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JUDGES - Q1 '09 WPJA CONTEST
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WALTER ASTRADA, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Walter Astrada was born in 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1996, he started his career as staff photographer in La Nacion newspaper (Argentina). During 1999 he
traveled around Brazil, Chile, Bolivia and Peru developing a personal project on "Faith". In September 1999, he joined Associated Press in Bolivia and later in Argentina.
From 2000 to 2002 he worked for the Associated Press based in Paraguay, from where he covered events in Latin America and the World Cup Korea-Japan 2002. During 2003 he
worked as a freelancer in Buenos Aires and Madrid. At the end of 2003, he rejoined the Associated Press based in the Dominican Republic, covering events in the Caribbean
countries. From March 2005 until March 2006, he worked as a freelancer for Agence France Presse in the Dominican Republic and was represented and distributed by World
Picture News. In March 2006, he moved to Spain. Currently he is working as a freelancer in Kampala/Uganda.
Awards:
- 2009 - NPPA-BOP 'Photojournalist of the Year'
- 2009 - NPPA-BOP Best of show
- 2009 - The PGB photo award 'Photographer of the Year'
- 2009 - The PGB photo award 'Picture of the Year'
- 2009 - 1st prize stories, Spot News - World Press Photo
- 2009 - Days Japan 1st Prize 'Post-election violence in Kenya'
- 2009 - NPPA-BOP-1st Place, International News Picture Story, 'Post-election violence in Kenya'
- 2009 - NPPA-BOP 'Photojournalist of the Year'
- 2009 - China international Press Photo Contest - War and Disaster News Stories - Gold Stories
- 2009 - 1st prize - Kellicutt International Photo Show - Through A Lens: Contrasting Elements
- 2009 - 3rd prize - Kellicutt International Photo Show - Through A Lens: Contrasting Elements
- 2009 - OPC Award - The John Faber award - AFP team
- 2009 - NPPA-BOP-3rd place and HM, International News
- 2009 - Award of Excellence, Spot news - 66th Picture of the year
- 2008 - 1st prize single - BJP British Journal of Photography
- 2008 - 1st prize in Photojournalism - American Photo Magazine - Images of the Year Competition
- 2008 - 2nd prize - International Photojournalism Award "Fundación Caixa Galicia-Juan Cancelo"
- 2008 - Honorable mention - XII International Photojournalism Award ?Ciudad de Gijón?
- 2008 - Juror's Choice awards for the Santa Fe Project Competition 'Femicide in Guatemala'
- 2008 - Days Japan Special Prize by Jury 'Femicide in Guatemala'
- 2007 - 1st prize singles, Contemporary Issues - World Press Photo
- 2007 - 2nd prize - International Photojournalism Award 'Fundación Caixa Galicia-Juan Cancelo'
- 2006 - Honorable mention - International Photojournalism Award 'Gjon Mili Kosovo'
- 2006 - Honorable mention - X International Photojournalism Award "Ciudad de Gijon"
- 2005 - Award of Excellence, Spot news - 62nd Picture of the year
- 2005 - 'Women and immigration' Award - IX Humanitarian Photography Award Luis Valtuena, Medicos del Mundo (Spain)
- 2004 - Accessit Award - VIII Humanitarian Photography Award Luis Valtuena, Medicos del Mundo (Spain)
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DAMON WINTER, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Damon Winter, 32, recently joined the staff of the New York Times in May 2007 after working for three years as a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times. He has
previously worked for The Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, Magnum Photos as well as The Ventura County Star and Indianapolis Star. Damon has covered a broad range of stories
including conflicts in Israel and Afghanistan, 9/11 in New York, the Olympic Games and feature stories in Vietnam, Cuba, Russia and India among others.
Damon was born in New York and grew up in St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. He studied at Columbia University in New York where he received a Bachelor's
degree in environmental science. Damon has won awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year (POYi), Society of News Design (SND), NPPA Best of Photojournalism, APME,
and was named the NPPA Region 8 Photographer of the Year in 2002 and the California Press Photographer of the year in 2006. He has been featured in the Communication Arts
Photography Annuals 2001-2005 and was the subject of a feature profile in May/June 2005. His photo essay on sexual abuse victims in western Alaska was a finalist for the
2005 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and was part of a portfolio that earned the National Journalism Award for Photojournalism that year. His coverage of Barack
Obama’s historic campaign for the presidency was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Feature photography. Damon now resides in Manhattan with his girlfriend and cat.
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TIFFANY BROWN, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Tiffany Brown has had a lifelong passion for photography. A news photographer with a distinct point of view, an eye for detail
and a sense of humor, Tiffany digs into stories to inform her work and provide viewers with something more than straight news photographs – whether it’s casino workers
losing their longtime jobs to the “progress” of a wrecking ball or a teacher coping with the devastating effects of a shooter’s bullet lodged in her husband’s spine. In
her current work she is leading the way to tell multimedia stories online as well.
Brown worked for a community newspaper in Corvallis, Oregon, from 2003 to 2006 and is currently a staff photographer with the Las Vegas Sun. She also works freelance
assignments around southern Nevada, and the world. Her freelance work has published in Stern, The New York Times, Wired.com, CondeNaste Portfolio, Rolling Stone, The
Fader, The Washington Post, The Oregonian, and many others internationally.
Tiffany’s photos have been published in books including America 24/7 (2003), Oregon 24/7 (2004) and as one of only forty contract photographers worldwide for Blue
Planet Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World (2007).
In 2009, Brown has been a contributing member to the Las Vegas Sun’s Pulitzer Prize for public service.
In addition, Tiffany has been a runner-up for the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for a single project, was a finalist for the 2008 Dart Award, a 2008 nominee
for the World Press Joop Swart Masterclass and has been recognized for her work by World Press Photo, the National Press Photographers Association, Best of the West
journalism contest, The Associated Press, The Eddie Adams Workshop, Nevada Press Association, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, Society of Professional Journalists,
Suburban Newspapers of America, and Lee Enterprises.
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MELISSA LYTTLE, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Melissa Lyttle has been a photojournalist for the St. Petersburg Times since 2005, where she is committed to documenting the lives of people in her community.
Before working for the Times, Lyttle interned at newspapers in Florida, South Carolina and Michigan. A native of Florida, she began her career at the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel after earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Florida.
Her work has been recognized by POYi, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Best of Photojournalism, the Southern Short Course, SPJ, the Alexia Foundation and UNICEF.
Melissa is also the founder of A Photo A Day.
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