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Show Local photographers win at fair A stirring autumn landscape photo of evening shadows across a small valley won the grand prize award in the professional cateogry it the Utah State Fair photography competition. The photo was submitted sub-mitted by George Snarr of Woods Cross. Eighteen-year-old Heidi Olsen of Spanish Fork and 16-year-old Brett Thelin were top winners in the Junior Amateur Division. "We've had some excellent photographs from amateurs this year," said Dee Baxter, supervisor of the photography contest. "The amateurs are just as good as the professionals -- and the professionals are the first to admit it," Baxter added. There are more than 600 prints entered and displayed in the photo competition at this year's fair which runs through Sept. 15. Pleasant Grove photography winners are: Human Interest: Tom Yadon, Honorable Mention. Landscape: Al Hollis, Honorable Mention. |