2021 Portrait/Personality
First Place - 2021 Portrait/Personality
lvaro Puig Moreno watches television while eating a his Christmas Eve dinner at his home in Barcelona, Spain, Dec. 24, 2020. "The solitude gets to me these days, I often feel depressed," Puig said. "These holidays, instead of making me happy, make me sad. I hate them. Most of family has died, I am one of the last ones left. I will spend Christmas at home alone because I don't have anyone to spend them with."
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
Second Place - 2021 Portrait/Personality
Vendor Celestine poses for a photo while taking a break in her butcher stand in a popular market in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.
Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press
Third Place - 2021 Portrait/Personality
Funeral singer Elana Bolds sings at Rolling Hills cemetery where her daughter and parents are buried on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 in Richmond, California. Elana has spent two decades helping to heal broken hearts by singing at funerals in her community often free of charge. After realizing how many lives were being lost to gun violence, she became a community activist.
Gabrielle Lurie / The San Francisco Chronicle
Honorable Mention - 2021 Portrait/Personality
Damillah Lane, 26, is embraced by her daughter Skylar Lane, 8, as she holds her firearm outside of her home on Saturday, April 10, 2021 in Killeen, Tx. Whenever my husband leaves I feel a need to protect my family, Damillah said. The current socio-political environment in the United States has led many African Americans to arm themselves: In fact African Americans has the highest increase in new gun owners of any demographic according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. This image is a select from the series Armed Doesnt Mean Dangerous which attempts to dismantle negative stereotypes connected to Black gun ownership.
Christian Lee