Utah News Photographers Association

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• Illustration – Francisco Kjolseth, First Place

  1st- “Iced Coffee” Francisco Kjolseth 2nd- “The School Play”  Trent Nelson 3rd- “Sundance 08″ Francisco Kjolseth HM- “Olympic TV” Francisco Kjolseth

• General News – Jeff Allred, First Place

  1st- “Good Bye” Jeff Allred 2nd- “Convicted Murderer” Tom Smart 3rd- “Shock” Scott Winterton HM- “Holidays at the Hospital” Kristin Murphy HM- “Archuleta Madness” Francisco Kjolseth

• Photo Essay – Last Mission/Last Hour, Ramin Rahimian, Second Place

  2nd Place – Last Mission/Last Hour, Ramin Rahimian “Last Mission/Last Hour” In the early morning of October 20, 2006, six days before his 21st birthday, the Humvee Iraqi translator Diyar al-Bayati was riding in during a routine patrol came under attack by a roadside bomb and an ambush. On his last mission and his last [...]

• Sports Action – Chris Detrick, First Place

  Judge- Paul Nisely, Senior Photo Editor at The Sporting News   First Place – Chris Detrick/Salt Lake Tribune Pepperdine’s Jason Walberg, #12, gouges the eyes of Brigham Young University’s Jonathan Tavernari, #45, during the first half of the game. No foul was called on the play. Although Tavernari missed the basket immediately following the eye [...]

• Sports Action – Jaren Wiley, First Place

  Judge- Jim Colton, photo editor at Sports Illustrated 1st Place Jaren Wilkey/BYU All three winner showed an acute understating of what makes a very good "action" picture. Peak moment, clean background, composition and use of light or environment (rain)   2nd Place Staurt Johnson/Deseret Morning News   3rd Place Alan Murray/Ogden Standard Examiner   Honorable [...]

• POY – Beth Schlanker, Honorable Mention

  Honorable Mention, Photographer of the Year 2009 – Beth Schlanker Dressed as Michael Jackson, English teacher Sharman Tueller, practices her moves backstage, before performing to the song “Beat It” during the “Stop Violence with Helping Hands” special assembly at Mt. Ogden Middle School in Ogden, Utah on Friday, April 18, 2008. Grady Anderson, 10, left, [...]

• Sports Feature – Scott Sommerdorf, First Place

  1st- “Arm Wrestling” Scott Sommerdorf 2nd- “Undefeated Utes” Chris Detrick 3rd- “Lockerroom Wait” Eli Lucero HM- “State Soccer” Jason Olson HM- “Defeated” Jeff Allred HM- “Motocross” Jud Burkett

• POY – Djamila Grossman, Second Place

  Second Place, Photographer of the Year 2009 – Djamila Grossman Lorie Cross, 18, of Pleasant View, Utah, waits for customers to buy corn by the side of the road, on Aug. 5, 2008. Cross and two of her friends raised the crops as part of the school’s Future Farmers of America club. Sgt. Joe Hoffman [...]

• Video – Chris Onstott, First Place

  1st- “Hawk Hunting with Justin Neighbor” Chris Onstott 2nd- “National Anthem Tryouts” Jeff Allred 3rd- “Life After Lockup” Chris Onstott

• Portrait – Leah Hogsten, First Place

  1st- “Lella Nude” Leah Hogsten 2nd- “Tony Adams” Chris Detrick 3rd- “Close Shave” Laura Seitz HM- “Jim Hughes” Ramin Rahimian