White House News Photographers Association • March 2010
Contest Winners THE
EYES OF
Announced HISTORY
2010
2010
AWARDS GALA
Political News Photo Of The Year. Alex Wong, Getty Images, Untitled.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Joint Economic
Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 19, 2009.
The WHNPA Photo Exhibit of 1947
Portrait/Personality First Place. Charles Dharapak, Associated Press.
GADHAFI: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is escorted by security person-
nel as he is driven away after a leaders group photo session at the G8
Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, Friday, July 10, 2009.
Presidential, First Place. Melina Mara, The Washington Post. Obama Prays
for the Dead: President Barack Obama listens to the song Amazing Grace
before speaking at III Corps & Fort Hood Memorial Ceremony at Fort
Hood, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 in Killeen, Texas.
See more contest results inside and
see all the winning entries at
www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2010
Ollie Atkins and other WHNPA members pose for a poster to promote Spectators watch the still judging
the White House News Photographers Association Exhibit at the on Saturday, Feb. 13. Photo by
Statler Hotel, now the Capital Hilton, on K and 16th Streets, in 1947. Stephen Brown.
See member story on page 3.
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EYES OF
THE Still Photography
HISTORY
2010
Contest Winners
Photographer of the Year Domestic News
Chip Somodevilla Getty Images ① Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post Wasting Away: The Struggles
2010
Portrait/Personality of DC's Aids Nonprofits
② Chip Somodevilla Getty Images Untitled
① Charles Dharapak Associated Press Gadhafi ③ Andrew Harnik The Washington Examiner H1N1 Treatment
② Katie Falkenberg The Washington Times
AWARDS GALA
Moving Day AE Linda Davidson The Washington Post Vigil
③ Jim Watson AFP Army of One Andrew Harnik The Washington Examiner Daddy's Girl
AE Jason Reed Reuters Pensive Ben Astrid Riecken The Washington Times Shooting
David Gilkey NPR Untitled Melina Mara The Washington Post The Vunerable Illegal
Andrea Bruce The Washington Post Untitled
David Burnett Untitled International News
Michael Williamson The Washington Post Tent Man ① David Gilkey NPR Untitled
Pictorial ② Louie Palu ZUMA Press for The Toronto Star Dead
③ Sarah L. Voisin The Washington Post Chalkline
① Jim Lo Scalzo Freelance Twilight On Siesta Key AE David Gilkey NPR Untitled
② Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post Pride of the Fatherland Sarah L. Voisin The Washington Post Violence
③ Michael Williamson The Washington Post Wasp on Doll Sarah L. Voisin The Washington Post Vigilantism
AE David Gilkey NPR Untitled
Michael Williamson The Washington Post Billboard Hut Picture Story/Politics
David Gilkey NPR Untitled ① Chip Somodevilla Getty Images The Battle for Healthcare in
Ricky Carioti The Washington Post Untitled Washington
Carol Guzy The Washington Post Snow ② Melissa Golden Freelance for PARADE Magazine Madam Secretary
Feature ③ Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post Pride of the Fatherland
AE Jim Watson AFP We Love You Back
① Jason Reed Reuters Solar Powered Protection Olivier Douliery ABACA for TIME First Class
② Katie Falkenberg The Washington Times Endangered Heritage
Picture Story/Feature
③ Michael Williamson The Washington Post Bin Boy
AE Alexis C. Glenn UPI American Belle Kiss ① Linda Davidson The Washington Post Other Half
Sarah L. Voisin The Washington Post Prostitutes ② Andrea Bruce The Washington Post Iraq's Marsh Arabs: Displaced
Mary F. Calvert The Washington Times Collateral Damage by Drought
Bill O'Leary The Washington Post Preparations ③ David Gilkey NPR "America's Battalion"
In Afghanistan
Sports Action AE Richard A. Lipski The Washington Post Spoiled Rotten
① Ricky Carioti The Washington Post Almost Linda Davidson The Washington Post Broken Heartland
② Richard A. Lipski The Washington Post Safe at Home
Picture Story/News
③ Allison Shelley The Washington Times Determination
AE Richard A. Lipski The Washington Post Up and Over ① Sarah L. Voisin The Washington Post In Mexico's War on Drugs,
John McDonnell The Washington Post Tripping Battle Lines Are Drawn in
Chalk
Sports Feature/Reaction ② Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post Wasting Away: The Struggles
① Richard A. Lipski The Washington Post Finish Line of DC's Aids Nonprofits
② Doug Mills The New York Times Not Tiger's Day ③ Katie Falkenberg The Washington Times The Human Toll: Mountaintop
