A portfolio of political pictures comprised solely from photos entered in the four political categories – Presidential, Insiders Washington, On Capitol Hill and Picture Story/Politics. Photographs entered in non-political categories (domestic news, pictorial, etc) are not eligible to be part of the Political Portfolio. Political Portfolio must include one Picture Story/Politics story, plus single images. The maximum total number of pictures in this portfolio is 20, including all singles and all story images.
First Place
Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Second Place
Melina Mara, The Washington Post
Third Place
Win McNamee, Getty Images
Award of Excellence
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Award of Excellence
Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press
Award of Excellence
Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence
Jim Watson, Agence France-Presse