CONTEST RESULTS

The Student Photographer of the Year is Diego James Robles from Ohio University. Honorable mention to: Western Kentucky University student Phillip Scott Andrews, Western Kentucky University student Scott McIntyre, and Corcoran College of Art + Design student Christopher G. Jones.

Originally from Southern California, Diego James Robles discovered his passion for photography while on deployment with the U.S. army in Kosovo.While studying criminology at a community college, an inspiring tour of the Los Angeles Times newsroom made him decide to switch careers. Diego soon applied and was accepted into Ohio University's School of Visual Communication. There he served as the photography editor for the school's yearbook and the president of the NPPA student chapter. After finishing school in November, Diego currently freelances for different news organization in the heart of the Navajo Nation and Southwest. Diego has interned for El Deber: Diario Mayor (Bolivia), Democrat & Chronicle and The Orange County Register. On March 29, he will join the staff of The Denver Post. You can see his work on his web site.

STUDENT CONTEST PORTFOLIOS

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IMPORTANT UPDATE

Please note: “Checks/proof of school” should be mailed to the WHNPA -- DO NOT USE FED EX .
If you did send via FedEx, have the package re-routed back to you and re-send via USPS.
As long as you have uploaded your photos by March 17th you will not be penalized for being late with your entry.

The WHNPA is proud to announce our annual contest is open to students from across the world to compete for the honor of WHNPA Student Photographer of the Year. The contest opens on February 20, 2010 and will accept uploaded entries until 11:59 p.m. EST on March 17, 2010. Download a PDF of complete contest rules and guidelines below.

WHNPA_StudentRules_2010.pdf

One student portfolio will be chosen as the winner and the portfolio will go on the Eyes of History (tm)contest website at www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2010.

The 2010 Student Photographer of the Year will receive the following awards:

• A $1,000 award from the White House News Photographers Association

• A round trip ticket from sponsor Continental Airlines to attend the Eyes of History (tm) Awards Gala (within the Continental Airline Gateway only).

• Two tickets from WHNPA to the black tie Eyes of History (tm) Awards Gala in Washington, D.C.

• A two page spread in the Eyes of History (tm) Awards book and highlighted in the traveling exhibit

• Portfolio featured on the Eyes of History (tm) contest website at www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2010.

• A $1000 scholarship to any Momenta Workshop of your choice (good through Spring 2011).

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Requirements & General Information

- DOWNLOAD AND READ THESE RULES COMPLETELY. Failure to follow every rule will disqualify your application immediately.

- Entrants are not required to be WHNPA members but membership is encouraged.

- If you choose to apply for membership, your entrance fee will go towards your first yearly dues. Simply submit your membership application with your contest entry materials.

- Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in a degree program are eligible.

- Students who graduated in December/Winter 2009 are eligible to apply for the 2010 contest.

- Entrants must send a statement of enrollment from their advisor or a university official and a check or money order for  $25.00 made out to “The White House News Photographers Association” to:
 WHNPA - Student Contest, 7119 Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC, 20044

- Checks and letters must be received by March 17, 2010.
- Entrants and all photographs must adhere to the code of ethics of WHNPA found in our bylaws.

We will announce any contest updates on Twitter and on our blog.

Please be sure to tell your friends, colleagues, and any eligible student you think may be interested in participating about the contest. Remember, the deadline is March 17th.

CONTEST COMMITTEE

Liz Lynch, Barbara Salisbury, Kevin Dietsch, Johnny Bivera, Nikki Kahn, Gary Fabiano, Louie Palu

Jamie Rose, Chair

JUDGES

The 2010 Student Contest judges are Molly Roberts, Chad McNeeley, and Stephen Crowley.

Molly Roberts, a photography editor and photographer for Smithsonian Magazine, still remembers the eureka moment in a Harvard Square bookstore, when a Robert Frank book called " The Americans" captured her heart and mind and planted the seed of a passion for photography that has been life long. As a picture editor at The Washington Post Magazine and National Geographic books, Roberts has collaborated with other talented photographers and art directors to create compelling and award winning picture stories and cutting-edge portfolios. She is committed to the power of visual journalism to inform and compel positive change in our society and the world. American Photography, New York Art Directors Club, Society of Publication Designers and others have honored Roberts' work. Her personal work focuses on American families facing contemporary issues and overcoming adversity. Roberts received a B.A in Art History and studied photography in the graduate program at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Chad McNeeley is an active duty Navy photojournalist. The Iowa native has lived in Florida, Hawaii, New York and just about everywhere in between. This wide variety of landscapes and influences has carved out a photographer with the ability, insight and anticipatory skills to capture the most important and personal moments in his documentary work. McNeeley is currently stationed at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., working as the official photographer to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen. He started his assignment in D.C. as the official photographer to then-Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld. McNeeley has traveled the world documenting the senior leadership journeys, telling the Navy's and Department of Defense's story though imagery. Trained at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and selected as a student at the Eddie Adams Workshop, McNeeley's photographs have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Boston Herald, Time magazine and Newsweek among others.

Stephen Crowley approaches his work with the same sense of exploration and wonder as when he was armed with a "Polaroid Swinger" at the age of 13. Over the last 25 years he has tried to find insightful moments in the midst of breaking national and international news that can sometimes define, in a single image, politics and culture. In his personal work Crowley searches for morsels of humanity, irony and humor, collecting images of the country's character as hinted by physical structures, shifting light patterns and happenstance. On Feb. 5, 2002, Crowley, a graduate of the photography program at Daytona State College, was cited as "Photographer of the Year" by the White House News Photographers' Association for a portfolio that included his essays "Voices of Afghanistan" and "A Day in the Life of President Bush." In 2002 the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography was awarded to Crowley and four other photographers at The New York Times for work produced during the war in Afghanistan. That same year he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, D.C. In 2005 American Photo Magazine included Crowley on its list of the 100 Most Important People in Photography. His personal photography has been exhibited in shows at the Library of Congress, The National Geographic Society, and the Corcoran Art Museum.