2024 Eyes of History® Still Contest: Presidential

A picture that primarily features the current President of the United States (i.e. Joe Biden).

First Place



Jim Watson, Agence France-Presse
Last Ditch Effort: President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Sept. 21, 2023, while Zelenskyy makes a last-ditch plea for help, as a bitter partisan divide in American politics threatened to cut off U.S. military aid.

Second Place



Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Liberty: President Joe Biden boards Marine One at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport on May 10, 2023, in New York.

Third Place



Brendan Smialowski, Agence France-Presse
Legacy: President Joe Biden descends from the residence to the State Floor of the White House toward a portrait of former President Barack Obama on April 26, 2023, in Washington.

Award of Excellence



Win McNamee, Getty Images
Take Your Agent to Work Day: President Joe Biden speaks while children dressed as U.S. Secret Service agents “guard” the stage on Take Your Child To Work Day on April 27, 2023 in Washington. The National Take Your Child To Work Day reached its 30th anniversary this year.

Award of Excellence



Saul Loeb, Agence France-Presse
Biden meets Veep: President Joe Biden awards actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus the 2021 National Medal of Arts during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on March 21, 2023.

Award of Excellence



Kenny Holston, The New York Times
Deep Embrace: President Joe Biden is greeted and deeply embraced by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives in Israel amid the Israel–Hamas war, on Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel.