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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
It
would have been so easy to photograph the ring in a set-up
photograph; it's great to see the patience and detail
that resulted in this macroscopic depiction of 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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