As the picture editor at the Post-Dispatch who manages our sports coverage, the last two weeks of Olympic events have been a smorgasbord of great photography. On second thought, maybe with the games in Beijing I should say it’s more like…

I work the night desk three nights a week, which means I get to look through hundreds or thousands of photos taken around the country and world on a given day. Today all of our stories on one of our nation…

Governor’s Office, Jefferson City, Missouri

I am in Jefferson City today and Friday covering the last few days of session for the Missouri legislature. It is relatively cold and rainy weather here, so it is rather nice to be spending the…

Dawn Majors with Gordon Parks in 2002

As a photography student the one thing I could never forget after reading Gordon Parks’ autobiography was that cold, cold night he spent riding the train. He had been kicked out of his home…

Monday afternoon the police scanner crackles of three people shot, men running from the scene disappearing into the woods in north St. Louis.  Canines arrive, a search helicopter is summoned.

Two ambulances arrive at the scene.  Emergency workers scramble, rolling…

Five photographers turned their assignment schedules upside down to respond on a two-state police chase involving a bank robbery suspect and a number of area police departments. The chase started near Lambert St. Louis International Airport, speeding through Interstate 70…

Treasure covers her face in her bedroom.

Treasure hides in her closet.

Sometimes the hardest part of an assignment is making yourself invisible, particularly with children. Last week I went to Treasure’s house to make candid photos of her for…