Home in Focus
March 13 - May 2
RCAC assembled a panel of esteemed local artists, Allen Morris, Tass Thacker, and Eunice Straight Head, to judge the entries.
Prizes for each category are as follows:
Prizes for each category are as follows:
- Youth Category: 1st Place: $75; 2nd Place: $50; 3rd Place: $25
- Adult Amateur/Hobbyist Category: 1st Place: $75; 2nd Place: $50; 3rd Place: $25
- Adult Experienced/Professional Category: 1st Place: $100; 2nd Place: $75; 3rd Place: $50
2026 Selected Photographs
Adult Professional Category:
Andrea Brady | Defending Home, Where the Stars Remember Home
Jesse Brown Nelson | Awaken
Amber Christians | Ranch Life
Rebecca DeWitt | Canyon Lake Thoughts, Self Portrait in My Favorite Place & Storm is Coming
BreAnna Drysdale | Summertime
Rory Hayman | Black Hills Winter Oasis & Thunderstorm East of Spearfish
Sierra Hopp | First Light
Russell Jensen | Seeking Shelter
Danielle Kearin | First Firework
Kendra Koski | Summer Elegy
Ellen Larson | Strike of the Sacred
Evan Ludes | Bygone Cowboys, Deano and the Rainbow & No Home for Hate
Mike Magda | Born to These Stones & Home is a Heartbeat
Karen Mahoney | Building a Home with You
Candy Manthey | Bridging Earth and Spirit & Dakota Sunshine
Britt Newbern | Float Away & Layers of Home
Jason Pfitzer | A Place at the Table
Cristen Roghair | Resting Place
Bailey Sadowsky | Dirty Work
Martin Tarby | Burro and Day-old Burrito
Noah Westegaard | Wanderer’s View
Deb Hayes Zimmerman | Home on a Windy Winter Night
Adult Amateur/Hobbyist Category
Suzy Adams | Homeward Bound
Addyson Allgier | Sisters
Tara Burian | Harvest Waiting & Liminal Pause
Dustie Clements | ICPeace Black&White
Jonathan Deuter | Kyle Church & Rapid Creek
Linda Foster | Home is Where My Horse Is
Christopher Huot | 80,000 Year Visitor, Biking to the Butte & Jupiter Rising
Melissa Jackson | Weathered
Glenda Nixon | Teepee with Smoke
Todd Schweiger | Same Scene New View
Riley Singer | One in the Box & That Once Was
Youth Category:
Levi Brooks | Along the Dirt Road
Michael Grosz | Surprise Landing
Anna Haeder | Reflect & Right of Passage
Hannah Herbert | Sunflower Yellow
Alexa Jacobs | Hidden in the Hills
Madelyn Lein | Two in a Canoe
Haley Lester | Hidden Haven & Roots in the Pines
Max Phillips | Holy Goat
Andrea Brady | Defending Home, Where the Stars Remember Home
Jesse Brown Nelson | Awaken
Amber Christians | Ranch Life
Rebecca DeWitt | Canyon Lake Thoughts, Self Portrait in My Favorite Place & Storm is Coming
BreAnna Drysdale | Summertime
Rory Hayman | Black Hills Winter Oasis & Thunderstorm East of Spearfish
Sierra Hopp | First Light
Russell Jensen | Seeking Shelter
Danielle Kearin | First Firework
Kendra Koski | Summer Elegy
Ellen Larson | Strike of the Sacred
Evan Ludes | Bygone Cowboys, Deano and the Rainbow & No Home for Hate
Mike Magda | Born to These Stones & Home is a Heartbeat
Karen Mahoney | Building a Home with You
Candy Manthey | Bridging Earth and Spirit & Dakota Sunshine
Britt Newbern | Float Away & Layers of Home
Jason Pfitzer | A Place at the Table
Cristen Roghair | Resting Place
Bailey Sadowsky | Dirty Work
Martin Tarby | Burro and Day-old Burrito
Noah Westegaard | Wanderer’s View
Deb Hayes Zimmerman | Home on a Windy Winter Night
Adult Amateur/Hobbyist Category
Suzy Adams | Homeward Bound
Addyson Allgier | Sisters
Tara Burian | Harvest Waiting & Liminal Pause
Dustie Clements | ICPeace Black&White
Jonathan Deuter | Kyle Church & Rapid Creek
Linda Foster | Home is Where My Horse Is
Christopher Huot | 80,000 Year Visitor, Biking to the Butte & Jupiter Rising
Melissa Jackson | Weathered
Glenda Nixon | Teepee with Smoke
Todd Schweiger | Same Scene New View
Riley Singer | One in the Box & That Once Was
Youth Category:
Levi Brooks | Along the Dirt Road
Michael Grosz | Surprise Landing
Anna Haeder | Reflect & Right of Passage
Hannah Herbert | Sunflower Yellow
Alexa Jacobs | Hidden in the Hills
Madelyn Lein | Two in a Canoe
Haley Lester | Hidden Haven & Roots in the Pines
Max Phillips | Holy Goat
This year’s theme invites you to explore your sense of home, not just as a place or physical location, but as a feeling. We invite you to tell the story of your connection to this land through photographs. What does home look like to you? Maybe it’s the familiar bend in a back road, the changing light on a prairie hill, the people who live here, or the place where generations of your family have gathered. Through imagery, we hope to capture the ways people see, experience, and find meaning in their home spaces.
