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iBOP
• Photo gallery *NEW*
• Winner's list

More goodies:
• Assorted IPPA convention photos
• Donate to the newly dedicated Chuck Cass Memorial Scholarship Fund

Thanks again to the IPPA Convention sponsors:
• Canon
• Nikon
• Quality Photo Service
• Roberts Distributors
(Please support them and tell them the IPPA sent you!)

Featured speakers and judges:
• Samantha Appleton — Freelancer from Time, The New Yorker, and more
• Sue Morrow — Sacramento Bee
• Todd Heisler — Pulitzer Prize winner from the Rocky Mountain News
• Jack Gruber — USA Today

Schedule
IPPA 2006 convention Friday & Saturday, April 7-8, 2006
All events at McCormick Tribune Center unless otherwise indicated

Friday
9 am - late afternoon — Judging iBOP — The Forum (First floor auditorium)
2 pm — Judging iSBOP — 2-131 (Second floor)
7 pm — Dinner — La Baraka Lebanese Restaurant, 8820 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, 847.673.9393 ($27.50 for multi-course, ethnic meal)
8:30 pm — Hospitality in Presidential Suite/Room 625, Hilton Garden Inn, 1818 Maple Ave., Evanston.

Saturday
10 am — Canon, Nikon and Robert’s Distributors showing their wares, camera checks from Quality Photo Service, etc. — The Forum lobby
Breakfast sponsored by Canon
Noon - 6 pm — Speakers — The Forum
Breaks sponsored by Nikon

Noon — Sue Morrow
1 pm — Jack Gruber
2 pm — Samantha Appleton
3 pm — Chuck Cass tribute
4 pm — Todd Heisler
5 pm — slide show & awards

7 pm — Dinner — Dave’s Italian Kitchen, 1365 Chicago Ave., Evanston, 847.864.6000 (final hangout for post-conferencial fellowship)


Locations
Events at McCormick Tribune Center, 1870 Campus Drive on the Northwestern University Evanston campus.
Conference hotel is Hilton Garden Inn, 1818 Maple Ave., Evanston, 847.475.6400. Site of Friday’s hospitality.


Parking
A parking deck is adjacent to the McCormick Tribune Center, and street parking is available nearby.
Friday
Permit required for parking deck, $6 from Parking Office, 1819 Hinman Ave., open 8am - 4 pm.
Saturday
Free parking, no permit needed.

More important IPPA convention info:
Registration
If you haven’t already, send your name & newspaper to Mark Black at mblack13@yahoo.com. Fees payable at the door.
$25 for Professionals
$10 for Students,
$50 for Out-of-state & Non-members
Free for everyone entering iBOP!

Door Prizes Think Tank Photo — Modulus Speed Set
Lumiquest — pocket bouncer
Kinesis Photo Gear — card & filter holders
Lowepro — bags
Nikon — items
Canon — fanny packs
Aquatech — camera raincoat
Robert’s Distributors — camera bag
. . . thanks to Max Bittle of SIU & Matt Marton of the Daily Southtown.
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Misc. IPPA convention info:
• At the IPPA convention this year, we'll be having our elections for 1) President 2) Vice President 3) Secretary-Treasurer this year. If you have any questions or would like to run for an office, contact Steve @ ippaonline.com by March 8. The people currently serving are all up to go for another two year term. Anyone else is welcome to run for office as well.
• The conference is free for everyone that enters iBOP. And it's also free for reporters, newsroom editors (anyone from the word side you want to educate) designers and the like!!

IPPA forms:
• Pros: iBOP entry form DUE MARCH 8
• Students: iSBOP entry form DUE MARCH 27
• Renue your membership
• Donate to the Chuck Cass Memorial Scholarship Fund

Need a ride or want to split a room?
• Use our forum to get hooked up!

