Ryan Garza wins Michigan Press Photographers Affiliation award

Free Press photographer takes residence prime honor in native photojournalism competitors

Detroit Free Press employees photographer Ryan Garza was named Photographer of the 12 months by the Michigan Press Photographers Affiliation at their annual conference final weekend. Garza final held the title in 2012.

As well as, the Free Press’ protection of Oxford college students bonding with different faculty taking pictures survivors and tales from the paper’s photograph collection “The place We Stay” had been among the many many images and video tales additionally acknowledged by the statewide group.

The images employees took residence a mixed 26 awards from the MPPA, together with 9 first locations within the images and video classes.

“Awards like this are essential as a result of being acknowledged by your friends says that the photographers are working at a very excessive stage, however extra importantly, they’re devoted journalists who’re dedicated to displaying our communities in all their complexity, humanity and sweetness,” Senior Information Director for Visuals Kathy Kieliszewski stated.

Workers photographer Sarahbeth Maney earned an honorable point out in Photographer of the 12 months class and former photograph intern Annie Barker, a Michigan State College graduate, gained the Faculty Photographer of the 12 months class.

The honored work featured a collection of boxing occasions within the Higher Peninsula, a pupil racing workforce in Detroit and a video story about Bob’s Barn Jamboree in Odessa.

Take a look at extra of the award-winning work on the hyperlinks under

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