AP monthly staff photo contest
Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
The winners for the March 2021 AP Photo Contest are Luca Bruno for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of Palmiro Tami, 82, holding hands with his wife Franca Persico in the garden of the Fondazione Martino Zanchi nursing home, after receiving the second shot of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy.
Dario Lopez-Mills for News Photography Story, for his series of images documenting immigration at the border in Texas.
Carolyn Kaster for Feature Photography Single Image, for her image of a photographer reflected in a puddle under blooming Yoshino cherry trees on the edge of the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
Anupam Nath for Feature Photography Story, for his series on several Myanmar police officers who fled to India after defying army orders to shoot opponents of last month's continuing anti-government protests.
Michael Sohn for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen reacting after he failed to score during the German Bundesliga soccer match against Eintracht Frankfurt in Leipzig, Germany.
Ashley Landis for Sports Photography Story, for her series on spring training baseball in Arizona.
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images, judged by Eric Risberg and Jeff Chiu, are featured below.