maandag, februari 07, 2005
Andrea Bruce Woodall White House News Photographer of the Year
The Washington Post swept all four spots in the overall portfolio category of the White House News Photographers' Association yesterday, and first-place winner Andrea Bruce Woodall also was named photographer of the year.
Woodall, 31, had previously been named WHNP's photographer of the year for her 2002 work. The association gives out one of professional photojournalism's premier awards.
Woodall said her year had brought things "full circle" because she had photographed the Iraq war, elections in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers both coming home and in Iraq, and spent a lot of time with Iraqi civilians. Her goal, she said, is to take "intimate" photographs. "I like to be close to people, almost like community journalism, but on an international scale."
She said her favorite photograph in her portfolio submission was of an Iraqi woman who went into prostitution to support her large family after her husband and brother were killed in the recent violence. The photo, which followed others of the woman preparing for work and in bed with a client, shows her being kissed by her 4-year-old son.
Woodall also won first place in the picture story news category for a photo of Afghans rallying on Election Day and in the feature category for a photo of Iraqi women protesting the violence in their Baghdad neighborhood.
The photographer of the year award went to Woodall for her overall work in 2004. The political photo of the year went to Liz O. Baylen of the Washington Times for a picture of John Kerry awaiting the start of President George W. Bush's inauguration.
Bron: Washington Post.
Woodall, 31, had previously been named WHNP's photographer of the year for her 2002 work. The association gives out one of professional photojournalism's premier awards.
Woodall said her year had brought things "full circle" because she had photographed the Iraq war, elections in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers both coming home and in Iraq, and spent a lot of time with Iraqi civilians. Her goal, she said, is to take "intimate" photographs. "I like to be close to people, almost like community journalism, but on an international scale."
She said her favorite photograph in her portfolio submission was of an Iraqi woman who went into prostitution to support her large family after her husband and brother were killed in the recent violence. The photo, which followed others of the woman preparing for work and in bed with a client, shows her being kissed by her 4-year-old son.
Woodall also won first place in the picture story news category for a photo of Afghans rallying on Election Day and in the feature category for a photo of Iraqi women protesting the violence in their Baghdad neighborhood.
The photographer of the year award went to Woodall for her overall work in 2004. The political photo of the year went to Liz O. Baylen of the Washington Times for a picture of John Kerry awaiting the start of President George W. Bush's inauguration.
Bron: Washington Post.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 18:03
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