2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeLynn Spino cries as her cousin, Danielle Spino, embraces her after speaking about her late son, Nicholas, who died in a traffic incident during an awareness event for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at Ottawa Park in Toledo on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeOhio’s Beau Atkinson smiles as snow falls after Ohio State University won a Big Ten Conference college football game against the University of Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeMiya Quinn, 7, from Toldeo, wears a purple ribbon temporary tattoo to show her support for alzheimer's disease during the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's at Glass City Metropark in Toledo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeMarc Cheatham, a Toledo Building Services employee, cheers on Johnny Rodriguez, a singer and guitarist, as he plays guitar and harmonica at One Seagate Fountain, in Toledo on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeHelen Hallett hands Wesley, 10, and Logan, 13, fencing swords at the bunny fencing arena at Ohio Pirate Con at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds in Fremont, on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeIsaiah Green, 5, dressed up as a slice of pizza, trick-or-treats with his friend dressed as a superhero in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo on Halloween on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDoug Schmucker, co-owner of Schmucker’s Restaurant, is reflected in a mirror as he sits on a stool recalling the kitten fire inside his establishment in Toledo on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeAttendees drape themselves in pride flags during the Toledo Pride Parade along Adams Street on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Toledo.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeOak Harbor players stretch before their high school football game at against Eastwood at Eastwood High School in Pemberville on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeMislay Turner, 7, from Toledo, unhooks a bluegill fish she caught while her sister, Savannah Davis, 8, fishes during a youth fishing event at Cannonball Prairie Metropark in Monclova on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeAttendees are reflected in a mirror held for entering medical students to fix their hair before a portrait on stage during the University of Toledo White Coat Ceremony, at Nitschke Auditorium in Toledo on Friday, July 25, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeAn Ohio State fan bundles up as snow falls during a Big Ten Conference college football game between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeTiffany Lewis mourns the death of her late next-door neighbor and gun violence victim, Cole Lepkowski, while sitting on the curb outside of his house during a vigil held one day after his death in Toledo on Monday, June 30, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeMarshall’s Wilson Dubinsky recovers the ball after Toledo’s London Praytor misses a throw during their men’s college basketball game at Savage Arena in Toledo on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeA television camera records as Wayne Kinsel announces his candidacy for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District at Voodoo Brewing in Sylvania on Monday, July 28, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Anni / The BladeBowsher’s water boy, Braylon Distfeno, 8, stands on a training sled while watching his older brothers’ high school football game against Scott from the sideline at Scott High School in Toledo on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeOhio’s Caden Curry pulls Michigan’s Bryson Kuzdzal’s jersey during a Big Ten Conference college football game between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeSamantha Cribbs, a laborer for Lucas County Facilities, mows the lawn outside of the Lucas County Courthouse ahead of Labor Day in downtown Toledo on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeTamyah Worthy of Lourdes shoots the ball during a women’s college basketball game against Bowling Green at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeFriends and residents of the neighborhood hold candles during a vigil in remembrance of Cole Lepkowski, the day after his death in Toledo on Monday, June 30, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeOhio State University’s Kayden McDonald is embraced by defensive coordinator Matt Patricia after winning their Big Ten Conference college football game against the University of Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeToledo’s Sonny Wilson runs with the ball during their men’s college basketball game against Detroit Mercy at Savage Arena in Toledo on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladePasserby hold signs out of their car windows as they drive down Monroe Street during a No Kings rally in Toledo on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeKameron Stone and Julianne Stolar, Eastwood students and color guard members, practice their routine before their high school football game against oak Harbor at Eastwood High School in Pemberville on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeAustin Parks of Toledo grapples for the rebound as a host of Lourdes players guard him during a men’s college basketball game at Savage Arena in Toledo on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeMy5tery Music Band and Step Team members perform a drum number following the Annual Tree Lighting at Levis Square in downtown Toledo on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeOhio State Buckeyes wide receiver Jeremiah Smith smiles after his team scored a touchdown during a Big Ten Conference college football game between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeA resident waves from inside her home as people march past during the Sisters 4 Communities Against Gun Violence March around Smith Park in Toledo, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeThird-generation farmers, Mark and Donna Farnsel, still operate their 470-acre family farm nearly 70 years after Mark first climbed onto a tractor at age 8. Their story is both a testament to a lifetime of hard work and a reflection of U.S. agriculture today. Mark Farnsel smiles as his grandson, Kenny, 8, climbs into the combine to help harvest soybeans at Farnsel Farms in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDonna Farnsel drives through harvested soybean fields to The Andersons Trade Group grain bins, where the Farnsels’ market their row crops in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDonna Farnsel picks tomatoes ahead of the farmers market at Farnsel Farms, where she grew up, in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeMark Farnsel’s dirt-covered hand grips the gear shifter of his 1997 John Deere 9500 combine while he harvests soybeans on his farm in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDonna and Mark Farnsel, fourth-generation owners of Farnsel Farms, stand beside a digging tractor as their corn lies harvested in Metamora on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeSoybean dust floats through the sunlight as the first day of harvest begins on Farnsel Farms in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDonna Farnsel holds soybeans in her hand at Farnsel Farms in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. The Farsels’ expressed concern in regard to what their profits will be in the coming years due to tariffs and economic shifts.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDonna Farnsel reaches for an old aerial picture of Farnsel Farms from when her parents first purchased the land in 1955, inside her home in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeSoybean dust flies stirs the air during harvesting at Farnsel Farms in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeMark Farnsel’s operates his 1997 John Deere 9500 combine while he harvests soybeans on his farm in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDonna Farnsel rests her hands on one of many seed catalogs inside her home in Metamora on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. The Farnsels’ expressed great appreciation for the vegetables they sell at the Westgate and Toledo Farmers Market’s, claiming they wouldn’t be able to make a living without them.
2nd Place, Photographer of the Year - Large Market - Addison Annis / The BladeDonna and Mark Farnsel take a short break in between vegetable sorting and picking a Farnsel Farms in Metamora on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
