American Photography 28 Winners

Postcard from Tahrir Square

Anti-Mubarak demonstrators pray together in Tahrir Square, one for the article 'Postcard from Tahrir Square," February 2, 2011.

In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11

Pakistani militants are held in a makeshift prison after being captured for illegally entering Afghanistan, one from In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11, September 2011. A book that interweaves a selection of images with a series of personal essays chronicling the journey as a young woman from 9/11 to the Arab Spring. The images capture the harsh beauty and poignant pain of a region mired in conflict, while her words trace a personal narrative of loss--of friends, of colleagues and of innocence.

In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11

An estimated 135 people were killed in a car bombing at the Tomb of Imam Ali in Najaf, one from In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11, September 2011. A book that interweaves a selection of images with a series of personal essays chronicling the journey as a young woman from 9/11 to the Arab Spring. The images capture the harsh beauty and poignant pain of a region mired in conflict, while her words trace a personal narrative of loss--of friends, of colleagues and of innocence.

In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11

Lebanese military gather at the site of an Israeli air strike in which 41 people were killed in a densely populated neighborhood of Beirut, one from In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11, September 2011. A book that interweaves a selection of images with a series of personal essays chronicling the journey as a young woman from 9/11 to the Arab Spring. The images capture the harsh beauty and poignant pain of a region mired in conflict, while her words trace a personal narrative of loss--of friends, of colleagues and of innocence.

In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11

A child walks through the wreckage in Beirut's southern suburbs following the July War between Israel and Hezbollah, one from In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11, September 2011. A book that interweaves a selection of images with a series of personal essays chronicling the journey as a young woman from 9/11 to the Arab Spring. The images capture the harsh beauty and poignant pain of a region mired in conflict, while her words trace a personal narrative of loss--of friends, of colleagues and of innocence.