2025 Portrait
First Place - 2025 Portrait
ICE. Masked ICE agents and federal officers in balaclavas detain migrants after court hearings during the Trump administrations controversial immigration reform policies amid a mass deportation effort at the Jacob Javits Federal Building in New York NY on July 16, 2025. Agents say the masks save them from doxing and protect their families from the animosity towards them in society. Critics believe masks are intimidating and further traumatize children witnessing detainments of their parents, and that they should be required to show their identity and be held accountable the same as police officers. Legal efforts to unmask them are ongoing. There is a vast political divide in America. Some protest, decrying a lack of due process with echoes of Nazi Germany and a slippery slide into fascism. Others applaud. And daily, detentions continue.
Carol Guzy
Second Place - 2025 Portrait
Michael Morton, 67, lays in bed getting his ears cleared from impacted earwax with hydrogen peroxide by registered nurse Bianca Palmozano February 6, 2025 in Northwest Washington, D.C. A lifelong resident of the District, Michael worked in construction until he contracted HIV/AIDS leading him to stay at Josephs House. The hospice home, first formed in the 1990s for homeless men with HIV/AIDS, now serves all genders, those with terminal cancer and has shifted to primary act as respite care. "Well, I said my prayers and everything when I found out I had HIV. Made my peace with God and everything. And I don't worry about it. I go day by day living. Living day by day. I pray. I pray every night. Get up in the morning and pray. And then go ahead about my day. It don't stop me."
Sage Russell
Third Place - 2025 Portrait
Mary Chembi answers questions about her daughter during a home visit for families who attend the Childrens Center. in Bugongi, Uganda. Tues, June 17, 2025
Billy Weeks
Honorable Mention - 2025 Portrait
Students pose for a group photo with their teacher during a Quran class at the Abdullah Ibn-Masoud religious school, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, May 26, 2025.
Ebrahim Noroozi / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2025 Portrait
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corp. Ivan Matteson, center, gathers with others for the Tuesday Sunset Parade at the United States Marine Corps War Memorial on Tuesday July 29, 2025 in Arlington, VA. The parade featured The Commandants Own, United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps along with the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. Next Tuesday August 5th will be the last event of the summer season.
Matt McClain / The Washington Post