Christopher Fresquez today outside the Los Alamos Daily Post newspaper office with the $100 check he received for submitting the winning photograph,‘Chapel In The Mist’ in the first quarter of the 2020 Los Alamos Daily Post Photography Contest. Robert and Ann Wells of Los Alamos established a fund in 2017 at the Los Alamos Arts Council whose purpose is to award a prize of $100 to the photographer who submits the best photograph of the quarter published as a Daily Postcard in the Los Alamos Daily Post.‘We have been impressed by the steady development of the Los Alamos Daily Post as a comprehensive community news source and have especially enjoyed the variety of photos submitted for publication by local citizens. The photo prize hopefully will motivate even more variety of photos and provide recognition for local photographers, which may be of particular benefit to those considering professional careers,’ Robert Wells said at the time. The Wells asked that a panel of three photographers be chosen, one by Robert and Ann, one by the staff of the Los Alamos Daily Post and one by the Los Alamos Arts Council. The photographers are Ken Hanson, T.K. Thompson and Janet McMillan. Local photographers are encouraged to submit photos for consideration to caclark@ladailypost.com. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

‘Chapel In The Mist’ by Christopher Fresquez is the winning photograph in the first quarter of the 2020 Los Alamos Daily Post Photography Contest. Fresquez, 58, of La Mesilla has worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for 29 years. He explained that he was on his way to work at about 7 a.m. one day in March and saw the fog rising off the Rio Grande and had never seen the sky quite that shade before when he caught this shot on his cell phone. Photography winners are chosen each quarter. Local photographers are encouraged to submit photos for consideration to caclark@ladailypost.com. Photo by Christopher Fresquez