Francisco Kjolseth

Photographer

Born in Mexico City and raised in both Mexico and Colorado, Francisco gained a love for photography from his father, and has worked as a photojournalist for over 25 years covering news and events from Detroit to Mexico to South America.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mary W. Jackson Elementary first grader Isaiah Kam, 7, launches his straw rocket as students commemorate their school namesake’s 100th birthday on Friday, April 9, 2021, with a special science lesson in the mechanics of rocket building. Salt Lake City’s oldest elementary school was renamed in 2018 in honor of the the first African American female engineer at NASA, with students recently voting to change their mascot to “The Rockets.”

Photos: Mary W. Jackson Elementary students set off rockets to honor their school’s namesake

By Francisco Kjolseth | Sara Tabin | April 10, 2021, 2:17 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Healing Field marks the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as as people visit the 1500 flags on the promenade outside Sandy City Hall on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. This year the flags are spaced out more than they have in the past to allow for social distancing among people who visit the display.

Sandy’s ‘Healing Field' marks 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks

By Francisco Kjolseth | September 11, 2020, 10:37 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crews work to extinguish a fire at 800 South 200 West in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

A fire in downtown Salt Lake City may be arson

By Norma Gonzalez | Francisco Kjolseth | September 9, 2020, 7:56 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) East High senior Erica Stringham gets an elbow bump from one of her teachers, Mr. Frank Langheinrich who teaches photography as she gets a home visit from a school team of teachers and fellow students as a way to celebrate the school seniors on Thursday, May 7, 2020.

Seniors at East High School get a custom send-off

By Francisco Kjolseth | May 7, 2020, 11:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) First responders do a drive by the University of Utah Hospital, Primary Children's and IMED in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 27, 2020, as caregivers come outside to exchange thanks in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Photos: Utah’s health care workers get a big thank you from police, firefighters, and return the favor

By Francisco Kjolseth | April 27, 2020, 10:18 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Young dancers get ready to take the stage with an entry entitled 'Skyward' as part of Youth America Grand Prix student ballet scholarship auditions at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.

Youth America Grand Prix performers pirouette and plie in Salt Lake City, vying for a ballet scholarship

By Francisco Kjolseth | February 23, 2020, 5:09 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall works the line with daughter Mila LaMalfa, 4, in tow as they volunteer at the Utah Food Bank for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

Mayor Mendenhall, volunteers work in service on MLK Day by assembling donations for food bank

By Francisco Kjolseth | January 20, 2020, 11:12 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Division of Wildlife Resources intern Levi Watkins and veterinarian Annette Roug perform a health check on a deer at Little Dell Reservoir on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. The DWR used a helicopter to perform a study on how wildlife is using the new animals-only overpass at Parleys Summit, which opened in December of 2018.

Utah DWR monitoring how wildlife use animal overpass in Summit County

By Francisco Kjolseth | January 11, 2020, 12:27 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski helps reveal and dedicate a new legacy mural on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, placed at the Salt Palace to commemorate the 68thÊUnited Nations Civil Society Conference which took place in Salt Lake City in August. The mural was created by Tooele based Digital Gravy which specializes in 2D design-based animation.

Mayors unveil U.N. mural in Salt Lake City

By Francisco Kjolseth | December 31, 2019, 5:40 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Santa, played by Merlin Taylor, pitches in as he joins a team of volunteers with the Granite Education Foundation's Santa Sacks program at a workshop in South Salt Lake on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. In its 10th year, the program works with social workers throughout 60 schools in the district to help low income families struggling through the holidays as Santa helped fill a social workers car bound for two schools in the district.

Granite’s Santa Sacks program helps children in need

By Francisco Kjolseth | December 4, 2019, 3:10 p.m.