Photography is a powerful form of storytelling. Each image offers a glimpse into how we belong to this place, how the land shapes us, and how we, in turn, shape our sense of home within it.
We encourage photographers to explore beyond the surface of an image and capture the story behind the image. This is what we are looking for:
Photography is a powerful form of storytelling. Each image offers a glimpse into how we belong to this place, how the land shapes us, and how we, in turn, shape our sense of home within it.
We encourage photographers to explore beyond the surface of an image and capture the story behind the image. This is what we are looking for:
- The story of the landscape – the vast prairies, rugged hills, open skies, and quiet corners that define the region.
- The people, places and things that make this area feel like home.
- Intimate details of daily life – small moments that tell a larger story.
- Generational ties – places that hold family or community history.
- Everyday beauty – the familiar sights that are often overlooked.
2025 Selected Photos
Adult Experienced/Professional:
Amber Christians | Pretzel, Summer’s Reflection & Sunset Silhouette
Bailey Sadowsky | Bright Future
Chris Yushta | Adventure Awaits & Parameters of Sight
Deb. Hayes Zimmerman | Sunrise Reflected in the Falling Snow
Ellen Larson | A Line of Transition
Erica Harvey | Alaskan Rush Hour
Heidi Stefanich | Grief, Reflected – If Only & Grief, Reflected – Why
Leith Sandness | Seeing Double, Waves of Fire & Web of Iridescence
Martin Tarby | Bighorn Face-Off, Eye of the Big Horn & Placid Pintail
Mike Magda | Rocket Launch Over Avila Bay
Rebecca DeWitt | Into the Light & Sylvan Fall
Sierra Hopp | Embraced by the Unknown, Grounded & Hiding Behind the Fog
Teresa Hofer | Bear Butte Migrating Pelicans & The Pleiades Reflection Nebula in the Constellation of Taurus the Bull
Adult Amateur/Hobbyist:
Dolores Henson | Ripples of Introspection
Dustie Clements | Reflection of Music
Glenda Nixon | Ice and Clouds
Hafiza Farzami | The Magic of a Mountain in a Lake
Julie Stoll | Temple Reflection
Kathie O’Donnell | Reflecting of an Emotion
Linda Foster | What Lies Ahead
Sarah Ludes | Daydreaming
Stephen Nixon | Labyrinth
Tara Burian | Echo of Elegance
Todd Schweiger | ‘Nuff Reflection for Ya, Effigy Walk, I am in There Somewhere, Shining-esque & Mille Lac Galaxy
Youth:
Anna Haeder | Gathering
Jace Masko | Reflection
Levi Brooks | Crest Fallen & Hidden Histories
Lexi Foster | Thoughts Far and Away
Madelyn Lein | Beneath the Bending Branches, On the Fence & Your Move
Ryder Burian | Golden Hour’s Embrace & The Art of Icicles
Amber Christians | Pretzel, Summer’s Reflection & Sunset Silhouette
Bailey Sadowsky | Bright Future
Chris Yushta | Adventure Awaits & Parameters of Sight
Deb. Hayes Zimmerman | Sunrise Reflected in the Falling Snow
Ellen Larson | A Line of Transition
Erica Harvey | Alaskan Rush Hour
Heidi Stefanich | Grief, Reflected – If Only & Grief, Reflected – Why
Leith Sandness | Seeing Double, Waves of Fire & Web of Iridescence
Martin Tarby | Bighorn Face-Off, Eye of the Big Horn & Placid Pintail
Mike Magda | Rocket Launch Over Avila Bay
Rebecca DeWitt | Into the Light & Sylvan Fall
Sierra Hopp | Embraced by the Unknown, Grounded & Hiding Behind the Fog
Teresa Hofer | Bear Butte Migrating Pelicans & The Pleiades Reflection Nebula in the Constellation of Taurus the Bull
Adult Amateur/Hobbyist:
Dolores Henson | Ripples of Introspection
Dustie Clements | Reflection of Music
Glenda Nixon | Ice and Clouds
Hafiza Farzami | The Magic of a Mountain in a Lake
Julie Stoll | Temple Reflection
Kathie O’Donnell | Reflecting of an Emotion
Linda Foster | What Lies Ahead
Sarah Ludes | Daydreaming
Stephen Nixon | Labyrinth
Tara Burian | Echo of Elegance
Todd Schweiger | ‘Nuff Reflection for Ya, Effigy Walk, I am in There Somewhere, Shining-esque & Mille Lac Galaxy
Youth:
Anna Haeder | Gathering
Jace Masko | Reflection
Levi Brooks | Crest Fallen & Hidden Histories
Lexi Foster | Thoughts Far and Away
Madelyn Lein | Beneath the Bending Branches, On the Fence & Your Move
Ryder Burian | Golden Hour’s Embrace & The Art of Icicles
