2022 Q4 Single
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Quarter 4 judge, Emmet Cullen
General News
First Place: Sarah Reingewirtz, LA Daily News
Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff join Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass as she campaigns at UCLA in Los Angeles on Monday, November 7, 2022.
Second Place: Terry Pierson, The Press Enterprise
New San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran celebrates, while holding her son Ryo, 4, while being sworn in at a special ceremony at Feldheym Library in San Bernardino on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Third Place: Michael Coons, The Acorn
Nancy Iskander, left, hugs Paramedic John Denton of the Los Angeles County Fire Department following a prayer vigil in honor of her sons, Mark and Jacob Iskander, at Three Springs Park in Westlake Village, Ca on Sept. 29, 2022. Denton performed first aid on her son’s the night they were killed while walking in a crosswalk by a suspected DUI driver.
Honorable Mention: Michael Coons, The Acorn
Isa Rojas uses a megaphone to talk about the sexual harassment she has received at Moorpark College during a demonstration on Dec. 15, 2022 to protest inaction from Moorpark College staff concerning sexual harassment on campus.
Honorable Mention: Terry Pierson, The Press Enterprise
Striking University of California workers picket outside the UC Path building, where their paychecks are made, as some are reflected in a delivery van window, as they strive for better labor practices and wages in Riverside on Friday, December 2, 2022.
Feature
First Place: Christopher Torres, Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Nursing home resident Jack Macibbon, 85, says hello to Buckshot the Pony during the Hollywood Hoofbeats Animal Rescue visit to the Santa Clarita Post-Acute Care Center in Newhall, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Macibbon has been a resident at Post-Acute for about 10 years and said he doesn't get many visitors nowadays. "I am thankful for any visitor I get even if it's not human," Macibbon said. Hollywood Hoofbeats cares for retired animals who starred in the entertainment business and brings the animals to senior homes to provide "happiness in a time when it could be fleeting in this stage of their lives."
Second Place: Jay L. clendenin, LA Times
The Christmas tree is up days before Thanksgiving, in the beachy southern California town of Hermosa Beach, Nov. 21, 2022.
Third Place: Christopher Torres, Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Event attendees Maribel and Robert Burns become emotional while watching the video presentation of the lives lost during the 21st Annual Candle Light Remembrance Program at Bethlehem SCV Lutheran Church in Canyon Country, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. “I light this candle in memory of Julian Burns.” Julian was Maribel’s son, who died recently at age 25. Although Maribel read her own son’s name, at the same time the others read the names of whomever they had lost. This communal grieving, according to attendees, helps. To be with others who are pained just as much, if not more, helps keep memories alive and offers dreams of hope through their worst nightmares.
Honorable Mention: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS
A young kid rolls through the Delta terminal as travelers wait in long lines as a freezing winter storm moves across the country creating a travel nightmare at Los Angeles International Airport and across the nation before Christmas on one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season in Los Angeles on Friday, December 23, 2022.
Honorable Mention: Patrick T. Fallon, AFP
A family of migrants from Columbia makes their way through a water canal after crossing under a hole in the US-Mexico border wall in El Paso, Texas, on December 19, 2022. - The US Supreme Court halted the imminent removal of a key policy used since the administration of president Donald Trump to block migrants at the southwest border, amid worries over a surge in undocumented immigrants. An order signed by Chief Justice John Roberts placed a stay on the removal planned for Wednesday of Title 42, which allowed the government to use Covid-19 safety protocols to summarily block the entry of millions of migrants.
Portrait
First Place: Terry Pierson, Press Enterprise
Junior quarterback Dermaricus Davis, 17, lead Etiwanda’s football team to their programs first CIF Southern Section title. Davis now looks to lead the Eagles to a state championship in Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
Second Place: Ringo Chiu, Freelance
Tammy, who had lived on the streets for decades and now is housed, graduated from a medical assistant program, and has a job, is photographed at her Cadence's new residents in Los Angeles.
Honorable Mention: Terry Pierson, Press Enterprise
Third Place:Christopher Torres, Santa Clarita Valley Signal
West Ranch quarterback Ryan Staub is photographed in multiple exposure at the West Ranch football field in Valencia, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Staub led the Wildcats to their first Foothill league title and earned the 2022 league MVP award. Now, he looks forward to playing for Coach Deion “Prime” Sanders at the University of Colorado next season. Despite throwing for over 5,000 yards and almost 60 touchdowns in his high school career, Staub said his ability to run the football is his most valuable skill that many underestimate.
