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Zoo photographer's award-winning shot
This photo by Tom Gillespie, a photojournalist and public affairs specialist at the North Carolina Zoo, will be on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. through Jan. 15, 2009.

N.C. Zoo photographer wins spot in Smithsonian

Zoo photographer's award-winning shot

Posted: Jul 22, 2008

Asheboro, N.C. — An employee of the North Carolina Zoo has earned a place in the Smithsonian Museum for a photograph he took in Arizona.

Tom Gillespie is a photojournalist and public affairs specialist at the zoo.

The photo he took of a Navajo guide standing by his horse awaiting visitors to Monument Valley was one of the top images submitted for Smithsonian magazine’s fifth annual photo contest.

The image will be on display at the Smithsonian "Castle" on the National Mall through Jan. 15, 2009.

Gillespie, of Trinity, has also had his work featured in North Carolina magazine.

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