West – September 2022 – Portrait/Illustration

Judges Comments

We really love this photo. The light is beautiful, his expression is purposeful and pairs well with the story, the space is relevant, good clean photo and tells a lot. Second place is lit perfectly, the hands are really nice, shows they’re close teammates, clean background, great overall. Third place could have benefited from more consistency, didn’t feel like each portrait needed the same background. We liked the last portrait of the guy the best and it really could have stood alone. Great expression though, a decent series.

Judges: Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune, Emily Rose Bennett/Beaumont Health