Midwest – March 2023 – Photo Story/Essay

Judges Comments

1st — This is was tremendous story; we all LOVED it! It made us laugh, piqued our curiosity, and taught us something we didn't know about. There is an amazing variety of images here, too, in terms of light, focal length, and subject matter. We looked at the second photo for a looong time. 2nd — This was a really fun, and cute, story. The use of layers in a few of the photos made a ton of sense. We especially loved the ender. A close second! 3rd — What we really liked about this story was the variety of the photos, and the fact that even though this was an "event", it felt like a story. There were several great photos away from the action of the sledding, and the ones that were action-related were all different from one another. Our main drawback was that the story description made it seem like it was going to focus heavily on Ryan Lipinski, but the photos didn't bear that out.

Judges: Chase Sutton/POLITICO, Kylie Cooper/Freelance, Sophie Park/Freelance