③ Toni L. Sandys The Washington Post I Can Do It Removal In Appalachia
AE Toni L. Sandys The Washington Post Season End AE Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post Lives of Desperation in a Land
Jim Watson AFP Fan Love of Plenty
Presidential Picture Story/Sports
① Melina Mara The Washington Post Obama Prays for the Dead ① Richard A. Lipski The Washington Post Virginia State Finals
② Gerald Herbert Associated Press Meeting of Minds ② Sarah L. Voisin The Washington Post Looking for a Home Run
③ Stephen Crowley The New York Times Arrival ③ Michael Williamson The Washington Post Rasslin' School
AE Charles Dharapak Associated Press Rainy Remembrance
Pablo Martinez Monsivais The Associated Press Section 60 Political Portfolio
Jim Watson AFP Untitled ① Chip Somodevilla Getty Images
Saul Loeb AFP Dover ② Melina Mara The Washington Post
Insiders Washington ③ Jason Reed Reuters
① Chip Somodevilla Getty Images Untitled Portfolio
② Olivier Douliery ABACA/MCT End of an Era ① Katie Falkenberg The Washington Times
③ Khue Bui Contributing for Newsweek Rahm Call ② Chip Somodevilla Getty Images
AE Bill Clark Roll Call Friday The 13th ③ David Gilkey NPR
David Gilkey NPR Untitled
Katie Falkenberg The Washington Times Hula Political Photo of the Year
Alex Wong Getty Images Untitled
On Capitol Hill
① Brendan Smialowski Freelance for Getty Images Hearing Frames
② Larry Downing Reuters Lost Friend
③ Astrid Riecken The Washington Times Paid 2 Wait
AE Alex Wong
Melina Mara
Getty Images
The Washington Post
Untitled
Joe Wilson Shouts "You Lie!"
WHNPA Awards Gala i May 15, 2010
Doug Mills The New York Times Ted Kennedy
Bill Clark Roll Call Nancys The Gala is a wonderful evening of honoring our award winners,
Melina Mara The Washington Post Who Is The Right Speaker? catching up with friends, and enjoying great entertainment and
food at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
The still
judging.
Photo by
Stephen
Brown.
Still Judges Melissa Farlow, Tom Kennedy and
Stephen Katz look at contact sheets for some
of the News Picture Story entries on Sunday, David Wright talks to still contest chair
Feb. 14, 2010 during the 2010 Eyes of History Chip Somodevilla. Photo: Mauricio Please Keep Your
judging at National Geographic. Photo by Rubio Jr. Contact Info Current
Mauricio Rubio Jr.
heidi@whnpa.org
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WHNPA Member Ollie Atkins
By Dennis Brack
Most people know photographer Ollie tears hugging her father is an iconic and The Saturday Evening Post was right at the
Atkins as the official White House important look at the Nixon White House top of that market. Atkins became the
Photographer for the Richard Nixon White years. There is another Ollie Atkins White Washington correspondent and photographer
House years. There are mixed reviews of House photograph that has a place in history: for the Saturday Evening Post. The magazine
Ollie’s performance in documenting the Nixon President Nixon with Elvis Presley in the opened doors for reportage of Presidents
administration. The official White House pho- Oval Office. Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, newsmakers
tographers take their president as they find The Nixon years aside, Ollie Atkins was like Secretary John Foster Dulles, and of
him or her. Some presidents are great for their a heavy hitter as a photographer in Washington, course, Senator Richard Nixon.
official photographers; some like Richard DC. After graduating from the University of Atkins contributed his time and talent to
Nixon and Jimmy Carter are not. Ollie Atkins Alabama, Atkins became a staff photographer the White House News Photographers
made his best photographs as a presidential for The Birmingham Post. In 1940 Atkins Association. He was the treasurer of the
photographer on the last night of his job. On came to Washington to work for the Washington WHNPA in 1949 and president of our organi-
the evening that President Nixon told his fam- Daily News. In 1942 he joined the American zation in 1964 and 1965.
ily about his decision to resign, Atkins was Red Cross and covered the invasions of Sicily, *The Final Days. Woodward and Bernstein
called to the residence. The First Lady said Southern Italy, France and Germany.
that this was not the time for photographs, but What different times for photographers.
the president asked Ollie to “take a few The large picture magazines Life, Colliers,
shots”* The photograph of Julie Nixon in Look, were the kings of the media market and
Akins inspects a freshly developed roll of film in a
darkroom while on assignment for the Red Cross in
North Africa.
