Winners of the Sixty-Fifth Annual
Pictures of the Year International Competition
Judged February 16 through March 7, 2008
Pictures of the Year International is a program of the
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Questions? Corrections? Please email info@poyi.org
THE JUDGES
Newspaper and General Divisions
Ruth Fremson - Photographer, The New York Times
Wen Huang - Senior Photo Marketing Analyst for the News & Information Center, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing
Brad Mangin - Freelance Photographer, Co-founder of SportsShooter.com
Jeanie Adams-Smith - Associate Professor of Photojournalism, Western Kentucky University
Magazine Division
Sue Brisk - Editorial Director, Magnum Photo Agency
Ruth Eichhorn - Director of Photography, GEO Magazine
Chris Hondros - Photographer, Getty Images
Brenda Ann Kenneally - Freelance and Documentary Filmmaker
Editing and Multimedia Divisions
Keith Graham - Associate Professor, Director of Photojournalism/Multimedia Program, University of Montana
Michele McDonald - Photographer, The Boston Globe
Robert Hood, Multimedia Director, MSNBC.com
THE MODERATORS
Rick Shaw - Director, Pictures of the Year International
Loup Langton - University of Miami
PREMIERE AWARDS
NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
First Place, Stephen M. Katz, The Virginian-Pilot
Second Place, Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune
Third Place, Kuni Takahashi, Chicago Tribune
MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
First Place, John Moore, Getty Images
Second Place, Tomas van Houtryve, Freelance
Third Place, Moises Saman, Freelance
WORLD UNDERSTANDING AWARD
Winner: Steve Liss, Polaris Images — "VOICES FROM JUVENILE DETENTION: KIDS BEHIND BARS"
Judges' Special Recognition: Timothy Fadek, Polaris Images — "CITY OF MISSING WOMEN "
GLOBAL VISION AWARD
Winner: Daniel Beltra, Freelance for Greenpeace— "RAINFOREST AND THE ANTARCTIC"
Judges' Special Recognition: Brian Skerry, National Geographic Magazine — "SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE SEA"
COMMUNITY AWARENESS AWARD
Winner: Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune — "ECHOES OF THE PAST "
ONE WEEK'S WORK AWARD
Winner: Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
BEST USE BOOKS
Winner: DOUBLE BLIND: WAR IN LEBANON 2006
Photographer: Paolo Pellegrin
Text: Scott Anderson
Publisher: Trolley Books
Judges Special Recognition: DARFUR: TWENTY YEARS OF WAR AND GENOCIDE IN SUDAN
Editor: Leora Kahn
Associate Editor: Aaron Clenending
Photographer: Lynsey Addario, Pep Bonnet, Colin Finlay, Ron Haviv, Olivier Jobard, Kadir vanLohuizen, Chris Steele-Perkins, and Sven Torfinn
Art director: Randall Lane
Publisher: Powerhouse Books
Judges Special Recognition: SURF CLUB
Craig Golding
Publisher: GB Press
ANGUS MCDOUGALL OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN EDITING
The Los Angeles Times
THE POYi DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP IN PHOTOJOURNALISM AWARD
In recognition of "Magnum Founders" and the member photographers who
have guided the development of photojournalism since the founding of Magnum,
the POYi judges and director herby confer the first
Distinguished Leadership in Photojournalism Award.
