First Place
John Reardon Independent Photographers Group /
US News & World Report
"Maria Gillespie"
Second Place
Amy Toensing
Freelance / National Geographic Magazine
"Inseparable Brothers"
Third Place
Yannis Kontos
Gamma Press
"Ariel Sharon: Electoral campaign"
Award of Excellence
John Kaplan
Freelance / University of Florida
"They Forced Sand Into Them"
Award of Excellence
Sacha Waldman
Sports Illustrated
"Portrait of Charlotte Hornets Jamal Mashburn"
First Place
Yannis Kontos
Gamma Press
"Ariel Sharon: Electoral campaign"
Opposition Likud party leader Ariel Sharon (R) accompanied by his security people tours of the Halutza Sands area near the southern Israeli village of Kmehin, in the Negev desert. Sharon is leading Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in opinion polls ahead of elections slated for Feb. 6.
