First Place
Louie Palu, ZUMA Press for Foreign Policy Magazine
Deported from U.S.: Marisol Espinoza, a 20-year-old woman from Chiapas, Mexico, in a shelter for deportees and migrants the night after she was deported from the United States. She crossed into the United States and walked through the Arizona desert for 6-days until she was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Second Place
Marvin Joseph, The Washington Post
Evangelist Ezekiel: Ezekiel Stoddard’s mother and siblings lay hands on him to say a prayer before the child preacher, who is 11, heads over to the podium to give a sermon for an evening youth service at Evergreen Baptist Church in Washington, on April 20, 2012.
Third Place
David P. Gilkey, National Public Radio
Afghan Policeman: An Afghan local policeman waits for orders from his commander on his area of patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan. The Afghan Local police, similar to an armed local neighborhood watch, are just one piece of a complicated security landscape in the once violent district.
Award of Excellence
Andrea Bruce, freelance for Noor Images
Afghan Americans: It took growing up in the US to feel Afghan, and it took living in Afghanistan for 8 years to feel American. In the end I feel neither place is home,” said artist Aman Mojadidi on May 15, 2012.
Award of Excellence
Jim Watson, Agence France-Presse
On Patrol: A Chicago police officer talks on his radio as Occupy Chicago demonstrators march through the streets on May 18, 2012, ahead of the NATO 2012 Summit in Chicago.
Award of Excellence
Jewel Samad, Agence France-Presse
Supporter: TA supporter cries as she listens to President Barack Obama speaking at a campaign event at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, on Jan. 11, 2012.
Award of Excellence
Linda Davidson, The Washington Post
The Great Escape: Tabitha Rouzzo, 17, lays on her bed, deflated after being grounded by her mother in New Castle, Pa., on April 21, 2012. Rouzzo, who is getting good grades, could be the first in her family to graduate from high school. Her goal is to go to college, get away from New Castle and break the cycle poverty. New Castle is a post-industrial city with chronic crime, drug use, poverty and high unemployment.
Award of Excellence
Pete Marovich, freelance for ZUMA Press
Clown Face: Julius Carallo also known as “Clown Chips” prepares for a show during a stop with the Cole Bros. Circus at the Prince William County Fairgrounds in Manassas, Va., on May 5, 2012.