1st Place
Tommy MettheArkansas Democrat-Gazette
2nd Place
Jay JannerAustin American-Statesman
3rd Place
Tom FoxThe Dallas Morning News
Judges:
Kent Porter/Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Beth Schlanker/Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Christopher Chung/Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Judges Comments
Really light category. Winners rose to the top quickly. 1st place for a well lit, pleasant marriage of foreground and background with strong leading lines in to the player. 2nd place from a woman experiencing homelessness, strong face, the tears make it sing, the white space at the top could have been cropped out, judges thought. 3rd place of Drew Pearson was the strongest of the other portraits, good background info that conveys his Hall of Fame induction.