MAGNUM FOUNDERS: IN CELEBRATION OF SIXTY YEARS
Publisher: Verso Limited Editions (http://www.versoeditions.com/current.html)
Agency: Magnum Photos
Photographers: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and David Seymour
GENERAL DIVISION
SCIENCE/NATURAL HISTORY
First Place, Michael Patrick O'Neill, Freelance — “Underwater Photographer and Goliath Grouper”
Second Place, David Maitland, Freelance — “Bush Meat”
Third Place, Karen Pulfer Focht, The Commercial Appeal — “Brain Surgery”
Award of Excellence, Jeff Hutchens, Reportage by Getty Images for CNN
Award of Excellence, Michael Nichols, National Geographic — “Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma”
Award of Excellence, Solvin Zankl, GEO
SCIENCE/NATURAL HISTORY PICTURE STORY
First Place, David Guttenfelder, Associated Press— "Japan: The Humanoids"
Second Place, Ardiles Rante, Barcroft Media — "Whale Hunting in Lamalera"
Third Place, Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News— "Western Boom"
Award of Excellence, Daniel Beltra, Freelance for Greenpeace
Award of Excellence, Damon Winter, The New York Times
Award of Excellence, Christian Ziegler, National Geographic Magazine — "Tropical bats - biodiversity in action"
SPORTS ACTION
First Place, Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune — “Eye Gouge”
Second Place, Carl de Souza, Agence France-Presse — “Motocross”
Third Place, Donald Miralle, Jr., Freelance — “Stranglehold”
Award of Excellence, Andrei Pungovschi, University of Missouri —“Triathletes”
Award of Excellence, Damian Strohmeyer, Sports Illustrated — “Manny Motor”
SPORTS FEATURE
First Place, Nhat V. Meyer, San Jose Mercury News — “Phil's Missing Ball”
Second Place, Steven St. John, The Albuquerque Tribune — “State Basketball”
Third Place, Nicolas Asfouri, Agence France-Presse — “Flyby”
Award of Excellence, Jerry Lara, San Antonio Express-News – “Cheerleaders”
Award of Excellence, Chris McGrath, Getty Images —"Cubs Fans”
Award of Excellence, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet — “Beauty from the Outside”
SPORTS PICTURE STORY, SEQUENCE OR SERIES
First Place, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet
Second Place, Robert Henriksson, Freelance
Third Place, Benjamin Lowy, Men's Health Magazine — “Afghan Abs”
Award of Excellence, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet — “Beauty from the Outside”
Award of Excellence, Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News — “Three Cheers for Megan”
SPORTS PORTFOLIO
First Place, Tomasz Gudzowaty, Freelance/Yours Gallery
Second Place, Rod Mar, The Seattle Times
Third Place, Donald Miralle, Jr., Freelance
Award of Excellence, Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune
PICTORIAL
First Place, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet — “Beauty from the Outside”
Second Place, Lars Lindqvist, Freelance — “Dreamhack”
Third Place, Lori Duff, Concord Monitor — “Northern Forest Canoe Trail: Paddle”
Award of Excellence, Ronald W. Erdrich, The Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News — “Hoopsters”
Award of Excellence, Holly Wilmeth, Freelance — “Balloon Chaos”
FEATURE PICTURE
First Place, Mona Reeder, The Dallas Morning News — "Dying in the shadow of the refineries"
Second Place, Espen Rasmussen, VG — "Witness"
Third Place, Greg Miller, Time Magazine— "Fair"
Award of Excellence, Carolyn Drake, Freelance
Award of Excellence, John Moore, Getty Images— "Memorial Day At Arlington"
Award of Excellence, Ross Taylor, The Hartford Courant — "Single Father"
