2021 Qtr. 3 Singles
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Quarter 3 Judges, Joe Vitti & Charlie Nye
General News
First Place: WILL LESTER, INLAND Valley DAILY BULLETIN
Christopher Witts II salutes as the memorial procession for Marine Cpl. Dylan Merola passes by on the 210 freeway in Rancho Cucamonga Tuesday Sept. 21, 2021 as he stands with his father Christopher Witts Sr. Merola was one of 13 service members killed by suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan last month.
Second Place: GENARO MOLINA, LA TIMES
VENICE, CA - JULY 30, 2021 - - A homeless man sleeps on a couch while spectators watch as sanitation crews clear a homeless encampment along Ocean Front Walk in Venice on July 30, 2021. The sanitation crew eventually woke the man and removed the couch. Over a dozen sanitation workers with the City of Los Angeles and contract workers with Beaches and Harbors clear homeless encampments and debris a few yards at a time on the beach near Thornton Avenue and Ocean Front Walk. The sweep began around 8 a.m. as members of St. Joseph Center and LAHSA tried to arrange housing for homeless who have been living on the beach.
Third Place: ERIC THAYER, FREELANCE
A U.S. Border Patrol agent chases people who had illegally crossed the border between the United States and Mexico via the New River in Calexico, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2021.
Honorable Mention: WILL LESTER, INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
Cheryl Rex (center), mother of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola is supported by a Marine along with Dylan’s sister Oliva (second from right) and grandmother Clarinda Matsuoka (left) prior to a memorial vigil for the fallen Marine at Central Park’s Freedom Courtyard in Rancho Cucamonga Thursday evening Sept. 2 2021. The Marine was one of 13 military service members killed by a suicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26.
Honorable Mention: GINA FERAZZI, LA TIMES
LONG BEACH, CA - September 13, 2021: California Gov. Gavin Newsom joins President Biden in his motorcade after riding with Biden on Air Force One and landing at Long Beach Airport to attend a “No on Recall” rally the night before the recall election in Long Beach, California.
Feature
First Place: GENARO MOLINA, LA TIMES
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA - JULY 26, 2021 - - Diane McClinden, 63, and her dog Frankie, try and stay cool in their trailer in Almar Acres RV Park in Desert Hot Springs on July 26, 2021. “It’ pretty miserable here,” McClinden said on this day where temperatures reached a high of 97 degrees. “I don’t know what the first electric bill will be. I’m scared,” she said. McClinden recently moved into the unit. This is her first summer in Desert Hot Springs and she’s already talking about moving out of the city because of the excessive heat. She spends the day in front of a fan, with a wet towel over her shoulders in the living room of her trailer. She leaves the AC unit on low to keep her energy bill at a minimum.
Second Place: GENARO MOLINA, LA TIMES
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 12, 2021 - Dennis Johnson, 60, washes himself with a bucket of water, collected from a nearby fire hydrant, at the corner of Crocker and 7th Streets in Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on August 12, 2021. Temperatures reached 92 degrees in downtown Los Angeles on this day. Johnson, who has been living in a tent on the street for the past 4 months, says when it gets hot he just lifts the tarp over his encampment. “Mother Nature gives us what we need. What we need is some good rain,” said Johnson. Seven men and women were found dead last year from heat-related causes on sidewalks, in cars, and on bus benches in LA. Most had been living on the streets, and three were found within hours of each other in the Skid Row area in 2020 according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Third Place: MINDY SCHAUER, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Waves crash over Derby’s surfboard during the Surf City Surf Dog competition on Saturday, September 25, 2021.
Honorable Mention: JAY L. CLENDENIN, LA TIMES
Los Angeles, CA - July 06: With public pools in most major cities closed, lessons are hard to come by, in particular in neighborhoods of color. Swim teacher Symone Martin holds Melody Taylor, 8, during a lesson at a friends pool in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Taylor and her siblings, Harmony, 10 and Sam,2, have been taking 35-40 minute lessons with Martin for about three weeks. Martin has been teaching swimming for almost six years and finds herself in this pool Monday through Saturday with lessons.
