IPPA Oct 2007 Clip Contest Results

Judges: Colorado Springs Gazette-Kevin Kreck, Mark Reis, Bryan Oller, Kirk Speer, Carol Lawrence and Todd Spoth.

NEWS

First: Time For Healing
Fred Zwicky
Journal Star
comments:Compositio n, layering and emotion put the photo into the top spot. Nice job getting in close and still paying attention to the background.

Second: Comfort
T. J. Salsman
State Journal-Register
comments:Really good job of being prepared for, and capturing, a real moment seemingly after the peak action was through

Third: Crash Aftermath
John Badman
The Telegraph
comments:Nice shot from an event over and done with. The woman’s expression takes it from a dog feature to a news photo.

SPORTS

First: Crushed
Adam Gerik
The Journal Star
By far the hardest category to judge, with many good entries leading to a lot of discussion. All three people in the winning image contribute to the sense of loss; the layering through the image contributed it’s success, winning over those who disliked the out of focus person in the foreground

Second: Knox Football
Bill Gaither
The Register-Mail
Really good moment, well beyond the usual action shot. Excessive computer toning knocked it out of first place.

Third: GHS Swimming
Bill Gaither
The Register Mail
Nice timing/placement of the diver, and including the judges in this image moved it into the third position. Lots of discussion over including the hand rails (most liked the context) and wondering what it would look like as a deep vertical.

HM: Trip
David Zentz
Peoria Journal Star
Nice expression and an airborne player won this image votes; not as good expression/moment from the other player kept it out of top place.
FEATURE SINGLE

First: Stretch
John Starks
Daily Herald
Repeating lines drew us to this image, as well as the bold color. The action of the subject put the human touch needed to make a winning image.
Second: Bowler
Brian Powers
Sun Publications
Expression was the draw for this image, as well as the nice light.

Third: T-Ball
Brian Hill
Daily Herald
Every kid in the picture contributes to the success of this image. Nice separation from the busy background. The fact that it’s from a photo column solved the dilemma some of us had with the photog’s kid in the picture.

HM: Haunting Tales
Steve Warmowski
Jacksonville Journal-Courier
We also liked the image of the story teller with the creepy shadow, a nice shot in a tough lighting situation

FEATURE MULTIPLE

First: Father’s Love
Danielle Gardner
Naperville Sun
Content made this the easy winner. Great, intimate access and numerous powerful images made for a story well done

Second: Controlled Burn
David Zentz
Peoria Journal Star
A collection of good images from what had to be tough shooting conditions, providing a variety of views of spinning fire.

Third: House with Class
Ron Johnson
The Journal Star
A strong lead image and time put into the story put this story in third.

“The American photographer Stephanie Sinclair is the winner of the international photo competition “UNICEF Photo of the Year”. Her photo shows a wedding couple in Afghanistan who could not be more opposite. The groom, Mohammed, looks much older than his 40 years. The bride, Ghulam, is still a child; she just turned 11. “The UNICEF Photo of the Year 2007 raises awareness about a worldwide problem. Millions of girls are married while they are still under age. Most of theses child brides are forever denied a self-determined life”, says UNICEF Patroness Eva Luise Köhler at the award ceremony in Berlin. According to UNICEF, there are about 60 million young women worldwide who were married before they came of age, half of them in South Asia.”

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