Wow. if we’ve learned one thing over the past year, it’s that a virulent global pandemic can’t even touch the resilient mojo of avid photographers. The honorees in this year’s Focus on Nevada photo contest seem to have taken the assorted bummers of COVID as an artistic challenge, sublimating them into images that pop with raw, longing beauty -— but just as often hum with the tensions and subtle dramas of domestic life that we got to know all too well. Congratulations to our winners and honorable mentions -— and thanks as always for inspiring us to look at Nevada with a truly fresh perspective.
Judges
Scott Dickensheets, Writer
Joe Dumic, B&C Camera
Brent Holmes, Artist
Andrew Kiraly, Desert Companion
Robert John Kley, Photographer
Heidi Kyser, Desert Companion
Chase McCurdy, Artist and photographer
Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña, Poet
Christopher Smith, Desert Companion
Lance L. Smith, Artist
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