2021 Multiplatform Picture Editor of the Year
First Place
David Furst/The New York Times
Second Place
09 Six portraits from a year defined by loss
From empty beds in an Italian monastery to a community wrenched apart in Wyoming, 2020 has left countless points of pain, but also perseverance.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2020/florida-hong-kong-covid-loss/
Photo editing by Chloe Coleman, Olivier Laurent and Karly Domb Sadof. Locator maps by Chiqui Esteban. Design and development by Jake Crump. Copy editing by Whitney Juckno.Photos by Aaron Vincent Elkaim, Cindy Karp, Gianmarco Maraviglia, Dalia Khamissy, Ryan Dorgan, Anthony Kwan.
02 Pandemic Politics
Photographer Louie Palu created a visual record of the unprecedented ways this pandemic affected the functioning of our government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/11/02/photographs-pandemic-politics/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Clare Ramirez. Photos by Louie Palu.- 02 Pandemic Politics
Photographer Louie Palu created a visual record of the unprecedented ways this pandemic affected the functioning of our government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/11/02/photographs-pandemic-politics/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Clare Ramirez. Photos by Louie Palu. - 02 Pandemic Politics
Photographer Louie Palu created a visual record of the unprecedented ways this pandemic affected the functioning of our government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/11/02/photographs-pandemic-politics/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Clare Ramirez. Photos by Louie Palu. - 02 Pandemic Politics
Photographer Louie Palu created a visual record of the unprecedented ways this pandemic affected the functioning of our government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/11/02/photographs-pandemic-politics/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Clare Ramirez. Photos by Louie Palu. - 06 Overwhelmed: Inside a California Hospital
The hospital system in California is overwhelmed as coronavirus cases surge in the state. St. Mary Medical center in Apple Valley is creating “covid pods,” canceling elective surgeries and doing everything it can to cope with extreme overcapacity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/california-hospital-covid-capacity/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Photos by Michael S. Williamson. Video by Jon Gerberg. Video editing by Jesse Mesner-Hage. Design by Madison Walls. - 01 Pandemic Homelessness – Part 1
Even when the economy was booming, Dave and Sergine had lived in a state of near homelessness. Coronavirus made it worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/virus-family-homelessness/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Andrew Braford. Photos by Eve Edelheit. - 01 Pandemic Homelessness – Part 1
Even when the economy was booming, Dave and Sergine had lived in a state of near homelessness. Coronavirus made it worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/virus-family-homelessness/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Andrew Braford. Photos by Eve Edelheit. - 01 Pandemic Homelessness - Part 2
Florida’s tourism economy crashed, leaving dozens of low-wage workers trapped in a crumbling motel without electricity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/kissimmee-star-motel/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design and development by Joanne Lee. Photos by Eve Edelheit. - 03 The audacious effort to reforest the planet
Trees suck Earth-warming carbon out of the atmosphere far more efficiently than any machine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/climate-solutions/trillion-tree-reforestation-climate-change-philippines/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Development and design by Andrew Braford. Photos by Hannah Reyes Morales. - 03 The audacious effort to reforest the planet
Trees suck Earth-warming carbon out of the atmosphere far more efficiently than any machine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/climate-solutions/trillion-tree-reforestation-climate-change-philippines/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Development and design by Andrew Braford. Photos by Hannah Reyes Morales. - 03 The audacious effort to reforest the planet
Trees suck Earth-warming carbon out of the atmosphere far more efficiently than any machine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/climate-solutions/trillion-tree-reforestation-climate-change-philippines/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Development and design by Andrew Braford. Photos by Hannah Reyes Morales. - 08 George Floyd’s America- Born with Two strikes
George Floyd’s 46 years in America shows that it was shaped by the very forces people are protesting after his death — entrenched poverty, systemic racism, a broken criminal justice system and police violence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/george-floyd-america/systemic-racism/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof and Robert Miller. Design and development by Junne Alcantara. Video by Alice Li and Drea Cornejo. Video editing by Reem Akkad and Nicki DeMarco. - 04 Portland Protesters
The stamina and creativity of Portland protesters has been grown for generations. By the time federal agents packed into the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in early July, protesters had settled into a rhythm.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/08/trump-sent-agents-quell-unrest-protest-is-what-portland-does-best/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design and development by Irfan Uraizee. Photos by Leah Nash. - 05 Western Wildfires