Portrait
First Place: JAY L. CLENDENIN, LA TIMES
San Clemente, CA - July 01: Professional surfer, and now Olympian, Caroline Marks,19, is photographed at T-Street Beach, in San Clemente, CA, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Marks is a member of the USA Surfing Olympic team and will be competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, as the sport makes its debut. Marks was the youngest surfer, male or female, to qualify for the World Surf League Championship Tour, at 15.
Second Place: JAY L. CLENDENIN, LA TIMES
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CA - September 02: A portrait of Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood, 91, photographed with an 8x10-inch film camera, amongst the oak trees, on the grounds of his Tehama Golf Club, in Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA, in support of his newest film, which he also stars in, “Cry Macho,” Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.
Third Place: BRANDON RICHARDSON, LONG BEACH POST
Kam Babaoff founded Ensemble Real Estate Solutions & Investments with his father in 1981 and moved the company to Long Beach in 1996. Baboaff is pictured at the firm's Crest multifamily, mixed-use development adjacent to the Long Beach Convention Center in Downtown, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.
Honorable Mention: BRANDON RICHARDSON, LONG BEACH POST
Danny Richardson, 56, lights a cigar at his home in the Lakewood Village neighborhood of Long Beach, Monday, July 13, 2021.
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: APU GOMES, FREELANCE
Deer graze in a field in the Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California. Due to Covid, reservations are required to drive into Yosemite through September 30, 2021. Some services and facilities are limited, and shuttles are not operating.
Second Place: WILL LESTER, INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
A Team Roper warms up prior to his event during the Yucaipa Rodeo Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 at the Yucaipa Equestrian Center.
Third Place: APU GOMES, FREELANCE
People watch the Milky Way from Minaret Vista at Inyo National Park in California.
Spot News
First Place: THOMAS R. CORDOVA, LONG BEACH POST
A woman who is related to the suspect is arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer after she rushed the police line as police arrest a suspected shooter after a two-hour standoff in Long Beach Thursday, July 1, 2021. She was held on zero-dollar bail.
Second Place: APU GOMES, AFP
A man falls down of collapsed pyramid of milk crates while he participates of the Milk Crate Challenge, on August 24, 2021 in Venice Beach, California. The Milk Crate Challenge, where participant walks up a pyramid of milk crates has gone viral in recent days on social media. According to a reporting of the Washington Post newspaper, some doctors are also warning that the injuries from the challenge are putting more stress on hospitals at a time when emergency rooms nationwide are overwhelmed because of the surge in coronavirus infections.
Third Place: MARTIN NATE RAWNER, FREELANCE
July 21, 2021 LAFD Firefighters shut down a knocked over fire hydrant at the intersection of Vernon & Figueroa in SOLA.
Honorable Mention: PATRICK T. FALLON, AFP
People react as a sudden rain shower soaks them with water while riding out of a flooded neighborhood in a volunteer high water truck assisting people evacuating from homes after neighborhoods flooded in LaPlace, Louisiana on August 30, 2021 in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. - Rescuers on Monday combed through the "catastrophic" damage Hurricane Ida did to Louisiana, a day after the fierce storm killed at least two people, stranded others in rising floodwaters and sheared the roofs off homes.
Entertainment
First Place: WILL LESTER, INLAND Valley DAILY BULLETIN
Garth Brooks performs Friends in Low Places on the Frontier Nights stage Friday night July 23, 2021 at Frontier Park on opening night of the 125th annual Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Second Place: AUDE GUERRUCCI, REDUX
Policemen pose for a picture on the red carpet at the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on July 16, 2021.
Third Place: SCOTT MITCHELL, ZUMA PRESS
Musician - JOHNNY BRITT, preparing his trumpet in the green room before his opening set at the Catalina Bar and Grill, Hollywood, CA, USA, August 5, 2021. Johnny Britt is a singer, trumpeter, songwriter and producer who has made a name for himself both in support of acts like the Temptations and Josh Groban. Britt served as the musical director for the Temptations and has written several songs for the group.
