First Place, Portrait/Personality - Greg Ruffing / FreelanceRudolph Lakatos wearing his best clothes, in the gypsy village at Gat, Ukraine. Despite being Europe's largest minority group, life remains rather harsh for gypsies. Pervasive mistrust of and discrimination against gypsies make it difficult for men like Lakatos to find work and improve their impoverished lives.
Second Place, Portrait/Personality - Bruce Strong / Ohio UniversityLittle Girl in a Tough TownIn a part of Mansfield, Ohio, that struggles with crime and drugs, Brianna Kopina, 3, holds two of the family pets: a Rottweiller/Bulldog mix and a boa.5/15/03
Third Place, Portrait/Personality - Dave Polcyn / The News JournalReverend W. C. Marting speaks at the Ministers breakfast Wednesday morning.
