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Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner Ah... I've been on vacation for a week, and just returned to learn of all sorts of fun photo happenings. My apologies if this is old news to some of you, but I thought I'd post it to the blog, lest I forget. POY judging has taken on a life of its own this year. And one judge, Brad Mangin, talks about judging 18,000 photographs and declares "I am not a moron." The Virginian-Pilot's Stephen Katz has been crowned Newspaper Photographer of the Year... Chicago Tribune photojournalists Scott Strazzante and Kuni Takahashi finishing second and third, respectively. Magazine Photographer of the Year went to Getty's John Moore, who had a hell of a year documenting things like the intense aftermath of the assassination of Pakistan Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto (if his story on that doesn't win the Pulitzer, I don't know what will...) Thomas Van Houtryve placed second and Moises Saman took third. Strazzante also won the coveted Community Awareness Award for his decade long diptych project on the changing face of the Illinois landscape, from family farm to subdivision. Getty just announced their recipients of their most recent round of $20,000 grants for editorial photography. Ian Martin's proposal is on the "Hidden Minority: South Africa's White Poor," and Lorena Ros will be documenting the impact of "childhood sexual abuse in America while providing survivors with a safe, respectful way to address and share their experiences." And last among the big winnings from a slew of impressive photojournalists is the Alexia Foundation Grants, the professional award went to Stephanie Sinclair, and the student winner is Matt Eich. Both of whom have been pushing the boundaries of visual supremacy in the last few years. 
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