Robin Rayne is an Atlanta-based magazine and newspaper photojournalist specializing in developmental disability issues, human rights, gender diversity, social justice issues and the escalating political drama in Georgia. 

Robin produces stories and films that capture authentic, unfiltered human experience, with a goal of reshaping the way society views those who are different, misunderstood, and devalued. Robin’s work is influenced by their neuro-divergent perspective and empathy for marginalized communities, as well as a recent traumatic brain injury that impacted both neurological and physical stamina.

Spanning a 35-year national magazine career, Robin’s work has regularly appeared in Newsweek, Time, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Le Point, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel, among dozens more. Their photographs and essays are syndicated globally by ZUMA Press Wire Service.

 

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2024 Alan Hagman Grant Finalist

| Ann Hermes

Ann Hermes is a Brooklyn and Boston-based visual storyteller with a flair for the nostalgic. Her work explores the roles often-overlooked people and institutions play in our history, culture and future. She has worked in logistically challenging situations on national and international assignments for over 15 years as a staff photographer for The Christian Science Monitor and other regional news outlets. This work ranged from breaking news coverage of the Arab Spring in Egypt to in-depth stories following Syrian refugees in Eastern Europe. Her stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The New Republic. Her work exhibited at Photoville in New York City in 2024. After years of experience in news photography, she uses her documentary expertise to visually explore the current critical era in journalism and uncover the potential harm that the loss of local newsrooms would bring to our democracy.

https://www.annhermesphoto.com/Initially founded

Melissa Lyttle – Photojournalist melissalyttle.com Melissa Lyttle, a Washington, D.C.-based visual journalist, is the winner of the 2021 NPPF Alan Hagman Grant. She will receive $5,000 to help fund her project, “Where They Stood,” which focuses on the removal of long-standing Confederate monuments. She began the project in 2020 to create a record of the unraveling, “a moment in time when symbols of rebellious leaders were literally knocked off their pedestals,” she said. Her project is defined by triptychs: a historic picture of the monument, a picture of the location after removal, and the monument as it exists today. Lyttle is the founder of APhotoADay and GeekFest, a member of Women Photograph, and an International Women’s Media Foundation reporting fellow and grant recipient.  She has been an Eddie Adams Workshop faculty member for over a decade and served on the NPPA board for seven years, including two as president. Judges statement: “Lyttle’s triptychs may speak quietly at first but together they are a powerful statement about the reckoning with the racism she hopes to capture with this project.  Brought to fruition, the judges envision a book or museum exhibit as a means of amplifying the work, along with traditional outlets in newspapers or magazines.  This is an important topic and her unique approach toward telling it will help assure that this piece will endure for quite some time.” The Hagman Grant is named for the late Los Angeles Times photo editor, Alan Hagman who served as a mentor to many photojournalists throughout his career. Alan’s family and friends funded the grant to support work reflecting Alan’s ideals and love of photojournalism.

A life-size statue of an unknown Confederate soldier was toppled from its base, beheaded, and spray painted by protestors at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. It was discovered on the morning of June 30, 2020, when cemetery workers showed up for work. The cemetery superintendent says it will likely not be repaired. Its bare plinth remains in the cemetery, but the soldier has come to rest underneath a tarp in a shed used by the grounds crew.

Gabriel Scarlett – Photojournalist www. gabrielscarlett. com Education Western Kentucky University Interdisciplinary Studies (Photojournalism, Arabic, Emergency Medicine) Nationally Registered EMT Experience National Geographic Magazine – Summer Photo Internship – 2019 Los Angeles Times – Summer Photo Internship – 2018 The Denver Post – Summer Photo Internship – 2017 Philmont Boy Scout Ranch – Summer Photo Internship – 2016 Eddie Adams Workshop – Attendee – 2019 New York Times Portfolio Review – Attendee – 2018 WKU Emergency Medicine Course – EMT-Basic Certification – 2019 Northern Short Course – Attendee 2016, ’18 – Volunteer ’17 Mountain Workshops – Attendee 2016 – Volunteer 2015, ’17 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – Attendee 2015, ’16, ’17, Workshop Speaker ’19 Skills Image Editing – Adobe Lightroom, Photo Mechanic, captioning/filing remotely via hotspot or satellite Video Production – Lit two-camera interviews, off-camera audio recording, editing with Adobe Premiere Practical – Certified in First Aid, CPR/AED, Basic Life Support, rock climbing/repelling, own and operate a DJI Mavic 2 Pro Grants & Scholarships Alexia Foundation – Student Grant Award of Excellence Reuters Projects Grant – Storytelling Grant Recipient Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – Dave Martin Student Projects Grant WKU Journalism Department – Student Projects Grants – 2016, ’17 National Press Photographers Foundation – Jimi Lott Scholarship, C. Thomas Hardin and Mary C. Hardin Documentary Scholarship, Bob Baxter Scholarship, Col. William Lookadoo CPOYi Scholarship Northern Short Course – Michel du Cille Memorial Scholarship WKU Photojournalism Dept. – Kodak Scholarship, George Tames Scholarship, David Cooper Scholarship James Alan Cox Foundation – Photojournalism Scholarship Mountain Workshops – Jon Woods Scholarship Western Kentucky University – Full-Ride Scholarship as a National Merit Finalist Honors Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – Featured Workshop Speaker on Long-form Storytelling 2020 PDN’s 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch – Nominated (currently being judged) 74th College Photographer of the Year – Bronze in Int. Picture Story, Multimedia Team 73rd College Photographer of the Year – Gold Portfolio, awards in General News, Feature 72nd College Photographer of the Year – AoE Portfolio, award in Portrait, Documentary 71st College Photographer of the Year – Award of Excellence in Feature NPPA – Best of Photojournalism – Emerging Vision Portfolio Winner Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – Student Photographer of the Year – 2017, ’18 Kentucky News Photographers Association – Student Photographer of the Year – 2018, ’19 Kentucky News Photographers Association – Ed Reinke Best In Show Award – 2017 2019 Hearst Awards – 1st Place in Photo I, 1st Place & 3rd Place in Team Multimedia — Finalist at the National Championship in San Francisco 2018 Hearst Awards – 1st Place Multimedia Team —3rd Place National Championship in San Francisco 2017 Hearst Awards – 2nd Place in Photo I, 2nd Place Multimedia Enterprise —2nd Place National Championship in San Francisco The GroundTruth Project – Emerging Photographer Feature News Photographer Magazine – Photographer Interview & FeatureLess…