Discover Navajo Photo Contest
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Winning Photo-Lorena Bia of Shiprock, NM
"DISCOVER NAVAJO" PHOTO CONTEST
Winning Images!
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On December 2nd, 2009 the new Navajo Tourism Poster was revealed at an awards ceremony for the "Discover Navajo" Photo Contest. Lorena Bia (left) was the photo contest winner. In addition to having her photo turned into the new Navajo poster she received a prize totaling over $3,500, including a hand woven Navajo rug provided by Toadlena Trading Post (left).
In the photo was her niece Katarina Yazzie, 12 years old, posing with a baby goat named Ona Snow.
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View ALL the photos that were submitted!
Prizes were awarded to the photographers of the winning photos at a Ceremony in Window Rock on December 2nd.
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Prizes!
Grand Prize (estimated value: $3,590)
| Hand-woven Navajo rug-provided by Toadlena Trading Post (rug featured in the photo to the left). Mary H. Yazzie, the weaver of the rug, and her family are the only ones who weave the round Toadlena/Two Grey Hill Rugs. The secret is kept within the family. Keeping it a trade secret adds to the mystique and the value of the rug. The design on the rug represents Mother Earth/Father Sky from Navajo Mythology. |
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| $300 shopping spree at Navajo Arts & Crafts Enterprises with special discounts on quality handmade items | Overnight Stays with dinner and breakfast included at the following Navajo Nation hotels:
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| $500 cash- provided by The Navajo Tourism Department | |
| $100 Gas Card from Navajo Nation Oil & Gas Co. | |
* The winner's photo will also be displayed on the new Discover Navajo poster!
2nd Prize- Kelley Fowler of Page, AZ |
3rd Prize- Colin Denny of Pinon, AZ |
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| *A handcrafted wedding basket provided by the historic Shonto Trading Post! | * Antelope Point Marina Logo Jacket * Certificate: dinner for two at Antelope Point Marina's Ja'di' Tooh Restaurant |
8 Runner up winners received: Michael Greene, Kitty Howard, Denise Carson, Dan Bertrand, Sandy Yazzie Tsosie, Kinana Boyd, Jeff Fry, Julie Potter
*A Fire Rock Navajo Casino T-shirt
and either:
*A copy of the award winning Arizona Highways’ photography book, Navajo Land: A Native Son Shares His Legacy by Navajo photographer LeRoy DeJolie. LeRoy DeJolie takes you on a visual tour of Navajoland, his homeland, that he sees not only as a ruggedly beautiful territory in the Four Corners region but also as the cradle of his heritage.
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*A copy of Navajo Nation 1950 Traditional Life in Photographs by Jonathan B. Wittenberg provided by the Navajo Nation Museum. This book is a compilation of 100 black-and-white duotone-printed photographs taken by Jonathan B. Wittenberg to record and illustrate life on the Navajo reservation in 1950.
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