2020 Photo Annual Awards

William Widmer December 3, 2020

I’m proud to have three separate entries included in the 2020 Photo Annual Awards in the Magazine/Editorial and Photojournalism categories:

Black Churches Burned in Rural Louisiana

Opelousas, LA - April 7, 2019 - Rev. Gerald Toussaint leads a service at Morning Star Baptist Church. Toussaint serves as pastor at two Baptist churches in the area, and moved both under one roof after Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church burned down on Apr

Opelousas, LA - April 7, 2019 - A church attendee prays during a Sunday service at Keystone Masonic Lodge in downtown Opelousas. The congregation of Greater Union Baptist Church has moved to the masonic lodge since their church burned down on April

“‘They Didn’t Burn Down Our Spirit’: Louisiana Black Churches Defiant Amid Fires” - The New York Times

“They’re Haunted by ‘Ghost Warrants’ Years After Their Arrests” - The Marshall Project

Migrant workers rebuilding Panama City area following Hurricane

“Hurricane Chasers: An Immigrant Work Force on the Trail of Extreme Weather” - The New York Times

American Photography 34

William Widmer March 19, 2018

I'm happy to have four pictures included in the American Photography 34 book this year! Two from "Rio Grande Recon", a New York Times assignment with US border patrol in Texas, and two from "The Plant Next Door", an environmental justice story I photographed in South Louisiana for The Intercept.

2020 Photo Annual Awards

American Photography 34

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