By: E&P Staff Washington Post photographer Andrea Bruce has won "Photographer of the Year" honors in the White House News Photographers Association's "Eyes of History" contest. Freelance photojournalist Carol T. Powers earned top honors for "Political Photo of the Year."
Bruce, who has worked for the Washington Post since 2001, last won "Photographer of the Year" in 2003 and 2005.
Bruce's winning portfolio included a picture story on the earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan as well and images from funerals at Arlington Cemetery. "She has the ability to go into difficult situations and come away with images that don't give in to the chaos of the moment," WHNPA stills contest judge Lynne Johnson, a staff photographer at Sports Illustrated and a contributor to National Geographic, said in a statement announcing the winners.
Powers won the "Political Photo of the Year" for her image of a vulnerable House Majority Leader Tom Delay at a news conference on Capitol Hill. Contest judge Ken Lambert of the Seattle Times said, "The Delay photo was one of the top photos we saw from the start of the contest. It's a historic photo of an ongoing story that will keep its meaning and relevance in coming years."
National Geographic senior editor and former Dallas Morning News director of photography Ken Geiger joined Lambert and Johnson in judging the stills photography contest.
The top winners of WHNPA's still and television contests will be honored at the annual "Eyes of History" Gala on May 6, 2006, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. President Bush was the guest of honor at last year's black-tie event.
The television competition was judged earlier this month with top honors going to Dai Baker of ITN as "Television Photographer of the Year" and Travis Fox of washingtonpost.com as "Television Editor of the Year."
For further information about The Eyes of History and to view the winning images and videos, visit the WHNPA Web site at
www.whnpa.org.
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