Central – October 2024 – Photo Story/Essay

Judges Comments

No award. There were only two entries in this category. The first entry needed a tighter edit. The second entry had some nice moments but was edited way too loose. We know a lot of people are working by themselves, but try to find someone else to look at the narrative, take out any weak images, and tighten the edit to only the ones that make the last photo better. If you don't have enough images, then rethink how it was shot, or spend more time on the project getting more images to tell the narrative in a compelling way. Your story is only as good as the weakest image.

Judges: Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian, Rich Janzaruk/The Bloomington Herald-Times, Bobby Goddin/freelance