2023 Feature

First Place
First Place

2nd Platoon, 122 Company, 12th Battallion. Soldiers used to be a rare sight in the capital of Sweden but not anymore. Together with many Stockholm inhabitants, Ingegerd pauses for a moment when the soldiers march by. "It feels safe to see them in the streets, things being what they are in the world." Platoon commander Jesper Helte and his soldiers are geared for combat and stop for no one. Except a small red man. Traffic rules are traffic rules, even in a more and more militarized world.

Second Place
Second Place

To the delight of their children, Nahndy Malbrough (center, left) gives her partner April Turner a kiss after they were wed by Justice of the Peace Judge Valencia Nash at the South Dallas Government Center, February 22, 2022. Their kids (from left), Kymmani Malbrough, SJ Tucker and Talia Phoenix served as their bridal court. The docket in the courts building were full of couples wanting to be wed on palindrome date- 22nd day of the 2nd month of 2022.

Third Place
Third Place

Troy Cross, 8, dressed as the Mandalorian, walks down stairs while trick-or-treating in Frederick Md., on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022.

Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention

Carlos Mendoza, winds up a pitch to neighbor Sebastian Reed, 8 (center) as he practice baseball with his two children, Sarely and Liam (not shown) outside their homes in Texline, a small dusty farm town on the Texas border with New Mexico.