Pictorial
A picture that exploits the graphic or aesthetic qualities of the subject with emphasis on composition.
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First Place
Jim Lo Scalzo
Freelance
TWILIGHT ON SIESTA KEY
At dusk outside the Palm Bay Club in Siesta Key, Fla., chairs used by tourists lay scattered across the key's white sand beach on Dec. 30, 2009.
Second Place
Jahi Chikwendiu
The Washington Post
PRIDE OF THE FATHERLAND
A scene shot through one of the shawls that were on sale on the grounds of the Senator Barack Obama Secondary School in Kogelo, Kenya, On Jan. 18, 2009, where the incoming president has roots. Thousands of miles from Washington, Kenyans celebrate the incoming presidency of Barack Obama. Kenyans, particularly from this village where the president's father was born, symbolically claim the new US president as their own president.
Third Place
Michael Williamson
The Washington Post
WASP ON DOLL
A wasp crawls across the face of a rotting doll laying in a field in Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 26, 2009.
Award of Excellence
David Gilkey
NPR
UNTITLED
Troop carriers are seen through a dust storm in southern Afghanistan, on Nov. 10, 2009.
Award of Excellence
Michael Williamson
The Washington Post
BILLBOARD HUT
Unemployed welder Ed Dale sits inside his home-made abode, reading old letters in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 4, 2009. He lives in a tent city with other homeless folks and has made the walls of his hut from the large translucent plastic advertising pictures discarded from a nearby billboard that get changed periodically.
Award of Excellence
David Gilkey
NPR
UNTITLED
A poster of a woman and the crowded street of wedding halls in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 24, 2009. The wedding hall industry is booming in Afghanistan and has become a very lucrative business.
Award of Excellence
Ricky Carioti
The Washington Post
UNTITLED
A flock of birds swarm a field in Loudoun County, Va., during a light snowfall on Dec. 5, 2009.
Award of Excellence
Carol Guzy
The Washington Post
SNOW
A Christmas parade tat is led by the Middleburg Hunt riders and their hounds are blanketed by snowflakes on a wintry day in Middleburg, Va., Dec. 5, 2009.w
