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Category: Best of the Week

  • 2019 Week Forty-One

    2019 Week Forty-One

    Assignment: Mitt Romney

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) hosts a roundtable discussion at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital with local officials and health experts to receive an update on anti-vaping efforts in Utah, discuss legislative efforts, and solicit recommendations for further potential action at the federal level, in Salt Lake City on Thursday Oct. 10, 2019.

    Tightwire at Kilby Court

    Masked Intruder at Kilby Court

    Assignment: Jazz v Kings

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sacramento Kings guard Yogi Ferrell (3) loses the ball as the Utah Jazz hosts the Sacramento Kings, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Monday Oct. 14, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Forty

    2019 Week Forty

    Assignment: Utah Jazz v Adelaide 36ers

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Adelaide 36ers’ Jerome Randle (25), Utah Jazz guard Nigel Williams-Goss (0), and Adelaide 36ers forward Eric Griffin (17) as the Utah Jazz host the Adelaide 36ers, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Saturday Oct. 5, 2019.

    Assignment: New Rabbi

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbi Samuel Spector at Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City on Thursday Oct. 3, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-Nine

    2019 Week Thirty-Nine

    Assignment: Utah v Washington State

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes wide receiver Samson Nacua (45) celebrates a touchdown as the Utah Utes host the Washington State Cougars, NCAA football at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday Sept. 28, 2019. At left is Utah Utes tight end Brant Kuithe (80).

    Assignment: Nick Rimando Press Conf

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Real Salt Lake GK Nick Rimando in Sandy on Friday Sept. 27, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-Eight

    2019 Week Thirty-Eight

    Assignment: Antelope Island Bison

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A lone bison at Antelope Island State Park on Thursday Sept. 19, 2019.

    Assignment: Kings v Canucks

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Starters for the Los Angeles Kings stand for the National Anthem before facing the Vancouver Canucks, NHL hocket in Salt Lake City on Saturday Sept. 21, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-Seven

    2019 Week Thirty-Seven

    Assignment: BYU v USC

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The BYU sideline erupts as Brigham Young Cougars defensive back Dayan Ghanwoloku (5) makes a game-winning interception in overtime as BYU hosts USC, NCAA football in Provo on Saturday Sept. 14, 2019.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Zach Wilson (1) runs for a late touchdown as BYU hosts USC, NCAA football in Provo on Saturday Sept. 14, 2019.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Zach Wilson (1) dives for a late touchdown as BYU hosts USC, NCAA football in Provo on Saturday Sept. 14, 2019.

    Yellow

    Assignment: Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski (8) sprays water as he takes the field as Real Salt Lake hosts the San Jose Earthquakes, MLS soccer at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Wednesday Sept. 11, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-Six

    2019 Week Thirty-Six

    Assignment: Elton John

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Elton John performs in Salt Lake City on Wednesday Sept. 4, 2019.

    Assignment: Fire Aftermath

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniel Fisher in the remains of his Bountiful home on Friday Sept. 6, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-Five

    2019 Week Thirty-Five

    Assignment: BYU v Utah

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes linebacker Francis Bernard (13) makes a U sign to BYU Fans after scoring on an interception, as Brigham Young University (BYU) hosts the University of Utah, NCAA football in Provo on Thursday Aug. 29, 2019.

    Assignment: Magnet Fishing (for guns)

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A pair of volunteers magnet fishing the Weber River on Saturday Aug. 31, 2019. Volunteers assisted the Utah Cold Case Coalition, hoping to find evidence in several cases.

    Assignment: I-15 Traffic

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Northbound traffic on I-15 approaching American Fork on Wednesday Aug. 28, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-Four

    2019 Week Thirty-Four

    Assignment: Utah Renaissance Faire

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nick Hosto in between rounds of a competition put on by the Armored Combat League at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.

    State Street

  • 2019 Week Thirty-Three

    2019 Week Thirty-Three

    Assignment: Inland Port Meeting

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Activist Ethan Peterson argues with police who have removed him from a meeting of an inland port satellite working group (which was quickly canceled), held at a police precinct in Salt Lake City on Wednesday Aug. 14, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-Two

    2019 Week Thirty-Two

    Assignment: Tour of Utah Prologue

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dylan Sunderland climbs during the Prologue of the Tour of Utah in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Monday Aug. 12, 2019.

    Assignment: Douglass Lovell Hearing

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Douglas Lovell at an evidentiary hearing in Ogden on Monday Aug. 5, 2019. A jury in 2015 sentenced Douglas Lovell to be executed for killing 39-year-old Joyce Yost in 1985. Lovell has been appealing the decision.
  • 2019 Week Thirty-One

    2019 Week Thirty-One

    Malaysia

    Cambodia

    Ta Prohm

    Bayon Temple of Angkor Thom

    Angkor Wat

    Hanoi

  • 2019 Week Thirty

    2019 Week Thirty

    Singapore

    Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
    GEA, Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah School
    Gardens at the Bay

    Malaysia

    Encore Melaka
    AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
    AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
  • 2019 Week Twenty-Nine

    2019 Week Twenty-Nine

    Catching up…

    …on some things from the summer, thanks again to SLUG:

    [contentcards url=”https://www.slugmag.com/art-fashion/trent-nelson-photographer-for-the-outsider/”]

    I have posted a e-zine of my photos from 1987 California:

    [contentcards url=”https://1987.trent.photo/california/”]

    And my e-zine The Idaho Experience, 1987 is here:

    [contentcards url=”https://1987.trent.photo/idaho/”]

    Singapore

    Selfie, Flower Dome
    Marina Bay Sands
    Marina Bay Sands
    Cloud Forest
    Fort Canning Park
  • 2019 Week Twenty-Eight

    2019 Week Twenty-Eight

    Assignment: Inland Port Protest

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) An anarchy flag in front of city hall before protesters occupied the Chamber of Commerce Building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday July 9, 2019.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police take a woman into custody while removing protesters occupying the Chamber of Commerce Building Salt Lake City on Tuesday July 9, 2019.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police struggle with protesters for control of a door at the Chamber of Commerce Building Salt Lake City on Tuesday July 9, 2019.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police struggle with protesters for control of a door at the Chamber of Commerce Building Salt Lake City on Tuesday July 9, 2019.