The fires through Washington, Oregon and California are unprecedented and include record-breaking blazes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/california-oregon-washington-wildfires/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Graphics by Laris Karklis. Design by Matthew Callahan and Nick Kirkpatrick. - 01 Pandemic Homelessness - Part 2
Florida’s tourism economy crashed, leaving dozens of low-wage workers trapped in a crumbling motel without electricity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/kissimmee-star-motel/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Joanne Lee. Photos by Eve Edelheit. - 05 Western Wildfires
The fires through Washington, Oregon and California are unprecedented and include record-breaking blazes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/california-oregon-washington-wildfires/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Graphics by Laris Karklis. Design by Tyler Remmel. - ’The land belonged to our ancestors’
The ongoing dispute over a 19th century cemetery in a rural valley south of Jakarta has complicated efforts to build a mega-resort set to include a Trump-branded hotel and golf course.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-indonesia-resort-cemetery/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Graphics by Laris Karklis. Design and development by Irfan Uraizee and Tyler Remmel. Video editing by Zach Purser Brown and Peter Stevenson - 07 ‘For now, the city sleeps’: New York’s coronavirus shutdown, in photos
There are 8.6 million people in the densest, most populous metropolis in America locked inside, peering out from behind curtains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-nyc-shutdown/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design and development by Irfan Uraizee. Photos by Jeenah Moon. - ‘For now, the city sleeps’: New York’s coronavirus shutdown, in photos
There are 8.6 million people in the densest, most populous metropolis in America locked inside, peering out from behind curtains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-nyc-shutdown/
Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design and development by Irfan Uraizee. Photos by Jeenah Moon.
Karly Domb Sadof The Washington Post
Third Place
Kurt Mutchler/National Geographic
Honorable Mention
The New York Times
Honorable Mention
24 hours in the life of American workers
Most people donÕt have the option of working from home during the pandemic. A single day shows the risks some take and the calculations they make to still do their job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/24-hours-with-american-workers/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Project development and editing by Susan Levine. Graphics by çlvaro Valio, graphics editing by Chiqui Esteban. Copy editing by Carrie Camillo. Design development and editing by Irfan Uraizee and Christian Font.
Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez, Preston Gannaway, Salwan Georges, Calla Kessler, Joshua Lott, Andrea Morales, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jovelle Tamayo and Rachel Woolf.- 24 hours in the life of American workers
Most people donÕt have the option of working from home during the pandemic. A single day shows the risks some take and the calculations they make to still do their job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/24-hours-with-american-workers/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Project development and editing by Susan Levine. Graphics by çlvaro Valio, graphics editing by Chiqui Esteban. Copy editing by Carrie Camillo. Design development and editing by Irfan Uraizee and Christian Font.
Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez, Preston Gannaway, Salwan Georges, Calla Kessler, Joshua Lott, Andrea Morales, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jovelle Tamayo and Rachel Woolf. - 24 hours in the life of American workers
Most people donÕt have the option of working from home during the pandemic. A single day shows the risks some take and the calculations they make to still do their job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/24-hours-with-american-workers/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Project development and editing by Susan Levine. Graphics by çlvaro Valio, graphics editing by Chiqui Esteban. Copy editing by Carrie Camillo. Design development and editing by Irfan Uraizee and Christian Font.
Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez, Preston Gannaway, Salwan Georges, Calla Kessler, Joshua Lott, Andrea Morales, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jovelle Tamayo and Rachel Woolf. - 24 hours in the life of American workers
Most people donÕt have the option of working from home during the pandemic. A single day shows the risks some take and the calculations they make to still do their job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/24-hours-with-american-workers/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Project development and editing by Susan Levine. Graphics by çlvaro Valio, graphics editing by Chiqui Esteban. Copy editing by Carrie Camillo. Design development and editing by Irfan Uraizee and Christian Font.
Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez, Preston Gannaway, Salwan Georges, Calla Kessler, Joshua Lott, Andrea Morales, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jovelle Tamayo and Rachel Woolf. - 24 hours in the life of American workers
Most people donÕt have the option of working from home during the pandemic. A single day shows the risks some take and the calculations they make to still do their job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/24-hours-with-american-workers/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Project development and editing by Susan Levine. Graphics by çlvaro Valio, graphics editing by Chiqui Esteban. Copy editing by Carrie Camillo. Design development and editing by Irfan Uraizee and Christian Font.
Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez, Preston Gannaway, Salwan Georges, Calla Kessler, Joshua Lott, Andrea Morales, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jovelle Tamayo and Rachel Woolf. - 24 hours in the life of American workers
Most people donÕt have the option of working from home during the pandemic. A single day shows the risks some take and the calculations they make to still do their job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/24-hours-with-american-workers/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Project development and editing by Susan Levine. Graphics by çlvaro Valio, graphics editing by Chiqui Esteban. Copy editing by Carrie Camillo. Design development and editing by Irfan Uraizee and Christian Font.
Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez, Preston Gannaway, Salwan Georges, Calla Kessler, Joshua Lott, Andrea Morales, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jovelle Tamayo and Rachel Woolf. - 24 hours in the life of American workers
Most people donÕt have the option of working from home during the pandemic. A single day shows the risks some take and the calculations they make to still do their job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/24-hours-with-american-workers/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Project development and editing by Susan Levine. Graphics by çlvaro Valio, graphics editing by Chiqui Esteban. Copy editing by Carrie Camillo. Design development and editing by Irfan Uraizee and Christian Font.
Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez, Preston Gannaway, Salwan Georges, Calla Kessler, Joshua Lott, Andrea Morales, Brandon Thibodeaux, Jovelle Tamayo and Rachel Woolf. - Last night at the drive-in
Photographer duo Brinson+Banks captured the last night at the Paramount Drive In Theatre before California residents were asked to stay at home.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/photography/2020/03/21/last-night-drive-in/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick - Australia's wires spur humanitarian and political crises
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Design by Andrew Braford - We can’t go back to normal’
From joining protests to caring for sick parents, young photographers across the country reflect on how the last months have impacted their lives.
Production and photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick and Haley Hamblin. Design and development Brandon Ferrill. Editing by Lori Montgomery. Design editing by Suzette Moyer. Copy editing by Brian Cleveland and Courtney Rukan. Additional development by Jake Crump and Lucio Villa.
Photos by Malike Sidibe, Vanessa Leroy, Michael Blackshire, Salihah Saadiq, Haley Santibanez, Adraint Khadafhi Bereal, Eric Hart Jr., Steven Tovar-Campos, Kendall “Kengotrich” Bessent, Amber N. Ford, Kian Kelley-Chung, Ana Carmona. - We can’t go back to normal’
From joining protests to caring for sick parents, young photographers across the country reflect on how the last months have impacted their lives.
Production and photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick and Haley Hamblin. Design and development Brandon Ferrill. Editing by Lori Montgomery. Design editing by Suzette Moyer. Copy editing by Brian Cleveland and Courtney Rukan. Additional development by Jake Crump and Lucio Villa.
Photos by Malike Sidibe, Vanessa Leroy, Michael Blackshire, Salihah Saadiq, Haley Santibanez, Adraint Khadafhi Bereal, Eric Hart Jr., Steven Tovar-Campos, Kendall “Kengotrich” Bessent, Amber N. Ford, Kian Kelley-Chung, Ana Carmona. - We canÕt go back to normalÕ
From joining protests to caring for sick parents, young photographers across the country reflect on how the last months have impacted their lives.
Production and photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick and Haley Hamblin. Design and development Brandon Ferrill. Editing by Lori Montgomery. Design editing by Suzette Moyer. Copy editing by Brian Cleveland and Courtney Rukan. Additional development by Jake Crump and Lucio Villa.
Photos by Malike Sidibe, Vanessa Leroy, Michael Blackshire, Salihah Saadiq, Haley Santibanez, Adraint Khadafhi Bereal, Eric Hart Jr., Steven Tovar-Campos, Kendall ÒKengotrichÓ Bessent, Amber N. Ford, Kian Kelley-Chung, Ana Carmona. - We canÕt go back to normalÕ
From joining protests to caring for sick parents, young photographers across the country reflect on how the last months have impacted their lives.
Production and photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick and Haley Hamblin. Design and development Brandon Ferrill. Editing by Lori Montgomery. Design editing by Suzette Moyer. Copy editing by Brian Cleveland and Courtney Rukan. Additional development by Jake Crump and Lucio Villa.
