The winners of the Picture Editors’ Awards 2002 have been announced.

Top photographers from around the regional press competed with agency snappers and staffers from the nationals for the prizes, which were presented by Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The winners were revealed in front of an invited audience of more than 600, drawn from journalism, politics, and the photographic industry.

Winners included Cavan Pawson who was on his way to cover a maternity fashion show for the Evening Standard last September 11 when he found himself caught up in an altogether different story.

He won the Getty Images News Photographer of the Year award for a chilling image of the collapse of the World Trade Center.

The Corporation of London’s Student Award, new this year, went to Cristina Nunziata, a student at the London College of Printing. She received a £1000 and work experience opportunities.

The full list of winners is:

Fujifilm Photographer of the Year
Ian Waldie, Reuters

Getty Images Portfolio Award – Single Story
David Cheskin, Press Association

Getty Images Magazine Photographer of the Year
Alan Peebles, Daily Record

Diageo Young Photographer of the Year
Graeme Robertson, The Scotsman

Getty Images News Photographer of the Year
Cavan Pawson, Evening Standard

Fujifilm Sports Photographer of the Year Mike King
Daily Telegraph

Getty Images Features Photographer of the Year
Richard Cannon, Freelance/The Times

Fujifilm Arts & Entertainment Photographer of the Year
Timothy Allen, The Independent

Getty Images Royal Photographer of the Year
Andy Hooper, Daily Mail

Guinness Best Black & White Photograph
Gordon Terris, The Herald

Business Photographer of the Year – The Lord Mayor’s Award
Graeme Robertson, The Scotsman

Corporation of London Student Award
Cristina Nunziata, London College of Printing

To see the winning photographs, click here.

The awards recognise and reward the very best of photographic journalism in the UK and Ireland and are sponsored by Fujifilm and Getty Images, with further support from Diageo, the Corporation of London, and Guinness.

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