Woodcrest Christian sophomore Eyan Turk has been chosen the IE Varsity Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year for the 2022 season in Riverside on Friday, December 16, 2022.
Honorable Mention: Brandon Richardson, Long Beach Post
Queen Mary Commodore Everette Hoard gives a tour of the ocean liner Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Those in attendance were the first members of the public aboard the historic ship in over two and a half years.
Pictorial
A new category for 2020: A graphic image that expresses beauty, tension and other abstract concepts through composition and tonal and color relationships more than through human interaction.
First Place: Justin L. Stewart, Freelance
Elk eye the photographer as they rest at the elk refuge in Alpine, Wyoming on December 28, 2022.
Second Place: David Swanson, reuters
An aircraft is silhouetted by the moon as it lands in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Third Place: Patrick T. Fallon, AFP
An aerial image shows a border wall constructed of shipping containers and topped with concertina wire built on federal land by Republican governor Doug Ducey, along the US-Mexico border in the Coronado National Forest near Hereford, Arizona on December 20, 2022. - Arizona agreed Wednesday to dismantle a wall of shipping containers at the Mexican border that critics said was an expensive, ecologically damaging political stunt that did nothing to keep migrants out. The state's Republican Governor Doug Ducey spent $90 million of taxpayers' money lining up rusting boxes in what he said was a bid to stem the flow of people crossing into the United States.
Honorable Mention: Jay L. Clendenin, LA Times
The Manhattan Beach Pier is lit with Christmas decorations, in this beachy southern California town, days before Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, 2022.
Honorable Mention: Justin L. Stewart, Freelance
The sun burns off a heavy morning mist in Ragged Point, CA on October 23, 2022.
Spot News
First Place: RINGO CHIU, FREELANCE
A police officer confronts a community member during a protest to condemn the racist comments made in a 2021 recorded conversation by Los Angeles City Councilmen Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León, former Council President Nury Martinez, and former L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, at the City Hall Tuesday October 18, 2022 in Los Angeles
Second Place: Thomas Cordova, Long Beach Post
A man is handcuffed to a gurney following a high-speed pursuit that ended in a crash involving multiple vehicles in Cerritos Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. A suspect in an allegedly stolen vehicle was taken into custody after leading authorities on a chase to the Cerritos area, where he was injured in a multi-vehicle crash. Paramedics were sent to Norwalk and Del Amo boulevards shortly after 10 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The suspect collapsed near the crash scene while apparently trying to flee on foot, and he was treated for a possible leg injury. It was unclear if anyone else was injured.
Third Place: RINGO CHIU, FREELANCE
Law enforcement investigate the scene after multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits were injured when a car crashed into them while they were out for a run in Whittier, California, U.S. November 16, 2022.
Entertainment
First Place: David Swanson, reuters
Elton John performs his last concert at Dodger Stadium November 2, 2022.
Second Place: Jay L. Clendenin, LA Times
The annual “Great Santa Stroll,” makes its way along The Strand path, between Hermosa and Manhattan Beaches, CA., with hundreds dressed as their versions of Santa, Dec 10, 2022. The stroll is a 5K fun run, walk or stroll to benefit Mychal's Learning Place, a nonprofit organization providing programs for youth and young adults with developmental disabilities as they strive to achieve their goals and dreams of living a more independent life.
honorable mention: Terry Pierson, The Press Enterprise
Third Place: RINGO CHIU, FREELANCE
An UCLA cheerleader performs in a timeout during an NCAA college football game against the Utah Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, in Pasadena, Calif.
Jazmyn Simone-Echelon hosts the 4th Annual Drag Show at Mt. San Jacinto College as the college celebrates LGBTQ+ artistry in San Jacinto on Tuesday, October 4, 2022.
Sports Features
First Place: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS
Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb of the USC Trojans reacts to a call in the first half of a NCAA Women’s basketball game against the UCLA Bruins at the Galen Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Second Place: Paul Rodriguez, Freelance
Newport Harbor High School coach Ross Sinclair, bottom left, jumps into the pool with Newport Harbor's Peter Castillo (4) as others follow after winning the CIF-SS Open Division waterpolo championship against JSerra Catholic High School in Irvine, California on Saturday, November 12, 2022.
honorable mention: Terry Pierson, The Press Enterprise
Third Place: Terry Pierson, The Press Enterprise
Boxer Victor Vasquez, 7, takes time to rest his arms after doing 100 pushups in the ring while training at M.T.C. Boxing Club in San Bernardino on Monday, October 17, 2022.
