2016 PDN The Shot Winners Gallery

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Congratulations to the winners of PDN’s 2016 The Shot sports and action photography contest. Grand-prize winners Jeremy Jackson and James Kao will receive $2,000 and $1,000, respectively, and $500 to Adorama. All winners appear in the February 2016 issue of PDN, distributed to an additional 5,000 art buyers, creative directors and photo editors. Many thanks to our sponsors, judges and all the entrants who entered this year’s competition.

2016 WINNERS

2016 JUDGES

Maureen Cavanagh

Creative Director
The Player's Tribute

Maureen is the Creative Director of The Players' Tribune, Derek Jeter's website for athletes. A graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School and Columbia’s School of Journalism, she went on to work at several newspapers as an editor and photojournalist, followed by Sports Illustrated as a deputy picture editor, and is the recipient of two Picture of the Year Awards in editing.

Jim Surber

Photo Editor
ESPN The Magazine

As 18-year veteran, Surber has survived being body slammed by Kimbo Slice, the traffic in numerous Super Bowl hosting cities, a fastball from C.C. Sabathia (while wearing a youth-sized mitt!), snakes, and nearly being run over by the Milwaukee Brewer’s Famous Racing Sausages. He’s a passionate fan of action photography, and his career highlight was traveling to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Aaron Amaro

Creative Director
VICTORY Journal

Amaro co-founded award-winning creative agency Doubleday & Cartwright, the publisher of sports and culture magazine Victory Journal, where he currently is the chief creative officer. Previously Amaro has worked at New York agencies including Euro RSTG, Ogilvy, The Valentine Group and Wolf Olins. He graduated with Honors from Art Center College of Design in 2002.