Congratulations to the winners of this week’s Picture of the Week! Bryan Bennett (Getty Images) won 1st place, Matteo Bracco won 2nd place, Jediah Plumley won 3rd place and Brittainy Newman won Honorable Mention! Congratulations to all!
First Place: Bryan Bennett (Getty Images)
ORCHARD PARK, NY – SEPTEMBER 24: LeSean McCoy #25 of the Buffalo Bills kneels during the national anthem before an NFL game against the Denver Broncos on September 24, 2017 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. (Getty Images)
Second Place: Matteo Bracco
Officer Christopher Secash (cq) of the Rochester City Police Department poses for a portrait in front of his patrol vehicle in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 3, 2017. Secash says he works ,” to help make a better community” and uphold the motto, “protect and serve”.
Third Place: Jediah Plumley
Rochester Institute of Technology’s Dean Kouroupas and Clarkson University’s James Homan (19) (cq) jumps for the ball but Kouroupas kicks Homan, at Rochester Institute of Technology, Henrietta, N.Y. Sept. 30, 2017. Rochester Institute of Technology won against Clarkson University in the 100th minute 2-1.
Honorable Mention: Brittainy Newman
Jamie Strussenberg, 46, gets ready to pose for a portrait with her reborn dolls in Corbett Pond Park, while a family in the background climbs a tree in Brockport, N.Y., on Sept. 24, 2017. Jamie has been collecting and creating Reborn dolls since 2016 as a way to help cope with her anxiety. To date, she has sold 20 dolls across the country and continues her craft on a daily basis. A reborn doll is a manufactured skin doll that has been transformed by an artist to resemble a human infant with as much realism as possible.
RIT National Press Photographers Association 