2012 College Contest

01-NEWS First Place

Marathon Explosion

Photographer: Kenshin Okubo, Boston University

Photo Title: Marathon Explosion

Caption: A man walked around with his clothes blown off after the explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013

 

01-NEWS Second Place

Run

Photographer: Kenshin Okubo, Boston University

Photo Title: Run

Caption: People run away as explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line in Copley Square on April 15, 2013

 

01-NEWS Third Place

Guatemala City Shooting Victim

Photographer: Jeremiah Robinson, New England School of Photography

Photo Title: Guatemala City Shooting Victim

Caption: The victim of a shooting is rushed to the emergency room at Hospital Roosevelt in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City has become one of the most dangerous cities in Central America due to escalating gang violence spilling over from the powerful Mexican Drug Cartels.

 

01-NEWS-FIRST HONORABLE MENTION

01-NEWS-HM1

Photographer: Laura Jane Brubaker, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: April 15, 2013 – Three hours after explosions at the finish line prevented him from completing the Boston Marathon, Sam Oglesby (right) and his girlfriend Elise Greenberg rest in the living room of a relative’s apartment in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Mass. It took almost an hour for Oglesby to reconnect with Greenberg and his own family after the bombing.

 

01-NEWS- SECOND HONORABLE MENTION

Marathon Explosion

Photographer: Kenshin Okubo, Boston University

Photo Title: Marathon Explosion

Caption: An injured man is aided by people at the scene of the explosions near the Boston Marathon finish line at Copley Square on April 15, 2013

 

01-NEWS- THIRD HONORABLE MENTION

01-NEWS-HM3

Photographer: Laura Jane Brubaker, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: Boston firefighters work to extinguish a five-alarm blaze that erupted at 62-64 Quint Ave. in Allston, Mass., at 6:17 a.m. on October 27, 2013.

 

02-FEATURE First Place

Sorrow Bus

Photographer: Stacey Ann Rupolo, Boston University

Photo Title: Sorrow Bus

Caption: A man stares out of a bus in Havana, Cuba on March 26, 2013.

 

02-FEATURE Second Place

Apr. 13, 2013- Playful night in Santa Cruz, CA.

Photographer: Hyuanah Jang, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: Apr. 13, 2013- Playful night in Santa Cruz, CA.

 

02-FEATURE Third Place

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Photographer: Alexa Gonzalez Wagner, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: February 18, 2013 – Terri Lawton, a dairy farmer, of Lawton Family Farm works in the farm stand that has belonged to her family for generations.

 

02-FEATURE- FIRST HONORABLE MENTION

Coco Taxi World

Photographer: Stacey Ann Rupolo, Boston University

Photo Title: Coco Taxi World

Caption: The Malecon, or waterfront, of Havana, Cuba as seen through a Coco Taxi on March 28, 2013.

 

02-FEATURE- SECOND HONORABLE MENTION

Honourable burden

Photographer: Alena Kuzub, New England School of Photography

Photo Title: Honorable burden

Caption: Women carry a float during a catholic Holly week’s procession in Antigua, Guatemala.

 

 

03-SPORT First Place

03-SPORT-01

Photographer: Michael Cummo, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: Combat Jiu Jitsu artist Jon Ritter fights Jerome Bourne in combat jiu jitsu during “Saturday Night Fights,” hosted by Aggressive Combat Sports at the New York Sportatorium in Deer Park, New York on December 1. Ritter lost by decision.

 

03-SPORT Second Place

Loose Puck

Photographer: Amanda Sabga, Boston University

Photo Title: Loose Puck

Caption: Oct. 13, 2012- Boston University’s Wesley Myron (9), blocks an attempted pass from Providence College defenseman Alex Velischek (27), at Boston University’s Agganis Arena at 925 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. Boston University won with a final score of 4-2.

 

03-SPORT Third Place

03-SPORT-03

Photographer: Michael Cummo, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: Members of the Matanzas watch their teammates warm up before a rivalry game against the Industriales Blue Lions at the Estadio Latinamerico in Havana, Cuba on March 28, 2013.

 

03-SPORT-Honorable Mention

Sean Maguire

Photographer: Katherine Spence, Boston University

Photo Title: Sean Maguire

Caption: December 8, 2012 – Boston University freshman goaltender Sean Maguire skates onto the ice while the starting lineup is announced during a game against Maine at Agganis Arena in Boston, Mass. BU defeated Maine, 1-0.

 

 

04-PORTRAIT First Place

Mickenson and His Mother

Photographer: Matthew Reitman, Boston University

Photo Title: Mickenson and His Mother

Caption: A Haitian mother holds her baby son Mickenson, born with a cleft palate. She is talking to Phoebe Rusch, a Princeton student volunteering in Haiti, inside the family’s home in Cite Soleil, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 12, 2012. Rusch arranged for Mickenson to have his cleft palate fixed, but he died before his surgeon arrived in November.

 

04-PORTRAIT Second Place

Manual therapy treatment, from the project "Russians" in Boston"

Photographer: Alena Kuzub, New England School of Photography

Photo Title: Manual therapy treatment, from the project “Russians” in Boston”

Caption: Winter Garden Adult Daycare (Brighton, MA) recipient visits a manual therapist.

 

04-PORTRAIT Third Place

04-PORTRAIT-03

Photographer: Laura Jane Brubaker, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: Folk musician Cameron DeWhitt strums a melody on his banjo as he busks in Rittenhouse Square on the afternoon of July 27, 2012, in Philadelphia, Pa.

 

04-PORTRAIT-Honorable Mention

March 24, 2013- A local woman smiles in Old Havana, Cuba on Sunday. .

Photographer: Melanie Rieders, Boston University

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: March 24, 2013- A local woman smiles in Old Havana, Cuba on Sunday.

 

05-STORY First Place-01

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Photographer: Arielle Simmons New England School of Photography

Photo Title: Untitled

Caption: A teenage boy sweats over the stove as he does his part in preparing lunch for the other 43 men staying in the Talita Cumi Rehabilitation Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Jocotenango, Guatemala.

 

05-STORY Second Place-01

Bombaros Voluntarious - Guatemala City

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Photographer: Jeremiah Robinson, New England School of Photography

Photo Title: Bombaros Voluntarious – Guatemala City

Caption: Bombaros Voluntarious from the 10th Company wait at their station for calls in Zone 11 of Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Bombaros Voluntarious is a volunteer based fire/ems service used throughout the country of Guatemala.

 

05-STORY Third Place-01

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Photographer: Grey VanDeMark, Emerson College

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Caption: Caption Field: April 6, 2013 – A Young sneaker enthusiast prepares his shoes while waiting to enter the 6th annual NYC Dunk Exchange. Attendants started lining up four hours before the event started at noon.

 

06 Video/Multimedia First Place

06-01

Photographer: Michael Cummo, Boston University

Video/Multimedia Title: Combat Jiu Jitsu

 

06 Video/Multimedia Second Place

06-02

Photographer: Sarah Ganzhorn

Video/Multimedia Title: Almost Batman

 

06 Video/Multimedia Third Place

06-03

Photographer: Alexa Gonzalez Wagner

Video/Multimedia Title: Boston Morning Commute on the T

 

BEST IN SHOW

Marathon Explosion

Photographer: Kenshin Okubo, Boston University

Photo Title: Marathon Explosion

Caption: A man walked around with his clothes blown off after the explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013