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USA

Photo Contest Winners

2026 Q3 Picture Story

Khai Le

Points for Q3 PPAGLA Quarterly Contest 2026

Thomas Cordova 560 Points

Keith Birmingham 500 Points

Ted Soqui 500 Points

Ringo Chiu 420 Points

Cristina Salvador Klenz 420 Points

Mindy Schauer 330 Points

Gina Ferazzi 280 Points

Michael Goulding 260 Points

Jill Connelly 250 Points

Terry Pierson 250 Points

Ghawam Kouchaki 240 Points

Patrick T. Fallon 200 Points

Robert Hanashiro 150 Points

Nancy Newman 140 Points

Jennifer Cappuccio Maher 130 Points

Jeff Gritchen 100 Points

Genaro Molina 90 Points

Sarah Reingewirtz 90 Points

Chris Torres 90 Points

Paul Rodriguez 80 Points

Scott Mitchell 60 Points

J.W. Hendricks 50 Points

Libby Cline Birmingham 40 Points

Kirby Lee 40 Points

Brandon Richardson 40 Points

Cayo Seals 40 Points

Don Bartletti 30 Points

Scott Harrison 20 Points

Karen Loberg 20 Points

Birgit Wennekamp 20 Points

Dana Rene White 20 Points

Quarter 3 judges: Monica Almedida, Shae Hammond, Nhat v. meyer

1st Place - This pictures story that follows the "Clear the Way to Freedom" interfaith pilgrimage in support of immigration rights has the most breadth and depth among all the other entries as it follows the demonstrators during their weeklong journey from Adelanto Detention Center to downtown L.A. It captures a variety of scenes. moments, expressions and emotion during the protest march. However, adding a couple of behind-the-scenes photos of participants resting, having a meal, camping or sleeping along the way would help complete the story beyond the public scenes of the demonstration.
2nd Place - A good variety of frames that piece together a story.
3rd Place - Good main subjects and some fun compositions. Just got a little repetitive to be first.
HM: Good political story - don't think it needed to be in black and white though.

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention

Meet your judgeS

Monica Almeida has built a career on quiet observation, focusing a trained eye to capture subtle cues of expression, shifting mood, light and pattern. She developed her skills as a photojournalist for major metropolitan newspapers, able to move quickly and shoot decisively, whether covering breaking news or creating a formal portrait. She is currently an independent photographer based in Los Angeles, her hometown. As a staff photographer for The New York Times for 24 years she travelled thousands of miles photographing assignments nationwide. As the sole Los Angeles bureau photographer, she covered major news events, politics, features and entertainment throughout the western U.S., always with a national point of view. She has photographed 20 Academy Awards ceremonies and has covered every presidential campaign since 1992. Monica’s images give a strong sense of place. They humanize issues often debated in dry and abstract terms, described in soundbites and policy plans - from poverty and the economy, immigration or the environment. Her images transform data-driven news reports into compelling narratives --- literally putting a face to them. Her experience encompasses a full spectrum of subjects and situations and she is comfortable hunting for photos at crowded media events or in remote landscapes, the only photographer for miles around. And she is equally adept working independently or in close collaboration with writers, photo editors and art directors; working on long term projects or shooting, editing and filing remotely on tight deadlines. Born in East Los Angeles, Monica began her career as a photo intern and freelance photographer at the Los Angeles Times, where she was on a team of journalists that produced a Pulitzer Prize winning series on Southern California's Latino community. She moved to New York City in 1986 to work as a staff photographer at the New York Daily News and travelled to Southeast Asia to document the lives of Amerasian teenagers. She joined the staff of The New York Times in 1992 and was promoted to National Photographer based in Los Angeles in 1997. She majored in photojournalism at California State University Long Beach and studied fine art and documentary photography at the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. Her photographs have been published in "Campaigns, A Century of Presidential Races", "Requiem for the Heartland, the Oklahoma City Bombing", "A Passage to Vietnam", "A Day in the Life of Ireland", "A Day in the Life of Italy", "One Earth", "The Power to Heal" and "A Day in the Life of California".

Shae Hammond is a Bay Area News Group photojournalist for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. A native of the San Fernando Valley, she graduated from California State University, Northridge, where she received a BA degree in media and journalism. As a freelance photographer, her work was featured in several publications before she joined the Bay Area News Group.


Nhat V. Meyer has been a staff photographer for the Bay Area News Group since 2000. He previously worked at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va. for three years. He graduated with a degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri. He covers all types of assignments, including news, features, and business, with an emphasis on sports. He has photographed five Olympics, four World Series, three Super Bowls, NBA playoffs, and many other professional sports as well as college and high school sports.