THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 5, 1995 TAG: 9502050064
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Medium: 69 lines
Motoya Nakamura of The Virginian-Pilot was named Virginia News Photographer of the Year by the Virginia News Photographers Association.
Nakamura was honored Friday night at the association's annual print competition in Richmond.
Best-in-show honors went to another Virginian-Pilot photoghrapher, Tamara Voninski.
The association gave awards in 15 categories to 58 photographers from across the state. There were 540 entries in the competition.
The judges were H. Darr Beiser, a photographer for USA Today; White House staff photographer Callie Shell, and Sam Abell of National Geographic.
Here are winners from Hampton Roads in individual photography categories:
The Daily Press, Newport News
Ken Lyons - Second, portfolio; third, food illustration; third, political campaign; third, feature picture story; honorable mention, portrait/personality.
Pamela Miller - Honorable mention, spot news.
Adrin Snider - First, sports action; first, editorial illustration; first, feature picture story; third, portfolio.
The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk
Beth Bergman - Second, portrait/personality; third, lifestyle; honorable mention, lifestyle; honorable mention, news picture story.
Mort Fryman - Honorable mention, sports action.
Gary C. Knapp, freelance - Second, political campaign; honorable mention, sports action.
Bill Kelley III - Honorable mention, lifestyle.
Motoya Nakamura - Photographer of the Year; first, portfolio; first, lifestyle; first, portrait/personality; third, editorial illustration; honorable mention, food illustration; honorable mention, general news.
Martin Smith-Rodden - First, food illustration; honorable mention, general news; honorable mention, portrait/personality; honorable mention, editorial illustration; honorable mention, feature picture story; honorable mention, portfolio.
L. Todd Spencer, freelance - Honorable mention, sports action.
Bill Tiernan - First, news picture story; second, editorial illustration; third, feature; honorable mention, sports feature; honorable mention, portrait/personality; honorable mention, portfolio.
Tamara Voninski - Best in Show; first, general news; honorable mention, portrait/personality; honorable mention, political campaign.
Jim Walker - Honorable mention, pictorial. ILLUSTRATION: Photos
Nakamura
Voninski
Tiernan
Smith-Rodden
MOTOYA NAKAMURA/Staff file
This photograph from a series of stories called ``Tina's Heart,''
about a teenage girl who received a heart transplant, is one of the
images that helped The Virginian-Pilot's Motoya Nakamura earn the
honor of Virginia News Photographer of the Year from the Virginia
News Photographers Association.
by CNB