Boston Press Photographers Association Annual Contests
2015 Pictures of the Year
Judging took place February 14-16, 2016.
Here are the rules and guidelines for the contest.
Acknowledgements
On behalf of our President, Stephan Savoia, the BPPA wants to congratulate our Photographer of the Year, Jessica Rinaldi, and all of the winners in every category. The work speaks for itself – take a look on www.bppa.net
Thank you to our outstanding panel of judges – Mona Reeder, Nick Oza and Amy Sancetta – if you stopped by Bunker Hill to watch any of the judging you will know they were thorough and offered thoughtful and insightful commentary about the photographs they saw.
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest – the judges consistently remarked about the quality and depth and talent of the photographers. If you did not enter, please consider adding to this wealth of great photographs next year.
And definitely, a big thank you to everyone who made the contest run smoothly, especially CJ Gunther and Scott Brauer.
Best in Show
Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
Photographer of the Year
1st. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
2nd. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe
3rd. Brian Snyder / Reuters
01 Spot News
1st. Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
2nd. Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
3rd. Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
HM1. Greg Derr / Quincy Patriot Ledger
HM2. Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
02 General News
1st. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
2nd. Nicolaus Czarnecki / Metro Boston
3rd. Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe
HM1. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe
HM2. Ann Hermes / The Christian Science Monitor
HM3. Dominick Reuter for AFP
03 Feature
1st. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
2nd. Jessica Rinaldi The Boston Globe
3rd. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
HM1. Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe
HM2. Ken McGagh / MetroWest Daily News
HM3. Faith Ninivaggi / Boston Herald
04 Sports Action
1st. Barry Chin / The Boston Globe
2nd. Rich Gagnon / freelance
3rd. Matt Stone / Boston Herald
HM1. Barry Chin / The Boston Globe
HM2. Charlie Krupa / Associated Press
HM3. Barry Chin / The Boston Globe
05 Sports Feature
1st. Rich Gagnon / freelance
2nd. Winslow Townson / freelance
3rd. Ken McGagh / MetroWest Daily News
HM1. Jim Davis / The Boston Globe
HM2. Gabe Souza / Portland Press Herald
HM3. Winslow Townson / freelance
06 Portrait/Personality
1st. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe
2nd. Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
3rd. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
HM1. Greg Derr / Quincy Patriot Ledger
HM2. Brian Snyder / Reuters
HM3. Angela Rowlings / Boston Herald
07 Pictorial
1st place. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
2nd. Christopher Evans / Boston Herald
3rd. Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
HM1. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe
HM2. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
HM3. Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
08 Animal
1st. Cheryl Senter / freelance
2nd. Barry Chin / The Boston Globe
3rd. Greg Derr / Quincy Patriot Ledger
HM1. John Blanding / The Boston Globe
HM2. Ken McGagh / MetroWest Daily News
HM3. John Wilcox / Boston Herald
09 Politics
1st. Rick Friedman / Polaris
2nd. Brian Snyder / Reuters
3rd. Gretchen Ertl / freelance
HM1. Keiko Hiromi / Polaris
HM2. Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe
HM3. Cheryl Senter / freelance
HM4. Brian Snyder / Reuters
10 News Picture Story
1st. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
2nd. Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe
3rd. Brian Snyder / Reuters
HM. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe
11 Feature Picture Story
1st. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
2nd. Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe
3rd. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe
HM. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe
12 Sports Portfolio
1st. Charlie Krupa / Associated Press
2nd. Barry Chin / The Boston Globe
3rd. Winslow Townson / freelance
13 Video/Multimedia
1st. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe
2nd. Amelia Kunhardt / Portland Press Herald
14 Team
The Boston Globe: Susanne Kreiter, John Tlumacki, Keith Bedford, Craig F. Walker, Pat Greenhouse
Judges
Amy Sancetta - Associated Press
Nick Oza - The Arizona Republic
Mona Reeder - Dallas Morning News