2022 Qtr. 3 Picture Story

Betty Udesen, Benjamin Benschneider, Elaine Thompson, Quarter 3 Judges

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First Place: Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News

Boxer Benjamin Valenzuela has his hands taped prior to his bout during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Medical staff checks out a boxer prior to a bout during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Miguel Rosales Jr ties his shoes prior to his bout during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Mondo Castillo prepares his boxer Miguel Rosales Jr. prior to his bout during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Victor Valenzuela of Duarte Boxing tapes the hands of his boxer Benjamin Valenzuela during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Nine year-old Daniel Ramies waits for his bout during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Judges cards during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

A boxer with the money sign on his tapered hands during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Nine year-old Joseph Hernandez of GBC Boxing prepares to fight nine year-old Daniel Ramies (not pictured) of MTC Boxing during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Ramies won the fight.

Jordan Casas of Socal boxing prepares to take on David Sanchez of Norwalk Boxing during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Eleven year-old Matat Velbovets of Mosquera Boxing waits in his corner during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Velbovets won the fight.

Fourteen year-olds Miguel Rosales Jr., right, of Real Castillo Boxing right, fights Marvin Gomez of Pasadena Boxing during the annual amateur boxing show staged by the Duarte Boxing Club at Duarte High School in Duarte on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Rosales Jr, won the fight.

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Second Place: Michael Nelson, Freelance

I was in London staying in my parent's flat in Whitehall Court.  My dad passed away 30 years ago, my mother two years ago.  They had lived in London and had bought a small place overlooking the Thames River.  Each day I would set out to discover the city they so loved and thought about their lives together. This is the story of the London I became to love as well. 

I was in London staying in my parent's flat in Whitehall Court. My dad passed away 30 years ago, my mother two years ago. They had lived in London and had bought a small place overlooking the Thames River. Each day I would set out to discover the city they so loved and thought about their lives together. This is the story of the London I became to love as well. Statues with Admiral Nelson’s column at Trafalga Square (background) line Whitehall near where my parents flat is located.

A boy explore a beach on the Thames River Southbank boardwalk. My parents often walked along the river’s Southbank.

The Royal Artillery Memorial near Buckingham Palace. My father spent some time in London during World War II before being shipped off to France in 1944.

Fred, a London riverboat resident, maneuvers through the lock system on Regent’s Canal as people rest on the bank near Camden Town.

Visitors view an exhibit displaying life-size images of the Nazi leadership at the Imperial War Museum. My father was an avid historian and was an OSS operative in World War II.

Plaster cast replicas of historic works of art are displayed in the Cast Room at the Victoria & Albert Museum. One of my parent’s favorite activities was to explore London’s museums.

Muslim visitors talk souvenir photos at the gate to Buckingham Palace. My mother, in particular, loved the history of the British monarchy. She was born a year earlier than the late Queen Elizabeth II.

The Imperial Camel Corps Memorial overlooks the Victoria Embankment Park. My parents who had lived in Egypt often visited this park which is adjacent to their flat at Whitehall Court.

Manicurists enjoy a cigarette and coffee break on Holloway Road. As with my parents who often road the double decker buses, I would hop on one and see where it took me.

An artist at work in a stairwell at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Strollers and St. Paul’s Cathedral are reflected by shop windows along the Thames River Southbank.

Visitors use the Westminster Bridge rail to stabilize their camera they photograph near Big Ben and Parliament.

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Meet Our Judges, Betty Udesen, Benjamin Benschneider, Elaine Thompson

Betty Udesen

Benjamin Benschneider

Elaine Thompson

Betty Udesen, a photojournalist, is best known for her ability to make compassionate, respectful photographs in delicate and complex situations. She was a pioneer in multimedia reporting that combines still images with field-recorded sounds and interviews. Working both for The Seattle Times and as an independent producer, her photography and multimedia projects, local and international, have been honored with numerous awards.

Benjamin Benschneider’s extensive career as a photojournalist with The Seattle Times has given him the opportunity to travel throughout the United States, Asia and Europe on assignment. He melded his sense of composition, acute technical skill, and artistic expression to create photographic essays on a wide variety of subjects. Through Ben’s passion for design and his expertise in architectural photography, Ben conveys architecture’s best to a wide audience of professional and public observers. His work is regularly showcased in many architectural books and magazines.

Elaine Thompson recently retired from a 26-year career as a Seattle-based photojournalist for the Associated Press. Over the course of her AP career, she covered everything from high-level sports assignments, including five Olympics and one World Cup, to spot news, the big regional businesses of Boeing, Starbucks and Amazon, orca whales in the Salish Sea and fish tossing at the Pike Place Market. She is best known for a photo she took her first week on the job in Seattle in 1995, when Mariners' Ken Griffey Jr. smiled from beneath a celebratory pig pile after the team beat the Yankees in a playoff series, and for shooting the removal of a nest of so-called "murder hornets" in Northwest Washington near the Canadian border in 2021.