Tlumacki, Proctor Win Photojournalist of the Year Honors at BOP

By David Walker

John Tlumacki of The Boston Globe has won Photojournalist of the Year (Large Markets) at the 2013 Best of Photojournalism competition, while Sean Proctor of Michigan’s Midland Daily News has won Photojournalist of the Year (Small Markets).

The National Press Photographers’ Association, which sponsors the competition, announced the complete results on March 24.

Tlumacki won largely on the strength of his coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings in April, 2013. He was at the scene when the bombs exploded. “While others ran away,” NPPA said, “Tlumacki ran toward the scene.”

He spent months documenting the recovery of victims he photographed at …read more

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