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Grand Prize Winner: Glenn Homann These are the 20 photos that won the 12th Annual Mobile Photography Awards (MPA). The Mobile Photography Awards were established in 2011 to acknowledge and honor the skills and visual artistry of mobile photography and art communities. This year's competition

Judges of the prestigious annual competition, which is in its 12th year, said that the most recent captivating images submitted were among the best that they had ever seen.

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Editor: There is a sign at the crossing of Airport and McLane that says “Sidewalk Closed. Cross Here.” The sign has stood there for over 10 years and, ironically, BOTH walks, on either side of the street, are maintained, clean, paved, and open! One side looks no better or worse off than the other and you are free to choose. The sign has been there so long that people no longer notice it. But, maybe, in some unconscious way, these kind of messages have power over us. I pass that sign e...