Chaparral's Sara Garcia reacts after a ball was ruled in by an official for a Vista Murrieta point during the Southwestern League volleyball match in Temecula on Monday, October 3, 2022.
honorable mention: Paul Rodriguez, Freelance
Vista Murrieta High School players celebrate winning the CIF-SS Division 2 volleyball championship against Aliso Niguel High School in Norwalk, California on Saturday, November 5, 2022.
Sports Action
First Place: RINGO CHIU, FREELANCE
Southern California running back Austin Jones (6) jumps into the end zone for a touchdown against the Colorado during an NCAA college football game Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles.
Second Place: Thomas Cordova, Long Beach Post
Enrique Barzola, right, charges Juan Archuleta in Bellator 286 and other fights on the card in Long Beach Saturday, October 1, 2022.
Third Place: Terry Pierson, The Press Enterprise
UC San Diego Tritons guard Eric Williams Jr. #50 gets a forearm to the face fighting for a rebound against UC Riverside Highlanders forward Kyle Owens #0 and Tritons teammate Center Nic Lynch #44 in the first half of the game at SRC Arena in Riverside on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
honorable mention: Christopher Torres, Santa Clarita Valley Signal
West Ranch Wildcats doubles player Avry Bedrossian returns a hit with a backhand during a league doubles match between Valencia and West Ranch High Schools at the West Ranch tennis courts on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
honorable mention: Thomas Cordova, Long Beach Post
Long Beach native AJ McKee takes down Spike Carlyle in Bellator 286 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach Saturday, October 1, 2022. McKee is a Long Beach native is coming off of his first professional loss and is fighting in a new weight class for the first time in his career, but McKee said he knows something special is going to happen in the Long Beach Arena on Saturday night when he fights Spike Carlyle.
Fire
First Place: Thomas Cordova, Long Beach Post
Resident Eric Curatola reacts as he holds his child on the fifth floor of a high-rise building as firefighters respond to a blaze in the building at Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The fire started just before 11:30 a.m. on the 6th floor of the seven-story building. More than a dozen Long Beach Fire Department units responded to the blaze. They were able to douse the flames within 10 minutes of arriving, according to the LBFD.
Second Place: Brandon Richardson, Long Beach Post
Long Beach firefighters knocked down a house fire near 11th Street and Loma Avenue in Long Beach Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
Third Place: Thomas Cordova, Long Beach Post
A Long Beach firefighter looks over the fifth floor after flames and smoke choked the fifth and sixth floors of an apartment building as firefighters respond to a blaze in the building at Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The fire started just before 11:30 a.m. on the 6th floor of the seven-story building. More than a dozen Long Beach Fire Department units responded to the blaze. They were able to douse the flames within 10 minutes of arriving, according to the LBFD.
Judge’s Notes & Bio
FEATURE
First Place: There were a lot of excellent images for the Feature category. This image stood out for the sincere moment captured. What a sweet slice of life.
Second Place: Nicely composed feature with layers at the most perfect time of the day.
Third Place: This is a nice moment captured. This wasn’t the same timely moments as the top two but the photographer did wait for the moment and got a nice daily feature.
Honorable Mention: This moment was a good find for “I am stuck at the airport feature” assignment at a daily newspaper.
Honorable Mention: There were several images that looked like this was part of a series. I liked this one but felt it could have been entered with the others for the picture story category.
PORTRAIT
First Place: The lighting in this portrait is subtle but perfectly done. Can’t go wrong with the use of Black and White too.
Second Place: The shadows in the composition of this portrait (on the wall and on the subject) makes this portrait excellent. Subjects smile makes this a winner. Hard to pick the First and Second place.
Third Place: This image is a good example of daily journalism portrait for a newspaper. I love the starburst light in the back keeping the subject separated from the background.
Honorable Mention: Great feel to this image and much discussion between this and the Third place. Both great examples of daily portrait work that deserves recognition.
Honorable Mention: Nice artsy portrait that also deserves a “tip of the hat”.
ENTERTAINMENT
First Place: Beautifully done and love the black and white. Lighting on stage really worked for the photographer on this one.
Second Place: The photographer worked this angle to get something different and I can appreciate that. Looking for the unusual point of view can be rewarding in the end.
