2009 Student Winner

1st place

Carl Kiilsgaard is a senior at Western Kentucky University and is from Corvallis, Oregon. He has interned at Bucks County (Pa.) Times, the Napa (Calif.) Register, and the Palm Beach Post. Kiilsgaard was one of Getty Images Reportage’s Emerging Talent picks in 2008.

Some of his awards are:

  • 2006 CPOY: 2nd Place Feature, AoE Feature, AoE Personal Vision
  • 2006 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar: 2nd Place Feature
  • 2007 Hearst Journalism Awards: 3rd Place Story
  • 2007 CPOY: 2nd Place Documentary
  • 2007 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar: HM Student Portfolio
  • 2008 Leica Scholarship: Festival of the Photograph
  • 2008 Gallery show at Hecklewood Gallery in Portland, Or.
  • 2008 CPOY: 2nd Place Documentary, 2nd Place Feature, 3rd Place Feature