Leila Navidi

Story Archive

Roller girl: Wednesday, July 11, 2012; Being backstage at a pageant is not glamorous. That’s why I love it.
Getting pumped up: Tuesday, July 3, 2012; Grunting. Screaming. Whatever it takes to win.
Last drumroll: Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010; Mickey O’Neill, a 61-year-old drummer in a local Irish band, had outpatient laparoscopic surgery to remove his gall bladder June 2.
Rolling in for a short stay at the Las Vegas KOA: Sunday, April 25, 2010; Children from Mexico, Sweden, Canada and California play in the heated pool. Americans and Canadians mingle and chat about ice hockey in the Jacuzzi.
Photographer looks at our fascination with fame: Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010; On the red carpet, the celebrity is almost secondary.
Leila Navidi - Behind the curtain: A collection of our favorite photos that didn't run this year; Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009; I am always trying to get behind the curtain. Whether the curtain is real or a metaphor — like the orchestration of an event or invisible social barriers — when I take photos I’m always trying to get on the other side.
For 51s player, a break from media day: Tuesday, April 28, 2009; The Las Vegas 51s’ Jeremy Accardo relaxes during media day April 7 at Cashman Field.
Protesters march against closure of F Street: Saturday, April 18, 2009; Nearly 100 people rallied against the closure of F Street today, marching down the Las Vegas Strip, passing out flyers and chanting, "No justice, no peace, reopen F Street!"
Photos: Final bow for ‘Folies Bergere’: Friday, March 27, 2009; Almost 50 years have passed since “Folies Bergere” staged its first performance at the Tropicana. “Folies Bergere” will stage its last performance at the Tropicana on Saturday night.
Students compete, inspire: Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009; During the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Festival on Tuesday, students from kindergarten to high school competed in several categories with the common theme of "Living the Dream and Setting New Heights."
Snoop the dog gets a shot: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009; Lisa Henderson looks away as the veterinarian gives her dog Snoop Taylor a shot.
A safe place to celebrate: Monday, Jan. 5, 2009; Antoinette Wentworth of Namibia, in Africa, stands, with Metro Police officers on duty during Tribute Palooza, the New Year’s Eve party at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas. Wentworth, a Fulbright Scholar studying in the United States, was enjoying her first trip to the city. “It’s a lot more plastic than I expected,” she said.
Early brick in UNLV powerhouse: Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008; Ricky Sobers, 55, huddles with other former UNLV basketball players after the alumni game last month at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Sights Unseen: Our favorite pictures that didn't run this year; Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008; The made-for-media event is as ubiquitous in Las Vegas as the sprawling shopping plaza, and is just as visually unappealing. People of interest are always poised, coifed and ready for the cameras.
After some fun with Elvis: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008; People take pictures to share a time or a place with friends and family.
Hanging out with friends at the football game: Monday, Nov. 17, 2008; Green Valley High School freshman Dylan Domingo takes a photo of friends and fellow freshmen Taylor Burk, from left in photo above, Meagan Dodd, and Railey Deang as the Green Valley football team played Foothill in Henderson in September.
Alvin and the Chipmunks immortalized in wax: Monday, Nov. 10, 2008; A small crowd at Madame Tussauds enjoyed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crusts cut off while celebrating the unveiling of the smallest wax figures ever to grace any U.S. location of the wax museum, Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Star helps fan get photo: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008; "She was everything I expected her to be and more. 'Wind Beneath My Wings' — how can you top that?"
Sign of a good time: Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008; Becky Schommer of South Dakota, traveling with her mother and niece, visited 17 casinos in four days during her first trip to Las Vegas.
Minutemen claim softer side: Defenders of U.S. border say they’re compassionate, even save illegal immigrants’ lives; Monday, Aug. 18, 2008; The Minutemen want you to know they are humanitarians, and they can be quite persuasive. They understand the impulse to come to America, to feed a family. They might do it themselves if they were Mexican.
Obama, while she can: Monday, Aug. 11, 2008; People take pictures to share a time or a place with friends and family. Leila Navidi enjoys making pictures of people recording those special moments, and asking them — why then, why there, what does it mean to them?
Tourney poker’s major league: Patriots spend their Fourth celebrating all-American game; Wednesday, July 9, 2008; American flags bobbed in the sea of sunglasses and green felt at the World Series of Poker’s main event Friday.
Hugs and hopes: Surprise send-off before Iraq departure; Wednesday, April 16, 2008; Jeremy May, first-aid safety assistant at Elaine Wynn Elementary School, was surprised by students with a ceremony before his deployment to Iraq.
SIGHT UNSEEN: Our favorite photos that didn't run this year: Monday, Dec. 24, 2007; Las Vegas is the city of events - weddings, conventions, award banquets, board meetings, sporting contests, beauty contests, galas, reunions, hearings and debates.