Every month, we choose three outstanding photos for recognition. These are photos submitted by Associated Press member newspapers. From these, we select a winning photograph, and two honorable mentions.

1999
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How I got the picture: Michael Moore

At the sound-check, only a few photographers seemed into shooting the scene.

I was pleased to have captured an interesting moment since I was kept from (an earlier) daycare "photo-op. As is often the case, the better shots come where they were not expected.