Amazonas Family Photography Award

A mother cradles her sleeping newborn for the first time in the hospital in this image by a Manaus birthing photographer.

This FPJA award-winning image was created by documentary family photographer, Anne Lucy Silva Barbosa of Amazonas, Brazil.

Anne Lucy Silva Barbosa, a documentary family photographer of Amazonas, Brazil, was presented with a Pro Award for top family photojournalism by the FPJA contest judges.

The best family photographers in the world enter their favorite images to the Family Photojournalist Association's contests. Their photographs are evaluated and selected by some of the most recognized picture editors and working photojournalists in the news industry.