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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
The
fisheye worked well here to create a good, graphic
image with good emotion.
JUDGES
FOR THIS WPJA CONTEST:
1.
Anne Ryan was a staff photographers for USA
Today for ten years covering all types of assignments
including four trips to the Olympic Games. She
has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by both
the Sun-Sentinel and USA Today. She has
also received numerous photojournalism awards
in the Atlanta Seminar, Southern Short Course
and a First Place in the Sports Feature category
in POY.
2. Stephanie Grace Lim (San Jose Mercury
News - CA), has won acclaim from the Society of
News Design, National Press Photographers Association,
Associated Press, National Headliners, & Nikon,
as well as Michigan College Photographer of the
Year and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Her work
has been featured in the illustrious publications
of Life, People, Billboard, Photographer’s
Forum, and Print Magazine.
3. Matt McClain (Ventura County Star -
CA)
Graduate of Indiana University 1998
2003 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the
Year.
2002 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the
Year.
2001 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the
Year.
Matt
has taught at Brooks Institute of Photography
(at the new campus for the photojournalism department
in Ventura).
4.
Mark Mirko (The Hartford Courant - CT)
Presently completing a Knight Fellowship at Ohio
University. will be returning to the Hartford
Courant in June, 2004.
2002 NPPA Region 1 Still Photographer of the Year.
Worked as a Staff Photographer at The Palm Beach
Post from 1992-2000.
In 1994 Mark was the Region 6 NPPA POY.
In 1992 a team entry of the Post's Photographic
coverage of Hurricane Andrew's devastation was
a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
NPPA
= NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
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