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• Photo Essay – Chris Detrick, Second Place

  Judge- Sarah Voisin, photographer at The Washington Post 2nd Place Chris Detrick/Salt Lake Tribune Click here to view the entire story The fact that the edit is so tight is great.  I think 8 is the perfect number for a story.  However, It feels a little incomplete.  I don’t feel like I know him as [...]

• 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 [...]

• Photo Essay – Russian Orphanage, Jeff Allred, Second Place

  [kml_flashembed publishmethod="static" fversion="8.0.0" movie="http://utahnewsphotos.com/orphans.swf" width="550" height="425" targetclass="flashmovie"] [/kml_flashembed] Judge’s Comments on the Orphans photo essay: Strong story, good images, maybe too many shots of kids looking into the camera in group shots, one would do and makethe point. Otherwise powerful story served with strong photos. Judge: Ken Light is a social documentary photographer whose books [...]

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

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

• Photo Essay – Mario Ruiz, Second Place

  JUDGE: Todd Heisler, Rocky Mountain News 2nd-Forgotten ones – Mario Ruiz, Daily Herald : MORE Clearly the most accomplished photography of all the entries, technically, and in terms of personal vision. Beautiful images all the way through. What put it into second for me was that it did not say as much as the first [...]

• 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 [...]

• Photo Essay – Kidnap, Trent Nelson, Honorable Mention

  Judge – Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel

• John Stockton, Trent Nelson

  Judge – Jack Gruber, USA Today

• Photo Essay – Ashley Franscell, First Place

  Judge – Justin Rumbach, Staff Photographer at The Herald in Jasper Indiana First Place – Ashley Franscell/Provo Daily Herald Click here to view all the photos from the essay. strongest story of the bunch.  We liked the intimacy that the photographer developed with the subject.  This strong story could become even stronger with a tighter [...]

• 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 [...]