Photo Essay on Crown Heights & Lubavitch wins 1st place in Pictures Of Year International competition

A photo essay by Carolyn Drake titled “The Lubavitch” has won an award in the Pictures of the Year International photojournalism competition. The essay, comprising 22 pictures from taken around Crown Heights, @ the Kinnus HaShluchim & Shluchos and the Ohel, won 1st place in the community awareness award category.

During the fall of 2003, while interning at National Geographic, Miss Drake spent about 6 weeks in Crown Heights. She then returned several times in early 2004 for a few days at a time.

The essay was printed in the June 2004 edition of Blueeyes Magazine a magazine-style website for photography ran her essay on their site.

When contacted for this story by SNS, Drake responded “I was very excited to hear I won the award and am very grateful to all the people in the Lubavitch community who welcomed me into their lives and enabled the project to happen. I would love to hear from anyone who has suggestions about other Lubavitch activities that ought to be photographed as I expand the project to other areas.”

SNS ED. Miss Drake can be contacted via e-mail @ drakeycake@hotmail.com