George Weah, presidential candidate, arrives to vote

• Prize
  Bronze in Editorial/General News
• Photographer
  Lori Hawkins
• Website
  http://www.lorihawkins.com

Former international Liberian football icon turned politician and presidential election candidate George Weah arrives to cast his vote at a polling station in Monrovia, on October 10, 2017, during the Liberia presidential elections. George Weah went on to win and is now the President of Liberia

• Biography
  Lori Hawkins is a New York-based photographer. She is drawn to issues at the intersection of human rights, post-conflict development and the empowerment of women in marginalized societies. Some of her recent work includes capturing Liberia’s ongoing transition to democracy, following the civil war and the Ebola epidemic and capturing the work of doctors in rural Kenya battling high rates of maternal deaths during childbirth. Her work aims to find the middle ground between news and documentary; where the viewer will be both informed and challenged into action.
• Awards
  Awards 2019 American Photography 35 (AI-AP) – Too Far to Walk 2019 American Photography 35 (AI-AP) – Carolina Strong 2018 NYPA (New York Press Association) - Feature Story Second Place 2018 American Photography 34 (AI-AP) 2018 Tokyo Foto Awards –Nature Silver – The Lunging Ring 2017 NYPA Feature Story First Place 2017 NPPA Best of Photojournalism - Environment Third Place 2017 American Photography 33 (AI-AP) 2017 Tokyo Foto Awards – General News Silver – Yemeni-American Bodega Protest 2017 Tokyo Foto Awards – General News Bronze – Muslim in Trump’s America 2017 Tokyo Foto Awards – Political Silver – Yemeni-American Bodega Protest 2016 NPPA Best of Photojournalism - Environment Second Place 2016 American Photography 33 (AI-AP) 2016 NYPA Feature Story – Honorable Mention Grants 2019 CENTER Me&EVE Exhibitions 2020 Photoville, NYC 2019 Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, New York 2019 Photoville, NYC – Too Far to Walk – Solo exhibit 2018 SE Center for Photography 2013 “Trauma in Three Acts”, Ochberg Society, Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas 2009 “Trauma in Three Acts”, Ochberg Society, New York 2005 Thomas Werner Gallery 2005 Baboo Fine Arts - Solo exhibit Speaking Engagements 2019 Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, New York Affiliations/ Work 2015 – Current Staff Photographer Sag Harbor Express 2019 Member NPPA 2008 Dart Society 2006 - 2007 VII Photo 2002 - 2006 Eastman Kodak Company Education International Center of Photography (ICP) Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Appalachian State University