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A native of Northern California, Trent Nelson is currently Chief Photographer at The Salt Lake Tribune. Trent is a three-time Utah press Photographer of the Year, known for his keen observation and creative skills. He’s covered winter and summer Olympic Games, a pair of NBA Finals, and the NCAA Basketball Final Four for the Tribune, and since 2005 has traveled throughout North America covering polygamy. Assignments for the Tribune have taken him all over the United States, Africa, the Balkans, Honduras, and Russia. Trent lives in Sugar House with his wife, two kids, and his wife’s dog.
His work has won a number of awards including three Utah News Photographer of the Year titles as well as the Worst Photo of the Year Awards from the Utah News Photographers Association.
His 2003 composite photograph of Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton was published over six pages in Sports Illustrated, the largest photograph in the history of the magazine.
In 1985 Trent was a founding member of the Bay Area hardcore punk band Rabid Lassie and self-published zines from 1985-1996.
