Each month, a prestigious judge picks the best photograph posted to the site and awards it the Utah Photojournalism GoldenEye Award.

Judges only see the photographs, not the context or text content of the post they appeared in.

2012 GoldenEye Awards

January

Abandoned by Christopher Reeves

Judged by James Estrin, New York Times

February

Midtown by Patrick Smith

Judged by Matt Lutton and M. Scott Brauer of DVAFOTO

2011 GoldenEye Awards

January

Huntsville House Fire by Nicholas Draney

Judged by Scott Strazzante

February

Trophy Hunt by Trent Nelson

Judged by Melissa Golden

March

Holi Color Festival by Jim Urquhart

Judged by Carlos Gonzalez of the Star Tribune

April

Holi Time Lapse by Chris Detrick

Judged by G.J. McCarthy

May

One home, 99 years by Mark Johnston

Judged by Richard Koci Hernandez

June

Big Show by Patrick Smith

Judged by Erik Seo

July

Offsides Remote by Jim Urquhart

Judge: Peter Read Miller : http://www.peterreadmiller.com/

August

SECRET Wendover Airfield tour by Scott Sommerdorf

Judged by a famous photographer whose identity will remain anonymous. He wrote:

I looked over the lot and found plenty of worthy images. I’ve only been a photo contest judge a couple times and came to the conclusion that I’m just not qualified for the job. There are a handful of stand-outs but how do you decide?

I owe you a favor for your kindness so I’ll mow your lawn or make canapes for your next party but you’d be better off to find another judge.

However, I sure do circle back to the broken window/plane pic.