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Focus on Nevada:Honorable mentions

Awards: Honorable Mentions | Smartphone | Landscape/nature | Artistic/abstract | People in the moment | Places | Grand prize

Welcome to Desert Companion’s second annual “Focus on Nevada” photo contest. A quick note before you feast your eyes on the pages of terrific imagery that follow: This year, to bring a heightened mojo to these proceedings, we enlisted a cohort of judges — folks whose aesthetic sophistication jumped the decision-making process to a new level.

And there was plenty to judge: We received 1,442 submissions covering every conceivable permutation of our five categories: People/In the moment; artistic/abstract; landscapes/nature; places; and smartphones. The entries were strong, too; collectively they remind us what a vivid, diverse, fantastically interesting place we call home. We’re glad we had help picking the winners.

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Now: enough of these words — on to the photos!

Artistic/abstract
ALEXIS ALLEN
Amateur/Student

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People/in the moment
MICHAEL CONTRERAS
Semi-professional

 

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Artistic/abstract
LISA CHEUNG
Amateur/Student

 

People/in the moment
MIKAYLA WHITMORE
Professional

 

Places
ANTHONY MOJICA
Semi-professional

 

Places
RACHEL BELLINSKY
Professional

 

Landscape/nature
STEPHEN TIDWELL
Amateur/Student

 

Landscape/nature
RADAMES FERNANDEZ
Amateur/Student

 

Smartphone
CAREY CHRISTENSEN
Amateur/Student

 

Smartphone
LUCERO GOMEZ OCHOA
Amateur/Student