Sometimes you bust the mutton, and sometimes the mutton busts you.
Congratulations to Maryland freelance photojournalist Patrick Smith, whose photo of little Sadie Bezzant getting crushed by a sheep at the 2013 Strawberry Days Rodeo in Pleasant Grove, Utah, won second place in the Recreational Sports category in the 71st annual Pictures of the Year International competition.
The POYI is run by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, who have headshots and full bios for all the judges in every category, but somehow can't be bothered to even mention the names of the winning photographers. Inexplicable.
POYI > Recreational Sports [poyi.org via @pgourevitch]
Mutton Good Time [blog.patricksmithphotos.com]
OMG is she/he ok? Huge impact, i think :)
I suspect the injuries to her Google results will take a longer time to heal.