Third Place: The movement and flow of this photo is beautiful. Might even be better in Black and White.
Honorable Mention: I have seen this photo numerous times but I still love the feeling. Deserves recognition but didn’t rise to the top three places.
Honorable Mention: Nice saturation of colors and clean background. Deserves recognition but didn’t rise to the top three places.
GENERAL NEWS
First Place : This jumped to the front with all three in the frame with great expressions. The photographer was really looking out for that split second frame. This category was the one of the tougher categories to judge so I felt it merited two honorable mentions.
Second Place: The women’s expression here is of pure joy. What a wonderful moment captured.
Third Place: Tender moment here and you can feel the pain the women is feeling. The background is a bit distracting with the bright white areas.
Honorable Mention: Protest are hard to get unique images. It looks like there is a lot of emotion with this protester.
Honorable Mention: I think this is creative and I give the photographer kudos for thinking outside the box.
PICTORIAL
First Place: I kept going back to this image. It made me laugh and it made me look at it more than once. I love the framing. This was a first place winner.
Second Place: Incredible full moon pictorial. Waiting for the right moment with an airplane placed it on the top for this category.
Third Place: Nice muted colors and lines in this photo.
Honorable Mention: Vibrant colors and placement of the hut between the trees. Looks like a postcard.
Honorable Mention: Waiting for the fog on this one was worth it. Nicely composed.
SPORTS ACTION
First Place : This category was extremely hard to narrow down. A lot of great sports action shots. This one rose to the top after much discussion. This is an excellent peak football action shot. I would love to have this one in my portfolio.
Second Place: This photo has the actual sweat coming off forehead. Image is sharp through a gate. This one took precision to get this sports action shot.
Third Place: Too bad the camera guy is in the left hand bottom corner. That prevented this from having a clean background but it does have a great feel to it. Nice shot.
Honorable Mention: Great timing on this photo. I have seen this before so it didn’t place in the top three but it does deserve some kudos.
Honorable Mention :This photo made me cringe. Great capture. Not one you see often like the typical sports action shots.
SPORTS FEATURE
First Place: This photo rose to the top. From left to right it has an expression on each person’s face. Stellar capture.
Second Place: This category was a tough one along with General News. A lot of emotion and feeling in all of the images. This rose to the top because it was fun to see that the photographer knew to watch what was happening in the water and the possibility of someone being pushed in with them. Anticipation is such a huge part of photojournalism.
Third Place: This small yet big moment. It is not only sweet but also shows how access was key for the photojournalist.
Honorable Mention: This was a hard one to put as an honorable mention. A lot of debate but I feel this is a good moment but possible common where the third place was not. Still a solid image.
Honorable Mention: This has such a good feeling of movement and expression. To catch them in mid tackle of their teammate and be sharp focus shows the photographer was ready to catch the moment.
SPOT NEWS
The first place photo is a peak action moment from exactly the right angle during an arrest. The flying saliva adds a sense of urgency to the image, even if the photographer is uncomfortably close.
The second place image is an unusual incident and cleanly composed. It appears to have the original caption. I’m not sure why it wasn’t updated with information from a story.
The third place photo is an iconic portrait of a bloodied demonstrator. Kudos to the photographer for continuing to make pictures after the obvious action was over.
Honorable mention to a tornado aftermath photo that uses body language and good timing to show a story where a clean view of the damage wasn’t possible.
FIRE
First Place: The emotional response captured here made this photo rise to the First place mark.
Second Place: The smug look this man is giving back to the photographer gives this an eerie feeling to it. Nicely done
Third Place: A lot of what makes a spot news photo good is the access the photographer tries to get. This photo is a bit busy with the foreground which is why it didn’t make it for First and Second place but the photographer still got a good daily spot news image.
Meet our judge, Emmet Cullen
Emmet Cullen is a photography teacher from Ventura, California, with over 20 years of experience shooting weddings to war zones. From 2004-2007 Cullen photographed developments in Iraq on the ground with elements of the U.S. Army Infantry. Following his military service, he continued his focus on photojournalism and worked at the Olympian Newspaper in Washington. Cullen’s work can also be found in Forbes Magazine, Associated Press and the Epoch Times. Today, Cullen can be found leading local Junior College and high-school students in their own creative journey, as well as documenting athletics for local sports teams, as he aims to shine a positive light on local youth sports.