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Feature/Multiple

1st Nathan Morgan/Midland Daily News – Fostering Love
2nd Kendra Stanley-Mills/Muskegon Chronicle – Avery’s Journey
3rd Shaminder Dulai/Midland Daily News – Silent Struggle

Comments:
Except for the winner, a very weak category.
1st It’s nice to have this kind of space for images in this smaller news hole era. This badly needed at least one or two tight eyes-and-teeth portraits. Too many heads are the same size. Some judges thought that everything should have been in B&W, some editors weren’t bothered by that. Overall, the photos have a lonely feel, the final layout should have included an image showing the chaos of such a large family (probably an editing decision). The mulit-elbowed baby photograph was a winner with judges. Nice job!
2nd A good job with this one-day shoot. Overall: check. Close-up: check. Detail: check. Medium shots: check. A well-shot, well-edited package. Doesn’t take any chances, but doesn’t need to.
3rd A difficult story to tell in photographs. One real moment in this essay, and the photographs don’t match the struggle. A tight portrait would have helped.