Brendan Smialowski Awarded First Place in Political Picture Story

Brendan Smialowski of Agence France-Presse awarded First Place in the Political Picture Story category in the 2017 Eyes of History Still Contest. Melina Mara of The Washington Post was awarded Second Place and Pete Marovich, freelance, was awarded Third Place. Awards of Excellence were given to Jabin Botsford of the Washington Post, Andrew Harnik of the Associated Press, Doug Mills of the New York Times, Olivier Douliery, freelance, and Chip Somodevilla of Getty Images.