PORTRAIT
First Place, Ted Jackson, The Times-Picayune — "Searching for Solace - Katrina Survivor"
Second Place, Platon, Time Magazine — "Vladimir Putin"
Third Place, Christopher T. Assaf, The Baltimore Sun— "Old School"
Award of Excellence, Alex Boerner, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspaper— "Centenarian"
Award of Excellence, Barry Gutierrez, The Rocky Mountain News — "Leia's Daddy"
Award of Excellence, Amelia Phillips, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette— "The Soldier's Wife"
PORTRAIT SERIES
First Place, Walter Iooss Jr., Sports Illustrated — "The Face of Baseball"
Second Place, Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images — "Survivors"
Third Place, Daniel Kovalovszky, Freelance — "Shooting Stars Home"
Award of Excellence, Tim Gruber, Freelance — "American Trucker"
Award of Excellence, Melanie Burford, The Dallas Morning News — "Dressed for success"
BEST PHOTO COLUMN
First Place, Tamika Moore, The Birmingham News — "In Focus"
Second Place, Steve Jessmore, The Flint Journal — "Sense of Community"
Third Place, John Pendygraft, The St. Petersburg Times — "Paycheck to Paycheck"
Award of Excellence, Columbia Daily Tribune — "Our Town"
Award of Excellence, Alan Berner, The Seattle Times — "Portraits"
Award of Excellence, Chris Zuppa, The St. Petersburg Times — "We the People"
Award of Excellence, The Palm Beach Post— "Everyday Art"
Award of Excellence, The Birmingham News — "In Focus"
NEWSPAPER DIVISION
GENERAL NEWS REPORTING
First Place, Rich-Joseph Facun, The Virginian-Pilot — "Waiting"
Second Place, Ake Ericson, World Picture News — "Illegal Iraqi refugees in Denmark"
Third Place, Lara Solt, The Dallas Morning News — "The New Normal"
Award of Excellence, Pier Paolo Cito, Associated Press — "Waiting"
Award of Excellence, Bill Greene, The Boston Globe — "Foreclosed"
Award of Excellence, Mohammad Kheirkhah, United Press International — "Flogging in Iran"
Award of Excellence, Odd Mehus, Freelance — "Dead Seagull"
Award of Excellence, Brendan Smialowski, Freelance
SPOT NEWS
First Place, John Moore, Getty Images — "The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto"
Second Place, Adrees Latif, Reuters — "Shot in Yangon"
Third Place, Gregorio Marrero, The Associated Press — "University Clashes"
Award of Excellence, Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post — "Fire Fire"
Award of Excellence, Adem Hadei, The Associated Press — "Last Touch"
Award of Excellence, Mahmud Hams, AFP — "Israeli Rocket"
Award of Excellence, Boniface Mwangi, AFP — "Kenya Unrest"
Award of Excellence, Pavel Rahman, Associated Press — "Deadly Mudslide"
NEWS PICTURE STORY
First Place, John Moore, Getty Images — "The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto"
Second Place, Katie Falkenberg, The Washington Times — "A College Mourns"
Third Place, Oded Balilty, Associated Press — "Nanjing 70 Years After"
Award of Excellence, Javier Manzano, Rocky Mountain News — "Holly Tornado"
Award of Excellence, Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times — "California Wildfires"
Award of Excellence, Pete Souza, Chicago Tribune — "From Senator to Presidential Candidate"
ISSUE REPORTING PICTURE STORY
First Place, John Freidah, The Providence Journal — "Foreclosed"
Second Place, Dalhoff Casper, Jyllands-Posten / WpN — "The Last Inn "
Third Place, Stephen M. Katz, Physicians For Peace — "A Burning Problem "
Award of Excellence, Ake Ericson, World Picture News — "Malaria in Sierra Leone "
