Utah News Photographers Association

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• 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 [...]

• Photo Essay – Meegan Reid, Second Place

  Judge – Justin Rumbach, Staff Photographer at The Herald in Jasper Indiana Second Place – Meegan M. Reid/The Herald Journal Click here to view all the photos from the essay. It was a tough call between this story and the Brady Thompson story for first place.  We thought that the photographer could have done a [...]

• Photo Essay – Living With Autism, Leah Hogsten, First Place

  Judge – Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel

• Photo Essay – Burn, Rick Egan, Second Place

  Second:  Rick Egan, Salt lake Tribune -  05-Burn 01 of 11 A strong group of images with excellent light.  While all of the images were obviously from the same event, I did feel that the story element of the essay was not its strong point. Judge – Julie Denesha Picture Editor The Washington Times

• Photo Essay – Chris Detrick, Third Place

  JUDGE: Todd Heisler, Rocky Mountain News 3rd-Dawn of a dream – Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune : MORE Beautiful start to the story, consistent vision, but would like to have seen the moments worked more.

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

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

• Photo Essay – Where We Play, Trent Nelson, Third Place

  Third:  Trent Nelson,Salt Lake Tribune -  05-Where We Play 01 While I was very impressed with the creativity of these groups of images, I like to see a strong narrative in a photo essay. Judge – Julie Denesha Picture Editor The Washington Times

• Photo Essay – Utah Rodeo, Mike Terry, Third Place

  3rd Place, Utah Rodeo, Mike Terry Cowboys wait on the fences behind the chutes at the Utah High School Rodeo Championships in Heber, Utah. Inside the locker room of the 2008 Day’s of ‘47 Rodeo at the Energy Solutions Arena, cowboys prepare to ride for money, recognition and tradition. Still too young to compete, youngsters [...]

• Photo Essay – Moving On, Djamila Grossman, First Place

  1st Place – Moving On, Djamila Grossman Heather Pullman leaves the St. Anne’s homeless shelter in Ogden, after moving out all her family’s belongings, on Dec. 4, 2008. Pullman, her partner Charles Brown and their three children, spent several months at a homeless shelter in Ogden, Utah, after losing their home to foreclosure. The family [...]

• Portrait – Steve Griffin, First Place

  Judge – Pete Souza First—035 • Steve Griffin • Second—020 • Francisco Kjolseth • Third—012 • Leah Hogsten • Fourth—005 • Trent Nelson • I had a difficult time judging this category. Many of the photographic techniques used were cliches. Many of the pictures were not portraits but feature pictures. And many situations made me [...]