The Eyes of History Contest

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2018 WHNPA Student ‘Eyes of History®’ Still and Video Photographers of the Year Award Winners Announced

The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Calla Kessler of University of Nebraska – Lincoln has been named the WHNPA Student Still Photographer of the Year and in the fifth year of the student video division Andrea Cornejo of University of Florida has been named the WHNPA Student Video […]

2018 WHNPA Still Photography Award Winners Announced; McClain and Watson Named Top Winners

The White House News Photographers Association® announced that photographer Matt McClain of The Washington Post has been named “WHNPA Photographer of the Year” and Jim Watson has won “Political Photo of the Year” in the 2018 ‘Eyes of History®’ contest judging at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC. McClain’s […]

Scott Applewhite Gala

Scott Applewhite Selected for 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award

The White House News Photographers Association® announced that they will present Scott Applewhite, a photographer with the Associated Press with the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 ‘Eyes of History®’ annual awards gala Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC. Applewhite is the recipient […]

Jabin Botsford Awarded First Place in General Portfolio

Jabin Botsford of the Washington Post awarded First Place in the General Portfolio category in the 2017 Eyes of History Still Contest. Pete Marovich, freelance, was awarded Second Place and Doug Mills of the New York Times was awarded Third Place. Awards of Excellence were given to Andrew Harnik of […]

Melina Mara Awarded First Place in Political Portfolio

Melina Mara of the Washington Post awarded First Place in the Political Portfolio category in the 2017 Eyes of History Still Contest. Andrew Harnik of the Associated Press was awarded Second Place and Brendan Smialowski of Agence France-Presse was awarded Third Place. Awards of Excellence were given to Doug Mills […]

Brendan Smialowski Awarded First Place in Political Picture Story

Brendan Smialowski of Agence France-Presse awarded First Place in the Political Picture Story category in the 2017 Eyes of History Still Contest. Melina Mara of The Washington Post was awarded Second Place and Pete Marovich, freelance, was awarded Third Place. Awards of Excellence were given to Jabin Botsford of the […]

Pablo Martinez Monsivais Awarded First Place in Presidential

Pablo Martinez Monsivais of the Associated Press awarded First Place in the Presidential Category in the 2017 Eyes of History Still Contest. Win McNamee of Getty Images was awarded Second Place and Kevin Dietsch of UPI was awarded Third Place. Awards of Excellence were given to Al Drago of the […]