Award of Excellence, Ted Jackson, The Times-Picayune — "The New Orleans Housing Crisis "
FEATURE PICTURE STORY
First Place, Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press — "Cemetery Dues"
Second Place, Hernád Géza, Magyar Hirlap — "Farewell to Leopold Field "
Third Place, Christian Als, GraziaNeri — "A Childhood Behind Bars"
Award of Excellence, Jim Gehrz, Star Tribune — "A Gift From God"
MAGAZINE DIVISION
GENERAL NEWS REPORTING
First Place, William Daniels, Freelance
Second Place, Balazs Gardi, VII Network — "Collateral Damage"
Third Place, Justin Guariglia, Smithsonian — "Night view of the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) in Singapore"
Award of Excellence, Brian Harkin, World Picture Network — "Deployment"
Award of Excellence, Per-Anders Pettersson, Reportage by Getty Images — "War Victim"
SPOT NEWS
First Place, Carlos Barria, Reuters
Second Place, Yonathan Weitzman, Freelance
Third Place, Benjamin Lowy, Freelance
Award of Excellence, David Furst, Agence France-Presse — "Interrogated"
Award of Excellence, Yuri Kozyrev, Time Magazine — "Iraq War"
NEWS PICTURE STORY
First Place, Espen Rasmussen, VG / Panos Pic — "Exodus"
Second Place, Christopher Morris, TIME Magazine — "McCain"
Third Place, Cedric Gerbehaye, Agence Vu — "Congo in Limbo "
Award of Excellence, Paula Bronstein, Getty Images — "Death in Karachi"
Award of Excellence, Dominic Nahr, Polaris Images — "When Brothers Fight "
Award of Excellence, Tivadar Domaniczky, TIME Magazine — "Palestinians"
ISSUE REPORTING PICTURE STORY
First Place, Carsten Snejbjerg, Freelance — "Displaced People in Georgia"
Second Place, Aaron Huey, Atlas Press — "In The Shadow of Wounded Knee: Life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation"
Third Place, Alvaro Ybarra Zavala, TIME Magazine — "Colombia"
Award of Excellence, Mark Leong, Redux Pictures — "China's Instant Cities"
Award of Excellence, Scott Nelson, World Picture Network — "HAMAS Summer Camp"
Award of Excellence, Espen Rasmussen, Panos Pictures — "La Violencia"
Award of Excellence, Lorena Ros, Freelance — "Silent Witness"
FEATURE PICTURE STORY
First Place, Carolyn Drake, Hotshoe
Second Place, Balazs Gardi, VII Network — "Afghanistan - Falling Apart"
Third Place, Greg Miller, TIME Magazine — "Fair"
Award of Excellence, Travis Dove, Ohio University — "Skate Rats"
Award of Excellence, Randy Olson, National Geographic — "China's Middle Class"
Award of Excellence, Alfonso Moral, Cosmos/Pandora — "Palestinian refugees in Lebanon"
Award of Excellence, Ramin Rahimian, Freelance — "Boomtown"
Award of Excellence, Tomas van Houtryve, Newsweek — "Secret North Korea"
NEWSPAPER EDITING DIVISION
SINGLE PAGE NEWS
First, Hartford Courant — "Shattered Hopes"
Second, Los Angeles Times — "Two informants, two arrests"
Third, Seattle Times — "Deep Trouble"
Award of Excellence, The Seattle Times — "Jet For a New Age"
Award of Excellence, San Jose Mercury News — "Six Days"
Award of Excellence, Rocky Mountain News — "Capitol Killing"
Award of Excellence, The Commercial Appeal
SINGLE PAGE FEATURE
First, The Palm Beach Post — "Locura, desenfreno"
Second, The Dallas Morning News — "The Suicide Crisis"
Third, The Denver Post — "To the Thawing Wind"
Award of Excellence, The Los Angeles Times — "A Tough Audition"
Award of Excellence, The San Mercury News — "Postcards from the Boardwalk"
Award of Excellence, The Dallas Morning News — "Chinese athletes ready to go for the gold"
Award of Excellence, The Palm Beach Post — "Semana de Copas Del Mundo"
