Utah News Photographers Association

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• Photo Essay – Magna Main, Keith Johnson, Honorable Mention

  Judges were Al Diaz and Chuck Fadely/Miami Herald staff photographers.

• John Stockton, Trent Nelson

  Judge – Jack Gruber, USA Today

• Photo Essay – Asphalt Carnival, Leah Hogsten, Third Place

  Judges were Al Diaz and Chuck Fadely/Miami Herald staff photographers.

• POY – Leah Hogsten, Second Place

  Judge – Peter Howe. There were many strong entries in this category, and my final list came down to portfolios #1; #13; #14; #15. One of the things that impressed me most was the high standard of the photo essays, especially the patient who failed to get a heart transplant (#13) and the girls’ basketball [...]

• Pictorial – Robert Johnson, First Place

  1. 006 • Robert Johnson • How much is that owl in the window? I fun colorful eye catching picture. I’m a sucker for a good owl photo. 2. 003 • Brian Nicholson • Seeing circles. I count 35 circles, but I could have missed a few. The repeating elements and the lone figure make [...]

• Humor – Trent Nelson, First Place

  • Trent Nelson • This First Place photo is the one that makes me laugh everytime I look at it. It is part agony and part exctacy. I have heard of detached retinas, detached elbows, hmmm…I wonder maybe Malone was called for “travelling.” • Brian Nicholson • It appears in this second place photo the [...]

• General News – Francisco Kjolseth, First Place

  Judges: David Leeson and Mei-Chun Jau, staff photographers, The Dallas Morning News First Place: 011 • Francisco Kjolseth • We loved the unusual angle of this image. The photo leaves the viewer with a sense of the frenetic moment and helps translate the feeling of the animal’s flight and, possibly, fright. The photographer’s approach brought [...]

• Dealing With Death, Alan Murray

  JUDGE: David Cantor, Toledo Blade Dealing With Death, Alan Murray, Standard-Examiner Thanks for asking me to be a judge. First, the consistent high caliber quality of your members’ work made this a difficult task. The scope of talent and sensitivity displayed in the images were inspirational. That said, the contest had that pesky "Photojournalism" word [...]

• Feature Photo – Brian Nicholson, First Place

  Capitol Commissioners: First Place • Brian Nicholson • First place was a visual pun of sorts and the more I looked at it, the more fun it was. There are a lot of distractions that can undermine the aesthetics of a moment like this, but none that are found here. Everything works quite cleverly Fiddle [...]

• POY – Alan Murray, First Place

  Judge – Peter Howe. There were many strong entries in this category, and my final list came down to portfolios #1; #13; #14; #15. One of the things that impressed me most was the high standard of the photo essays, especially the patient who failed to get a heart transplant (#13) and the girls’ basketball [...]