Idaho Forest Products Commission

Arbor Day Student Photo Contest

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2025 Arbor Day Photo Contest

To celebrate Arbor Day, the Idaho Forest Products Commission sponsors a Photo Contest each year. The competition is open to all Idaho youth in 5th-12th grades. For the 2024 contest, young photographers addressed the theme, Seasons of Change: The Dynamics of Idaho’s Forests. In addition to their photo, contestants provided a statement sharing their vision of the photo’s portrayal of the theme.

Deadline: April 7th, 2025

Contestant:

6526

Grade:

11

Photo caption:

Vibrance in Curiosity

Photographer's Statement:

I personally love this image, as it was one of the more unexpected visual candies I got to taste over the summer, to put it in a way anyone can understand. Usually when you see headlines saying some strange seasonal or rare event will be taking place you look up and don’t see it, but this time I actually did get to see and experience the Northern Lights, which was really cool. This picture should communicate to its audience just how colorful a change in scenery can be, and how by embracing the spirit of curiosity we can see the world in a new and maybe even more colorful light.