A reception was held on Wednesday, July 15 to celebrate the opening of The Eye on the Strand Photo Contest Exhibition, which will run through August 26, 2009 at the Pratt Institute CCPS Gallery, located at 144 West 14th Street.

Josh Robinson poses with Pratt CCPS Director Chuck Munster and Strand owners Nancy Bass Wyden and Fred Bass in front of his Grand Prize winning photograph "Strand Shadows."

Cary Conover poses with his Second Prize winning photograph "Upside Down."

Manjari Sharma and friends pose in front of her Third Prize and Viewers' Choice Award winning photograph, "Strand, the Dreamer's Land."