Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW) is dedicated to education the public about the role of women-identifying visual journalists and fostering their professional success.
WPOW holds an annual photography competition for its members. The winning images are collected into a traveling exhibition, which is sent to universities and other institutions around the country. The 2024 exhibition is on display in the McDougall Center gallery January-March 2024. This is a sample of photographs in the exhibit.
Best in Show – Professional Shawn Armstrong lays in bed with her mom Ann Brown before they fall asleep at home in Choctaw, OK on May 29, 2023. Shawn’s son Joshua is in jail on a murder charge after he shared drugs with a friend who overdosed. Shawn said the only thing that’s calmed her down and helped her fall asleep during this time has been having her mom rub her arm before they go to sleep. Erin Schaff/The New York TimesBest in Show – Student President Joe Biden pauses before answering a question in the State Dining Room of the White House Nov. 9. Allison Robbert/The GW HatchetA group of 220 migrants, including infants and families, were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the morning on August 12, 2022 in Eagle Pass, Texas. They crossed the Rio Grande to enter the U.S. and many had made the long perilous journey from Venezuela or Cuba. Data shows a record number of undocumented immigrant crossings at the southwest border for fiscal year 2022. The number topped 2.76 million, breaking the previous annual record by more than 1 million.
Sarah L. Voisin/Washington PostRhodes Odendahl, 3, watches the Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2023.
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington PostSupporters of Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) celebrate her victory during an election watch event on November 8, 2022 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Spanberger, the incumbent, was in a tight race with contender Yesli Vega.
Anna Rose Layden/Getty ImagesA Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center resident holds a tambourine during her final performance as part of Sound Impact’s “Use Your Voice” residency in Alexandria, VA, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Sound Impact collaborates with Alexandria Juvenile Detention Center to provide incarcerated youth with live performances and arts-integrated education. The three-day “Use Your Voice” residency culminates in a joint performance – fusing the youth’s words and musical creations with Sound Impact’s live music.
Shuran Huang for NPRU.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leaves her weekly news conference with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 14, 2022.
Elizabeth Frantz for ReutersEchoes of everyday life are frozen in a macabre stillness the moment time stopped when Russian bombs rained down on Ukraine’s residential dwellings in liberated towns including Borodianka, Ukraine on April 21, 2022. Civilian things. Scorched plates and melted microwaves. A kitchen table still holds food left uneaten begging the question, ‘What were they cooking that last day of normal?’ Carol Guzy/NPR/Zuma PressTraffic moves through high winds and low visibility on Interstate 29 south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A ‘bomb cyclone’ drove temperatures dangerously low in the upper Midwest and Great Plains.
Alyssa Schukar for The New York TimesJockeys wait for the call to post ahead of The Sir Barton Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, May 21, 2022.
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