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Photo Competition

Every spring, the Caltech Turtle Club sponsors the Turtle Pond Photo competition! Open to everyone in the Caltech Community, participants are able to submit photos and videos of the Turtle Pond and win giftcards.

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the 2024 photo contest!
Our 2025 Contest will open sometime this spring.

Below you will find some of our past entries of our photo competition.

Submissions are also posted on our Turtle Club Instagram account. Follow us @caltech_turtle_club!

2024 Photo Contest Winners

1st Place - Alexis Cho
"Uninvited Guest"

1st Place

2nd Place - Laura Cui
"View from the top"

2nd place 2024

3rd Place - Tie - Maia Helterbrand
"Two Turtles Chilling in a Turtle Pond 5ft Apart Because They Might Be Lovers"

3rd Place 2024

3rd Place - Tie - Shang-Lin Chen
"Backscratch"

3rd place tie 2024



Best Photo of Pancake - Therese Bagsit"
"Pancake at high noon"

pancake - Therese Bagsit

Best Close Up - Zhaoyi Shen
"Making new friends"

3rd place 2024 tie

Most Number of Turtles in a Stack - Jeremy Schreier
"Turtles all the way down"

Most Numbers of Turtles in a Stack - Jeremy Schreier

Funniest Image Caption - Jessica Jiang
"me on the weekends fr"

Funniest Caption- Jessica Jiang

Most Turtles in One Photo - Sherry Sun
"Noon"

Most Turtles - Sherry Sun

2023 Photo Contest Winners

1st place -  Tatiana Solovieva
"The Yawn"

1st place 2023

2nd Place + Best Image and Caption Combo - Therese Bagsit
"Work Life Balance"

2nd place 2023

3rd Place - Sequoia Ding
"Just Chillin'"

3rd place -

Best Closeup - Tom
"Eye of the Turtle"

best closeup 2023

Best Scenic View of the Turtle Ponds - RJ Chadha

best scenic view 2023

Funniest - Hank
"Who dis?"

funniest 2023

President's Choice - Janina Bösche
"I am watching you!"

Turtle Close Up

2022 Photo Contest Winners

1st place -  Will Griffiths

Will Griffiths - Instagram @willgsphoto - willgriffithsphotography.co.uk.
I'm coming for your foods! Credit: Will Griffiths - Instagram @willgsphoto - willgriffithsphotography.co.uk.


2022 Tied for 2nd -  Xunbi and Tamas

Xunbi and Tamas
A damn good day Credit: Xunbi and Tamas

2022 Tied for 2nd -  Jessica Mueller

Jessica Mueller
Credit: Jessica Mueller

2022 Tied for 2nd -  Vincent Man

Vincent Man
Line Up Credit: Vincent Man


2022 Favorite Video: Sorina Lupu

2022 Funniest - John Marken

John Marken
The Feast Credit: John Marken


2022 President's Choice - Julian Wagner and Thorgal Hinault

Julian Wagner and Thorgal Hinault
The Simple Art of Gazing Inwards Credit: Julian Wagner and Thorgal Hinault