2012 Portrait/Personality

First Place - 2012 Portrait/Personality
1st Place. In this Aug. 7, 2012 photo, Natalia Gonzales, a 15-year-old crack user, poses for a portrait in an area known as "Crackland" in the Manguinhos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "User"
Felipe Dana/Associated Press

Second Place - 2012 Portrait/Personality
2nd Place. Spain's bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla is seen after a bullfight was cancelled due to the bad weather, in Brihuega, Spain, Saturday, April 14, 2012. "Padilla"
Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press

Third Place - 2012 Portrait/Personality
3rd Place. Elsia Acosta, 13, takes a break clearing the underbrush on the African palm tree plantation of La Confianza, Honduras, a city developed from land seized by small-scale farmers from one of Honduras' richest men. "Plantation Worker"
Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press

Honorable Mention - 2012 Portrait/Personality
Honorable Mention. Lady Gaga looks out from the window of her vehicle at Harvard University where she will launch her Born This Way Foundation in Cambridge, Massachusetts February 29, 2012. "Gaga"
Brian Snyder/Reuters

Honorable Mention - 2012 Portrait/Personality
Honorable Mention. HONDURAN STREET ARTIST KNOW AS MAEZTRO URBANO WORKING IN THE PROCESS OF HIS WORK IN THE STREETS OF TEGUCIGALPA.
Javier Arcenillas/GEA Photowords

Honorable Mention - 2012 Portrait/Personality
Honorable Mention. PRISONERS FORMER GANG ALSO CALLED "PESETA" TAMARA THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL IN HONDURAS WALK IN THE YARD..RECLUSOS EX PANDILLEROS TAMBIEN LLAMADOS "PESETA" DEL PENAL NACIONAL DE TAMARA EN HONDURAS EN EL PATIO DE PASEO.
Javier Arcenillas/GEA Photowords