The
Winners!
The Best of the Third
IBEW
Photo Contest
November 1998 IBEW Journal
From a field of 270 entries, the judges of the third IBEW
Photo Contest have selected the best of the crop.
The winning entry, pictured on the cover of this issue, was submitted
by Edwin Lopez, a Business Representative from Local 3, New York,
New York. The judges felt that this photograph captured up close
the skills IBEW members display wherever they work, even
on the span of a bridge high over the water.
The judges for this year’s contest were: Kenneth Edwards,
Director of the IBEW’s Research and Technical Services
Department and an accomplished photographer; Susan Phillips, Secretary-Treasurer
of the International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) and
a Vice President of the United Food and Commercial Workers; and
Carol Cipolari, Supervisor, IBEW Journal and Media Relations
Department.
The Journal thanks all members who submitted photographs
for this year’s contest. As usual, many of the entries captured
the spirit of the IBEW and the pride our members take in
their work.
First Place
 Taken
by Edwin Lopez, Local 3, New York, New York.
This photo shows Local 3 members Joe La Bella (left)
and Brendan Cassidy working off a knuckle boom bucket, 140 feet
high. They are drilling through the structure of the Triboro Bridge
in the Bronx, to mount brackets for mercury vapor fixtures to light
the bridge tower.
Second Place
 Taken
by Rita P. Mosley, Local 429, Nashville, Tennessee
This photo shows Local 429 members John Eaton (left) and Ed Manor
installing 500 MCM feeders into a gear on an industrial project.
Third Place
 Taken
by Doug King, Local 1405, Flin Flon, Manitoba
This dramatic shot depicts a building of the Hudson
Bay Mining & Smelting Company in Flin Flon during an electrical
storm. Brother King reports that the power did go out, but was quickly
restored.
Honorable
Mention
 Anthony
Guggino, Local 827, East Windsor, New Jersey
This shot give a unique look at something many of
our members in the telecommunications industry work with every day.
It depicts .22 gauge telephone wire magnified 24 times. Brother
Guggino shot this on 50 speed slide film at f-stop 5.6 at a shutter
speed of 125.
Honorable
Mention
 Taken
by Kathleen Johnson, Local 77, Seattle, Washington
This photo captures on film third-year line worker
apprentice Sherri Rider planning her route as she hitch hikes up
the pole to perform her work for Seattle City Light. Sister Johnson
won an honorable mention in the 1996 contest.
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