Student Photographer of the Year, Michael Mullady, San Francisco State University
Marisol Gutierrez,16, takes a rest after feeling her baby kick while she works in the Santa Lucia Cotzmalguapa, Guatemala landfill. Generations of young children are being born into life on the landfill with no escape. Most children in the neighborhood surrounding the landfill do not attend school, instead work long hours searching through trash to support their families.
See winning entries by Michael Mullady, John Adkisson, and Matt Eich in The Eyes of History 2009 student contest.
White House News Photographers Association, Washington, DC