The 2018 competition was juried by Sarah Meister, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York in New York City.
For more information about our annual competition, visit our Competition page.
View our 2018 Competition Prizewinners Gallery to see the prizewinners.
B. ProudWilmington, Delaware
barbara@bproudphoto.com www.firstcomeslove.orgOwen and Blue, Transgender Men
Archival pigment print, 36"x24"
First Prize
B. ProudWilmington, Delaware
barbara@bproudphoto.com www.firstcomeslove.orgJake and Hannah, Transgender Couple
Archival pigment print, 36"x24"
First Prize
Ken DreyfackKingston, New York
ken@kendreyfack.com www.kendreyfack.comSmoker & Bridge, Kingston, NY, 2018, from the Mine: Kingston series
Archival pigment print, 13"x19"
Second Prize
Dan NelkenNew York, New York
dan@dannelken.comwww.dannelken.comA. Sarah: Age 13. Carries a 5 gallon jerrycan of water (41lbs) home three times a day, from the series The Women of Rural Uganda, 2018
Archival pigment print, 24"x20"
Third Prize
Eric MuellerMinneapolis, Minnesota
ericmuellerphotography.comOn The Bund, 2018
Archival pigment print, 20"x30"
Michael MarksDoylestown, Pennsylvania
info@michaelmarksphoto.com www.michaelmarksphoto.comCarousel
Silver print, 7.25"x9.5"
Fifth Prize
Samuel VovsiPrinceton, New Jersey
www.vovsi.comTango Night in Buenos Aires
Archival pigment print, 12"x18"
MK FoltzSt. Petersburg, Florida
Bollywood Oscars Tampa: Fans Along the Green Carpet
Archival pigment print, 15.5"x22.5"
Christine BreslinWest Hartford, Connecticut
Nefris, Dominican Republic, from the series: A Suspension of Stereotypic Perception
Archival pigment print from a wet plate image on black glass, 30"x44"
H. Alonzo JenningsWillingboro, New Jersey
Amiri Baraka at Dodge, 10/10/10
Archival pigment print, 19"x12.5"
Saman GenshinJersey City, New Jersey
Men at the Road
Gold-toned gelatin silver print, 20"x24"
Isabella La RoccaDanville, Kentucky
www.glissi.orgSHAMROCK from the series CONVENIENCE
Archival pigment print, 20"x30"
John PetroColumbia, Maryland
johnp271@verizon.net www.johnpetro.zenfolio.comA Walk in the Rain, Naples, Italy, 2017
Archival pigment print, 12"x12"
Liza Hennessey BotkinStudio City, California
lhbotkin@gmail.comwww.lizabotkin.comPhoto Booth, 1979
Silver print, 14"x21"
David JordanoChicago, Illinois
www.davejordano.comJesse's Food Mart, Southside, Chicago, 2018
Archival pigment print, 22.5"x30"
Fourth Prize
JB AbbottArdmore, Pennsylvania
www.jbabbott.comPoldo Bar along Fondementa Sebastiano, Murano
Archival pigment print, 24"x17"
Mariana BartolomeoTucson, Arizona
Chicago Water Works 2 from series "Chicago Water Works"
Archival pigment print, 9"x12"
Kip HarrisIndian Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elliott Puckette Gallery
Archival pigment print, 16"x20"
Jano CohenWynnewood, Pennsylvania
janocohen@gmail.com janocohenphotography.comDavid Murray Knocked Out Cold. On May 11, 2018, David Murray was knocked out by a powerful punch by Craig Duncan at 2300 Arena, Philadelphia. He landed facedown and took several minutes to be revived with oxygen. He was able to walk out of the ring however and was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he was declared ok.
Archival pigment print, 13"x20"
Cintia MalhotraRoselle, New Jersey
cintia.malhotra@gmail.com cintiamalhotra.comRaising Awareness of the Plight of Puerto Rico, New York City
Archival pigment print, 9"x12"
David Lorenz WinstonAshland, OR
Bus to Ajijic, 2017
Archival pigment print, 12"x18"