Here are the photos I was given awards for.
First Place Spot News
Award of Excellence for General News
Third Place for Best Mini-Doc Multimedia Package
It is a very humbling experience for me when my photography is recognized by my photographic peers. On Sunday evening at Scott's restaurant in Oakland, California, a couple of images I made last year at my position as a staff photojournalist at the Daily Republic newspaper in Fairfield, California were honored at this year's San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographer's Association awards banquet. I won first place in the Spot News category for an image I made from a school shooting, third place for Best Mini-Doc Multimedia Package from a multimedia story I did on a local skateboard maker (I am particularly excited about this one) and I won an award of excellence in General News category from a candlelight vigil earlier last year. This was a pretty cool honor. There is so much photojournalistic talent in the Bay Area from Pulitzer Prize winners to National Photographers of the Year. It was great to have my photography honored in a room filled with such exceptional storytellers. Congrats to all of the winners, congrats and thank you to my colleague Robinson Kuntz and a big thank you to my photo editor Brad Zweerink for all of the support and constructive criticism you've given to help further my photographic career. In all, the Daily Republic photo staff took home five awards. It was a great night.
congratulations you are very good, and I hope to come more awards
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Alfredo for the kind words on my work. I haven't seen you for a while. Hope all is well. We should grab a beer sometime soon. Best regards. -M
ReplyDeletegreat job, keep it up Mike!
ReplyDeleteA thousand thank yous Alex.
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