Y/OUR Denver 2025 Exhibition

About the Exhibition: This online exhibition was created in collaboration with the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in conjunction with Doors Open Denver 2025. Y/OUR Denver asks photographers to find and photograph their favorite places throughout Denver in line with this year’s theme, Architecture and Nature in Harmony. The call was open to photographers of all skill levels and all forms of architectural imagery. Juror David Laurer curated the below selection of 30 images by 23 photographers from 191 submissions.

Award Winners: 5 images were selected as award winners and will be displayed at The Chancery through December 31 in addition to the online exhibition.

  • Best in Show – Marvin Anani, Denver Layers 
  • Best Nature Based Design – Nancy Bratton, Picnic in the Gardens
  • Best Exterior – Alex Gamble, Downtown Commute
  • Best Interior – Steven Jones, Western Exposure
  • Best Landscape – Rae Scott, Rooted Geometry 003

Additional Photographers: Marc Applebaum | Raymond Bleesz | John Bocan | Kristen Chapman | John Deffenbaugh | Lee Ellison | Risa Friedman | John Gudvangen | Kristopher Hall | Lynda Hodge | Dustin Keirns | Kathryn Levi | Kitty Luke | Rodney Mahaffey | James Wolfgang Rogers | Eric Salas | Marley Silverman | Frank Varney

All photographs selected for the exhibition are on display at The Chancery (1120 Lincoln St, Denver, CO 80203) from September 25 – October 3, 2025. Hours of the limited run pop-up show are as follows:

Thursday, September 25 – 5 – 7 pm
Friday, September 26 – 11 am – 5 pm
Saturday, September 27 through Sunday, September 28 – 10 am – 5 pm
Monday, September 29 through Friday, October 3 – 11 am – 5 pm

  • Best in Show | Denver Layers by Marvin Anani
  • Best Nature Based Design | Picnic in the Gardens by Nancy Bratton
  • Best Exterior | Downtown Commute by Alex Gamble
  • Best Interior | Western Exposure by Steven Jones
  • Best Landscape | Rooted Geometry 003 by Rae Scott
  • Populus Hotel by Marc Applebaum
  • DTC 1987 by Raymond Bleesz
  • Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory by John Bocan
  • Brutalist Nature by Nancy Bratton
  • Footsteps to the Art Museum by Brutalist Nature by Nancy Bratton
  • Tension and Grace by Kristen Chapman
  • 2908 by John Deffenbaugh
  • Denver Union Station Rain by Lee Ellison
  • you know that one building downtown? by Risa Friedman
  • Dan’s Garden Reflecting by John Gudvangen
  • Last Light by Alex Gamble
  • Yin Yang by Alex Gamble
  • Union by Kristopher Hall
  • Verdant Defiance by Lynda Hodge
  • Flock by Dustin Keirns
  • Chessman Memorial in Fog by Kathryn Levi
  • Iceberg by Kitty Luke
  • Nightmare Fuel by Kitty Luke
  • The Brutalism of Spring by Rodney Mahaffey
  • Construction Storm by James Wolfgang Rogers
  • Rooted Geometry 001 by Rae Scott
  • Still by Eric Salas
  • DU Campus by Marley Silverman
  • Home by Marley Silverman
  • The Art Hotel by Frank Varney