The date that Elvis showed up at the White House
was December 21, 1970. Ollie Atkins at National Archives.
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg visit Stills Country.
While Tom Hanks was touring the White House for a private screening of their HBO
House in 2004, he found that we did not have a series The Pacific.
coffee machine. A few weeks later a Pony Greg Robertson, a major fan of the machine,
Espresso Model T coffeemaker arrived for the related that he had carefully boxed the coffee-
White House press corps as a gift from Tom maker, stored it, and returned it when the press
Hanks. Recently, late in the afternoon well after area underwent the major remodeling project.
a lid was called, Tom Hanks dropped in the Hanks was pleased that we like his gift.
White House presswork area to show
his friends Steven Spielberg and Kate
Capshaw his gift. A sleepy work area
went from zero to sixty in seconds
and everyone flocked around the
celebrities who were at the White
Tom Hanks takes a photograph of his
coffeemaker gift on his iphone while
Greg Robertson, Rita Wilson, (Tom
Atkins won the WHNPA Grand Award in 1943 with Hank's wife) and Steven Spielberg
the photograph, “Zoot Suiter.” The photograph stand in hall of the press area. On the
created quite a controversy because many people right Peter Morris records the event.
believed that it was too sexy to be reproduced. Photo: Alex Brandon
THE
EYES OF Video Photography
HISTORY
2010 Contest Winners
Video Photographer of the Year P-7 Magazine Feature
Bethany Swain CNN ① Dan Sweetapple Australian Broad- American Emergency
2010
P-1 Spot News casting Corporation
② Dia Baker ITN Mr. President Please Help Us
① John Frame WTTG Political Pileup ③ Peter Murtaugh Freelance BBC California Budget
② Bethany Swain CNN
AWARDS GALA
Playing with Fire
P-8 Documentary
③ Brian Hopkins WJLA Baby Thru a Window
P-2 General News ① Levent “Louie” Eroglu Australian Broad- Detroit
casting Corporation
① Jason Smith WTTG AIG Reactions ② Peter Murtaugh Freelance BBC Ethical Man
② Bethany Swain CNN Fire on the Mountain ③ David Ewing Bayside Productions Ted Flicker
③ Brian Hopkins WJLA Mural
P-9 Sports
P-3 Day Feature ① Chip Baysden WTTG - Chess
① Bethany Swain CNN Men in Trees ② Garrett Hubbard usatoday.com Veterans Golden Age Games
② Doug Wilkes WTTG Dead Bee Dog ③ Jim MacDonald CTV Alex Ovechkin
③ Pierre Kattar washingtonpost.com Flight of the Commuter
P-10 Political
P-4 News Feature ① Whitney Shefte washingtonpost.com Fish and Politics
① Lance Ing WTTG Honor Flight ② Jim MacDonald CTV Hagerstown Town Hall
② Levent “Louie” Eroglu Australian Broad- Vegas ③ Bethany Swain CNN Relics of a U.S. Icon
casting Corporation
③ Pierre Kattar washingtonpost.com “Thriller” in Freedom Plaza P-11 Lighting
P-5 Feature ① Walter Crawford WJLA Lighting Composite
① Alexandra Garcia washingtonpost.com Scene In: U Street P-12 White House
② Jason Smith WTTG Historic Church Organ ① Whitney Shefte washingtonpost.com Attempting a “Salahi”
③ Dan Sweetapple Australian Broad- Windpower ② Doug Wilkes WTTG Pentagon Memorial
casting Corporation
HM Brian Hopkins WJLA U.S. Flag Day P-13 Network
HM Whitney Shefte washingtonpost.com A Great Grandmother’s Love ① Mark Rabbage BBC Marine Training
P-6 News Special Reports/ Features ② Dai Baker ITN Arizona Smugglers
③ Peter Morris CNN The Abadir School
① Bethany Swain CNN In Focus Series
P-14 Audio (field)
② Garrett Hubbard usatoday.com 24 Hours in the ER: Health Care’s
Front Lines ① Lance Ing WTTG Automotive X
③ Alexandra Garcia washingtonpost.com Scene In ② Alexandra Garcia washingtonpost.com Scene In: Duke Ellington
③ Brian Hopkins WJLA U.S. Flag
Snow Angels in front
of the White House
TV Contest co-chair Doug Wilkes, right, gives TV Contest committee members Joni Mazer Field
