May Clips Results 2021

Freelance photographers
Maddie Meyer, Getty Sport photographer based in Boston, Massachusetts
Adam Glanzman, Freelance photographer based in Boston, Massachusetts
Ruby Wallau, Freelance photographer based in California

Photographers-17
Feature-54
News-13
Sports-23
Spot News- Not enough entries, carried over to next month
Portrait-39
Multi-Photo 11 entries/108 photos

FEATURE

Comments: Well captured intimate moment of connection between mother and son. Love how the gesture of the son and cat mirror each other with mom over them both.

1. Michelle Berg/The Star Phoenix

Leanne Wilson spends her days watching movies with her 8-year-old son Tanner who was diagnosed with a terminal illness when he was two years old. Tanner is non-verbal and rolls on the floor to get around. Photo taken in Saskatoon on Monday April 19, 2021.

2. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook

Clara Garcia and Raymund Salvador kayak through windy conditions on Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

3. Patrick Woodbury/LeDroit

Cleaning a tennis court provides a spectacular view with a drone. May 20,2021, Ottawa, Le Droit

H.M. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook

Hudson Hunt, left, and Callum Sheldon jump into Quarry Lake in Canmore, Alta. on Saturday, May 22, 2021.

H.M. Darryl Dyck/ The Canadian Press

People walk between rows of tulips at Lakeland Flowers U-pick tulip farm, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Tickets to the farm are sold only online and entry to the fields is available in 90-minute time slots to minimize the number of people on site due to COVID-19. The farm is also recommending that only those who live within the Fraser Valley region visit due to provincial travel restrictions in place.

NEWS

Comments: Beautiful light, strong lines, and emotion all come together to make this an impactful photo.

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Marwan Qaddo, 11, runs with a Palestinian flag during a march after a vigil in support of the Palestinian people in their conflict with Israel, in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 22, 2021.

2. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Lorelei Williams places one of 215 pairs of children’s shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to the 215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, in Vancouver, on Friday, May 28, 2021. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation said in a news release Thursday that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.

3. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

People in a classic convertible sit in traffic as a march in support of the Palestinian people in their conflict with Israel passes them, in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 15, 2021.

H.M. Jeff Mcintosh/The Canadian Press

A teenage boy uses a skateboard to move up and down selling popcorn to Southern Alberta residents lining up to get shots of a COVID-19 vaccine from a Montana tribe in Carway, Alta., Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

H.M. Marie-France Coallier/LeDevoir

MONTREAL, QC – May 14, 2021- Marie-Esther Isle and her autistic son Brandon Lee, 16 at their home for reporting on children kicked out of school because they bother too much. They are sent home to their parents to be taken care of.

SPORTS

Comments: Creative way to show the COVID story in an arena. We really liked the reflection of cut outs in the stands layered with the celebration moment.

1. Patrick Woodbury/LeDroit

Optical illusion or foreshadowing the return of spectators in the immediate future to hockey. May 12 2021, Ottawa, Le Droit

2. Kevin Light/Freelance

The Canadian Olympic Womens Eight crew rows during a training session at Elk Lake in Victoria, British Columbia Canada on May 8th, 2021.

3. Kevin Light/Freelance

Canadian National Rowing team members Jennifer Casson (left) and Jill Moffat row in the lightweight women’s double during a training session at Elk Lake in Victoria, British Columbia Canada on May 13, 2021.

H.M. Bernard Brault/La Presse

Amateur golfer Richard Boudreau hits his ball on the 8th hole under a cloudy sky at the Ile de Montreal golf course.

H.M. Michelle Berg/The Star Phoenix

MT Stables’ Treycen Wuttunee has a bad fall during a transfer between horses in the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 30, 2021.

PORTRAIT

Comments: Very creative way to tell the story of this tattoo artist. We liked the layered trees to show what she is inspired by.

1. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook

Cheyenne Bearspaw of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation is an Indigenous tattoo artist who is inspired by the nature she grew up around.

2. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook

Summer Twoyoungmen of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, and activist against drug abuse and a co-orgainzer of the Addictions Awareness Walk stands in the Wesley Cemetery where her mother, who died of a drug overdose, is buried.

3. Bernard Brault/La Presse

Portrait of Mike Shabb, a rapper, taken in his neighborhood in Montreal.

H.M. Michelle Berg/The Star Phoenix

Leanne Wilson spends her days watching movies with her 8-year-old son Tanner who was diagnosed with a terminal illness when he was two years old. Photo taken in Saskatoon on Monday April 19, 2021. (story ran in May for Mother’s Day)

SPOT NEWS

There were not enough entries in May. Clips filed in May will be will be held over and included in the next month’s contest.

MULTI-PHOTO

Comments: This is a wrenching story beautifully illustrated. Great examples of powerful portraiture, and strong graphic compositions to illustrate the weight of the memorial for the children whose remains were found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Two hundred and fifteen pairs of children’s shoes are placed on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to the 215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, in Vancouver, on Friday, May 28, 2021. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation said in a news release Thursday that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.

Lorelei Williams places one of 215 pairs of children’s shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to the 215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, in Vancouver, on Friday, May 28, 2021. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation said in a news release Thursday that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.

A woman carries flowers to be placed with 215 pairs of children’s shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to the 215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, in Vancouver, on Friday, May 28, 2021. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation said in a news release Thursday that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.

