Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Commonwealth Times Entry Title: The moment police and pro-Palestine demonstrators clashed at VCU Entry Credit: Andrew Kerley Judge Comment: Close up of a protester face to face with a helmeted law enforcement officer. Nice. Could use a bit sharper focus (lens and focal point).
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Commonwealth Times Entry Title: A VCU Police officer shoots pepper spray at student and protest organizer Sereen Haddad Entry Credit: Andrew Kerley Judge Comment: Police officer pepperspraying ptotesters. Good action and close up, but not the strongest angle.
Competition Comment: Just two entries in this category and both were good protest shots. I liked that the photographer(s) got in close to the action.
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