Friday, March 09, 2007

Alice: A prize-winning photo by Ed Suba


The blog occasionally likes to reprint memorable stories–current or past. A recent example is a Bob Dyer story posted in the Commentary section of our website.

And as a witness that there also are many memorable photos is this one of "Alice" which appeared in the July/August 1991 issue of Sidebar, the old BJ employee publication. The photo of Alice was with a story on winners of the 13th Annual Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi and the Cleveland Press Club. The Beacon Journal staff received 25 awards at a June 13 banquet.

Among the awards was Ed Suba’s winning portrait -- a simple face shot of Alice smoking a cigarette outside a Merriman Road apartment. The portrait of Alice appeared earlier on the cover of Beacon Magazine to illustrate a story about Alice by Eric Sandstom who is now in public relations at University Hospitals in Cleveland. Alice was both homeless and mentally ill.

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