Jack Stafford is the third quarter winner of the 2020 Los Alamos Daily Post Photography Contest. The Post first introduced readers to Stafford in March 2017 when he was a Civil Air Patrol Cadet accepting the General Billy Mitchell Award from Major Mark Peters. Stafford is now a sophomore at LeTourneau University in Texas working toward his Bachelor’s Degree in Professional Flight with a concentration on Maintenance. Courtesy photo 
Jack Stafford submitted his winning photo in August featuring his family’s beloved dog Cali pausing to look at a colorful sunset, which Stafford captured with his older cell phone while the pair were out on a run along the White Rock Canyon Rim. The photo appeared Aug. 4 as a Daily Postcard and chosen as the third quarter winner of the 2020 Los Alamos Daily Post Photography Contest. Photo by Jack Stafford
Accepting a $100 check for Jack Stafford, the third quarter winner of the 2020 Los Alamos Daily Post Photography Contest are his sister Jenny Stafford, 17, beloved dog Cali and his mother Emma Stafford Saturday at the Los Alamos Daily Post world headquarters. Stafford spoke to the Daily Post by phone from LeTourneau University in Texas where he is a sophomore. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
About the Los Alamos Daily Post Photography Contest
Los Alamos residents Robert and Ann Wells established a fund in 2017 at the Los Alamos Arts Council 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 the Wells, one by Post staff and one by the Los Alamos Arts Council. The photographers for this third quarter award are Ken Hanson, T.K. Thompson and Don Taylor.
Local photographers are encouraged to submit photos for consideration to caclark@ladailypost.com.
