MAKING MEMORIES
RODEO
Well-traveled photographer a common sight at Utah competitions BY MARK SHENEFELT Standard-Examiner
Amanda Dilworth’s lifelong love of cameras and photography needed another outlet, but she had little notion that rodeo would provide it. “Rodeo kind of found me,” said Dilworth, who is likely the busiest rodeo photographer in Northern Utah and southern Idaho. Dilworth grew up in Burley, Idaho. She liked rodeo in general, but her dad was a barber and her mom a teacher, so it wasn’t a stereotypical cowboy-type family. “I didn’t ride a horse until I was 15,” she said. But today, Dilworth runs a thriving rodeo photography business, crisscrossing the West to photograph events sponsored by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the Utah High School Rodeo Association and more. In May, Dilworth, who still lives in Burley, bought a new pickup truck. She’s already put 13,000 miles on it. One day recently, Dilworth was on her way to a rodeo convention in Fort Worth, Texas, putting hundreds of more miles on the Dodge, when she took a call from a reporter. More PHOTOGRAPHER | PAGE 16 Amanda Dilworth is a common sight at rodeos in Utah. The Burley, Idaho, native is a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association photographer who covers pro and high school rodeo events throughout Utah, including often at the Golden Spike Arena in Ogden. PHOTO SUPPLIED, AMANDA DILWORTH
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