MULTIPLE PAGE NEWS STORY
First, The Dallas Morning News — "The Bottom Line"
Second, The Los Angeles Times — "Massive evacuations ordered as onslaught of fires spreads"
Third, The Virginian-Pilot — "Massacre"
Award of Excellence, The Spokesman-Review — "Going Separate Ways"
Award of Excellence, The Spokesman-Review — "Street Fight"
Award of Excellence, The Palm Beach Post — "'In A Better Place'"
MULTIPLE PAGE FEATURE STORY
First Place, The Commercial Appeal — "The Last best Hope"
Second Place, The Commercial Appeal — "Menace Unleashed"
Third Place, The Los Angeles Times — "Two lives blurred together by a photo"
Award of Excellence, The Denver Post — "Scenes of the Season"
Award of Excellence, The Sacramento Bee — "Visions: Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk"
Award of Excellence, The St. Petersburg Times — "What the senator learned in Syria"
NEWPAPER SERIES OR SPECIAL SECTION
First, The Virginian-Pilot — "The Quiet War"
Second, The Los Angeles Times — "Winds drive Southland wildfires"
Third, The Concord Monitor — "'The sea of grief is coming'"
Award of Excellence, The Commercial Appeal — "Bellevue Baptist goes on global 'mission'"
Award of Excellence, The Daily Herald — "Brady"
Award of Excellence, The Sacramento Bee — "South state infernos"
Award of Excellence, The Roanoke Times — "Teacher had warned Va. Tech"
NEWSPAPER PICTURE EDITING PORTFOLIO - (CIRC. LESS THAN 100,000)
First Place, Concord Monitor
Second Place, La Palma/The Palm Beach Post
Third Place, Albuquerque Tribune
NEWSPAPER PICTURE EDITING PORTFOLIO - (CIRC. GREATER THAN 100,000)
First Place, The Hartford Courant
Second Place, The Virginian-Pilot
Third Place, The Los Angeles Times
Award of Excellence, The Rocky Mountain News
Award of Excellence, The Commercial Appeal
Award of Excellence, San Jose Mercury News
Award of Excellence, The Dallas Morning News
MAGAZINE EDITING DIVISION
SINGLE SPREAD OR COVER NEWS STORY
First Place, Newsweek — "The War on the Rescuers"
Second Place, Newsweek — "The Most Dangerous Nation in the World Isn't Iraq. It's Pakistan."
Third Place, TIME Magazine, — "Why California is Burning"
Award of Excellence, .Tyzden — "Boj o Gazu (a dusu)"
Award of Excellence, TIME Magazine — "How to Walk Away"
Award of Excellence, National Geographic Magazine
SINGLE SPREAD OR COVER FEATURE STORY
First Place, Newsweek — "Master of Disaster"
Second Place, The Seattle Times — "Last Hurrahs"
Third Place, National Geographic Magazine — "Deadly Contact"
Award of Excellence, Newsweek — "Iraq's Quiet Exodus"
Award of Excellence, National Geographic Magazine — "An Eden for Sharks"
Award of Excellence, TIME Magazine — "Out of the Picture"
MULTIPLE PAGE NEWS STORY
First Place, National Geographic Magazine,— "Last of the Amazon "
Second Place, TIME Magazine,— "Inisde Congo "
Third Place, Newsweek,— "Witness on the Darfur Plateau "
Award of Excellence, TIME Magazine,— "Darkness Falls "
Award of Excellence, TIME Magazine,— "The Fire This Time "
MULTIPLE PAGE FEATURE STORY
First Place, National Geographic Magazine,— "Bedlam in the Blood: Malaria "
Second Place, National Geographic Magazine,— "Dharavi: Mumbia's Shadow City "
Third Place, National Geographic Magazine,— "Hunters"
Award of Excellence, National Geographic Magazine,— "Arctic Ivory "
Award of Excellence, National Geographic Magazine,— "China's Instant Cities "
Award of Excellence, National Geographic Magazine,— "On the Wings of the Alba Tross "
Award of Excellence, National Geographic Magazine,— "Bethlehem 2007 A.D."
