Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerJeff Gurley looks at debris outside his home in the Westrbrooke neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. A tornado damaged several homes in the neighborhood on Monday night.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerA woman holding a baby stands outside the Oregon District crime scene the 400 block of E. Fifth Street, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton , Ohio. Ten people where killed, including the gunman, and 26 injured in a mass shooting at the crime scene.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerJoe Oglesby stands outside Ned Pepper's Bar where his niece, Lois Oglesby died, during a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting in the Oregon District of Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerA view of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge surrounded by fog from the Ohio River on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, in Cincinnati.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerXavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) dunks over Villanova Wildcats forward Jermaine Samuels (23) in the second half of the NCAA men's basketball game between Xavier Musketeers and Villanova Wildcats on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2019, at Cintas Center in Cincinnati. Xavier Musketeers defeated Villanova Wildcats 66-54.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerIshaan Aitharaju, of New Jersey, chases down a ball through Star Magnolia petals at Ault Park in Hyde Park, Ohio, on Wednesday, 10, 2019.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerKathy Stevens listens to music while attending a benefit for her at Hillbilly Heaven on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, in Middletown. The benefit was held for Kathy Stevens for her medical expenses due to liver disease. Kathy has suffered from breast cancer and ovarian cancer, having a lumpectomy and a radical hysterectomy, as well as going through chemotherapy which damaged her liver.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerFC Cincinnati forward Fanendo Adi (9) attempts to kick around Houston Dynamo defender Kiki Struna (6) in the second half of the MLS Soccer match between FC Cincinnati and Houston Dynamo on Saturday, July, 6, 2019, at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerSydney Brock reacts to a shot on goal while watching the Women's World Cup Final between the U.S. and Netherlands at the Banks World Cup Watch Party in Downtown Cincinnati, on Sunday July 7, 2019.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati Reds left fielder Josh VanMeter (17) is dunked by Cincinnati Reds center fielder Nick Senzel (15) after the MLB game between Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati Reds left fielder Josh VanMeter (17) 2-run home run gave the Reds a two run lead in the seventh inning.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerTimothy Mathews, an AK Steel truck driver, drives on Highway 4 through Middletown towards his home in Dayton on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Hemric (8) pulls into the pit as his crew changes tires during the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Quaker State 400 race, Saturday, July 13, 2019, at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerDaniil Medvedev serves to David Goffin during the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament men's finals match on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Mason, Ohio.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerJoanne Buchanan embraces Amy Jarozewski, Detective Bill Brewer's aunt, as she prays on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, outside the site in Clermont County where her nephew was shot at about 10:30 p.m. the previous Saturday. Bill Brewer was a 20-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office died from his wounds at Anderson Mercy Hospital.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerA construction worker its transported away from the scene of a partial building collapse at the construction site near the intersection of Race and Fourth Streets in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. One worker was killed in the collapse and four workers were hospitalized, according to Turner Construction, the main contractor on the construction project.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerDenny Peter stares out the window at the airstrip at of Lunken Airport while dining at Sky Galley in East End on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Peter said he has been eating at Sky Galley for 20 years and brings his grandchildren to watch the planes from the restaurant. The Sky Galley was set to close the following month due to a lease agreement falling through with the City of Cincinnati.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerSamantha Davis reacts to her sentence of 8 years in prison on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Davis was found guilty in Hamilton County Common Please Court of two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and drug possession charges. Davis was charged after losing control of the pickup she was driving, which continued over the concrete barrier and fell on a car below, killing the two passengers.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerApril Austin deals with separation and divorce from her husband while caring for her four children and being pregnant. Over the course of a school year, the family has dealt with homelessness, transportation issues, illness and poverty, with one goal in mind: that April’s oldest, Genea Bouldin, 17, graduate from high school. The family lived at four addresses the first four months of school. They lived in this hotel room for five days. April's four count among the estimated 27,500 children growing up in poverty in the city of Cincinnati. They and the more than 93,000 impoverished children regionally in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are more likely to be in poorer physical and mental health and have a lower sense of well-being -- and they might live with the consequences for the rest of their lives.The Enquirer followed a Cincinnati Public Schools family that experienced homelessness for the nine-month academic (year). Every academic year, Cincinnati Public Schools' Project Connect program serves an average of 3,000 students whose families are experiencing homelessness. In 2018-19, April's four are among that number. The project highlighted the everyday struggles of a family dealing with homelessness in Cincinnati. ---April Austin packs her family's belongings on Sept. 14, 2018. Jasmin Austin, 6, watches her mother. "I'm persevering, I'm a go-getter, I'm going to do whatever I have to do to take care of my children," she said. "If I have to clean this house and paint, I got paint and everything, then that's what I'm going to do so my children can have stable housing, because I really wanted them to have that."
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerGerald Bouldin, 12, carries cardboard boxes for his mother at their rented house on McMicken Avenue Over-the-Rhine on Sept, 14, 2018. April Austin and her four children stayed at the residents for two months before they were asked to pay $1,000 a month in rent. "It smelled of mold, and you could tell people were doing drugs like crack cocaine. I grew up in a household (like that), so I knew what it smelled like, as well as cigarettes. It was all in the walls, like the walls smelled of cigarettes," she said.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerApril Austin embraces her daughter Jasmine Austin, 6, as she wakes her up to get her ready for school at the Extended Stay America hotel in Springdale on Sept. 19, 2018. Austin and her four children stayed in the two-bed hotel room for five days while trying to obtain other housing.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerGenea Bouldin, 17, helps her sister, Jasmin Austin, 6, paint her nails while getting ready for school at an Extended Stay America hotel in Springdale on Sept. 19, 2018.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerApril Austin prepares a frozen pizza for Solomon Austin, 4, at the home of a family friend in Forest Park on Oct. 10, 2018. She and her four children stayed there for a month through the end October while waiting for a house to be ready in Madisonville.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerGenea Bouldin, 17, carries a box of chips from inside the rented house in Madisonville to the family van March 21, 2019, before a drive to Cleveland for her surgery.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerNurse Kathy McClish checks the heartbeat of April Austin's baby during a prenatal appointment March 21, 2019, in Forest Park. April said she became pregnant while briefly trying to reconcile with her estranged husband, Brandon Austin, in October. She filed for divorce April 30, 2019.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerApril Austin comforts her daughter, Genea Bouldin, 18, after surgery at the Cleveland Clinic on March 22, 2019.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerJasmine Austin embraces her mother, April Austin, on March 23, 2019. Jasmine broke into tears when she was told that her big sister had to stay another night in the hospital following a 12-hour breast reduction operation at the Cleveland Clinic.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerApril Austin cries alone in her used minivan April 4 outside of their Madisonville home after a tire blew. She didn't want her children to see her desperation. "I don't know what I'm going to do, I can't afford a new tire," she said.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerGenéa Bouldin, 18, lifts her brother Solomon, 5, during the Withrow University High School Bridge Walk celebration of graduates on May 16, 2019.
Award of Excellence, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Albert Cesare / The Cincinnati EnquirerGalileo Austin, one week old, sleeps in a bassinet under the watchful eye of his brother, Solomon, 5, on May 22, 2019. Galileo is April Austin's fifth child, and the third child from her second marriage.
