nppa best of photojournalism 2014 awards

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National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism 2014 AwardsNational Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism 2014 Awards

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Photo by John Tlumacki of The Boston Globe, who was also

named PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (LARGE MARKETS)

Boston police officers race toward downed runner Bill Iffrig

seconds after the first bomb exploded during the April 15,

2013, Boston Marathon.

FIRST PLACE, DOMESTIC NEWS

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Photo by Matthew Hinton of The New Orleans Advocate: Paris Samuels, 2,

looks at the coffin of her sister, 13-month-old Londyn Samuels, who was

murdered by gunfire, during her funeral at New Hope Baptist Church in

the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans.

HONORABLE MENTION, GENERAL NEWS

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Photo by Sue Ogrocki of the Associated Press: LaTisha Garcia carries her 8-year-old daughter, Jazmin

Rodriguez, near Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado carved its way through Moore, Okla.,

leaving little of the school and neighborhood.

SECOND PLACE, DOMESTIC NEWS

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Photo by Fedoseyev Lev/Itar-Tass/Zumapress.com: Reindeer herd together on a breeding co-operative farm in Lovozero, Russia.

FIRST PLACE, ENVIRONMENT (NATURE, WILDLIFE)

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Jim Gehrz of the Star Tribune: One of 24 photos in an essay on the oil boom and how it has affected life and the

environment in an area of North Dakota where a once bucolic countryside was turned into a patchwork of drilling sites

and dangerously heavy traffic. In this photo, a pumpjack and storage tanks at a nearby oil pad looms behind Milo

Wisness as he helps round up cattle for his neighbor, rancher Doug Olson.

CLIFF EDOM 'NEW AMERICA' AWARD

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Jim Gehrz of the Star Tribune: In this photo from the essay, floor hand Ray Gerrish works to make repairs on a

drilling rig as the sun rises. Men work around the clock at Raven Rig No. 1 near Watford City, one of nearly 200

towering oil rigs in the Bakken.

CLIFF EDOM 'NEW AMERICA' AWARD

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One of 24 photos by Patrick Smith, freelance for Getty Images: Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens looks on

during his final home game, after defeating the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at M&T

Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland.

FIRST PLACE, SPORTS PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

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One of 24 photos by Patrick Smith, freelance for Getty Images: Sadie Bezzant is crushed by a sheep during the pre-

rodeo entertainment of mutton busting during the Strawberry Days Rodeo in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

FIRST PLACE, SPORTS PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

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Photo by Wang Song, Xinhua, ZUMAPRESS.com: A farmer drives his cattle to plow on the Shangbao Terrace in

Shangbao Village of Chongyi County, east China's Jiangxi Province.

HONORABLE MENTION, PICTORIAL

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Photo by Babak A. Tafreshi, Eso/Rex Features/Zumapress.com: The antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array under the southern sky in Chile.The dramatic whirls of stars in the sky show the rotation of the Earth.


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Photo by Rolf Maeder/Rex Features/Zumapress.com: A lightning storm over the Grand Canyon.


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Photo by Jay Capers of Randolph Community College: The Northern Lights dance over a teepee in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.

HONORABLE MENTION, ENVIRONMENT (NATURE, WILDLIFE)

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One of twelve pictures by Jonas Bendiksen for National Geographic Magazine: In the far northern corner of China's Xinjiang

province, in the Altai mountains, one can find the last remnants of a culture that possibly invented skiing. The area is

populated by a mix of ethnic Mongolians and Tuwas, who handmake their own rudimentary wooden skis in the same way

as their forefathers thousands of years ago. They hunt using only their traditional skis and leather hide ropes.

FIRST PLACE, SPORTS PICTURE STORY

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Photo by Michael Ciaglo: Dave Jackson closes a mailbox with his foot after delivering the mail to a home surrounded

on three sides by a flooded Cheyenne Creek in Colorado Springs.

HONORABLE MENTION, FEATURE

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One of 32 pictures in the portfolio of Sean Proctor, of the Midland Daily News: Carl Williams adjusts his mask and looks

down the aisle as he prepares to fight Scott Comer in a Wal-Mart in Midland, Mich. The pair were afraid they were going

to get kicked out, but after they started dueling, some employees came up and started videotaping the fight.

PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKETS)

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One of 32 pictures in the portfolio of Sean Proctor, of the Midland Daily News: Katie holds her head in her

hands and leans against the hotel bathroom sink as her father, Kurt, holds a cup of medicine for her to take,

the night before an MRI in Ann Arbor. Katie fought as best she could to not take the medicine, saying she

didn't like the way it tasted. However, she finally submitted.


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One of 32 pictures in the portfolio of Sean Proctor, of the Midland Daily News: Standing on her tip-toes to

get a better view, Brandi Porter watches as principal Steve Poole writes in her yearbook during eighth grade

lunch at Central Middle School in Midland, Mich. Population shrinkage and declining enrollment led to the

school's shutdown, with most students and faculty transferring to other schools in the district.


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Scott Mc Kiernan, Ruaridh Stewart and Julie Rogers of zReportange.com: Images from an essay (one of four

that comprised the category entry) on acid violence in Bangladesh. Victims of the attacks are

overwhelmingly women. Every year, at least 1,500 people in 20 different countries are attacked in this way.

FIRST PLACE, BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

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Mi Barrio. by Ivan Kashinsky: La Súper Banda prepares to

play for Juanito y Martha to celebrate the blessing of their

new truck in Rumihuaico, Ecuador. The truck was driven to

El Quinche, a neighboring city, to be blessed by a priest.

HONORABLE MENTION, NON-TRADITIONAL

PHOTOJOURNALISM PUBLISHING

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One of ten photos by Jacquelyn Martin taken at the 'Rally for

Citizenship,' a rally in support of immigration reform, on

Capitol Hill in Washington, : Felicia Esperanza, 19, of

Woodbridge, Va., whose parents are from Mexico and El

Salvador, poses for a portrait. Despite a comprehensive bill

passing in the Senate, hopes for immigration reform have

stymied in the House of Representatives leaving the future of

immigrants with illegal status up in the air. 'I'm here to

support my family,' says Esperanza, 'so that they can get

their citizenship.'

HONORABLE MENTION, PORTRAIT SERIES

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Craig Walker of The Denver Post: Cecil Bethea shaves the face of his partner, Carl Shepherd, during one of

Cecil's many visits to The Spearly Center, where Carl lives, in Denver. met in a Denver bar in 1969. Forty-

four years later, when Carl entered a nursing home suffering from dementia, Cecil became his guardian,

making the life-long partners ineligible for a Colorado civil union, legalized in 2013.

SECOND PLACE, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES.

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One of twelve photos by Tomasz

Gudzowaty: Vanuatu is an archipelago of

over 80 volcanic islands in the western

South Pacific, west of Fiji. It is home to a

rich Melanesian culture, where each tribal

group has its own identity, dialect, customs

and artwork. Strong Christian heritage

interweaves with magic rituals and

animistic cults. The pictures were taken on

Pentecost Island, where the natives

practice an ancient tradition of naghol -

jumping from high towers with lianas

wrapped around ankles.

FIRST PLACE, PORTRAIT SERIES.

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One of twelve photos by Tomasz Gudzowaty taken on Pentecost Island.

FIRST PLACE, PORTRAIT SERIES.

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One of 15 photos by Rick Loomis of The Los Angeles Times: His essay was on a wife’s struggle to keep her family

together after her husband went through jail, rehab and recovery trying to get his life back on track after serving two

tours of duty as a soldier in Iraq. In this photo Candy Desmond-Woods, holding their son Blake, talks with her

husband Tom for the last time before he enters a rehabilitation facility.

FIRST PLACE, RETURNING VETERANS, COMING HOME

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Photo by Kevin Dietsch: First Lady Michelle Obama attempts to restrain the family dog Sunny

after he startled Ashtyn Gardner, 2, of Mobile, Alabama, causing her to fall during a holiday

craft event, in the State Dining Room at the White House.

HONORABLE MENTION, GENERAL NEWS

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Photo by Matt Gade of the Deseret News: Ashley Christensen, left,

celebrates her goal with teammate Rachelle Powley during a game in

Alta, Utah.

HONORABLE MENTION, SPORTS FEATURE

458/06/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Clik Hear.

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