Portrait/Personality
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First Place - Mary F. Calvert, Independent
Second Place - Gabriella Demczuk, Freelance for the The New York Times Magazine
Third Place - Salwan Georges, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Salwan Georges, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Andre Chung, Freelance for the Washington Post
Award of Excellence - David Hume Kennerly, Independent
Award of Excellence - Erin Schaff, Freelance for The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Saul Loeb, Agence France-Presse
Pictorial
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First Place - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Second Place - Louie Palu, Freelance for National Geographic
Third Place - Rod Lamkey Jr., Independent
Award of Excellence - Calla Kessler, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Leah Millis, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Calla Kessler, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Bill Clark, CQ Roll Call
Feature
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First Place - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Second Place - Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
Third Place - Pete Marovich, Freelance for European Pressphoto Agency
Award of Excellence - Rod Lamkey Jr., Independent
Award of Excellence - Calla Kessler, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Moriah Ratner, Independent
Award of Excellence - Calla Kessler, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Salwan Georges, The Washington Post
Sports Feature/Reaction
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First Place - Carlos Barria, Reuters
Second Place - Toni L. Sandys, The Washington Post
Third Place - John McDonnell, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Doug Kapustin, Freelance for The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Sports Action
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First Place - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Second Place - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Third Place - Alex Brandon, The Associated Press
Award of Excellence - Kevin Dietsch, United Press International
Award of Excellence - Geoff Burke, Freelance for USA TODAY Sports
Presidential
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First Place - Doug Mills, The New York Times
Second Place - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Third Place - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Carlos Barria, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Evan Vucci, The Associated Press
Award of Excellence - Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Leah Millis, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Pablo Martinez Monsivais, The Associated Press
On Capitol Hill
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First Place - Tom Williams, CQ Roll Call
Second Place - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Third Place - Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press
Award of Excellence - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Andrew Harrer, Bloomberg
Award of Excellence - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Award of Excellence - Jim Bourg, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Leah Millis, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Matt McClain, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Insider’s Washington
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First Place - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Second Place - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Third Place - Jessica Koscielniak, McClatchy
Award of Excellence - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Al Drago, Freelance for The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Win McNamee, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Doug Mills, The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Domestic News
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First Place - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Second Place - Matt McClain, The Washington Post
Third Place - M. Scott Mahaskey, Politico
Award of Excellence - Andrew Harrer, Bloomberg
Award of Excellence - Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Jacquelyn Martin, The Associated Press
International News
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First Place - Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post
Second Place - Carlos Barria, Reuters
Third Place - Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Kevin Lamarque, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Saul Loeb, Agence France-Presse
Award of Excellence - Salwan Georges, The Washington Post
Picture Story/Politics
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First Place - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Second Place - Doug Mills, The New York Times
Third Place - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Award of Excellence - Bill Clark, CQ Roll Call
Picture Story/Feature
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First Place - Salwan Georges, The Washington Post
Second Place - Mary F. Calvert, Independent
Third Place - Jim Lo Scalzo, European Pressphoto Agency
Award of Excellence - Gabriella Demczuk, Freelance for Topic
Award of Excellence - Jonathan Newton, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Pete Marovich, American Reportage
Award of Excellence - Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
Picture Story/News
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First Place - Carolyn Van Houten, The Washington Post
Second Place - Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post
Third Place - Matt McClain, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Award of Excellence - Carlos Barria, Reuters
Picture Story/Sports
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First Place - Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Second Place - Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post
Third Place - Kevin Lamarque, Reuters
Award of Excellence - Doug Mills, The New York Times
Award of Excellence - Katherine Frey, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Matt McClain, The Washington Post
Political Portfolio
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First Place - Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Second Place - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Third Place - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Award of Excellence - Doug Mills, The New York Times
Portfolio
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First Place - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Second Place - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Third Place - Doug Mills, The New York Times
Top Honors
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Photographer of the Year - Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post
Political Photo of the Year - Tom Williams, CQ Roll Call
2019 Stills Contest Judges
Jay L. Clendenin
Jay L. Clendenin joined the Los Angeles Times as a staff photographer in October 2007. Clendenin has focused his attention in Los Angeles on portraiture, but he has nearly 20 years of experience in photojournalism. A graduate of San Jose State University, with a degree in journalism, Clendenin started his first newspaper job at the Hartford (Conn.) Courant. After four years, he went on to pursue work as a freelancer in New York City and eventually in Washington, D.C. He spent nearly five years in the nation’s capital, documenting politics, taking portraits and chasing human-interest stories, all while maintaining a presence in the White House press pool, working primarily for the news magazines. A native of California who grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Clendenin greeted the opportunity to move to the warm beaches of the South Bay with open arms.
Robin Daughtridge
Robin Daughtridge is the former associate managing editor for photography and video at the Chicago Tribune. Before joining the Chicago Tribune in 1995, she was director of photography at the Chicago Sun-Times. A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she also worked at the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, the Capital Journal in Salem, Ore., and the Waukegan (Ill.) News-Sun. Favorite non-newspaper job: “Character” (i.e. Bugs Bunny, Wile. E. Coyote, Petunia Pig) at Marriott’s Great America (now Six Flags). A Navy brat, she now resides in Santa Fe, N.M., with her husband, former Tribune photojournalist Phil Velasquez. She has only seen two roadrunners so far.
Lauren Steel
Lauren Steel is a Visuals Consultant for photographers, brands, media, agencies, foundations and non-profits to craft authentic visual narratives. Previously she worked at Getty Images for 15 years and co-founded a subsidiary of the company, The Verbatim Agency. Lauren was a part of the rebranding and start of Getty Images Reportage where she also started the Emerging Talent program. She still mentors photographers in her free time and is faculty on the Eddie Adams Workshop and Syracuse Fall Workshop. She has been involved in the photojournalism community for over 20 years working with some of the greatest award winning photographers in their field. These collaborations have produced exhibits, photo-books and campaigns worldwide. She has guest lectured at ICP, SVA, and Columbia. Her career started in the editorial world after college when she worked at LIFE magazine as the photo and art assistant. From there she started doing photo research and continued to work on their special book projects including the New York Times Best Seller “One Nation”. She currently lives in Brooklyn.