Star photographers recognized by Arizona Newspapers Association
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Rick Wiley
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Arizona Daily Star photographers were recognized for their work by the Arizona Newspapers Association during an annual awards ceremony in Phoenix on Sept. 28, 2019.
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Best feature photograph, 3rd Place, Mamta Popat, Brain surprise â Sophia Schoopman, 9, far right, reacts to seeing a human brain during the Arizona STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Adventure event at the Pima Community College Northwest Campus on November 16, 2018. The day, hosted by SARSEF, exposes 1,000 fourth through eighth grade students to science and engineering.
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Best feature photograph, 2nd Place, Mamta Popat, Late snow â A snowboarder glides down a slope at Ski Valley on Mt. Lemmon on February 26, 2019 near Tucson, Ariz.
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Best sports photograph, 3rd Place, Kelly Presnell, Timeout! â Desert View's Uriel Olivares (1) reacts as the Jaguars slowly let a double digit lead in the last minutes of the fourth quarter get away against Catalina at Desert View, Tuesday, December 11, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Best feature photograph, 1st Place, Mike Christy, Cloud â While monsoon storm clouds build over the Santa Catalina mountains, workers assemble a new crane on-site for construction on The Mark student housing near Broadway Boulevard and Park Avenue on July 10, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. A fire crippled one existing crane and damaged a second, larger one.
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Best sports photograph, 2nd Place, Kelly Presnell, Looming Clouds â Quarterback Marquise Cooper loosens up his arm as the clouds begin to build in the skies over the first practice for the final season of football at Pima Community College, Wednesday, August 1, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Best Feature Photo Layout, 1st Place, Kelly Presnell, New border dynamic presents quandary no wall can solve â Eleven-month old Denilison Agustin stands with his mother, Marleen Aguilon, with an ankle tracer bracelet, in the Yuma Refugee Ministry shelter, Saturday, July 27, 2018, Yuma, Ariz.
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Best Feature Photo Layout, 1st Place, Kelly Presnell, New border dynamic presents quandary no wall can solve â A crucifix is adorned by rosaries and icons from migrants at the Casa del Migrante la Divina Providencia, Thursday, July 26, 2018, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
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Best Feature Photo Layout, 1st Place, Kelly Presnell, New border dynamic presents quandary no wall can solve â Several refugees from Central America and Mexico talk with Customs and Border Protection officers, trying to get admitted into the US for asylum interviews at the pedestrian entrance of the San Luis Port of Entry, Thursday, July 26, 2018, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
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Best Feature Photo Layout, 1st Place, Kelly Presnell, New border dynamic presents quandary no wall can solve â Maureen Aguilon, bottom, and her son Denilison Agustin, Catarina Jacinto and her daughter Petrona Perez lay down for post lunch nap at the Yuma Refugee Ministry's shelter, Saturday, July 27, 2018, Yuma, Ariz.
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Best Feature Photo Layout, 1st Place, Kelly Presnell, New border dynamic presents quandary no wall can solve â Melani Gayana plays with the toys she's carefully collected at the Yuma Refugee Ministry's one-room shelter, Saturday, July 27, 2018, Yuma, Ariz.
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Best Feature Photo Layout, 1st Place, Kelly Presnell, New border dynamic presents quandary no wall can solve â Alicia Chilel, her son Oscar, from Central American and Reynaldo Ruiz, brother Jason, mother Maria and sister Estrella wait in the Target parking lot for the bus to take them east after being released by ICE, Saturday, July 27, 2018, Yuma, Ariz.
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Best Feature Photo Layout, 1st Place, Kelly Presnell, New border dynamic presents quandary no wall can solve â Yuma Refugee Ministry volunteer Fernie Quiroz hugs Anna Pascual and her daughter Kimberly as they prepare to board a bus for the east coast, two of several Central American immigrants released by ICE, Saturday, July 27, 2018, Yuma, Ariz.
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