Photos: Denver Post photographer RJ Sangosti named NPPA 2013 Photojournalist of the Year
April 24, 2013
Farmer Harry Strohauer walks in his corn fields, Thursday July 19, 2012, near Lasalle, Colo., that are damaged from thousands of grasshoppers and drought. ( Drought )
Stephanie Cordova, left, mother of 9-year-old Calysta Cordova, reacts with family and friends, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, outside her home in Pueblo, Colo., after getting the news that her daughter, who was abducted, has been found alive. ( MISSING_1RJ3417 )
Brittney LeRooy, center, of Denver, bows her head in prayer, Monday, January 16, 2012, during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Denver, Colo. Thousands came to remember and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ( CD17MLKMARADE_1RJ2810 )
Tan Wanwei enjoys the view, Monday May, 07, 2012, from Bear Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park as snow falls in the area. The Colorado mountains were hit with an early May snowstorm. ( SNOW_2RJ5670 )
President Obama's hand pokes out from behind the podium as he resumed campaigning, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Lions Park in Golden, Colo. President Obama has traveled to Colorado 12 times since the start of his presidency. ( OBAMA_1RJ1446 )
Denver Police Metro SWAT fires a 21-gun salute, Friday, May 18, 2012, outside the Denver Police Department Administration Building during the 20th Annual Denver Police Department Memorial Service for fallen officers. ( MEMORIAL_1RJ1874 )
Lisa Alba's family makes her sit down and rest outside her home in Chivington, Colo., after she returned from the hospital, Friday, April, 27, 2012. Alba was thrown from her home when a tornado went through the night before. She had bruises on her face and injured her arm. ( TORNADO_2RJ4999 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - NOVEMBER 08: Wayne Rose, left, mops the floor in Robert Bryan's room as he lies in bed waiting to die behind the prison walls of Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, November 08, 2012. Rose, a fellow prisoner, works seven days a week in the prison's infirmary taking care of Bryan and other hospice patients in the prison's hospice program. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_003 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - NOVEMBER 08: Robert Bryan, in his prison bed, is dying of liver cancer, November 08, 2012. Bryan has spent most of his life behind bars. Arrested more than 50 times since he was18 years old, his current sentence, six years, for second-degree assault, will be his last. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_001 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - NOVEMBER 08: While having a good day, Robert Bryan, right, decides he feels well enough to go out to the prison yard for the first time in two months, November 08, 2012. He rarely left his infirmary bed due to his battle with liver cancer. Bryan kicked off his sandals in the sunlight while he spoke to his friend, caretaker and fellow inmate Wayne Rose. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_007 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - NOVEMBER 08: John Buglewicz, M.D, monitors inmate Robert Bryan's condition by checking his heart rate and breathing, November 08, 2012. Since Bryan signed prison hospice papers declining medical treatment, he could only receive pain medication to make his fight with liver cancer more comfortable. Fellow prisoner Wayne Rose assisted the process. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_002 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - DECEMBER 04: When feeling well enough, Robert Bryan visits other prisoners in the infirmary's pod, December 04, 2012. Since Bryan has no contact with his family, his fellow prisoners became like family to him in the last months of his life. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_008 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - NOVEMBER 08: At the end of his shift, sergeant James Winston checks on Robert Bryan before heading home, November 08, 2012. The guard, who has worked in the prison system for nine years and is growing old himself, spends extra time with the aging inmates in the infirmary. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_004 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - NOVEMBER 08: Robert Bryan's reflection is seen in the mirror of his infirmary cell while he stares at the ceiling of his prison hospice room, November 08, 2012. "It gives me time to think about what I have done," Bryan said, referring to the quiet times he spends alone in his infirmary cell. "Once I found trouble, I couldn't get out of it." (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_005 )
Wayne Rose, left, helps Robert Bryan drink water as Gloria Wolf, the prison chaplain, reads from the Bible. Bryan, who said he is not much of a religious man, welcomes the visits he gets from the chaplain since his family doesn't come. ( HOSPICERJ2_3059 )
