CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
A picture of a "found" situation with strong human interest, or a fresh view of an everyday scene.



1st Place
Steve Liss
TIME Magazine

Blake Dethlefs, 4, making at stop at secondary screening on his way to Disney World, among the Memorial Day weekend travelers being randomly screened at Denver International Airport in airport security procedure.



2nd Place
Alexandra Boulat
VII/TIME Magazine
A dove lands near Israeli solidiers as the temporary lifting of the curfew comes to an end in the West Bank town of Ramallah. April 8, 2002



3rd Place
Oleg Nikishin
Getty Images
An Iraqi boy runs toward his mother in front of a 19th century spiral minaret September 25, 2002 in the town of Samara, 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Bahgdad. As the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush sought domestic and international support for their war plans, three U.S. lawmakers arrived in Baghdad in an effort to work out a diplomatic solution to U.S.-Iraqi tensions.



Honorable Mention
Natalie Behring-Chisholm
Getty Images
Ethnic Hazara women in the town of Bamiyan, Afghanistan are caught in a strong gust of wind June 27, 2002. The women run a bakery that provides rations of bread to primary schoolchildren in the impoverished town.


Magazine Feature

1st Place
Steve Liss
TIME Magazine

2nd Place
Alexandra Boulat
VII/TIME Magazine

3rd Place
Oleg Nikishin
Getty Images

Honorable Mention
Natalie Behring-Chisholm
Getty Images


JUDGES' COMMENTS
"We liked that. It says a lot about what's happened to the country in the last year or so. Look at this little boy. How could you think he's threatening? He's no threat. The expression on the boy's face - he accepts it. The inspector is so serious. And the caption - the family is going to Disney World! Talk about the daily paranoia and how ridiculous it is! But it's changed our lives forever, I'm afraid. And it's a picture that communicates. Very easily, simply, and right to the point."
MICHAEL D. SARGENT, Vice President/News Services, Getty Images