Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

NPPA award winner

La Shinda Clark,
©The Philadelphia Inquirer

La Shinda Clark, photographer at The Philadelphia Inquirer and 1995 Scholar, won third place for feature photos in the National Press Photographers Association 2003 Best of Photojournalism contest. In the photo, volunteer Cameron Tarzwell, 13, cleans loose hair that has been shaved from an anesthetized cat, Princess, in preparation for an operation. Tarzwell has been assisting a veterinarian for four years. The photo was one in a picture story on a spaying and neutering program in Chester County in Pennsylvania.

On a related note, at work, I've been feeling like the cat in this picture - helpless, tied to a table, while a mere child with no training has a dustbuster to my balls.