Welcome to the 2025 Photo Contest and People’s Choice Award Competition!

We invite all SHA members to participate, not just conference attendees! Browse each of the images and select one from each category as your favorite.

We have 39 amazing photographs and 3 excellent videos, including 2 YouTube Shorts.
Scroll down to see them all. There are multiple pages so don’t miss any of the entries.

The People’s Choice Award and all of the contest winners will be announced during the conference.

Voting runs through Thursday, 6 pm MST January 9

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Category A: Color Archaeological Site

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Category B: Color Archaeological Field Work

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To Categories C: Color Lab Work; D: Color Artifact; E: Black & White Artifact; F: Color Archaeological Portrait

To Categories G: Diversity; H: Artist’s Perspective; I: Archaeology in 3 Minutes video; J: 60 Seconds or Less video