CANYON CITY, CO. - NOVEMBER 08: Wayne Rose, left, reaches out and touches Robert Bryan before leaving his room, November 08, 2012. "Cancer finally caught up to me," said Bryan. "I feel good about dying. I have done lots of bad things in my life and there is nothing in this world for me anymore." (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) ( PRISON_006 )
Tom Sullivan, center, hugs his wife Terry, left, and daughter Megan outside Gateway High School, Friday July 20, 2012, in Aurora. Sullivan is still missing his son, who he said was at the movies where about 50 people were shot 12 fatally early Friday in Aurora. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( MOVIE_1RJ8957 )
Amanda Medek, who is looking for her sister Micayla, is overcome with emotion outside Gateway High School, Friday July 20, 2012, in Aurora. Micayla is still missing after 50 people were shot 12 fatally early Friday inside an Aurora movie theater during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie, were taken to the high school by bus to be questioned by police. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( MOVIE_1RJ9161 )
The movie poster for the movie Dark Knight Rises still hangs, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, outside Century Aurora 16 Multiplex, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post. ( SHOOTING_1RJ0932 )
A group of friends are overcome with emotion as they gather outside Gateway High School, Friday July 20, 2012, in Aurora. They got news that their friend was killed during a shooting, where about 50 people were shot 12 fatally early Friday inside an Aurora movie theater during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie, were taken to the high school by bus to be questioned by police. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( MOVIE_1RJ8924 )
Chantel Blunk, wife of Jonathan Blunk, waits Friday, July 27, 2012, on the tarmac at Denver International Airport as her husbands body is about to be loaded into a plane to fly to Reno Nevada for his full military funeral. Blunk a five-year U.S. Navy veteran that was killed during a July 20 shooting rampage at a movie theater in Aurora. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( SHOOTING_2RJ4366 )
Chantel Blunk, center, said good-bye to her husband surrounded by family and friends and her two children, 2-year-old Maximus Blunk and 4-year-old daughter Hailey Blunk, Friday, August 03, 2012, during a full military funeral for Jonathan Blunk at Mountain View Mortuary in Reno, Nevada. Blunk, a five-year U.S. Navy veteran that was killed during a July 20 shooting rampage at a movie theater in Aurora Colorado. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( SHOOTING_1RJ3347 )
The sun rises, Thursday, July 26, 2012, over the memorial for shooting victims near the Century Aurora 16 Multiplex. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( SHOOTING_1RJ1608 )
James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, and could also face additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations stemming from a mass shooting last Friday in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 and injured dozens of others. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post. ( COURT_2RJ2746 )
Waldo Canyon Fire continues to grow, Tuesday June 26, 2012, near Colorado Spring. An air tanker battles the fire from the air. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( FIRE_2RJ8489 )
A fire crew, from left, Tiras Roach, Jeff Wegert and Mark Schmidt, watch as the High Park Fire grows, Wednesday, June 13, 2012, near Glacier View Meadows during an expanded evacuation order for the area. ( FIRE_1RJ6206 )
A family sits outside The Ranch in Loveland, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, after evacuees of the High Park fire had a community meeting to learn more about the fast moving fire. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( FIRE_2RJ5714 )
As the sun sets, the Waldo Canyon Fire continues to grow, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, near Colorado Springs, Colo. ( FIRE_2RJ0393 )
Evacuees Alexandrea Hermes and her daughter, Ava, 5, watch as smoke rises from the mountains behind them, Thursday, June 28, 2012, as they swim in the pool at the hotel where they are now staying. Alexandrea's husband is on active duty, and the family lives on base at the Air Force Academy. They were forced to evacuate their home, which was in the path of the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colo. ( FIRE_1RJ7972 )
Waldo Canyon Fire continues to grow, Tuesday June 26, 2012, near Colorado Spring. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( FIRE_1RJ6723 )
Taylor Salamon, 11, holds on to his dog as they pile in the back seat, Tuesday June 26, 2012, as his family rushes to leave their home in the path of Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Spring. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post ( FIRE_1RJ6964 )
Waldo Canyon Fire burns out of control, Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. ( FIRE_2RJ9582 )
An aerial photo, Thursday, June 28, 2012, of the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colo., shows the fire's destructive path in the Mountain Shadows subdivision. ( FIRE_1RJ7266 )
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