    Assignment: Governor Herbert Responds to Inland Port Protest

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Governor Gary Herbert arrives at a news conference to condemn the actions of protesters who occupied the Chamber of Commerce Building Tuesday. Herbert spoke in Salt Lake City on Wednesday July 10, 2019.

    Assignment: Murder Charges

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill becomes emotional while announcing charges against Ayoola Ajayi in the disappearance and homicide of MacKenzie Lueck. The announcement was made at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Wednesday July 10, 2019. From left are Heather Lindsay, Josh Graves, Marc Mathis, and Gill.

    Summer

  • 2019 Week Twenty-Seven

    2019 Week Twenty-Seven

    Assignment: 4th of July

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks at the 4th of July Celebration at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, Thursday July 4, 2019.

    Assignment: Body of Missing Woman Found

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown and Mayor Jackie Biskupski after announcing the finding of the body of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck in Logan Canyon, at a news conference in Salt Lake City, Friday July 5, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Twenty-Six

    2019 Week Twenty-Six

    Riverton PD

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Riverton decided to break off from the Unified Police Department and create its own police department. It’s now swearing in all the officers hired , Tuesday June 25, 2019.
  • 2019 Week Twenty-Five

    2019 Week Twenty-Five

    Assignment: Ritt Momney at Kilby Court

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jack Rutter performs with his solo project Ritt Momney at Kilby Court in Salt Lake City on Monday June 24, 2019.

    Yellowstone Bear World

    Storm and Sunset

    Driving North

  • 2019 Week Twenty-Four

    2019 Week Twenty-Four

    Tuesday

    Chilling and fascinating reading: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster. This is a masterpiece.

    They flung us there, like sand unto the reactor…At first there was disbelief, there was the sense that it was a game. But it was a real war, an atomic war. We had no idea—what’s dangerous and what’s not, what should we watch out for, and what to ignore? No one knew…Every April 26, we get together, the guys who were there. We remember how it was. You were a soldier, at war, you were necessary. We forget the bad parts and remember that. We remember that they couldn’t have made it without us. Our system, it’s a military system, essentially, and it works great in emergencies. You’re finally free there, and necessary. Freedom! And in those times the Russian shows how great he is. How unique. We’ll never be Dutch or German. And we’ll never have proper asphalt and manicured lawns. But there’ll always be plenty of heroes.

    and this

    Why aren’t you writing this down? What I’m saying? You only write down what you want to hear. Giving people ideas. Saying things. You need political capital, is that it? Stuff your pockets with dollars? We live here, we survive here. No one’s guilty! Show me the guilty ones! I’m for the Communists. They’ll come back and they’ll find the guilty ones. F*ck! Coming around here, writing things down.

    Wednesday

    Yesterday I heard a comedian quote a vaudevillian: “They only remember the home runs.”

    Doubling down on this even more than before.

    Modern. 16 frames per second, magic autofocus tracking, zoom lenses.

    Traditional. Manual focus, composition, the decisive moment, single frame drive mode.

    Those are the two beliefs. Both are true.

    The best photographer will be operating in two states – using traditional creative skills to identify the best form of the photograph in front of you, then the modern technology to ensure that the frame is captured (I hate that word). And then, finally, that in the editing process that the exact as-close-to-perfect frame is selected and displayed.

    Assignment: Black Lives Matter Protest

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Owen Burket, 11, holds a sign reading “Will I Be Next” at a protest organized by Black Lives Matter and other groups at the Woods Cross Police Department on Friday June 14, 2019. The rally was to show support for DJ Hrubes, a 10-year-old black child who was held at gunpoint by a police officer last week while playing in his grandmother’s front yard.

    State Street

  • 2019 Week Twenty-Three

    2019 Week Twenty-Three

    Main Street

    Assignment: Transportation

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A UTA TRAX train at the City Center station in Salt Lake City is reflected in a pillar on Wednesday June 5, 2019.

    Assignment: DJ

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) D.J. Hrubes at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Friday June 7, 2019 regarding an incident between him and a Woods Cross police officer yesterday.

    Assignment: One Year Later

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Erin Cooper remembers her sister Joslyn Spilsbury, in Salt Lake City on Saturday June 8, 2019. One year after Spilsbury was killed outside of a Starbucks in Millcreek, prosecutors still haven’t charged the driver with a crime.
    Corona Arch
  • 2019 Week Twenty-Two

    2019 Week Twenty-Two

    B & J

    Jordan River Parkway

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cyclists along the Jordan River Parkway in South Salt Lake on Thursday May 30, 2019.

    Utah Pride Festival

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shecock & the Rock Princess performs at the Utah Pride Festival in Salt Lake City on Saturday June 1, 2019.