2016 NSS Photo Salon Winners

Co-Chairs: Cady Soukup and Dean Wiseman

There were 290 entries submitted this year, from 16 photographers. 134 (46%) were accepted for showing at the Salon; acceptance is considered an award. Of those, 27 received a pin for Honorable Mention, 14 received a pin for a Merit Award, and the best of those received a Best in Show engraved plaque.

HONORABLE MENTION
Reflection
Bob Biddix

HONORABLE MENTION
Creepin'
Bob Biddix

HONORABLE MENTION
Caver Descending Doline in Dachstein Plateau, Austria
Thomas Exel

HONORABLE MENTION
Scalloped Past
Bob Biddix

HONORABLE MENTION
Shower Curtain
Dave Bunnell

HONORABLE MENTION
Mine Diving
Laurent Miroult

HONORABLE MENTION
Pioneers
Alan Grosse

HONORABLE MENTION
Dichotomic Genesis
Ryan Maurer

HONORABLE MENTION
Guntherhőhle, Austria
Thomas Exel

HONORABLE MENTION
I Said No Back Sights!
Shane Fryer

HONORABLE MENTION
In the Fragile Forest
Josh Hydeman

HONORABLE MENTION
Springtime at the Natural Bridge
Dave Bunnell

HONORABLE MENTION
Padre Nuestro Cave, Dominican Republic
Laurent Miroult

HONORABLE MENTION
The Row
Ed McCarthy

HONORABLE MENTION
Descent Into P Survey
Ryan Maurer

HONORABLE MENTION
Cavin' in the Rain
Dave Bunnell

HONORABLE MENTION
The Barangay Captain
Shane Fryer

HONORABLE MENTION
La Jiringa Cave, Dominican Republic
Laurent Miroult

HONORABLE MENTION
Can You See the Caver
Half a Kilometer Away?
Dave Bunnell

HONORABLE MENTION
The Wave Breaks
Shane Fryer

HONORABLE MENTION
The Right Moment
Thomas Exel

HONORABLE MENTION
River Trunk
Ryan Maurer

HONORABLE MENTION
Silent Hall Cave
Bob Biddix

HONORABLE MENTION
Inside Geldloch Cave
Thomas Exel

HONORABLE MENTION
Raining Blood
Josh Hydeman

HONORABLE MENTION
The Great Lake Son Doong
Dave Bunnell

HONORABLE MENTION
Lattice Ice Cave
Bob Biddix

MERIT AWARD
Journey Alone
Kelly Smallwood

MERIT AWARD
Oxidized Pele's Hair on Lavacicles
Dave Bunnell

MERIT AWARD
The Stream Passage
Josh Hydeman

MERIT AWARD
The Main Root
Dave Bunnell

MERIT AWARD
Scalloped Canyon
Ryan Maurer

MERIT AWARD
Classic TAG
Alan Grosse

MERIT AWARD
Sunset on Sandy Glacier
Josh Hydeman

MERIT AWARD
Wet Descent
Ryan Maurer

MERIT AWARD
Jenifer, Halocline, and Formation
Laurent Miroult

MERIT AWARD
Progress
Bob Biddix

MERIT AWARD
Inside the Glacier
Josh Hydeman

MERIT AWARD
Fourth Place
Wildcat Borehole
Ryan Maurer

MERIT AWARD
Third Place
Gunsight at Night
Josh Hydeman

MERIT AWARD
Second Place
Wormhole
Dave Bunnell

BEST OF SHOW
The Feeling of Being Alive
Josh Hydeman

  2015 NSS Photo Salon Winners