IPPA Convention Sponsors:
• Canon
• Nikon
• Quality Photo Service
• Roberts Distributors

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Illinois Best of Photojournalism 2004 winners: « iBOP Winning Photo Galleries »

« iBOP Contest Rules »
Spot News
1. John J. Kim Chicago Sun-Times Smoke
2. John Badman The Telegraph Crash victim rescued from water
3. Max Bittle The Courier Helping out
HM. John Badman The Telegraph Locked in car
General News
1. Kuni Takahashi Chicago Tribune Haitian mourning 2. Kevin German The State Journal-Register Discipline 3. Richard A. Chapman Chicago Sun-Times Soldier's last salute
Feature 1. Patrick Kunzer Daily Herald A mother's love
2. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Robert and John
3. Richard A. Chapman Chicago Sun-Times Table for one
HM. Brian Hill Daily Herald Hallway confessional
HM. Tom Sistak Daily Times Tiny dancer
Sports Action
1. David Banks Daily Southtown Message in a throttle
2. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Foot race
3. José M. Osorio Chicago Tribune Edmonds in the ivy
HM. Max Bittle The Courier Tornado Tag out HM. José M. Osorio Chicago Tribune Broken bat foul ball
HM. Steve Warmowski Jacksonville Journal-Courier Squished Sports Feature
1. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Willie's prison
2. Leslie Barbaro Sun Publications Cross country collapse 3. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Rulon walks away
HM. Leslie Barbaro Sun Publications Redhawks wait

Portrait/Personality
1. Jon Lowenstein Freelance A Soldier's Story: Sergeant Ivory Phipp's Funeral - Those Left Behind
2. Jon Lowenstein Freelance Pocket Town Portraits- Matias 3. Greg Hess Northwest Herald Couch potato
HM. Bill Manley Northwest Herald Maddie
HM. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Transitional housing Pictorial 1. Chuck Cass Sun Publications Tree and footprints
2. Alex Garcia Chicago Tribune Through a dark window
3. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Steam train
HM. Jonathan House Sun Publications Playing through on the 17th
HM. Patrick Kunzer Daily Herald Scary faith HM. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Sunset swim

Illustration
1. Kevin German The State Journal-Register Winter fashion 2. Kevin German The State Journal-Register Summer fashion
3. Mary A. Compton Daily Southtown Children . . . Don't Play With Matches

Nature/Environment
1. Stephanie Oberlander The Pantagraph Biting off more than he could chew
2. Chris Walker Chicago Tribune Arches
3. Chris Walker Chicago Tribune Migration HM. Steve Smedley The Pantagraph Tornado on the ground Campaign
1. José M. Osorio Chicago Tribune Presidential goodbye
2. Carlos J. Ortiz Freelance Election night 3. José M. Osorio Chicago Tribune Dubya
3. Jeff Thompson The State Journal-Register Off to vote
HM. Jon Lowenstein Freelance Demonstration at the Republican National Convention in New York City
HM. José M. Osorio Chicago Tribune Holding up the president News Picture Story
1. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Mamie and Yasmine - Escaping the Manor 2. Jon Lowenstein Freelance A Soldier’s Story: Sergeant Ivory Phipp’s Funeral
3. Kuni Takahashi Chicago Tribune Crisis in Haiti

Feature Picture Story
1. Chris Walker Chicago Tribune Dark Legacy: The Lewis & Clark Expedition 2. Jon Lowenstein Freelance Pocket Town Portraits
3. Shannon Guthrie The State Journal-Register Dohner’s Gift HM. Alex Garcia Chicago Tribune In the Shadow of the Loop HM. Kevin German The State Journal-Register Poultry portraits
HM. Jon Lowenstein Freelance Pocket Town Kids: Passion, Hope and Connection on Chicago’s S. Side

Campaign Picture Story
1. José M. Osorio Chicago Tribune George W. Bush in the battleground states HM. Carlos J. Ortiz Freelance The 2004 Republican National Convention