A man pauses at a monument outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School where flowers and cards have been left as part of a growing makeshift memorial to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

Messages are written on pieces of paper and hung from a tree outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School as part of a growing makeshift memorial to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

Stephanie Gutierrez places one of 215 pairs of shoes on the lawn outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

Kamloops Indian Residential School survivor Clayton Peters, 64, who was forced into the school for 10 years, poses for a photograph outside the former school, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. Peters’ parents and his brothers were also forced into the facility. The remains of 215 children have been discovered buried near the former school.

Kamloops Indian Residential School survivor Clayton Peters, 64, who was forced into the school for 10 years, holds a faded photograph of his parents, Nancy and Pete Peters and his older sister Nancy Rose, that he wears around his neck, while visiting the former school in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. Peters’ parents and his brothers were also forced into the facility. The remains of 215 children have been discovered buried near the former school.

Jonny Williams (Xotxwes), of the Sto:lo Nation, holds eagle feathers as he helps guide his late ancestors from an unmarked, undocumented burial site to a canoe so they can travel home, outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. The remains of 215 children have been discovered buried near the former school.

People from the Sto:lo Nation carry a canoe after a ceremony to lead their late ancestors from an unmarked, undocumented burial site back to their home, outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. The remains of 215 children have been discovered buried near the former school.

People from the Sto:lo Nation carry a canoe after a ceremony to lead their late ancestors from an unmarked, undocumented burial site back to their home, outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. The remains of 215 children have been discovered buried near the former school.

Stephanie Gutierrez holds a photo of her grandparents, Allan and Tillie Gutierrez outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. Gutierrez said her grandmother was forced into the school. The remains of 215 children have been discovered buried near the former school.

First Nations people sing and drum during a ceremony near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

People pause during a moment of silence near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

People stand at a fence line outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, as they listen to a nearby ceremony that had reached capacity to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

People gather outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

A plaque is seen outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. The remains of 215 children have been discovered buried near the former school.

People sing and drum outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

People sing and drum outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

People are silhouetted as they walk past the former Kamloops Indian Residential School after gathering to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility, in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021.

2. Michelle Berg/The Star Phoenix

The Poitras Relay Team gets ready for race day at the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

Sonny Poitras puts on a new horse shoe at the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 30, 2021.

The young members of the Poitras Relay team give their ponies a wash before the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

The Poitras Relay team give their horse a wash before the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

Colten Poitras gets cough medicine for their horses to open up their air ways and help them run better before the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

Colten Poitras wraps one of their horse’s legs before the Indian Relay Races home-opener at the historic Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

A horse gets painted up before the Indian Relay Races home-opener at the historic Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

Bubba Poitras stretches before riding in the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

Bubba Poitras gets ready for the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

The Poitras children play on a mound of dirt in the stables behind Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

The Poitras won best-dressed during the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

The whole Poitras family joins in the grand entrance during the Indian Relay Races home-opener at the historic Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

The home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 30, 2021.

A woman takes a selfie at the finish line during the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

Riders compete in the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

Joseph Jackson (second from right) competes in the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

MT Stables’ Treycen Wuttunee has a bad fall during a transfer between horses in the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 30, 2021.

A rider takes a spill during a transfer at the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 30, 2021.

A dog wears a horse riding outfit at the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

A rider blows a kiss during the home opener Indian Relay Races at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 30, 2021.

A celebratory finish during the Indian Relay Races home opener at Marquis Downs. Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 29, 2021.

3. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Seated from left to right, Lakher Sidhu, 85, Somdatt Dulay, 91, and his wife Jaginder Dulay, 85, who is Sidhu’s sister, listen to licensed practical nurse Meenu Parhar, right, before each receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

Jaginder Dulay, right, 85, receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from licensed practical nurse Meenu Parhar during an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

A woman follows directional arrows on carpet as she lines up to receive her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

Gagandeep Grewal, front right, and his wife Harpreet Grewal, left, each receive their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

A woman receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

Somdatt Dulay, second left, 91, is helped up by his son-in-law Dalvinder Birring, after he, his wife Jaginder Dulay, right, 85, and her brother Lakher Sidhu, left, 85, each received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

Sunny Sarai receives his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from licensed practical nurse Yesenia Asencio during an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

People are reflected in a mirror as they sit in a required waiting area where people are asked to remain for a minimum of 15 minutes after receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

Lakher Sidhu, 85, poses for a photograph after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

A woman sits in a required waiting area where people are asked to remain for a minimum of 15 minutes after receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic at the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

People check-in outside before receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at an immunization clinic inside the Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gurdwara leadership reached out to the Sikh community and registered and booked a total of 800 people for vaccinations during two clinics held in the dining hall of their temple last week and Friday. The East Newton neighbourhood is an area that Fraser Health has identified as one where a high rate of COVID-19 transmission is still occurring.

2021 STANDINGS…MONTH…TOTAL

1. Darryl Dyck/Freelance…210…980
2. Evan Buhler/Rocky Mountain Outlook…140…450
3. Kevin Light/Freelance…70…330
4. Bernard Brault/La Presse…40…300
5. Patrick Woodbury/Le Droit…80…280
6. Chad Hipolito/Freelance…0…250
6. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix…110…250
7. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir…10…190
8. Jeff McIntosh/Freelance…10…150
9. Matthew Smith/Saskatoon StarPhoenix…0….80
9. Christopher Pike/Freelance…0…80
10. Gavin John/Freelance…50…50
11. Dave Holland/Freelance…0…40
11. Ben Nelms/CBC News…0…40
11. Jack Simpson/Freelance…40…40
12. Cole Burston/Freelance…0…30