2022 Eyes of History Award Recipients
Last fall, members of WPOW were honored by the White House News Photographers Association in their 2022 ‘Eyes of History’ Contest. To see the full list of recipients and their work, click here.
Carol Guzy was honored as the 2022 Photographer of the Year, and recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award. From WHNPA:
“Carol is our most decorated member, having won WHNPA Photographer of the Year eight times, The Robert Capa Gold Medal and the Pulitzer Prize four times. On top of being a legendary photojournalist, she is a kind, brave and generous person to everyone she meets.”
Evelyn Hockstein, Senior Staff Photographer at Reuters and former WPOW President, was honored with an Award of Excellence in the Feature category.
Untitled: Erick Jordan carrying a rifle explains his son Daemeon, 9, gun safety and how to patrol, after the verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 19, 2021.
Jacquelyn Martin, Staff Photographer at the Associated Press, placed second in the Insider’s Washington Category.
Kamala Harris,Doug Emhoff: Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, walk off Air Force Two into a stiff wind on arrival to Los Angeles, Monday March 15, 2021. The couple clutched hands and laughed together as their hair and masks were blown about in the strong breeze.
Katherine Frey, Photojournalist for The Washington Post, placed first in both the Portrait/Personality and Feature categories.
Ketcham: Ketcham Elementary School third grader Khoel Priester gets his hair cut at Ketcham Elementary School where children gathered together for the first time in nearly a year due to COVID-19 restrictions, on April 7, 2021 in Washington. The school, in one of the poorest sections of the nation’s capital, had once been a hub of the community before the pandemic hit. His teacher and the principal worked to continue that tradition even though the area was among the hardest hit by Covid-19. Khoel’s family lost seven relatives to the virus.
Virtual learning: Aryanna Manning, 14, an eighth grader at East Coweta Middle School follows her math class online at home in the living room, Monday, March 08, 2021 in Newnan, GA. Since the pandemic began, she says she has become a germaphobe; when she went back to in-school learning, she was too stressed. But, she has struggled with online learning which she is currently attempting full time.
WPOW members celebrate Carol Guzy’s lifetime achievement award at the 2022 Eyes of History Gala.