MAGAZINE PICTURES EDITING PORTFOLIO
First Place, Sarah Leen, National Geographic Magazine
Second Place, Kathy Moran, National Geographic Magazine
Third Place, Elizabeth Krist, National Geographic Magazine
Award Of Excellence, Kurt Mutchler, National Geographic Magazine
"BEST USE" EDITING DIVISION
MAGAZINE
First Place, National Geographic Magazine
Second Place, Sports Illustrated
Third Place, TIME Magazine
Award Of Excellence, Doubletruck Magazine
NEWSPAPER BEST USE (CIRC. LESS THAN 100,000)
First Place, Naples Daily News
Second Place, Spokesman-Review
Third Place, Midland Daily News
NEWSPAPER BEST USE (CIRC. GREATER THAN 100,000)
First Place, The Los Angeles Times
Second Place, The New York Times
Third Place, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Award Of Excellence, Hartford Courant
Award Of Excellence, The Commercial Appeal
Award Of Excellence, The Virginian-Pilot
MULTIMEDIA DIVISION
BEST NEWS STORY OR ESSAY
First Place, Pauline Lubens, San Jose Mercury News—"Hillside Display of Crosses: A War of Emotions"
Second Place, Kate Geraghty, Sydney Morning Herald —"Final Journey"
Third Place, Dai Sugano, San Jose Mercury News — "Into the 25th Hour: A marathon route to health care reform"
Award of Excellence, Jim Gehrz, Star Tribune — "The Coulter Family"
Award of Excellence, Akira Hakuta, WashingtonPost.com — "Washington Sketch: Khartoum Karl"
BEST FEATURE STORY OR ESSAY
First Place, Jim Lo Scalzo, U.S. News & World Report — "Iowa's Unlikely Privilege"
Second Place, National Geographic Magazine Online — "Gorilla Massacre"
Michael Nichols, National Geographic
Brent Stirton, Reportage by Getty Images
Rob Covey and Melissa Wiley, NGM.COM Production
Produced by MediaStorm.org
Third Place, Rick Gershon (Video/Editing) Mario Tama (Photography), Getty Images — "Untitled"
Award of Excellence, Oeil Public — "Central African Republic"
Photography and Testimonials: Frederic Sautereau
Production: Arnaud Contreras, A360
Award of Excellence, Jim Lo Scalzo, U.S. News & World Report/MediaStorm.org — "Evidence of My Existence"
BEST MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
First Place, David Stephenson, Lexington Herald-Leader — "A New Dawn?"
Second Place, Mary Cooney, Michael McGehee, Stephanie Ferrell, MediaStorm.org -Executive Producer Brian Storm and Producer Chad A. Stevens — "Marlboro Marine"
Third, Ian Brown, Peter Power, Jayson Taylor, Chris Manza, The Globe and Mail — "The Boy in the Moon"
Award of Excellence, Mona Reeder, Ahna Hubnik, David Guzman, Brad Loper and Chris Wilkins, The Dallas Morning News — "Bottomline"
Award of Excellence, Patrick Brown (Photographer) and Eric Maierson (Producer), Brian Storm, (Executive Producer) MediaStorm.org — "Black Market"
Award of Excellence, Preston Gannaway and Kari Collins, Concord Monitor — "Remember Me"
Award of Excellence, James Kenney — "The Women of Evangel"
BEST USE IN MULTIMEDIA - SMALL MEDIA
First Place, MediaStorm.org
Brian Storm, Robert Browman, Eric Maierson, Tim Klimowicz, Chad A. Stevens, Jessica Stuart, Greg Harris, Bob Sacha
Second Place, Soul of Athens
Zach Wise, Bob Sacha, Chad A. Stevens, Max Foley, Sherry DiBari and 31 other students
Third Place, Mountain Workshops
Tim Broekema, Ken Harper, Justin Winter, Mountain Workshops staff and participants
BEST USE IN MULTIMEDIA - MAJOR MEDIA
First Place, NGM.com
Rob Covey, Melissa Wiley, Amanda MacEvitt, Paul Heltzel, Carolyn Fox, Sabi Chalwa, Stefan Estrada, John Kondis, Dave Smith, Shawn Greene, Glynnis McPhee
Second Place, Time.com
Mark Rykoff, Nicholas McClelland, Yumi Goto
Third Place, LATimes.com
Award of Excellence, NYTimes.com
Award of Excellence, msnbc.msn.com
Robert Hood, Phaedra Singelis, Meredith Birkett, John Brecher, Katie Cannon, James Cheng, Carissa Ray, Jim Seida, Rich Shulman, Andrew Sturgill, Mish Whalen
Award of Excellence, WashingtonPost.com
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