Photos by Malike Sidibe, Vanessa Leroy, Michael Blackshire, Salihah Saadiq, Haley Santibanez, Adraint Khadafhi Bereal, Eric Hart Jr., Steven Tovar-Campos, Kendall ÒKengotrichÓ Bessent, Amber N. Ford, Kian Kelley-Chung, Ana Carmona. - We canÕt go back to normalÕ
From joining protests to caring for sick parents, young photographers across the country reflect on how the last months have impacted their lives.
Production and photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick and Haley Hamblin. Design and development Brandon Ferrill. Editing by Lori Montgomery. Design editing by Suzette Moyer. Copy editing by Brian Cleveland and Courtney Rukan. Additional development by Jake Crump and Lucio Villa.
Photos by Malike Sidibe, Vanessa Leroy, Michael Blackshire, Salihah Saadiq, Haley Santibanez, Adraint Khadafhi Bereal, Eric Hart Jr., Steven Tovar-Campos, Kendall ÒKengotrichÓ Bessent, Amber N. Ford, Kian Kelley-Chung, Ana Carmona. - We canÕt go back to normalÕ
From joining protests to caring for sick parents, young photographers across the country reflect on how the last months have impacted their lives.
Production and photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick and Haley Hamblin. Design and development Brandon Ferrill. Editing by Lori Montgomery. Design editing by Suzette Moyer. Copy editing by Brian Cleveland and Courtney Rukan. Additional development by Jake Crump and Lucio Villa.
Photos by Malike Sidibe, Vanessa Leroy, Michael Blackshire, Salihah Saadiq, Haley Santibanez, Adraint Khadafhi Bereal, Eric Hart Jr., Steven Tovar-Campos, Kendall ÒKengotrichÓ Bessent, Amber N. Ford, Kian Kelley-Chung, Ana Carmona. - Going it alone in two of AmericaÕs agricultural towns
The pandemic has revealed the fragility of AmericaÕs food system and the countryÕs farmers, ranchers and farmworkers are persevering through shutdowns, slowdowns and supply chain meltdowns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/farmers-ranchers-coronavirus-food-california-west-virginia/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez Story editing by Renae Merle. Additional editing by Courtney Kan and Nick Kirkpatrick. Copy editing by Karen Funfgeld. Graphics by Hannah Dormido. Design and development by Cece Pascual. Design editing by Matthew Callahan.
Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez - Going it alone in two of America’s agricultural towns
The pandemic has revealed the fragility of America’s food system and the country’s farmers, ranchers and farmworkers are persevering through shutdowns, slowdowns and supply chain meltdowns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/farmers-ranchers-coronavirus-food-california-west-virginia/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez Story editing by Renae Merle. Additional editing by Courtney Kan and Nick Kirkpatrick. Copy editing by Karen Funfgeld. Graphics by Hannah Dormido. Design and development by Cece Pascual. Design editing by Matthew Callahan.
Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez - Going it alone in two of America’s agricultural towns
The pandemic has revealed the fragility of America’s food system and the country’s farmers, ranchers and farmworkers are persevering through shutdowns, slowdowns and supply chain meltdowns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/farmers-ranchers-coronavirus-food-california-west-virginia/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez Story editing by Renae Merle. Additional editing by Courtney Kan and Nick Kirkpatrick. Copy editing by Karen Funfgeld. Graphics by Hannah Dormido. Design and development by Cece Pascual. Design editing by Matthew Callahan.
Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez - Going it alone in two of America’s agricultural towns
The pandemic has revealed the fragility of America’s food system and the country’s farmers, ranchers and farmworkers are persevering through shutdowns, slowdowns and supply chain meltdowns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/road-to-recovery/farmers-ranchers-coronavirus-food-california-west-virginia/
Photo editing by Nick Kirkpatrick. Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez Story editing by Renae Merle. Additional editing by Courtney Kan and Nick Kirkpatrick. Copy editing by Karen Funfgeld. Graphics by Hannah Dormido. Design and development by Cece Pascual. Design editing by Matthew Callahan.
Story by Laura Reiley Photos by Melina Mara and Michael Robinson Chavez
Nick Kirkpatrick/The Washington Post
Honorable Mention
James Wellford/National Geographic
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