CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
A picture that captures the quality, production or expression -- The realm of what is beautiful or of more than ordinary significance. Example, performing arts, fashion, architecture.

1st Place
ERIC MENCHER
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Museum guards stand among the paintings at the retrospective of the artist Barnett Newman, a major figure among the abstract expressionists, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this past year. Newman, known for his use of "zips," or stripes, has been called one of the most influential American painters of the 20th century.

The Arts

1st Place
ERIC MENCHER
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

JUDGES' COMMENTS
"People didn't get the category. They didn't understand it."
BETH A. KEISER, Photojournalist

"A very simple, straightforward approach. He's got a good eye."
MICHAEL D. SARGENT, Vice President/News Services, Getty Images

"We looked at 500 pictures of blurry dancers. We think it's a bad category."
ROBERT SEALE, Staff Photographer, The Sporting News