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Congratulations to Lauren Greenfield, Nadav Kander, and Art Streiber, whose work will be published in American Photography‘s new photo annual, AI31. More than 9,000 images were submitted to the competition, and only 326 were selected by a majority vote to appear in AP31. Below, their winning images…

LAUREN GREENFIELD
“Gone Girls: Human Trafficking on the Home Front,” Los Angeles magazine, October 2014. Two young women use their phones’ flashlights to obscure their faces while being photographed waiting for johns along South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. Lieutenant Andre Dawson, a detective of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Human Trafficking unit, identifies the women as sex workers and says the average age of prostitutes in Los Angeles is 12 years old.

NADAV KANDER
“There Will Be Blood,” The New Yorker, September 2014. To accompany a piece about the Wordless Music Series and the creative alliance between Paul Thomas Anderson and the composer Jonny Greenwood (pictured), who scored There Will Be Blood and also plays guitar in Radiohead.

ART STREIBER
“If Michael Keaton Were a Bird He Would Be a Cat,” Entertainment Weekly, October 2014.

ART STREIBER
“Two Heads Are,” Entertainment Weekly, August 2014. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele acted as guest editors for an issue of Entertainment Weekly. The idea for the oversized sweater came from EW director of photography Lisa Berman.

ART STREIBER
“Cumberbitches,” New York magazine, November 7, 2014. New York asked me to capture the fan hysteria surrounding Benedict Cumberbatch, specifically the attention he gets from teenage girls.