This was the category of single images with the most entries. First place was awarded because the photographer's ability to be there for that moment and for the composition of crucial, dramatic elements throughout the frame. Second place was awarded because of the simple, terrific drama of a single firefighter seeming to run away from a neighborhood completely engulfed. Third place was awarded because of the photographer's ability to get close and to recognize the awfully emotional moment of a grieving survivor. For that we excused some distracting elements in the foreground.
Judges:
Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star, Kevin Haas/Rockford Register Star, Albert Riley Jr./Freelance
Judges Comments
This was the category of single images with the most entries. First place was awarded because the photographer's ability to be there for that moment and for the composition of crucial, dramatic elements throughout the frame. Second place was awarded because of the simple, terrific drama of a single firefighter seeming to run away from a neighborhood completely engulfed. Third place was awarded because of the photographer's ability to get close and to recognize the awfully emotional moment of a grieving survivor. For that we excused some distracting elements in the foreground.