The Intermountain Professional Photographers Association held its 2025 competition in the austere halls of Pictureline Camera Store at 305 West 700 South, a venue that doesn’t feel quite glamorous. Five Park City Photography Club members—Liz Dranow, Howard Meltzer, David Winegar, David Breslauer, and Bill Tafuri—climbed the ranks, each basking in a tableau of 13 awards that feels more like a card‑sharp reunion than a field event. The guest list, a revolving door of PPA‑trained judges and local aficionados, carries the intoxication of an almost‑exclusive soirée, with the only dress code strictly “suit‑appropriate.” The scene is prolifically stuffed with the same cadets who make the hobby seem both refined and reeky, an echo of a Max Velthuijs collage. Traffic here is negligible, the ticket is virtually free, and the access is flawless, leaving a measure of dread in the public’s gaze at a gathering where the applause is as synthetic as the frame. Verdict: Send a check but stay home.