For a distinguished example of feature photography in black and
white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a
sequence or an album, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Awarded to Stephanie Welsh, a freelancer, for her shocking sequence
of photos, published by Newhouse News Service, of a female
circumcision rite in Kenya.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Stan Grossfeld of
The Boston Globe for his photographs documenting how the
lives of two teen-agers were transformed by the birth of their child,
and David C. Turnley of the Detroit Free Press for his
series of portraits from Bosnia (moved by the jury from the Spot News
Photography category).