instructions to TV Photography judges Steve and Marty Doane, left, cue up another entry for
Sweitzer, Anne Herbst and Michael Thorne during editing judges. Photos by Stephen Brown
Pablo Martinez Monsivais making a Snow Angel
judging on Feb. 13, at National Geographic in
at the White House during the blizzard. Photo by
Washington DC. Follow whnpa on twitter—www.twitter.com/whnpa Yuri Gurpas
Yan Zhang Returns to China WHNPA members discuss their coverage of Obama's
Like the Pandas the Chinese only share their first year in the White House
great treasures with us for a brief time. Yan
One year to the day that WHNPA members froze on the Inauguration stands at the US
Zhang, the staff photographer for Xinhua News
Capitol, fought the crowds on the Pennsylvania Avenue parade and Inaugural balls WHNPA and
Agency, has finished her tour of duty in the USA
the National Press Club held a well attended panel discussion on the photographic coverage of
and has returned to Beijing. Yan would love to
the first year of the Obama administration. The panel members were: Steve Crowley, The New
hear from her
York Times, Brooks Kraft, Time, Jim Long, NBC, and Charles Dharapak, Associated Press.
WHNPA friends:
nzhang_dc@
yahoo.com
In Beijing, Yan
Zhang stands in
front of her prize-
winning photo
story on President
Obama's first year
as President of the
United States.
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THE
EYES OF Video Editing
HISTORY
2010 Contest Winners
Video Editor of the Year E-6 Editing Long Form
Chris Shlemon ITN 2010 ① Chris Shlemon ITN Carbon Capture
E-1 Spot News ② Charles MacDonald National Geographic Channel Drain the Ocean
③ Bill McKenna BBC Lehman Collapse
① Bethany Swain CNN Playing with Fire HM Ed Eaves NBC News Bobby Parker: The Man Who
② Brian Hopkins WJLA AWARDS GALA Holocaust Museum Shooting Rocked the Blues
③ Martin Doane WJLA Apple Store
E-7 Magazine Feature
E-2 General News ① Chris Shlemon ITN Operation Panther’s Claw
① Bethany Swain CNN Fire on the Mountain ② Bill McKenna BBC Dark Days at Abu Ghraib
② Lance Ing WTTG Extraordinary Disservice ③ Peter Murtaugh Freelance BBC Obama’s America
③ Bill McKenna BBC Economic Woes
E-8 Documentary
HM Martin Doane WJLA Donations
HM Kimberlee Shaffir CBS News Obama Beijing ① Charles MacDonald National Geographic Channel Hooked Monster Fish
E-3 Day Feature ② David Ewing Bayside Productions Ted Flicker
① Bethany Swain CNN Men in Trees E-9 Sports
② Dan Sweetapple Australian Broad- Fort Campbell ① Chip Baysden WTTG - Chess
casting Corporation ② Whitney Shefte washingtonpost.com Racing Against the Odds
③ Whitney Shefte washingtonpost.com Returning Rails ③ Lance Ing WTTG A Good Buzz
HM Jonathan Austin CTV DC Sniper
HM Lance Ing WTTG Passion for Pinball E-10 Presidential / Political
E-4 News Feature ① Bill McKenna BBC Obama and the Pentagon
② Whitney Shefte washingtonpost.com Fish and Politics
① Chris Shlemon ITN The Legend of Goldman Sachs
E-11 Audio (production)
② Bill McKenna BBC Jerry and Stonewall Inn
③ Joni Mazer Field Freelance BBC Bend, Oregon Economy ① Charles MacDonald National Geographic Channel America Before Columbus
HM Clyde Arrington ABC News U.S. Marshals ② Alexandra Garcia washingtonpost.com Scene In: Duke Ellington
HM Pierre Kattar washingtonpost.com A Middle Class Family Dilemma ③ Ed Eaves NBC News Blue Angels
HM Lance Ing WTTG Automotive X
E-5 Editing Short Form HM John Poole NPR Project Song: Chris Walla &
① Ed Eaves NBC News Airline Baggage J. Robbins Create Mercury
② Alexandra Garcia washingtonpost.com Scene In: Duke Ellington
E-12 Promotional
③ Bill McKenna BBC First Artist on Another Planet
HM Brian Hopkins WJLA U.S. Flag Day ① Charles MacDonald National Geographic Channel Inside State
HM Jason Smith WTTG Historic Church Organ
WHNPA at Dulles International Airport.
"Washington DC Through Our Eyes"
Travelers to and from Washington will
have an opportunity to view a major exhibi-
tion by The White House News Photographer
Association. Forty-four photographs with
photographer's credit are now on display in
the halls of the C-Gates of the AeroTrain
System. These gates support United Airlines
and various foreign airlines serving Dulles.
Michael Horan stands in front of one of The photographs in this exhibit will rotate so
the photographs that he made which other photographs from WHNPA members
was selected for the Dulles Exhibition will be seen in the exhibition. Members will
recall the solicitation for images for this
exhibit by Heidi Elswick. Members should
Larry Downing Lights Up Times Square thank WHNPA president, John Harrington,
Tara Hamilton, Public Affairs Manager, and
Margaret Bishop, the exhibit project manager,
Larry Downing won
the Multimedia
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
Storytelling of the for this exhibition.
Year award for Those
Left Behind: The
Legacy of Arlington’s
'Section 60' from the
Society of American
Business Editors and
Writers (SABEW)
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THE
EYES OF New Media, Multimedia
HISTORY
2010 Contest Winners
Best Use of Photography and Audio (natural sound)
① “America’s Battalion” in Afghanistan NPR Produced and photographed by David Gilkey, Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Jim Wildman, Senior
Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
② For Army Medevacs, Hearts and Minds are No Cliché
2010 NPR Produced and photographed by David Gilkey, Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Chris Berry , Senior
Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
③ Fight Night militarytimes Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times
AE Step Afrika amandalucidon Photography, Audio and Production by Amanda Lucidon
AWARDS GALA
Best Use of Photography and Audio (with narration)
① No Man’s Land NPR Produced and photographed by David Gilkey, Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt, Senior
Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
② Horse Race Evokes Genghis Khan NPR Produced by Coburn Dukehart, Photography by Ariana Lindquist, Reported by Louisa Lim, Senior
Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
③ From the South Lawn, A Sweet Smell of Honey nytimes Produced by Elisabeth Goodridge, Photography by Doug Mills, Edited by David Scull
AE Unsettled in Tene NPR Produced and photographed by David Gilkey, Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt, Senior
Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Best Multimedia Package – Simple
① Scene In washingtonpost Interactive by Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart
② The Battle of Wanat washingtonpost By: Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs, Liz Heron, Greg Jaffe, Laris Karklis, Jason Ukman, Pierre Kattar and
Francine Uenuma
③ Dog Days in DC jimloscalzo.com By: James Lo Scalzo
Best Multimedia Package – In Depth
① Killer Blue: Baptized by Fire AP Evan Vucci, Maya Alleruzzo, Rick Bowmer, Matt Ford, Submitted by: Greg Henderson
② Times of Crisis reuters/mediastorm Jim Bourg, Project concept and direction by Ayperi Karabuda Ecer and Jassim Ahmad
③ ‘Fatal Flights: A Perilous Rush to Profit’ washingtonpost ‘Trooper 2’s Last Flight’ video producer: Akira Hakuta, Reporting: Gil Gaul, Mary Pat Flaherty, Jenna
Johnson, Supervising Video Editor: Ben de la Cruz, Graphics: Kat Downs, Jacqueline Kazil, Lauren
Keane, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Kate Napier, Laris Karklis, Investigations Editor: Jeff Leen, Investigative
Projects Web Editor: Lauren Keane, Voiceover: Francine Uenuma
AE Traveling Down the Amazon Road NPR Photographer: John Poole, Reporter: Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Multimedia Producers: Keith Jenkins,
Katie Hayes; Designer: Nelson Hsu, Alyson Hurt; Editor: Chuck Holmes, Radio Editor: Didrik Schanche
Best Multimedia Innovation
① Scene In washingtonpost Interactive by: Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart, Videos by Alexandra Garcia, Commenting
feature by Jesse Foltz, Steven King, Lee Trout
② Kurlwich on Science NPR Supervising Producers for NPR: Robert Krulwich and Vikki Valentine. Ants that Count, Robert
Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, Vikki Valentine, Allison Richards. The Crow Paradox, Robert Krulwich,
Jason Orfanon, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine. Flu Attack! Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, David
Bolinsky, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine
③ Fight Night militarytimes Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times
AE Ghosts in the Hollow jimloscalzo.com By: Jim Lo Scalzo
Member News New Media judges
from left, Meredith
Birkett, Pamela Chen
New WHNPA Members and Bruce Strong
Please welcome your colleagues into watch entries at the
WHNPA membership: judging on Feb 13th.