Sports Picture Story 1. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune Jehad’s Quest
2. Leslie Barbaro Sun Publications Candace Parker leads the Redhawks
3. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune The Brothers Hernandez HM. E. Jason Wambsgans Chicago Tribune Orphans
Sports Portfolio
1. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune
2. Bill Manley Northwest Herald
Week’s Work
1. Kevin German The State Journal-Register
Photographer of the Year
1. Scott Strazzante Chicago Tribune
2. Jon Lowenstein Freelance
3. Alex Garcia Chicago Tribune
HM. Greg Hess Northwest Herald
Judged April 8, 2005 at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL by: David Joles Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Chip Litherland Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Benjamin Lowy Corbis
Kira Pollack New York Times Magazine


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Illinois Press Photographers Association
Student Illinois Best of Photojournalism 2004
« SiBOP Winning Photo Galleries » « SiBOP Entry Rules » « 2001-2003 results » Student Photographer of the Year Portfolio 1. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
3. Amber Arnold, Southern Illinois University Carbondale HM. Anthony Soufflé, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Stephen Haas, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
HM. Scott Bort, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign News
1. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
3. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale HM. Amber Arnold, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Feature
1. Amanda Whitlock, Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2. Benjamin Pancoast, Columbia College Chicago
3. Meredith Mercier, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Agnello Chase Dean, Millikin University Decatur HM. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Sports Action
1. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale 3. Scott Bort, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
HM. Stephen Haas, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
HM. Scott Bort, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sports Feature
1. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
3. Stephen Haas, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
HM. Joshua Lott, Harold Washington College
HM. John Henry, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Benjamin Pancoast, Columbia College Chicago Portrait/Personality
1. Joshua Lott, Harold Washington College
2. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
3. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Amber Arnold, Southern Illinois University Carbondale HM. Katy Fortune, Southern Illinois University Carbondale HM. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Pictorial
1. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2. Anthony Soufflé, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
3. Amber Arnold, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Amber Arnold, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Roger Darrigrand, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Picture Story 1. Derek Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2. Amber Arnold, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
3. Max Bittle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Anthony Soufflé, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
HM. Scott Bort, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Judges: Kevin German, State Journal-Register
Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune
Stephanie Oberlander, Bloomington Patagraph
SiBOP Coordinator: Jim Kelly, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Assisted by Ted Schurter, The State Journal-Register

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Random comments overhead during the iBOP judging: “It's cool, it's moody, but it's too ‘street photography.'”

“I would consider it if there were more cutline information, but the caption is …“
“Composition wise, it's not strong, but the moment is there.” “It's been heavily digitally manipulated… It's a cloudy day and he just pops too much.” “The right photo is so layered and so complex. … and so beautiful”

“Most photographers couldn't get that intimate with their subjects and that was makes it so beautiful." “It's a painting.” “The one thing I get from this photo is a lot more information about her life.”
“It feels a little bit contrived. It's beautiful, I like the composition but somehow I can see the photographer in the photo. … It's that look on her face. She's conscious that there's a photographer there too.” “That should be third… but it needs a crop.”
“It would be a better photo if it were cropped from the left”
“There's just a moment there. … And you know that she's saying, ‘Oh[censored]!'”

“I like the one of the right although there's a little too much anus for me.”
“The background bugs me… The one on the right is a little bit too loose.” “I've seen so many of those pictures in that genre …” “… It's just so cliché” “It's a cool photo but it doesn't tell me anything about the guy…”

“It's a very pictorial picture but it doesn't tell me anything about him.”
“The picture is much stronger than the caption says, but that shouldn't take away from anything.”
“Visually it's a very nice picture but it doesn't have the content of those other ones.”

“I feel like there's an element missing from that photo ... I loooove the picture but I feel like there's something missing …”

“There's too much to look at, there's not a tension.”
“It's an interesting moment but not a great picture..”

“I just like how so much was going on in this picture. I'm not usually a fan of silhouettes. …They controlled it though.” “I just like how minimal and graphic that is.”
“I love the last line in that caption… “That's opinionated.” “What newspaper published that?” “My feeling here is that's something everyone in Chicago photographs, it's been done over and over but I like her body language.”

“I've seen that picture on lots of posters, but it just doesn't feel unusual…” “…It's been shot.” “Can we only choose one?”