Photographer

Leila Navidi has worked as a staff photographer for the Star Tribune since 2014. She worked at the Las Vegas Sun from 2007-2013.

Awards and recognition: NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, Best of the West, The Associated Press, The Eddie Adams Workshop, Alexia Foundation, Editor and Publisher, Nevada Press Association, Iowa Newspaper Foundation and the Inland Press Association.


More new foods for the Twins' 2024 season


Gallery: Champlin beautiful garden winner

The backyard garden of Yee Lee and Bryan Johnsen photographed on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 in Champlin, Minnesota.


Travelers encounter long lines on the eve of Thanksgiving

Terminal 1 at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport was crowded as passengers began their journeys.


Election Day 2023: Voters turn out to cast their ballots

Voters went to their polling places on Tuesday to cast ballots for a variety of races, including city council and mayoral races in multiple cities around the metro.


Photos: Timberwolves beat Utah Jazz 123-95

The Minnesota Timberwolves played against the Utah Jazz at Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday, November 4, 2023.


Photos: President Joe Biden visits Minnesota

For the fourth time during his presidency, President Biden came to Minnesota as part of a 'barnstorming' tour of rural America with stop at a Northfield farm. In the evening, demonstrators marched in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in protest of US aid to Israel.


First snowfall of the season blankets the Twin Cities

The overnight precipitation resulted in snowy slick roads for morning commuters.


FFA students participate in the United South Central FFA corn drive

This year is the 70th year of the corn drive. The money from selling the donated corn then goes to charity.


Indigenous homelands are recognized at a water ceremony

Participants made offerings of tobacco, blueberries, smoked fish and wild rice during a water ceremony on Indigenous Peoples' Day at Ȟaȟa Wakpadaŋ/Bassett Creek.


Loons ties 1-1 with the San Jose Earthquakes

The Minnesota United played the San Jose Earthquakes at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minn. on Saturday, September 30, 2023.