Category: Best of the Week

  • Week Forty-One

    Week Forty-One

    Assignment: Protest outside the Vice Presidential Debate


    Assignment: Coronavirus


  • Week Forty

    Week Forty

    Assignment: Susan and Xayvier


  • Week Thirty-Eight

    Week Thirty-Eight

    Assignment: Education/Coronavirus

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Meadowlark Elementary School teacher John Arthur interacting with his students on Zoom, in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Arthur is working through the kinks of teaching his 6th grade kids, many of which don’t have internet access, online. He is a candidate for Utah Teacher of the Year.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Riverton Elementary teacher Donna Filion’s 5th grade class works on a science-based scavenger hunt in a small grove of mature trees at the school on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

    Assignment: Press Conference – Police Shooting

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks at a news conference on the release of video showing another police shooting in Salt Lake City, on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.

  • Week Thirty-Seven

    Week Thirty-Seven

    Assignment: Windstorm

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trees were knocked over by high winds in Presidents Circle at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trees were knocked over by high winds in President’s Circle at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trees downed in Liberty Park during Tuesday’s high winds, in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trees downed in Liberty Park during Tuesday’s high winds, in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A tree downed by Tuesday’s high winds that landed on a car along Downington Avenue in Salt Lake City, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nick Kuzmack and his mother Frances Rowsell play chess by candlelight in their Salt Lake City home on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. They have been without power since Tuesday’s high winds.
  • Week Thirty-Six

    Week Thirty-Six

    Walmart Field Guide Set #2


    Assignment: Protest

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters march at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. The protest called for President Ruth Watkins to resign and for the campus police department to be dissolved..
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters put up posters at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. The protest called for President Ruth Watkins to resign and for the campus police department to be dissolved..

    Assignment: Protest Against Mask Mandates

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rally protesting government mask mandates at the State Capitol inSalt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rally protesting government mask mandates at the State Capitol inSalt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rally protesting government mask mandates at the State Capitol inSalt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rally protesting government mask mandates at the State Capitol inSalt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Children rip up a large paper mask at a rally protesting government mask mandates at the State Capitol inSalt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rally protesting government mask mandates at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
  • Week Thirty-Five

    Week Thirty-Five

    Assignment: The New Airport

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ticketing terminals and counters at the new Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The new Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020.

  • Week Thirty-Four

    Week Thirty-Four

    Walmart Field Guide Set #1

    Assignment: Sunset

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The sun goes down in a smoky sky behind City Hall in Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The sun sets over a smoky Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.

    Assignment: Black Lives Matter x Blue Lives Matter

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rally in support of police walking down State Street in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protest against police brutality at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rally in support of police at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020.
  • Week Thirty-Three

    Week Thirty-Three

    Assignment: Fire

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crews search for hot spots after a fire in Cedar Fort on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.

    Assignment: Herriman v Davis High School Football

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Herriman players huddle up before facing Davis, high school football, in Herriman on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Herriman’s Nu’u Tafisi runs the ball as Herriman hosts Davis High School football, in Herriman on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Herriman fans pose for a photograph, hosting Davis High School football, in Herriman on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.

    Assignment: Rally against police brutality

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bobbie Santiago, mother of Riche Antonio Santiago, is embraced by Jeanette Padilla at a rally against police brutality at the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bobbie Santiago, mother of Riche Antonio Santiago, speaks at a rally against police brutality at the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020.


    Walmart Field Guide

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  • Week Thirty-Two

    Week Thirty-Two

    Assignment: Parleys Canyon Fire




  • Week Thirty-One

    Week Thirty-One

    Assignment: Airport #2


    Assignment: Gold Star Families Memorial

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stephen Allen, brother of fallen fighter pilot Kenneth ‘Kage’ Allen, salutes the new Gold Star Families Memorial Monument after its unveiling in North Ogden on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020.

    Walmart Field Guide

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    Deer Creek Lake
    Singletree

    Utah County

  • Week Thirty

    Week Thirty

    State Street

  • Week Twenty-Nine

    Week Twenty-Nine


    and much needed calm…

  • Week Twenty-Eight

    Week Twenty-Eight

    Assignment: Protest – no charges in Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal killing

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A poster is used to block a camera while protesters paint the street red in front of the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office in Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 9, 2020.

    Assignment: Real Monarchs v San Diego Loyal FC

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Players kneel during the National Anthem as the Real Monarchs host the San Diego Loyal SC at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, July 11, 2020.

    Assignment: Protest against mobile home park evictions

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rebecca Hernon protests possible evictions in front of the offices of C.W. Land in Centerville on Monday, July 13, 2020.

    Assignment: Mural, people killed by police

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Faces from a series of murals depicting people killed by police, near 800 South and 300 West in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Clockwise from top left, Bobby Duckworth, Cindreia Europe, Cody Belgard, Allen Nelson, Darrien Hunt, Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, Chad Breinholt, Danielle Willard, Patrick Harmon, Zane James, Dillon Taylor, and Bryan Pena Valencia, At center is George Floyd.

  • Week Twenty-Seven

    Week Twenty-Seven

    Yeah above and below are repetitious. The week was good to rest and recharge. The Leica M 240 and the mountain forest heals all wounds.


  • Week Twenty-Six

    Week Twenty-Six

    Assignment: Protest at the District Attorney’s Office – Justice for Bernardo


    Assignment: Spencer Cox on Primary Election Night

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox greets supporters arriving to an election night event in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

    Fisher Towers
    Fisher Towers
    Warner Lake
    Warner Lake
  • Week Twenty-Five

    Week Twenty-Five

    Assignments: The Protests

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A child in a car raises a fist in solidarity with protesters blocking an intersection in Salt Lake City
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Signs are taped to City Hall in Salt Lake City

    Assignments: The Virus

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) 99-year-old Audrey B. Carr visits with her son Harold and daughter-in law Flavia Wood through the front window at Heritage Place Senior Living in Bountiful on Friday, June 19, 2020.
    Masks, downtown Salt Lake City

    The Capitol Inn, State Street
  • Week Twenty-Four

    Week Twenty-Four

    Assignments: Black Lives Matter

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Josianne Petit speaks at a Black Lives Matter protest at City Hall Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, and Lex Scott at a Black Lives Matter protest at City Hall Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather at the site where Bernardo Palacio-Carbajal was killed by police, in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 13, 2020.

    Assignment: GOP gubernatorial debate

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former Utah GOP Chairman Thomas Wright, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, and former House Speaker Greg Hughes, participate in the Utah Gubernatorial Republican Primary Debate in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Former Gov. Jon Huntsman participated over a monitor.

    State Street

  • Week Twenty-Three

    Week Twenty-Three

    Assignments: Black Lives Matter

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kamaal S. Ahmad shakes hands with Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown following a rally in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 6, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Surrounded by family, Lucy Carbajal grieves for her son Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal at a vigil at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 6, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A car drives though a crowd of protesters, the driver flipping them off, in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 7, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Protesters calling for criminal justice reform gather at City Hall in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 8, 2020. Public defenders from across the country participated in Black Lives Matter protests, including this march hosted by the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association.
  • Week Twenty-Two

    Week Twenty-Two

    Assignments: Black Lives Matter

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rev. Monica Dobbins holds a sign to passing traffic as a group of people protest police brutality in front of the First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 29, 2020.


    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A small group of Black Lives Matter activists led by Victoria Crosby kneel with National Guard and Salt Lake Police in front of the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.