2nd place: Terence Malosh

'Conjure up that inspiration'

The chicken was at the right place at the right time. So was UAW member Terence Malosh.

Thanks to the good timing, great lighting and an eye-catching stance, Malosh created a third-place winning photograph in the Artists at Work competition.

Malosh is a member of UAW Local 12 and a production operator at Toledo (Ohio) North Assembly. He used a Canon EOS 20D digital camera to snap “Eye of the Chicken” while visiting his brother-in-law in southern Ohio.

No one knows what the chicken thinks, but Malosh is delighted.
“I just like taking pictures of things that most people don’t really get a close-up of,” said Malosh. “Sometimes if I’m shooting a landscape, I’ll wait hours until the sun is right or the colors in the sky are just right. I just love doing that,” he said.

Malosh, who has six other photographs in the exhibit, said he shot the photo while standing about 20 feet from the bird.

His interest in photography began when he was a youngster. “My mom took a lot of pictures of us kids, and that influenced me,” said Malosh.
Since then, his work has been displayed at the Toledo Museum of Art and other exhibits in the area.

Malosh, who has entered the Artists at Work competition several times, said he was first encouraged by a co-worker. Now, he too encourages others to “conjure up that inspiration deep inside,” Malosh said. “It only costs your time.”