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Ryan Kelly (born 1986) is an American photojournalist. He won the

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for his work on the 2017

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, for a photograph showing a man running over protestors. He served as a photojournalist at '' The Daily Progress'' in Charlottesville, from 2013 to 2017 and is now the Digital and Social Media Coordinator at Ardent Craft Ales.

Career

Kelly was an intern at the '' Daily Press'' in Newport News,

. He joined ''The Daily Progress'' in Charlottesville in 2013 as a photojournalist. He left the newspaper after nearly four years, citing low pay, long hours, bad schedules and constant stress. He now works as a Digital and Social Media Coordinator at Ardent Craft Ales. He also freelances regularly, covering all the

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home football and basketball games. Kelly also takes various assignments from several newspapers in Central Virginia.

Honors and awards

Kelly was included in TIME's Top 10 Photo of 2017 in March 2018 and won 1st place in Pictures of the Year International 2017. Ryan Kelly's piece “Car Attack” earned him second prize in World Press Photo’s 2018 Spot News contest. ''

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'' used Kelly's photograph of University of Virginia forward

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for the cover of its issue released March 12, 2018 covering the 2018

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. Ryan Kelly's earliest accolades were for his sports photography. In 2011, he placed third in the Virginia News Photographers Association 2011 clip contest, third quarter in the sports division. The next year he took home first place in the VNPA 2012 clip contest, first quarter in sports. Kelly was listed as 6 of 25 journalists under 25 by

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in 2013.

Personal life

Kelly was born in 1986, in Springfield, Virginia. He attended West Springfield High School before moving to

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to attend Christopher Newport University, where he pursued a degree in English. During his time at Christopher Newport University, Kelly worked on the school newspaper, ''The Captain's Log'', as a reporter and editor later picking up a camera, which led to him focusing on photojournalism. In 2013, Kelly and his family moved to Charlottesville, where he worked for ''The Daily Progress''. After four years on staff with the newspaper he and his family moved to

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where they currently reside.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Ryan 1986 births Living people American photojournalists Pulitzer Prize winners