March Highlights

It has been a busy and exciting month full of photos. Below are some of the photos I've shot around Northern Utah for the Standard-Examiner in March. Enjoy.

Protesters supporting and opposing Donald Trump face off outside of Trump’s Salt Lake City speech on Friday, Mar. 18, 2016. ©BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner, 2016

Brody Andrade, 4, focuses on a dollar bill that another customer gave him as Mark Tarintino cuts his hair at Moore's Barber Shop on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2016. ©BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner, 2016

Visitors to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge use spotting scopes that were on display for bird watching during Swan Day on Saturday, Mar. 12, 2016. More than 400 people turned out for the annual event. ©BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner, 2016

Woods Cross High School celebrates after their quarterfinal victory over Payson High in the 4A state basketball tournament at the University of Utah on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016. ©BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner, 2016

Utah Falconry

I went out hunting over the weekend with some friends and their pair of Harris's Hawks near Salt Lake City. Here are a few photos from the morning.

©Benjamin Zack, 2014

©Benjamin Zack, 2014

©Benjamin Zack, 2014

Highlights From 2013

I made it through 2013 and thought I would share a few of the photo highlights from the last year. Many of these images are from my first year shooting for the Standard-Examiner in Northern Utah. Looking forward to what 2014 brings. Enjoy.

Big Brush Creek Cave
©Benjamin Zack

Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo wrapped up the final night at Pioneer Stadium on Wednesday, July, 24, 2013. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Elijah White-Scott waits as Kevin Styles combs out his hair before a haircut at Marshall White Community Center on Monday, August, 19, 2013. Styles, who is a barber at Envy Me Salon and Spa in Roy, was one of nine barbers from around the region giving free back-to-school haircuts.(BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)

Salt Lake City Tattoo Convention

I recently went down to the Salt Lake City Tattoo Convention to write and take photos. I really didn't expect to come across such a huge international event like this on my first month in Utah. Enjoy the photos below and you can click here to see a full gallery and read more about the weekend.

 

 

Anti-Discrimination Rally

Last week in Utah, SB 262 - a bill that would outlaw housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - died in the final days of the latest Senate session. Supporters of the bill held a rally on the state capitol steps two days later where they celebrated how far the bill had come and to motivate people for future measures. I shot a few photos at the capitol. Enjoy.

 

Demonstrators in support of SB 262, a bill banning employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, gather on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013, two days after the bill died before coming to a vote in the Utah State Senate. The rally was planned and organized before the fate of the bill was known.

Over 100 supporters of an LGBT anti-discrimination bill held signs and flags at a rally on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013. Despite the failure of the bill to reach the senate floor, the mood of the rally was positive.

 

Senator Steve Urquhart (R-St. George) addressed a crowd at the Utah State Capitol during a rally in support of LGBT anti-discrimination measures on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013. Sen. Urquhart had sponsored the recent anti-discrimination bill which died in the Senate just after being passed out of committee.

 

Demonstrators in support of SB 262 listen to speakers from the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013. The bill never made it to a vote on the Senate floor, but it did make it out of committee; something that demonstrators saw as a sign of progress after failed attempts over the last six years.

 

Jeanetta Williams, President of the Salt Lake Branch of the NAACP, and Archie Archuleta, President of the Utah Coalition of La Raza, right, spoke at a rally in support of SB 262 at the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013, two days after the bill died before coming to a vote in the Utah State Senate. Williams and Archuleta compared the struggle for LGBT equality to past struggles for racial equality.