Portrait nominee

Sonny claims to have lived on the streets of Liverpool, England for 25 years. He once worked at labor jobs but had difficulty coping with day to day responsibilities. He wanders the streets looking for opportunities of pleasure and survival. On most days Sonny is affable but his mood changes without warning to brooding anger.

Wendell Phillips is photojournalist with three decades of experience in editorial and human development photography. He is the recipient of 30 Picture-of-the-Year awards from North American news organizations; as well as winner National Magazine Awards. He was voted Canada’s News Photographer of the Year in 1988 and nominated for Canadian Photojournalist of the Year in 2007 and 2009.

The Photographic Society of America honored Wendell with the International Understanding through Photography Award recognizing his socially engaged documentaries and public lectures with a humanitarian perspective.