Winning photo named for magazine cover

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Jim Schrimpf of Kino Springs won the Nogales International/Green Valley News Discover Magazine photography contest with his photo of a little girl at a doorway at the San Xavier Mission.

The photos will be exhibited at the Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce from Thursday through Sunday during regular business hours.

“This is our first photography contest and we were not sure what to expect,” said NI editor and publisher Manuel C. Coppola. “We certainly did not expect that more than 30 photographers would submit entries.

“From some of the comments during the selection process, and from the more than 140 entries, no doubt there is plenty of talent in and around the Santa Cruz Valley,” he said.

Second place went to Van Brollini of Tubac, and Carl Sparfeld of Green Valley took third place.

The photos were judged on originality, composition, use of light and color, and subject matter. Photos had to capture and represent the essence of life in the Santa Cruz Valley and border area.

The judges were all photographers in their own right, including Scott A. Taras from Green Valley; Tom Bell of Nogales; Noel Weatherbie of Nogales; and Roger Conroy of Rio Rico.

IF YOU GO

See the entries at the Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce, 275 W. Continental Road, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; or Sunday, 9 a.m. to noon.