting entries. Don’t miss out!

You can submit images through the end of this month, Monday, June 30. Please share your images that celebrate the natural beauty of the West Virginia highlands and surrounding areas, and think about this year’s theme, "Highlands Unfiltered".

The selected images are displayed in the hallway of the Cortland Acres rehabilitation center, and on a gallery wall in a common area and brighten the environment for a year. After that they are sold to benefit the Cortland Acres Foundation, so your image makes a contribution twice!

To submit entries, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Be sure to read the Entry Rules and Guidelines.

06/12/2025

The Cortland Foundation’s 2025 Photo Exhibition will be open for entries through the end of June!

Continuing a tradition begun several years ago, this year’s judge, Perry Bennett, has chosen a theme to stimulate thinking about images to submit. This year the Exhibit will feature the theme of “Highlands Unfiltered”. Here is Perry’s description of what he has in mind:

"As a society, we are all too caught up in our technology and see/experience each other thru the "filters" of social media, both literally and figuratively. I want to encourage participants to take a step back and "remove that filter" to showcase the REAL experience of the Highlands and Appalachia; to celebrate its natural beauty and honest living, untouched ridges, blooming meadows, foggy hollows, and cultural remnants of the past, celebrating the realness of its people, celebrating its heritage all while looking forward and remaining hopeful for the future."

Use your imagination to apply this theme. We won’t reject any images for not fitting the theme, but the judge will be looking for images that speak to this vision.

To read all of the guidelines for entries, and to submit your images, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/.

06/04/2025

The Cortland Foundation’s 2025 Photo Exhibition is open for entries! Starting in 2016, the exhibit has attracted some of the most creative photographers of the Allegheny highlands, brightened the lives of Cortland Acres residents and supported the Cortland Foundation.

This year’s exhibit will be judged by Perry Bennett of Charleston. Perry is the Chief Photographer for the WV State Legislature and has a wide-ranging reputation as an event, action and landscape photographer. He was recently named the 2025 Photographer of the Year by the Professional Photographers of West Virginia.

For this year’s theme Perry has chosen “Highlands Unfiltered”. He invites participants to “remove the filters” –both literal and figurative—to showcase the unvarnished experience of the beauty, history and culture of the Allegheny Highlands.

To read all of the entry guidelines and to submit images, got to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Entries will be accepted through the end of June.

10/02/2024

Don’t forget this Saturday and Sunday The Cortland Foundation will be holding the unveiling of the 2024 Photography Contest winners. Join us at Timberline Resort for ARTober Fest. This is another beautiful print that will be available for purchase! You can view the schedule of events at ArtSpringwv.com

09/30/2024

The day is almost here! The grand unveiling of our 2024 Photography Contest winners!! 📸

The reception will be held at 2:00 pm this Saturday at ARTober Fest at Timberline Resort, Canaan Valley, WV.

This print and several others from prior contests will be available for purchase.

06/01/2024

Cortland Acres has extended the deadline for entries to the Cortland Acres Photography Exhibit through Friday June 7. So if you put it off or something came up, you have another chance! We want to see the best West Virginia highlands photography that is out there!

To submit entries, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Be sure to read the rules and entry guidelines at https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/rules2024_v2.pdf.

Please enjoy the following images form the 2022 exhibit: “Summer in the Roaring Plains” by Nathaniel Peck, and “Lost Feather” by Sheila J Photography.

05/28/2024

We are now in the last few days entries in the Cortland Acres Photography Exhibit. You can submit images through the end of this month, Friday, May 31. Please share your images that celebrate the natural beauty of the West Virginia highlands and surrounding areas, and think about this year’s theme, "Changes".

The selected images are displayed in the hallway of the Cortland Acres rehabilitation center, and on a gallery wall in a common area and brighten the environment for a year. After that they are sold to benefit the Cortland Acres Foundation, so your image makes a contribution twice!

To submit entries, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Be sure to read the rules and entry guidelines at https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/rules2024_v2.pdf.

Pleas enjoy these two pictures selected from out 2022 exhibit: “Last Light on Dragonfly Pond, Otter Creek Wilderness” by Bob Stough, and “Old School” by Sandra Miller.

05/12/2024

The Cortland Acres Photography Exhibit is open for entries through the end of May. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your images of the natural beauty of the West Virginia highlands, and brighten the days of the Cortland Acres residents!

You don’t need to be a “pro” photographer to participate. Last year’s winners included several who had never entered a photo exhibition before! If you have an image that shows off the scenery, natural subjects, history or culture of the West Virginia highlands, especially it it fits this year's theme of "Changes", let us see it! See the Rules and Guidelines on the entry page for more details.

To submit entries, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Be sure to read the rules and entry guidelines at https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/rules2024_v2.pdf.

For inspiration, please enjoy these two pictures selected from our 2022 exhibit: "Hidden Valley" by Van Slider, which was chosen for the Hallway, and "Slow Motion by Sheila J Photography, which was chosen for the Gallery.

05/01/2024

The 2024 Cortland Acres Photo Exhibit is open for entries, from now through the end of May (note that this is different from previous years, which extended through June.)

Since 2016 the exhibit has featured some of the most creative photographers of the Allegheny highlands, brightened the lives of Cortland Acres residents and supported the Cortland Acres Foundation. There is no entry fee, and you can submit up to four photographs. This year’s judge, Frank Ceravalo, has chosen a theme of “Changes” for this year. See the rules and guidelines for details.

To submit entries, go to https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/. Be sure to read the rules and entry guidelines at https://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/rules2024_v2.pdf.

For inspiration, please enjoy these two pictures selected from our 2022 exhibit: “Autumn Morning on the Roaring Plains” by Bob Stough, and “Mother and Son” by Natasha Schuh-Nuhfer.

04/24/2024

The 2024 Cortland Acres Photo Exhibit will open for entries on May 1. Watch this space for a link to the online entry portal.

Each year the judge chooses a theme of the exhibit, and our judge Frank Ceravalo has chosen "Changes" for this year. He would like to see images that reflect transitions, movement, contrasts or evolutions. This could be changes in time, space, shape, age, light, color, day/night, elevation, weather, seasons, or whatever! These can be images of natural subjects, but representations of human changes are not excluded, so long as they are part of the landscape or represent the cultural character of the area. For all the guidelines for this year's show. go tohttps://blackwater.cortlandacres.org/rules2024.pdf

In 2022 the judge's theme was "Close to Home". Here are two of the selected images from that Exhibit that reflected the theme: "One of a Kind" by June Proctor was chosen for the Hallway, and "A Brank of Home" by Lori Woods was included in the Gallery.

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39 Cortland Acres Lane
Thomas, WV
26292

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+13044634181

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https://www.cortlandacres.org/annual-photography-project

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