Bellingham photojournalist Paul Conrad

The Harvest

Billy Ray Cardwell, left, and his wife Nellie spike tobacco during a hot October 1996 afternoon on Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography) (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Carbondale Wild Fire House Threatened

Flames explode behind a home Tuesday afternoon Apr. 15, 2008, in the Ranch at Roaring Fork subdivision along Highway 82 in Carbondale. Heavy winds caused a ditch fire to become out of control, jumping the Roaring Fork river and eventually jumping Highway 82 just west of Catherine Store threatening homes in Missouri Heights. Several structures were lost and a fly fisherman severly burnd his left hand and head fleeing the fast moving fire. (© Paul Conrad/The Aspen Times) (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Cross country phenom Noah Hoffman of Aspen, Colo., bolts from the start area on his way to a 2nd Place win. Due to his cross-country skiing abilities, Hoffman has garnered a spot on the U.S. Ski Team. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Flag Bearer

Ballet Folklorico dancer Addie Vasquez, 11, holds onto the U.S. Flag Saturday morning August 20, 2005. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - An exasperated Aspen Whitewater Rafting guide tries to figure out what to do when the raft he was guiding became lodged against rocks on the roaring Fork River near Basalt Colo. Two fishermen helped evacuate several of the rafters after attempts to dislodge the boat were unsuccessful. The raft was pulled free and the party arrived safely at their destination. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Aspen, Colo., police sergeant Bill Linn handcuffs a youth during a traffic stop and arrest at the intersection of Cooper and Galena Street in Aspen. Officers responded to a call of several youths pointing weapons outside a car at pedestrians. The weapons were BB guns with the orange tips painted black. No charges were filed. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Can't Bear To Watch

© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography - Rachel Smith turns from a fire that is destroying her Wilkenson Trace apartment in Bowling Green, Ky., as her husband Shane watches. The newlyweds said they were horrified at the loss, yet also grateful for their lives. The fire consumed their unit including unopened wedding gifts. This photo won First Place - Spot News in the 2000 KNPA Photojournalism Competition. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Mary Wentzel of Glenwwod Springs, Colo., hugs family friends as word comes out that Mountain Rescue Aspen personnel foun her grand daughter Gillian Wenzal and friends safe. The search for her missing grand daughter at the Lost Man trailhead 15 miles east of Aspen in the Independence Pass area. Carbondale resident Stephanie Sakson set out on a family day-hike with her 9-year-old daughter Andra, and Andra’s two friends Gillian Wenzal and Matt Palamino. All were found safe. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/ Pablo Conrad Photography - Several Whatcom County firefighters take a rest as they monitor a controlled training fire on Kline Street one mile east of Meridian Avenue north of Bellingham on Saturday afternoon April 12, 2014. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Bitter cold temperatures create massive clouds of steam as the stiff winds blow it from the Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday evening Jan. 19, 2011. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Tommy Nguyen of the Vietnamese Christian Community Church uses a portable light to fold napkins as volunteers prepare dinner for the homeless on Monday evening under Interstate 5 at James Street in downtown Seattle, Wash. Members of Discovery House, Vietnamese Christian Community Church, and others prepare food for serving to the homeless. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Watching others of her dance team rehearse, Folklorico Mexicano dance team member Ashley Ventura,12, of El Jebel, Colo., watches others rehearse at Basalt Middle School while she waits for her performance during Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet sponsored dance troup performed througout the valley at area schools. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

A Tender Man

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, gives a blessed scarf to a little girl outside the Aspen Music Festival Tent in Aspen, Colo. The Dalai Lama is the keynote speaker during a 3 day symposium on Tibetan culture sponsored by the Aspen Institute. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Two Bored Kids

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Gina O'Leary of Aspen, 6, hangs out in a newspaper box as she and her bother Robert, 13, wait for their mother to pick them up from school in Aspen, Colo. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Mount Baker and Tesoro Refinery

© Paul Conrad/San Antonio Express-News - Mount Baker is illuminated by the setting Sun as the lights at the Tesoro Anacortes refinery in Anacortes, Wash., turn on. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Working the Horses

Cowboys ride their horses in the arena during a horse sale at Western Kentucky University's Agricultural Exposition Center in Bowling Green, Ky. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Captured Cub

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Aspen firefighter Craig Melville, left, and others hold tight as a bear cub screams in disapproval on the Hyman Avenue Mall in Aspen, Colo. A mother and her two cubs were captured by the Colorado Division of Wildlife to be moved to a safer region. "We'll be letting them go as a family," said DOW wildlife manager Kevin Wright. The mother and her cubs have been created a stir as they napped in trees and searched for food in the downtown area. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography - Pondering his next move, Lada Vrany, 87, of Aspen, Colo., sits on his bed as he describes his feelings about Pitkin County evicting him off the property he's lived on for nearly 50 years. He says he likens himself to the Native Americans in the 1800s. "I feel like the Indians when the (U.S.) Cavalry came and kicked them off their land," the former construction company owner said, "What do I do now? Where do I go and how can I move all my stuff in 30 days?" His land will be used for expansion of the Aspen/Pitken County airport. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography Dr. George Fallieras, M.D., seen in the trauma room, is the new Hospitalist at Aspen Valley Hospital in Aspen, Colo. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Dedicating Her Life

© Paul Conrad/The Bellingham Herald - Hannah Dashiell's mother Jeannette Dashiell hugs Alex Powell, left, as Hannah's sister Maddy Dashiell hugs Lindsey Dunning during the Hanna Dashiell Bench Dedication at Barkley Village on Saturday afternoon June 28, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash. Powel and Dunning were close friends with Hannah. Dashiell died in a motor vehicle accident in early January of this year. A memorial scholarship has been setup by the Whatcom Community Foundation in her name for high school girls pursuing a career in the medical field. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography The super perigee moon slides from behind the Space Needle in Seattle, Wash., in February 2011. A super perigee moon is larger than normal as it is closer during the full moon. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)