Photojournalism & POYi

The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Photography Center will host the 69th annual Pictures of the Year International Education & Awards Program this weekend. The two-day event features presentations by POYi award winners and a 50-print exhibition.

There’s so much at POYi to see. Not only does it take a while to wander around the links and look at the photos, there’s plenty of descriptive text, and then sometimes you just have to take some time to let the images sink in.

Rick Shaw, director of POYI and a professor at the Reynolds Journalism Institute showed off some of the best of this year's POYi contest.

Pictures of the Year International awards will be taking place in Chicago in 2012.

The Globe’s Jim Davis was named one of the best sports photographers in the world by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute.

Winter was honored for a portfolio that included video and stills for "Finding Purpose After Living With Delusion," about a man living with schizophrenia, "Sky Cowboys," about the iron workers rebuilding 1 World Trade Center, and his contributions to "A Year at War: Coming Home."

Three Greek photojournalists have received an award for their work in this year’s “Pictures of the Year International” contest.

Pictures of the Year International announced Noor’s Yuri Kozyrev as the 2011 photographer of the year in the freelance/agency category.

Steve Winter was recognized for his work on the December 2011 National Geographic Magazine story “A Cry for the Tiger.”

Jurors praised Donald Miralle's portfolio for its combination of "peak moments with stunning light and composition," as well as for a photo essay about the Ultimate Fighting Championships in Las Vegas.

A collection of the writers' favorite photos from the 69th annual Pictures of the Year International (POYi) competition.

Yuri Kozyrev has been named the 2011 Photographer of the Year in the freelance/agency category of the Pictures of the Year International competition.

After a week of judging, the first two divisions of the 69th Pictures of the Year International winners have been selected.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Denver Post photographer Craig Walker has been named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in the Missouri School of Journalism's Pictures of the Year International competition.

Craig Walker of The Denver Post has won the Newspaper Photographer of the Year award in the 2011 Pictures of the Year International competition.