Carol Guzy. Who incidentally took the photographs for the most important multimedia project anywhere on the web last year.
What’s really interesting is that the photograph was originally taken in colour.
Here’s the one that received recognition in this years POY awards:
(C) Carol Guzy
And here’s how the picture originally appeared in the Washington Post (its a fantastically uplifting series) :
(C) Carol Guzy
So I learned from that to take  photos in color for the paper but when it comes to entering them for an award turn them into black and white.
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it’s funny, good moment to capture this great picture.