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Mabel Nesmith celebrated her 110th birthday with family and friends at Colorado Assisted Living Homes on March 2, 2019 in Littleton. Nesmith died on Aug. 23.Last spring I had the opportunity to photograph Mabel Nesmith. She was celebrating her 110th birthday. She is the oldest person that I have ever taken a portrait of. That was an amazing experience.
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The sun sets over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains west of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff, Colorado, on June 6, 2019. The Dark Skies of Wet Mountain Valley organization built the Smokey Jack Observatory, a 12-foot by 12-foot building with a retractable roof observatory, located in Bluff Park in Westcliffe.I also spent several nights in the small Colorado mountain towns of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff. The International Dark-Sky Association awarded both communities a special recognition. The Dark Skies of Wet Mountain Valley organization is dedicated to reducing light pollution and promoting stargazing.
Telling those two stories were some of my most memorable Colorado experiences.
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A woman endures winter’s wrath to cross the snow-covered 16th Street Mall on March 13, 2019.
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Andrea Perry of Leadville caught 18 inch rainbow trout at frozen Antero Reservoir with the assistance of George Mingus, a professional guide at Tumbling Trout Fly Shop, on Jan. 5, 2019.
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Teachers and supporters head to Civic Center from North High School for a rally during the second day of a strike by thousands of teachers against Denver Public Schools on Feb. 12, 2019. The strike, which lasted three days, was the first in Denver in 25 years.
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Columbine high school shooting survivor Will Beck, right, places flowers on the Columbine Memorial with his family during community vigil at Clement Park on April 19, 2019. The ceremony was one of several 20th-anniversary events planned to honor and remember those who were impacted by the events of April 20, 1999.
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Melanie Fitzroy, an Elementary EA, embraces a child as students wait to be escorted to buses as they are evacuated from STEM School Highlands Ranch after a school shooting on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
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Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrate Meskel together at Lowry Park in Aurora on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Meskel is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox church, which commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Helena in the fourth century.
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Terri Gentry, 62, volunteer with the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center poses for a portrait in Dr. Justina Ford’s exam room at the museum on Oct. 11, 2019. The Ford home, where the museum is located, was saved by the Five Points community and Historic Denver in 1984. Ford, who died in 1952 at age 81, was the first licensed female African-American doctor in the city. She delivered more than 7,000 babies during her 50 years as a doctor in Denver.WATCH: Dr. Justina Ford, Denver’s first female African-American doctor, and the house that nurtured her
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Bill Eikenberry of Lakewood waits in the Manual High School gym before a campaign event for Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential contender, in Denver on August 2, 2019.
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Incumbent Denver Mayor Michael Hancock declares victory as results show him with an 11-point lead over challenger Jamie Giellis at his election night watch party at the EXDO Event Center in Denver on June 4, 2019.
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Chariya Chinen, 10, gets her tutu ready for the Youth America Grand Prix 20th Anniversary Season’s 2019 Regional Semi-Finals at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver on Feb 28, 2019. Around the world, over 10,000 young dancers Ð ages 9 to 19 Ð audition annually for YAGP and 450 YAGP alumni are now dancing with 80 professional companies around the world.