Friday, April 17

Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute (401 S. 9th St.)

 All events are free and open to all

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

9:00-9:45 Loren Elliott, The Coyotes of San Francisco, Environmental Vision Award

Loren is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and past chief photographer for Reuters in Australia. His work focuses on the uneasy intersections between humans and wildlife.

10:00-10:30 Jordan Tovin, College Photographer of the Year

Jordan shares the intimacy and fragility of daily life from rural Kentucky to urban D.C.

10:45-11:30 Maddie McGarvey, Legacy of Daughters, Community Awareness Award

Maddie shares her 15-year-long project following Paige Casto from childhood through high school. A powerful story of life and choices of a girl living in Appalachian Ohio.

11:30-1:00 Free BBQ Luncheon & CPOY Exhibit 

1:30-2:00 Tess Crowley: Student, staff, Sports Photographer of the Year

Just two years into her career, Tess has covered the assassination of Charlie Kirk, life in her small town and was recognized as the Sports Photographer of the Year.

2:15-3:00 Peter Essick, Life in this Wild World

Working for National Geographic Magazine, Peter has depicted humanity’s impact on the world for 30 years. His book, Work in Progress, uses drone photography to capture the changes that urban growth is bringing to his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.

6:00-8:30 POY-CPOY Exhibit & Awards Reception at Orr Street Studios

Let’s have some fun! We present awards, eat free food, meet the winners and have a good time.

SATURDAY, April 18 BONUS

Meet us at Unbound Book Festival, where POY is partnering with the book festival to bring two acclaimed photographers in as presenters

Kiliii Yüyan, Guardians of Life

Photographing in some of the world’s harshest and beautiful environments, Kiliii sees indigenous people as protectors of our planet. His inspiring work is collected in his book: Guardians of Life: Indigenous Science, Indigenous Wisdom & Restoring the Planet

David Carson, AI and Photojournalism

David is Pulitzer Prize winning photographer who, as a Stanford fellow, has turned his eye to the growing influence of artificial intelligence on photojournalism.

If you have any questions, please email info@cpoy.org

Marie D. De Jesús

Director, CPOY