rt. New Media con-
Charlotte Richardson, Claire O'Neill,
test chair Pierre
Matt Ford, Marc Allard, Perry Bindelglass,
Kattar runs the pro-
Jenna Isaacson-Pfueller, Luke Sharrett, gram.
Nikki Valentine, Heather Murphy and
Shealah Craighead
Some Sad News to report
Longtime WHNPA member, Harry Davis
of NBC-TV, Wash. DC, recently passed away
at age 62. Davis was a 28 year veteran of
Channel 4; the founder of Teen TV, a program
that mentored inner city youth about televi-
sion production and other community projects
and was a NASCAR dad.
Walt Crawford passed away February
Archer Rene Somodevilla almost made it 14th. He had just won a 1st place in lighting.
to the hospital for his birth at 12:08 AM Leighton Mark retires Walt worked for ABC 7 for 28 years. He was
Sunday morning November 21st. The corner a terrific friend and this is a big loss.
Leighton Mark shown as one of the pho-
of Connecticut Avenue and Ordway seemed tographers covering a hearing with Don Regan.
as good a place as any much to the consterna- In this photograph, Leighton was a staff pho-
tion of parents, Chip and Gina. A perfect but tographer for UPI.
interesting birth (8 pounds 5 ounces) and a Leighton became a photo editor for the
story that will be told many times in the Associated Press. Recently Leighton retired
Somodevilla family. and has moved to Kansas City. He would love Walt Crawford at the
to keep in touch. Leighton.mark@mac.com 2008 WHNPA gala.
If you have member news or images please Photo: Brian Hopkins,
contact: dennis@dennisbrack.com
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WHNPA Members Cover the Haiti Earthquake Story
Win McNamme, Paul Richards, Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, Gerald Herbert, Charles
Ommanney, Brendan Smlalowski, Alison Sheely, Astrid Riecken, Shaw Thew, Jin Greene,
Don Lee, Peter Morris are just a few of the many WHNPA members who covered the
Haiti Earthquake story.
From left to right, Damon Winter, New York Times; Gerald Herbert in Haiti. Nikki Kahn at
David Gilkey, NPR; Joe Raedle, Getty Images; and Photograph by Carol work. Photograph
Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times. Photo: Nikki Kahn. Guzy. by Damon Winter/
New York Times.
Washington Times Photographic Staff Tribute Shawn Thew steps
carefully on the diesel
fuel and oil covered
containers at
Wharf Jeremie.
By Linda Epstein Photo by H. Darr Beiser
Upon hearing that the Times photo staff was laid off, I decided to host a party—
thinking a party at someone's house would be a whole lot cheaper than having it at a
bar and more intimate. So the invites went out via Facebook and email and a whole
buncha people descended on my house Jan 8. Everyone brought food and drink. It was
awesome!
We wanted a picture of the final staff at the Times and then a photo of everyone at
the party who had ever worked at the Times. Kind of impressive to see the talent that's
come out of that place. Many former Times-ers sent messages via the Facebook event
page. It was very touching.