This award is given to the photographer whose portfolio is judged to be the most outstanding on the basis of subject matter, originality, technical excellence and versatility.
Browse below the portfolios submitted by our Photojournalist of the Year nominees: Dax Melmer, Windsor Star; Mathew McCarthy, The Waterloo Region Record and Jason Kryk, The Windsor Star
Dan Taylor, a member of the Windsor Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, looks at the night sky through a pair of binoculars while at Point Pelee National Park, Saturday, February 9, 2013 (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)Windsor’s Chris Commons, left, scores over Moncton’s Stanley Robinson as the Windsor Express host the Moncton Miracles at the WFCU Centre, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Windsor defeated Moncton 115-101 (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)Amherstburg fire crews work to put out a barn fire at Spucewood Shores Estate Winery in Amherstburg, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. No one was injured in the blaze (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Runners covered in coloured dye celebrate at The Color Run’s Finish Line Festival at the Riverfront Festival Plaza, Saturday, July 20, 2013. Approximately 11,000 people participated in what’s dubbed ‘the happiest 5k on the planet.’ (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Windsor’s Beau Lumley lands in the end zone for a touchdown as the University of Windsor hosts Western at Alumni Field in OUA football action, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Western defeated Windsor 51-23 (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)People watch as Windsor Fire and Rescue battle a commercial fire at the intersection of West Grand Blvd and Dougall Ave.,Thursday, July 25, 2013 (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)Detroit (USA) celebrates after defeating Windsor-Essex (CAN) 3-2 in the baseball gold medal game of the International Children’s Games at Cullen Field, Sunday, August 18, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)Property owner, Mario Galati, left, explains to a Windsor police officer an alleged gesture made to his wife by a construction worker during a heated confrontation between the two where water main reconstruction is taking place on the 1300 block of Wyandotte St. East, September 23, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)William Fraser, 11, watches a video on smartphone while plugging into an electrical outlet in the hallway at Catholic Central High School during a senior boys basketball tournament, Nov. 30, 2013 (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)Lorenzer West, 84, stands next to a 6-foot high concrete wall in the backyard of his home in the 8 Mile-Wyoming neighbourhood of northern Detroit, constructed by a developer in 1940 in order to secure a government loan to build a white-only neighbourhood, separated by the wall from the existing black one (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)Aubri Andre, 7, who suffers from a rare form of Leukemia waits for a doctor with her mother, Lisa Andre, in a hospital room at Windsor Regional Hospital – Metropolitan Campus, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)Nachman Helbrans, front-centre, is pictured with two families of the Jewish fundamentalist group, Lev Tahor, where they are staying at the Ramada Limited Windsor, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Junior girls start their race at the Waterloo District Invitational cross country race at the University of Waterloo (Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record)A fire destroyed several buildings on a farm on Lobsinger Road in Waterloo (Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record)Kaitlyn Leis, 15, sits on the Number 9 steam engine at the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society facility in St. Jacobs (Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record)Workers from Britespan Building Systems construct a tension fabric over steel structure building to replace the building destroyed by fire at St. Jacobs Market (Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record)Waterloo Regional Police officers investigate the scene of a hit and run at Austin Drive and Hazel Street in Waterloo that left one man dead (Mathew McCarthy,Waterloo Region Record)Lighting in the new Kitchener Public Library creates interesting patterns near a staircase (Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record)Police gather at the entrance to Dellen Millard’s North Dumfries barn (Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record)Chance Mutuku of St. David’s Catholic Secondary School makes contact with Jake Cartman of Renfrew Collegiate Institute during the OFSAA Wrestling championship at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph (Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record)The Unknown Gardner holds flower bulbs next to the expressway in Kitchener (Mathew McCarthy/Waterloo Region Record)London Knights goalie Anthony Stolarz’s glove clearly crosses the line after catching a shot by Kitchener Rangers Matt Puempel in second round OHL playoff action at Budweiser Gardens in London (Mathew McCarthy/Waterloo Region Record)Oblivious to the freezing rain, tree swallows wheel and swoop over the Grand River in Waterloo as they hunt for food (Mathew McCarthy/ Waterloo Region Record)
London Knights goalie Anthony Stolarz is unable to keep the puck out of his net in front of teammates Bo Horvat, left, and Scott Harrington in second round OHL playoffs at The Aud (Mathew McCarthy/Waterloo Region Record)
Joggers run for shelter while getting caught in a thunderstorm along the Detroit River on June 28, 2013 (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)A Green frog pokes his head out of the water in a pond at Hillman Marsh in Leamington, Ontario on May 16, 2013 (JASON KRYK/ The Windsor Star)Keith Hennin and his son Noah, age 2, stay cool while playing in the Mic Mac Park splash pad Monday July 15, 2013 in Windsor, Ontario (Jason Kryk/Windsor Star)Scene of a huge industrial fire at a plastics recycling facility on Sprucewood Avenue in Windsor, Ontario on May 21, 2013. (JASON KRYK/ The Windsor Star)Olivia King, foreground, and Victoria Smith from Belle River District High School celebrate their OFSAA AAA senior girls volleyball victory over Waterdown District High School at Assumption College School. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)The remains of a Ford Explorer remain on the train tracks after a collision with a train in Lakeshore, Ontario on June 6, 2013 (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)Detroit Tigers slugger Prince Fielder connects his bat with the baseball hitting one of two home runs during the MBL home opener against the New York Yankees at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on April 5, 2013. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)A family member is comforted during the funeral service for murdered Sarnia school teacher Noelle Paquette, at St Michael’s church in Brights Grove, Ontario on January 8, 2013. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)Justin Martin from Tecumseh Vista Academy battles Sandwich Sabres Nick Siminotto during the WECSSAA wrestling championships held at Tecumseh Vista Academy in Tecumseh, Ontario on February 13, 2013. (JASON KRYK/ The Windsor Star)Raymond Juanengo is seen through water droplets during a period of freezing rain along Howard Avenue in Windsor, Ontario on February 8, 2013. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)A youth leads a group of children from the Lev Tahor, a fundamentalist Jewish group, to their current home in Chatham, Ontario on November 28, 2013. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
