NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2008 Web Site Winners

1st Place, Sports Photo Gallery

“Ruckus in the cage” (The Roanoke Times and Roanoke.com)

Mixed Martial Arts Fighting

Entrant: Seth Gitner
Contributors: Dan Beatty, Director of Photography; Jared Soares, Staff Photojournalist

...and the winner in the blue corner is "Ruckus in the cage"...this was hands down the best entry in this category. It was tightly edited and told the story from the start to finish, capturing the raw emotion of the fight that goes on in the cage.
Being beautifully photographed in black and white really emphasized the gritty nature of this topic. The pictures were striking and powerful. The other entries had too many photographs in their galleries. Edit, edit, edit, no redundancy.
Irwin Thompson

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