Photos: Mike Christy's award-winning portfolio
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Arizona Daily Star staff photographer Mike Christy was awarded third place, Arizona Photographer of the Year, for his portfolio of images taken in 2015.
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Salpointe Catholic players warm up in the setting sunlight before the Ironwood Ridge vs. Salpointe Catholic high school football game on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona forward Stanley Johnson (5) lets out a roar after a two-handed jam during the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State men's college basketball game in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Christian Rosario, 10, is comforted by his mother as he grieves at the funeral for his father, fallen Tucson police officer Isaac Rosario, at St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Rosario, a Marine Corps veteran, was killed in an off-duty vehicle collision in Glendale. Photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Two-year-old Nata'leigh Lopez gets a smattering of glitter around her lips to finish off a fairy sugar skull face paint design during the City of South Tucson' s 75th Anniversary Music and Art Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Weston Firmage, front, and a host of other University of Arizona fans react sourly to the Arizona Wildcats Elite Eight game against Wisconsin on Saturday, March 28, 2015, as they watch from a bar on East University Boulevard in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: A-10 pilot Capt. Travis Vayda, right, twirls girlfriend Alli Watson around as they reunite after a deployment while Capt. Kyle Schafer picks up his wife Rachel at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Aug. 4, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Paola Uzarraga rehearses a fusion veil choreography piece during a troupe rehearsal at Belly Dance Tucson on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona Wildcat wide receiver Trey Griffey (5) dives over Arizona State Sun Devil defensive back Kweishi Brown (10) to score a touchdown during the University of Arizona vs. Arizona State University college football game on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in Tempe, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson on Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Salpointe Catholic players warm up in the setting sunlight before the Ironwood Ridge vs. Salpointe Catholic high school football game on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona forward Stanley Johnson (5) lets out a roar after a two-handed jam during the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State men's college basketball game in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Christian Rosario, 10, is comforted by his mother as he grieves at the funeral for his father, fallen Tucson police officer Isaac Rosario, at St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Rosario, a Marine Corps veteran, was killed in an off-duty vehicle collision in Glendale. Photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Two-year-old Nata'leigh Lopez gets a smattering of glitter around her lips to finish off a fairy sugar skull face paint design during the City of South Tucson' s 75th Anniversary Music and Art Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Weston Firmage, front, and a host of other University of Arizona fans react sourly to the Arizona Wildcats Elite Eight game against Wisconsin on Saturday, March 28, 2015, as they watch from a bar on East University Boulevard in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: A-10 pilot Capt. Travis Vayda, right, twirls girlfriend Alli Watson around as they reunite after a deployment while Capt. Kyle Schafer picks up his wife Rachel at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Aug. 4, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Paola Uzarraga rehearses a fusion veil choreography piece during a troupe rehearsal at Belly Dance Tucson on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona Wildcat wide receiver Trey Griffey (5) dives over Arizona State Sun Devil defensive back Kweishi Brown (10) to score a touchdown during the University of Arizona vs. Arizona State University college football game on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in Tempe, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson on Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Salpointe Catholic players warm up in the setting sunlight before the Ironwood Ridge vs. Salpointe Catholic high school football game on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona forward Stanley Johnson (5) lets out a roar after a two-handed jam during the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State men's college basketball game in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Christian Rosario, 10, is comforted by his mother as he grieves at the funeral for his father, fallen Tucson police officer Isaac Rosario, at St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Rosario, a Marine Corps veteran, was killed in an off-duty vehicle collision in Glendale. Photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Two-year-old Nata'leigh Lopez gets a smattering of glitter around her lips to finish off a fairy sugar skull face paint design during the City of South Tucson' s 75th Anniversary Music and Art Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Scott Gibson, 37, photographs the snowy sunset scene near Windy Point along Catalina Highway on Mount Lemmon on New Year's Day, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Weston Firmage, front, and a host of other University of Arizona fans react sourly to the Arizona Wildcats Elite Eight game against Wisconsin on Saturday, March 28, 2015, as they watch from a bar on East University Boulevard in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: A-10 pilot Capt. Travis Vayda, right, twirls girlfriend Alli Watson around as they reunite after a deployment while Capt. Kyle Schafer picks up his wife Rachel at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Aug. 4, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Paola Uzarraga rehearses a fusion veil choreography piece during a troupe rehearsal at Belly Dance Tucson on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona Wildcat wide receiver Trey Griffey (5) dives over Arizona State Sun Devil defensive back Kweishi Brown (10) to score a touchdown during the University of Arizona vs. Arizona State University college football game on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in Tempe, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson on Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, right, grips her husband Arsenio's hand while they visit in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Salpointe Catholic players warm up in the setting sunlight before the Ironwood Ridge vs. Salpointe Catholic high school football game on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona forward Stanley Johnson (5) lets out a roar after a two-handed jam during the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State men's college basketball game in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Christian Rosario, 10, is comforted by his mother as he grieves at the funeral for his father, fallen Tucson police officer Isaac Rosario, at St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Rosario, a Marine Corps veteran, was killed in an off-duty vehicle collision in Glendale. Photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Two-year-old Nata'leigh Lopez gets a smattering of glitter around her lips to finish off a fairy sugar skull face paint design during the City of South Tucson' s 75th Anniversary Music and Art Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Scott Gibson, 37, photographs the snowy sunset scene near Windy Point along Catalina Highway on Mount Lemmon on New Year's Day, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Weston Firmage, front, and a host of other University of Arizona fans react sourly to the Arizona Wildcats Elite Eight game against Wisconsin on Saturday, March 28, 2015, as they watch from a bar on East University Boulevard in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: A-10 pilot Capt. Travis Vayda, right, twirls girlfriend Alli Watson around as they reunite after a deployment while Capt. Kyle Schafer picks up his wife Rachel at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Aug. 4, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Paola Uzarraga rehearses a fusion veil choreography piece during a troupe rehearsal at Belly Dance Tucson on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Arizona Wildcat wide receiver Trey Griffey (5) dives over Arizona State Sun Devil defensive back Kweishi Brown (10) to score a touchdown during the University of Arizona vs. Arizona State University college football game on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in Tempe, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson on Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, right, grips her husband Arsenio's hand while they visit in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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