Sports Features
First Place: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS
Fresno State Bulldogs fans react as wide receiver Jalen Cropper #5 of the Fresno State Bulldogs catches a pass for a touchdown against defensive back Mo Osling III #7 of the UCLA Bruins in the fourth quarter of a NCAA Football game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 18, 2021.
Second Place: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS
Three fans ran onto the field at the same time carrying banners with the names of the neighborhoods that were affected by the Dodgers moving into Chavez Ravine during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
Honorable Mention: KATHARINE LOTZE, GETTY IMAGES
Third Place: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS
Quarterback Jake Haener #9 of the Fresno State Bulldogs celebrates after defeating the UCLA Bruins 40-37 during a NCAA Football game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 18, 2021.
AZUSA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 25: Jasmine Todd prepares to jump on the runway during the women's long jump at the Under Armour Sunset Tour on July 25, 2021 in Azusa, California.
Sports Action
First Place: WILL LESTER, INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
Bareback rider Frankie Simoes hits the dirt after being thrown from his ride during the Yucaipa Rodeo Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 at the Yucaipa Equestrian Center.
Second Place: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS
Cameron Mitchell #10 of Pasadena catches a pass for first down over Shade Schaefer #1 of Crescenta Valley in the first half of a prep football game at Pasadena High School in Pasadena on Thursday, September 30, 2021.
Third Place: RINGO CHIU, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau, right, makes a save as defender Erik Godoy, left, defends against LA Galaxy defender Sega Coulibaly in the second half of an MLS soccer match in Carson, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.
Honorable Mention: KEITH BIRMINGHAM, PASADENA STAR-NEWS
Center fielder Gavin Lux #9 of the Los Angeles Dodgers slams into the wall on a triple by Wil Myers #5 of the San Diego Padres in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
Fire
First Place: PATRICK T. FALLON, AFP
A firefighter with Alaska's Pioneer Peak Interagency Hotshot Crew carries a chain saw as the Windy Fire burns in the Sequoia National Forest near Johnsondale, California on September 22, 2021.
Third Place: WILL LESTER, INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
Manny Hernandez runs away from his burning home along Lytle Creek Road after an unsuccessful attempt to find his families cats near Lytle Creek Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021 during the South Fire. Hernandez, who has lived at the home for 35-years, did not find his families cats.
Second Place: RINGO CHIU, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Homeowner Jose Lamas, right, and his daughter Astrid Covarrubias survey the charred debris left in his burned-out home from the South Fire in Lytle Creek, San Bernardino County, north of Rialto, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021.
Honorable Mention: WILL LESTER, INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
Judge’s Notes & Bio
Meet our judges, Joe Vitti & Charlie Nye
Joe Vitti attended first Marquette, then Ohio University, working on student publications until 1977, when he began an internship at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson and never looked back. He served as staff photographer, page designer and assignment coordinator until 1984. He then moved to the Los Angeles Times, where he was a staff photographer in the paper’s San Fernando Valley zone section, which covered a region of some 600 square miles.
In 1990 he moved to Indianapolis as photo editor for the News. When the News and Star papers merged in 1995, he continued as photo editor. In 1998 he transitioned back to photographer. Around 2010 he took on the combined photographer/weekend photo editor role in which he served until 2014.
Charlie Nye is a retired photojournalist living in Indianapolis. He worked for newspapers in Ohio, Missouri, Minnesota, Oregon and Indiana, and also served as a National Geographic photography intern two summers while attending Ohio University (undergraduate) and the University of Missouri (graduate school). His first job out of college was as editor of a twice-weekly newspaper in Minnesota. In the 1970s-2000s he held a variety of other positions at newspapers, including staff photographer, director of photography/graphics (Eugene Register-Guard, Indianapolis News) and assistant managing editor for photo and graphics (Indianapolis Star).