Newsday photographers score top prizes
Two Newsday photographers took home first-place awards in a 2019 New York Press Photographers Association competition for their work highlighting a double-amputee basketball player, graduating high school seniors and a documentary video about a female boxer. Alejandra Villa Loarca and Shelby Knowles earned three top prizes in the 2019 “Year in Pictures & Multimedia Contest.”
Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca
Farmingdale High School seniors Stephanie Birkl, center, and Katie Elefteriadis get emotional after seeing their former kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Rossini, left, during the annual Senior Walk at Woodward Parkway Elementary School on June 17, 2019.
Credit: Shelby Knowles
Long Island native Alicia "The Empress" Napoleon-Espinosa, right, is an international World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion.
Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca
Amaya Williams shoots the second of two 3 pointers she scored during a game against Riverhead High School on Jan. 29.
Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca
Amaya Williams practices her moves at the Heckscher State Park basketball court on Jan. 23.
Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca
Amaya Williams puts on sneakers on her prosthetics as she gets ready for basketball practice at Copiague High School on Jan. 16, 2019.
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