Portrait/Personality
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First Place - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Second Place - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Third Place - Jay Westcott, For The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Award of Excellence - Astrid Riecken, For The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Olivier Douliery, Abaca Press for MCT
Pictorial
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First Place - Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Second Place - Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Third Place - Kevin Dietsch, UPI
Award of Excellence - Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Award of Excellence - Carolyn Kaster, Associated Press
Award of Excellence - Linda Davidson, The Washington Post
Feature
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First Place - Alex Wong, Getty Images
Second Place - Bonnie Jo Mount, The Washington Post
Third Place - Mary F. Calvert, Zuma Press
Award of Excellence - Andrew Harrer, Bloomberg
Award of Excellence - Michael Williamson, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Sports Action
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First Place - Bonnie Jo Mount, The Washington Post
Second Place - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Third Place - Doug Mills, The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Toni L. Sandys, The Washington Post
Sports Feature/Reaction
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First Place - Logan Mock-Bunting, Independent
Second Place - Pete Marovich, For The Washington Post
Third Place - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Jonathan Newton, The Washington Post
Presidential
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First Place - Doug Mills, 'All Eyes on Me', The New York Times
Second Place - Doug Mills, 'In Sync', The New York Times
Third Place - Kevin Lamarque, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Aude Guerrucci, Polaris
Award of Excellence - Kevin Lamarque, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Insider’s Washington
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First Place - Saul Loeb, Agence France-Presse
Second Place - Melina Mara, The Washington Post
Third Place - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Brendan Smialowski, Agence French-Presse
Award of Excellence - Melina Mara, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Tom Williams, Roll Call
On Capitol Hill
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First Place - Marty LaVor, Independent
Second Place - Bill Clark, Roll Call
Third Place - Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA
Award of Excellence - Gabriella Demczuk, The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Larry Downing, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Marty LaVor, Independent
Award of Excellence - Tom Williams, Roll Call
Domestic News
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First Place - Pete Marovich, Corbis
Second Place - Jewel Samad, Agence France-Presse
Third Place - Gabriella Demczuk, The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Larry Downing, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Mark Wilson, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
International News
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First Place - Michel du Cille, The Washington Post
Second Place - Michel du Cille, The Washington Post
Third Place - Michel du Cille, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Michel du Cille, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Nikki Kahn, The Washington Post
Picture Story/Politics
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First Place - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Second Place - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Third Place - Linda Davidson, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Gabriella Demczuk, The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Brooks Kraft, TIME
Picture Story/Feature
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First Place - Bonnie Jo Mount, The Washington Post
Second Place - Jay Westcott, Freelance
Third Place - Bonnie Jo Mount, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Matt McClain, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Mary F. Calvert, Zuma Press
Award of Excellence - Bonnie Jo Mount, The Washington Post
Picture Story/ News
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First Place - Jewel Samad, Agence France-Presse
Second Place - Mary F. Calvert, Zuma Press
Third Place - Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Matt McClain, The Washington Post
Picture Story International
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First Place - Michel du Cille, The Washington Post
Second Place - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Third Place - Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Picture Story/ Sports
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First Place - Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
Second Place - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Third Place - Mary F. Calvert, Zuma Press
Award of Excellence - Jonathan Newton, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Mike Morones, Military Times
Award of Excellence - Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post
Political Portfolio
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First Place - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Second Place - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Third Place - Gabriella Demczuk, The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Brooks Kraft, Corbis
Award of Excellence - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Portfolio
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First Place - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Second Place - Bonnie Jo Mount, The Washington Post
Third Place - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Top Honors
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Political Photo of the Year - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Photographer of the Year - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Carolyn Cole
Carolyn Cole is a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, where she has spent many years covering national and international news. Her coverage of the civil crisis in Liberia won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Carolyn is a two-time winner of the Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club of America — for her work in Iraq and Liberia (2003) and her photographs of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem (2002).
She has earned four World Press awards and has also been named U.S. newspaper photographer of the year three times. Carolyn grew up in California and Virginia, before attending the University of Texas, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism (1983).
She went on to earn a master of art’s degree from Ohio University (2010). She is currently based in New York.
Richard Murphy
Richard Murphy began chasing ambulances for his hometown newspaper when he was 18 years old.
He served as chief photographer of the Jackson Hole News for ten years, and photo editor of the Anchorage Daily News for 25 years. Murphy has been awarded two endowed chairs of journalism at the University of Alaska.
Murphy has served as a judge for the Pulitzer Prizes, the NPPA Pictures of the Year, and for numerous state and regional photojournalism competitions.
Dean Rutz
Dean Rutz joined the Seattle Times in 1988 as picture editor, and quickly set out to transform the picture desk’s operation. Within a relatively short period of time the picture desk assumed responsibility for production of most of the Times news pages – frequently including the Times front page. In those years the Seattle Times routinely placed among the top three newspapers in POY’s Best Use of category. Rutz wrote style guides for photography and captions, and developed production standards for images in print and online.
In the ‘90s Rutz established a beachhead for picture editing events on site with larger numbers of photographers, and focusing largely on sports. That began a slow evolution away from the picture desk and back into photography to today where he serves as the lead sports photographer for the newspaper.
Prior to working at the Seattle Times, Rutz was a staff photographer for The Washington Times; and before that The Palm Beach Post.
He lives in Lake Forest Park, Wash., with his wife and fellow photojournalist Karen Ducey, and their two dogs.