AP monthly photo contest

AP monthly photo contest

Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment. 

The winners for the May 2023 AP Photo Contest are Altaf Qadri for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of student activists, who had come to support India's top female wrestlers, being detained by the police as they try to join them in marching towards the newly inaugurated parliament in New Delhi, India.

Fernando Llano for News Photography Story, for his coverage of migrants crossing from Mexico to the United States, as U.S. pandemic-related asylum restrictions called Title 42 were being lifted.

Efrem Lukatsky for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a peasant planting sunflowers in his garden between a damaged Russian tank and its turret in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine.

Ginnette Riquelme for Feature Photography Story, for her series on abortion in Honduras.

Andrew Medichini for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Borna Coric of Croatia being reflected in a glass barrier as he returns the ball to Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, during a quarterfinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome.

Charlie Riedel for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of events at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the week of the Kentucky Derby horse race. 

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Ebrahim Noroozi are featured below.

 

News Photography Single Image | Altaf Qadri


 

News Photography Story | Fernando Llano


 

Feature Photography Single Image | Efrem Lukatsky


 

Feature Photography Story | Ginnette Riquelme


 

Sports Photography Single Image | Andrew Medichini


 

Sports Photography Story | Charlie Riedel