Utah News Photographers Association

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

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

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

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

• Photo Essay – Leah Hogsten, First Place

  Judge- Sarah Voisin, photographer at The Washington Post 1st Place Leah Hogsten/Salt Lake Tribune Click here to view the entire story This story is very intimate and the photographer obviously invested a good amount of time in the story.  This story could be stronger with a tighter edit, perhaps 8 photos.  Some of the images [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 – Bikers, Jeff Allred, Second Place

  Judge – Linda Epstein, Knight-Ridder Tribune

• 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 – 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 [...]

• Worst Photo – Sparkles, Rick Egan, First Place

  Judge – ? 1. (Absolute Worst Photo in the Contest) • Rick Egan • “Sparkles” “Maaaammaries, light the corners of my mind…” OK, I’ve stared at this photo, and stared at this photo, and stared at this photo. And after extensive, prolonged study I could come up with only two good reasons to run this [...]