NY/International – January 2023 – Photo Story/Essay

Judges Comments

For first place, we liked the use of depth of field and layering on some of the photos. Other photos almost appear black and white and the use of color in the first and last photos against the white background was nice. The photographer took an ordinary situation and made it into something. We didn't award second place. The other entry with the children's glasses didn't have a caption block. Also, many photos were redundant. If it were edited down to 5 or 6 photos and included a caption block it would have been a much stronger story.

Judges: Wesley Bunnell/Shore Publishing, Natavan Werbock/Swarthmore College, Laurence Kesterson/Swarthmore College/AP